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2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Men's tournament

The men's tournament for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens was held in Cape Town, South Africa from 9 to 11 September at the Cape Town Stadium.

2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens
Tournament details
Host nation 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens
Dates9 – 11 September 2022
No. of nations24
Final positions
Champions  Fiji
Runner-up  New Zealand
Third place  Ireland
Tournament statistics
Matches played52
Tries scored276 (average 5.31 per match)
Top scorer(s) Brock Webster (35)
Most tries Steve Onosai (7)
Points scored1,726 (average 33.19 per match)
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Teams edit

The eight quarter-finalists from the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens, including the 2022 tournament host South Africa, were automatic qualifiers.[1] The remaining 16 places were decided in the six continental regions.[1]

Region Automatic
qualifiers 		Continental
qualifiers 		Teams
Africa[a]   South Africa (hosts)   Uganda
  Zimbabwe
  Kenya 		4
North America[b]   United States   Canada
  Jamaica 		3
South America[c]   Argentina   Chile
  Uruguay 		3
Asia[d] —   Hong Kong
  South Korea 		2
Europe[e]   England
  France
  Scotland 		  Germany
  Ireland
  Portugal
  Wales 		7
Oceania[f]   Fiji
  New Zealand (holders) 		  Australia
  Samoa
  Tonga 		5
Totals 8 16 24
Notes
  1. ^ Africa: The top three teams from the 2022 Africa Men's Sevens joined host nation South Africa at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens.
  2. ^ North America: The top two teams from the 2022 RAN Sevens Qualifiers joined automatic qualifier United States at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens.
  3. ^ South America: The top two teams from the 2021 Sudamérica Rugby Sevens joined automatic qualifier Argentina at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens.
  4. ^ Asia did not have an automatic qualifier for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens but the top two teams from the 2021 Asia Rugby Sevens Series won qualifier berths.
  5. ^ Europe: The top four teams from the 2022 European Qualifier event joined automatic qualifiers England, France and Scotland at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens.
  6. ^ Oceania was not able to hold a qualifying tournament due to ongoing impacts of COVID-19 in 2021 and 2022. Fiji and New Zealand qualified automatically but the other three qualifiers were determined by placings in the World Rugby Sevens Series and Oceania Sevens.[2] No Oceania teams played in the 2021 World Series but Australia and Samoa were given qualifier berths at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens due to finishing 4th and 12th, respectively, in the 2020 World Series.[2] Tonga gained the final berth by placing 5th in the 2019 Oceania Sevens, which was the last continental championship contested by the majority of eligible unions.[2]

Draw edit

The fourteen core teams from the World Rugby Sevens Series were seeded according to their points accumulated across the 2019–20 and 2021–22 seasons prior to July 2022.

 
Seed
Event 
Team
 2019–20
Seed
points 		Best 7 of first 8 rounds in 2021–22 2021–22
Seed
points 		Total
Seed
points
Dubai I Dubai II Má­laga Se­ville Singa­pore Van­cou­ver Tou­louse Lon­don
1   South Africa 104 22 22 22 22 10 13 — 13 124 228
2   Australia 81 13 19 15 19 17 17 — 22 122 203
3   Fiji 83 15 8 1 — 22 19 22 17 104 187
4   Argentina 56 17 17 19 17 13 22 13 — 118 174
5   New Zealand 115 — — — — 19 12 8 19 58 173
6   United States 72 19 11 12 13 12 — 10 7 84 156
7   France 74 8 15 13 10 8 10 17 — 81 155
8   England 77 4 5 17 12 — 10 12 10 70 147
9   Ireland 49 11 10 10 15 15 — 19 12 92 141
10   Canada 57 6 5 10 2 — 7 1 3 34 91
11   Samoa 33 — — — 1 10 15 15 15 56 89
12   Scotland 37 4 5 5 10 — 5 7 5 41 78
13   Kenya 35 10 12 — 8 5 1 1 1 38 73
14   Wales 13 4 5 7 3 5 5 2 — 31 44

The remaining ten teams were seeded based on rankings gained at the 2020 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series and regional ranking positions in July 2022.[3]

Seed Team
15   Hong Kong
16   Germany
17   Chile
18   Uruguay
19   South Korea
20   Tonga
21   Jamaica
22   Uganda
23   Zimbabwe
24   Portugal

Match officials edit

World Rugby announced a panel of ten match officials for the men's tournament.[4]

Format edit

Like the previous edition, the tournament was played using a knock-out format.

