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2022 Canada Sevens

The 2022 Canada Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament for men's national teams held on 16–17 April 2022 at BC Place, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada as part of the 2021–22 World Rugby Sevens Series.

2022 Canada Sevens
Sevens World Series XXIII
Host nation Canada
Date16–17 April 2022
Cup
Champion Argentina
Runner-up Fiji
Third Australia
Tournament details
Matches played45
Tries scored286 (average 6.36 per match)
Most points Marcos Moneta (50 points)
Most tries Marcos Moneta (10 tries)
← ← 2021 (shortened series)
2020
2023 →

The event was won by Argentina, with player of the match Marcos Moneta scoring two tries in their 29–10 win against Fiji in the final.[1]

Australia defeated Samoa with a last-minute try in their 21-19 win to take bronze in the third-place playoff.[1] South Africa, the defending Canada Sevens champions from the two events in 2021,[2][3] beat the 2020 event winners New Zealand in the fifth-place playoff.

Format edit

The sixteen teams were drawn into four pools of four. Each team played the three opponents in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup bracket, with the losers of the quarter-finals vying for a fifth-place finish. The remaining eight teams that finished third or fourth in their pool played off for 9th place, with the losers of the 9th-place quarter-finals competing for 13th place.

Teams edit

The sixteen national teams competing in Canada were:[4]

Pool stage edit

The pools were announced on 10 April.[5]

  Team advances to the Cup quarter-finals

Pool A edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Fiji 3 3 0 0 98 31 +67 9
  England 3 1 0 2 50 59 –9 5
  United States 3 1 0 2 49 71 –22 5
  Kenya 3 1 0 2 38 74 –36 5
16 April
10:31 PDT (UTC–7)
United States  17–19  Kenya
Report
BC Place
16 April
10:53 PDT (UTC–7)
Fiji  27–12  England
Report
BC Place
16 April
13:42 PDT (UTC–7)
United States  20–19  England
Report
BC Place
16 April
14:04 PDT (UTC–7)
Fiji  38–7  Kenya
Report
BC Place
16 April
17:07 PDT (UTC–7)
Kenya  12–19  England
Report
BC Place
16 April
17:35 PDT (UTC–7)
Fiji  33–12  United States
Report
BC Place

Pool B edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 109 43 +66 9
  Samoa 3 2 0 1 85 53 +32 7
  Wales 3 1 0 2 36 78 –42 5
  Japan 3 0 0 3 38 94 –56 3
16 April
9:44 PDT (UTC–7)
Samoa  26–12  Wales
Report
BC Place
16 April
10:06 PDT (UTC–7)
New Zealand  40–14  Japan
Report
BC Place
16 April
12:55 PDT (UTC–7)
Samoa  35–10  Japan
Report
BC Place
16 April
13:17 PDT (UTC–7)
New Zealand  38–5  Wales
Report
BC Place
16 April
16:06 PDT (UTC–7)
Wales  19–14  Japan
Report
BC Place
16 April
16:28 PDT (UTC–7)
New Zealand  31–24  Samoa
Report
BC Place

Pool C edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  South Africa 3 3 0 0 72 45 +27 9
  Australia 3 2 0 1 85 32 +53 7
  Canada 3 1 0 2 50 66 –16 5
  Spain 3 0 0 3 33 97 –64 3
16 April
11:15 PDT (UTC–7)
South Africa  31–12  Spain
Report
BC Place
16 April
11:37 PDT (UTC–7)
Australia  26–10  Canada
Report
BC Place
16 April
14:26 PDT (UTC–7)
South Africa  19–14  Canada
Report
BC Place
16 April
14:48 PDT (UTC–7)
Australia  40–0  Spain
Report
BC Place
16 April
18:05 PDT (UTC–7)
Spain  21–26  Canada
Report
BC Place
16 April
18:33 PDT (UTC–7)
Australia  19–22  South Africa
Report
BC Place

Pool D edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Argentina 3 2 1 0 62 36 +26 8
  France 3 2 1 0 62 43 +19 8
  Ireland 3 1 0 2 50 67 –17 5
  Scotland 3 0 0 3 36 64 –28 3
16 April
9:00 PDT (UTC–7)
Argentina  12–12  France
Report
BC Place
16 April
9:22 PDT (UTC–7)
Ireland  19–12  Scotland
Report
BC Place
16 April
12:11 PDT (UTC–7)
Argentina  24–5  Scotland
Report
BC Place
16 April
12:33 PDT (UTC–7)
Ireland  12–29  France
Report
BC Place
16 April
15:22 PDT (UTC–7)
France  21–19  Scotland
Report
BC Place
16 April
15:44 PDT (UTC–7)
Ireland  19–26  Argentina
Report
BC Place

Knockout stage edit

13th–16th playoffs edit

 
13th place Semi-finals13th place Final
 
      
 
17 April – BC Place
 
 
  United States33
 
17 April – BC Place
 
  Japan12
 
  United States33
 
17 April – BC Place
 
  Spain24
 
  Kenya7
 
 
  Spain24
 

9th–12th playoffs edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finals9th Place Final
 
          
 
17 April – BC Place
 
 
  United States12
 
17 April – BC Place
 
  Scotland24
 
  Canada26
 
17 April – BC Place
 
  Scotland22
 
  Canada29
 
17 April – BC Place
 
  Japan5
 
  Canada7
 
17 April – BC Place
 
  Ireland17
 
  Ireland21
 
17 April – BC Place
 
  Kenya14
 
  Ireland14
 
17 April – BC Place
 
  Wales12
 
  Wales19
 
 
  Spain14
 

5th–8th playoffs edit

 
5th place Semi-finals5th place Final
 
      
 
17 April – BC Place
 
 
  France7
 
17 April – BC Place
 
  South Africa36
 
  South Africa17
 
17 April – BC Place
 
  New Zealand15
 
  England5
 
 
  New Zealand34
 

Cup playoffs edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsCup Final
 
          
 
17 April – BC Place
 
 
  Fiji24
 
17 April – BC Place
 
  France21
 
  Fiji45
 
17 April – BC Place
 
  Samoa5
 
  South Africa17
 
17 April – BC Place
 
  Samoa28
 
  Fiji10
 
17 April – BC Place
 
  Argentina29
 
  Argentina40
 
17 April – BC Place
 
  England17
 
  Argentina24
 
17 April – BC Place
 
  Australia12 Third place
 
  New Zealand12
 
17 April – BC Place
 
  Australia19
 
  Samoa19
 
 
  Australia21
 

Placings edit

Place  Team Points
    Argentina 22
    Fiji 19
    Australia 17
4   Samoa 15
5   South Africa 13
6   New Zealand 12
7   England 10
  France 10
Place  Team Points
9   Ireland 8
10   Canada 7
11   Scotland 5
  Wales 5
13   United States 3
14   Spain 2
15   Japan 1
  Kenya 1

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Argentina beat Fiji to end Sevens drought". Dungog Chronicle. 18 April 2022. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022.
  2. ^ "South Africa beats Kenya for Vancouver rugby sevens title". Yahoo! News. September 20, 2021.
  3. ^ "South Africa beat Great Britain 24-12 to win COVID-curtailed Sevens crown". Firstpost. September 27, 2021.
  4. ^ "HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2022 Vancouver". Rugby Asia 24/7. 14 April 2022.
  5. ^ Lambley, Garrin (10 April 2022). "Blitzboks get lucky with Vancouver Sevens pool draw". The South African. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022.

External links edit

Sevens Series XXIII
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