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2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series

The 2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series was the 24th annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for men's national teams. The Sevens Series has been run by World Rugby since 1999. This series doubled as a qualifier for the 2024 Olympic Games, with the top four countries, excluding hosts France, qualifying automatically.[1]

2022–23 World Rugby Sevens
Series XXIV
Hosts
Date4 November 2022 – 21 May 2023
Nations15 core
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (14th title)
Runners-up Argentina
Third Fiji
Series details
Top try scorer Vaa Apelu Maliko (50)
Top point scorer Akuila Rokolisoa (415)

The series was won by New Zealand, winning five of the eleven tour events held during the season on their way to claiming their fourteenth World Series title. The next placed teams were, in order, Argentina, Fiji, France, Australia.

Core teams

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The core teams eligible to participate in all tournaments for 2022–23 were:[2]

Uruguay 7s was promoted to core team status by winning the 2022 Challenger Series.[3] The unions of England, Scotland and Wales agreed to merge their teams to compete as Great Britain 7s for the 2022–23 series onward.[4][5]

Tour venues

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The eleven-event schedule for the series was:[6]

2022–23 Itinerary
Leg Stadium City Dates Winner
Hong Kong 2022 Hong Kong Stadium Hong Kong 4–6 November 2022   Australia
Dubai The Sevens Stadium Dubai 2–3 December 2022   South Africa
South Africa DHL Stadium Cape Town 9–11 December 2022   Samoa
New Zealand Waikato Stadium Hamilton 21–22 January 2023   Argentina
Australia Sydney Football Stadium Sydney 27–29 January 2023   New Zealand
United States Dignity Health Sports Park Los Angeles 25–26 February 2023   New Zealand
Canada BC Place Vancouver 3–5 March 2023   Argentina
Hong Kong 2023 Hong Kong Stadium Hong Kong 31 March – 2 April 2023   New Zealand
Singapore National Stadium Singapore 8–9 April 2023   New Zealand
France Stade Ernest-Wallon Toulouse 12–14 May 2023   New Zealand
England Twickenham Stadium London 20–21 May 2023   Argentina

Standings

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For the tie-breaker rules, see World Rugby Sevens Series § Tiebreakers.

The points awarded to teams at each event, as well as the overall season totals, are shown in the table below. Points for the event winners are indicated in bold. An asterisk (*) indicates a tied placing. A dash (—) is recorded where a team did not compete.

2022–23 World Rugby Sevens – Men's Series XXIV
 
Pos
Event 
Team
  
Hong Kong I  		 
Dubai 		 
Cape Town 		 
Ham­ilton 		 
Syd­ney 		 
Los Ang­eles 		 
Van­cou­ver 		 
Hong Kong II 		 
Sing­apore 		 
Tou­louse 		 
Lon­don 		Total
points
   
1   New Zealand 8 17 19 19 22 22 13 22 22 22 14 200
2   Argentina 13 12 12 22 8 19 22 13 19 19 20 179
3   Fiji 19 8 13 10 17 17 10 19 17 8 18 156
4   France 17 13 8 15 15 8 19 17 10 17 12 151
5   Australia 22 10 7 13 10 15 17 5 13 13 8 133
6   Samoa 15 10 22 8 13 13 8 7 15 5 16 132
7   South Africa 10 22 15 10 19 10 3 12 5 10 4 120
8   Ireland 10 19 5 12 12 10 15 8 1 12 10 114
9   Great Britain 5 5 10 5 10 12 10 15 12 10 6 100
10   United States 12 15 17 17 5 3 12 10 3 1 3 98
11   Spain 5 3 5 3 2 7 5 10 8 7 2 57
12   Uruguay 3 7 10 1 3 5 5 5 10 5 0 54
13   Kenya 1 5 3 7 5 1 7 1 7 3 0 40
14   Canada 7 2 2 2 1 5 1 2 2 15 0 39
15   Japan 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 5 2 0 18
16   Tonga — — — 5 7 — — — — — 0 12
17   Hong Kong 1 — — — — — — 3 1 — — 5
18   Chile — — — — — 1 1 — — — — 2
19   Uganda — 1 1 — — — — — — — — 2
20   Germany — — — — — — — — — 1 — 1

Source: World Rugby at archive.today (archived 2023-05-23)

Legend
Qualification for the 2024 Olympic Sevens
Qualified as one of the four highest-placed eligible teams in the 2022–23 World Sevens Series [1]
Automatically qualified (host country France)
Qualification for the 2023–24 World Sevens Series
Participated in the final round play-offs for core team status on the 2023–24 World Sevens Series
No colour Core team and re-qualified as a core team for the 2023–24 World Sevens Series
Pink Relegated from core team status for 2023–24 [7]
Yellow Invited team