  • Teams in the Championship Cup competed for the Melrose Cup and gold, silver and bronze medals.
  • Losing teams in the Championship Cup Quarter-finals competed for fifth place.
  • Losing teams in the Championship Cup Round of 16 (second round) competed for the Challenge Trophy.
  • Losing teams in the Championship Cup Pre-round of 16 (first round) competed for the Bowl.
  • Losing teams in the Challenge Trophy Quarter-finals competed for 13th Place.
  • Losing teams in the Bowl Quarter-finals competed for 21st Place.
  • Teams entering in the Pre-round of 16 (first round) in the Championship Cup played a minimum of four matches and a maximum of five matches.
  • Teams entering in the Round of 16 (second round) in the Championship Cup played four matches.

Tournament edit

Match results as per the official website:[5]

All times are local (UTC+2).

Pre-Round of 16 edit

Match 1 9 September (9) Ireland   24–0   Portugal (24) Cape Town Stadium  
08:45
Match 2 9 September (10) Canada   31–7   Zimbabwe (23) Cape Town Stadium  
09:07
Match 3 9 September (11) Samoa   33–7   Uganda (22) Cape Town Stadium  
09:29
Match 4 9 September (12) Scotland   24–7   Jamaica (21) Cape Town Stadium  
09:51
Match 5 9 September (13) Kenya   19–0   Tonga (20) Cape Town Stadium  
10:23
Match 6 9 September (14) Wales   33–10   South Korea (19) Cape Town Stadium  
10:45
Match 7 9 September (15) Hong Kong   7–19   Uruguay (18) Cape Town Stadium  
11:07
Match 8 9 September (16) Germany   12–15   Chile (17) Cape Town Stadium  
11:29

21st place edit

 
21st–24th semifinals21st-place final
 
      
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 
  Portugal31
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Jamaica7
 
  Portugal10
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  South Korea12
 
  South Korea21
 
 
  Zimbabwe19
 
23rd-place final
 
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 
  Jamaica17
 
 
  Zimbabwe31
Matches

21st–24th semi-finals

Match 29 10 September Portugal   31–7   Jamaica Cape Town Stadium  
13:17
Match 30 10 September South Korea   21–19   Zimbabwe Cape Town Stadium  
13:39

23rd-place final

Match 41 11 September Jamaica   17–31   Zimbabwe Cape Town Stadium  
08:52

21st-place final

Match 42 11 September Portugal   10–12   South Korea Cape Town Stadium  
08:30

Bowl edit

 
Bowl quarter-finalsBowl semi-finalsBowl final
 
          
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 
  Germany21
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Portugal14
 
  Germany17
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Tonga12
 
  Jamaica0
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Tonga17
 
  Germany12
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Uganda19
 
  South Korea0
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Uganda12
 
  Uganda14
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Hong Kong5 19th-place final
 
  Zimbabwe0
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Hong Kong28
 
  Tonga0
 
 
  Hong Kong19
 
Matches

Bowl quarter-finals

Match 17 10 September Portugal   14–21   Germany Cape Town Stadium  
08:15
Match 18 10 September Zimbabwe   0–28   Hong Kong Cape Town Stadium  
08:37
Match 19 10 September Uganda   12–0   South Korea Cape Town Stadium  
08:59
Match 20 10 September Jamaica   0–17   Tonga Cape Town Stadium  
09:21


Match 31 10 September Germany   17–12   Tonga Cape Town Stadium  
14:01
Match 32 10 September Hong Kong   5–14   Uganda Cape Town Stadium  
14:23

19th-place final

Match 43 11 September Tonga   0–19   Hong Kong Cape Town Stadium  
09:14

Bowl final

Match 44 11 September Germany   12–19   Uganda Cape Town Stadium  
09:36

[6]

13th place edit

 
16th–13th semi-finals13th-place final
 
      
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 
  Scotland21
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Chile24
 
  Chile10
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Canada12
 
  Canada33
 
 
  Wales19
 
15th-place final
 
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 
  Scotland21
 
 
  Wales24
Matches

13th–16th semi-finals

Match 33 10 September Chile   24–21   Scotland Cape Town Stadium  
16:53
Match 34 10 September Canada   33–19   Wales Cape Town Stadium  
17:15

15th-place final

Match 45 11 September Scotland   21–24   Wales Cape Town Stadium  
15:58

13th-place final

Match 46 11 September Chile   10–12   Canada Cape Town Stadium  
16:20

Challenge Trophy edit

 
Challenge quarter-finalsChallenge semi-finalsChallenge final
 
          
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 
  England35
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Chile0
 
  England36
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Kenya0
 
  Kenya24
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Scotland5
 
  England28
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Uruguay5
 
  United States33
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Wales5
 
  United States19
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Uruguay21 11th-place final
 
