New Zealand 17-7 Ireland
The men's rugby sevens campaign ended in disappointment as James Toppings' side went down 17-7 to New Zealand in the fifth-sixth place play-off at the Stade de France.
Set up by Hugo Keenan, Chay Mullins scored a superb first half try for Ireland in response to Leroy Carter's opener and the men in green led 7-5 at half-time.
However Brady Rush and Moses Leo scored after the break to secure fifth place for New Zealand.
Earlier Terry Kennedy produced a late moment of magic to snatch victory for Ireland against the USA, 17-14, in their rugby sevens fifth-to-eighth place play-off semi-final.
Ireland's hopes of securing an Olympic medal were shattered on Thursday when they were beaten 19-15 by Fiji in the quarter-finals.
However they can end the Games on a high if they beat New Zealand this evening (5.30pm kick-off) to secure fifth. They finished 10th three years ago at the Tokyo Olympics.
Ireland made the perfect start against the Americans as Sean Cribbin fed Hugo Lennox to cross over. The USA applied sustained pressure to hit back through Aaron Cummings, and it was 7-7 at half-time.
Perry Baker became the all-time leading men's scorer in Olympic rugby sevens history when he claimed his 10th try for his country to nudge the USA ahead.
Zac Ward snatched a second Ireland try off a well-worked lineout, though Mark Roche missed the conversion. That meant Ireland needed Kennedy to pull a rabbit out of the hat - which he did in style, gliding through in the dying seconds to seal the win.
After the victory, Ireland's Jack Kelly summed up the mood in the camp, while announcing that his international sevens career has come to an end.
"We are disappointed as a team," Kelly told RTÉ Sport. "We certainly came here looking to medal, looking to win so we are disappointed.
"Taking a step back, it's been an incredible journey and an incredible experience for myself. It's my last game playing, so I kind of took a step back in that last game and tried to soak it all in.
"It's been an amazing experience for me, to be able to play with some of my best friends, travel the world with my best friends, it's really special and something I'll keep forever.
"I'll have plenty of more time to reflect on it but I did try to grab one or two moments there and let it sink in a little bit."