Placings summary

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Tallies of top-four placings in tournaments during the 2022–23 series, by team:

Team   Gold   Silver   Bronze Fourth Total
  New Zealand 5 2 1 1 9
  Argentina 3 3 — — 6
  South Africa 1 1 — 1 3
  Samoa 1 — 1 2 4
  Australia 1 — 1 1 3
  Fiji — 3 3 — 6
  France — 1 3 2 6
  Ireland — 1 — 1 2
  United States — — 2 1 3
  Canada — — — 1 1
  Great Britain — — — 1 1

Player statistics

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Dream Team

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  Rodrigo Isgró
  Leroy Carter
  Akuila Rojolisoa
  Marcos Moneta
  Luciano González Rizzoni
  Vaa Apelu Maliko
  Henry Paterson

Reference:[8]

Scoring

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Performance

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Tournaments

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Hong Kong 2022

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Main article: 2022 Hong Kong Sevens
Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup   Australia 20–17   Fiji   France (Bronze)
  Samoa
5th place   Argentina 36–0   United States   Ireland
  South Africa
9th place   New Zealand 33–5   Canada   Great Britain
  Spain
13th place   Uruguay 33–10   Japan   Hong Kong
  Kenya

Dubai

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Main article: 2022 Dubai Sevens
Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup   South Africa 21–5   Ireland   New Zealand (Bronze)
  United States
5th place   France 19–12   Argentina   Australia
  Samoa
9th place   Fiji 47–0   Uruguay   Great Britain
  Kenya
13th place   Spain 38–7   Canada   Japan
  Uganda

Cape Town

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Main article: 2022 South Africa Sevens
Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup   Samoa 12–7   New Zealand   United States (Bronze)
  South Africa
5th place   Fiji 29–5   Argentina   Great Britain
  Uruguay
9th place   France 24–12   Australia   Ireland
  Spain
13th place   Kenya 21–10   Canada   Japan
  Uganda

Hamilton

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Main article: 2023 New Zealand Sevens
Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup   Argentina 14–12   New Zealand   United States (Bronze)
  France
5th place   Australia 26–17   Ireland   Fiji
  South Africa
9th place   Samoa 26–5   Kenya   Great Britain
  Tonga
13th place   Spain 24–14   Canada   Japan
  Uruguay

Sydney

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Main article: 2023 Sydney Sevens
Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup   New Zealand 38–0   South Africa   Fiji (Bronze)
  France
5th place   Samoa 24–12   Ireland   Australia
  Great Britain
9th place   Argentina 21–19   Tonga   Kenya
  United States
13th place   Uruguay 26–5   Spain   Canada
  Japan

Los Angeles

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Main article: 2023 USA Sevens
Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup   New Zealand 22–12   Argentina   Fiji (Bronze)
  Australia
5th place   Samoa 24–19   Great Britain   Ireland
  South Africa
9th place   France 26–24   Spain   Canada
  Uruguay
13th place   United States 31–7   Japan   Chile
  Kenya

Vancouver

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Main article: 2023 Canada Sevens
Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup   Argentina 33–21   France   Australia (Bronze)
  Ireland
5th place   New Zealand 50–7   United States   Fiji
  Great Britain
9th place   Samoa 35–17   Kenya   Spain
  Uruguay
13th place   South Africa 17–5   Japan   Canada
  Chile

Hong Kong 2023

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Main article: 2023 Hong Kong Sevens
Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup   New Zealand 24–17   Fiji   France (Bronze)
  Great Britain
5th place   Argentina 7–5   South Africa   Spain
  United States
9th place   Ireland 19–17   Samoa   Australia
  Uruguay
13th place   Hong Kong 17–7   Canada   Japan
  Kenya

Singapore

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Main article: 2023 Singapore Sevens
Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup   New Zealand 19–17   Argentina   Fiji (Bronze)
  Samoa
5th place   Australia 24–21   Great Britain   France
  Uruguay
9th place   Spain 26–10   Kenya   Japan
  South Africa
13th place   United States 22–17   Canada   Hong Kong
  Ireland

Toulouse

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Main article: 2023 France Sevens
Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup   New Zealand 24–19   Argentina   France (Bronze)
  Canada
5th place   Australia 26–21   Ireland   Great Britain
  South Africa
9th place   Fiji 26–15   Spain   Samoa
  Uruguay
13th place   Kenya 33–12   Japan   Germany
  United States

London

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Main article: 2023 London Sevens
Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup   Argentina 35–14   Fiji   Samoa (Bronze)
  New Zealand
5th place   France 21–19   Ireland   Australia (7th)
  Great Britain
9th place   South Africa 47–5   United States   Spain (11th)
  Japan
Relegation
playoffs 		  Canada 12–7   Kenya   Tonga
  Uruguay

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "How to qualify for rugby at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained". Olympics.com. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
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