  Uruguay19
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Canada12
 
  Kenya19
 
 
  United States26
 
Matches

Challenge quarter-finals

Match 21 10 September England   35–0   Chile Cape Town Stadium  
11:31
Match 22 10 September Canada   12–19   Uruguay Cape Town Stadium  
11:53
Match 23 10 September United States   33–5   Wales Cape Town Stadium  
12:15
Match 24 10 September Scotland   5–24   Kenya Cape Town Stadium  
12:37

Challenge semi-finals

Match 35 10 September Uruguay   21–19   United States Cape Town Stadium  
17:37
Match 36 10 September England   36–0   Kenya Cape Town Stadium  
17:59

11th-place final

Match 47 11 September United States   26–19   Kenya Cape Town Stadium  
16:42

Challenge final

Match 48 11 September Uruguay   5–28   England Cape Town Stadium  
17:04

5th place edit

 
5th–8th semi-finals5th-place final
 
      
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 
  South Africa19
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Argentina26
 
  Argentina10
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  France7
 
  Samoa17
 
 
  France24
 
7th-place final
 
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 
  South Africa35
 
 
  Samoa5
Matches

5th–8th semi-finals

Match 37 11 September South Africa   19–26   Argentina Cape Town Stadium  
11:02
Match 38 11 September France   24–17   Samoa Cape Town Stadium  
11:24

7th-place final

Match 49 11 September South Africa   35–5   Samoa Cape Town Stadium  
18:15

5th-place final

Match 50 11 September Argentina   10–7   France Cape Town Stadium  
18:37

Championship Cup edit

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsCup Final
 
              
 
9 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 
  South Africa (1)32
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Chile (17)5
 
  South Africa14
 
9 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Ireland24
 
  Ireland (9)17
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  England (8)5
 
  Ireland10
 
9 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  New Zealand17
 
  New Zealand (5)43
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Scotland (12)5
 
  New Zealand12
 
9 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Argentina5
 
  Kenya (13)7
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Argentina (4)22
 
  New Zealand12
 
9 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Fiji29
 
  Fiji (3)29
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Wales (14)5
 
  Fiji21
 
9 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Samoa10
 
  Samoa (11)40
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  United States (6)12
 
  Fiji38
 
9 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Australia14 Bronze Final
 
  France (7)19
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium 11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Canada (10)12
 
  France5  Ireland19
 
9 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Australia14   Australia14
 
  Uruguay (18)0
 
 
  Australia (2)35
 
Matches

Round of 16

Match 9 9 September England   5–17   Ireland Cape Town Stadium  
14:39
Match 10 9 September France   19–12   Canada Cape Town Stadium  
15:02
Match 11 9 September United States   12–40   Samoa Cape Town Stadium  
15:39
Match 12 9 September New Zealand   43–5   Scotland Cape Town Stadium  
16:01
Match 13 9 September Argentina   22–7   Kenya Cape Town Stadium  
16:23
Match 15 9 September Australia   35–0   Uruguay Cape Town Stadium  
16:45
Match 14 9 September Fiji   29–5   Wales Cape Town Stadium  
18:05
Match 16 9 September South Africa   32–5   Chile Cape Town Stadium  
19:03

Quarter-finals

Match 28 10 September New Zealand   12–5   Argentina Cape Town Stadium  
19:35
Match 26 10 September France   5–14   Australia Cape Town Stadium  
20:35
Match 27 10 September Samoa   10–21   Fiji Cape Town Stadium  
21:35
Match 25 10 September Ireland   24–14   South Africa Cape Town Stadium  
22:33

Semi-finals

Match 39 11 September Ireland   10–17   New Zealand Cape Town Stadium  
12:35
Match 40 11 September Australia   14–38   Fiji Cape Town Stadium  
13:33

Bronze final

Match 51 11 September Ireland   19–14   Australia Cape Town Stadium  
19:25 Try: Crubbin, McNulty, Kennedy
Con: Dardis, Roche 		Report Try: Lawson, Toole
Con: Dunbar (2) 		Referee: Nick Hogan

Cup final

Match 52 11 September New Zealand   12–29   Fiji Cape Town Stadium  
20:54

Final placings edit

Place  Team
    Fiji
    New Zealand
    Ireland
4   Australia
5   Argentina
6   France
7   South Africa
8   Samoa
9   England
10   Uruguay
11   United States
12   Kenya
13   Canada
14   Chile
15   Wales
16   Scotland
17   Uganda
18   Germany
19   Hong Kong
20   Tonga
21   South Korea
22   Portugal
23   Zimbabwe
24   Jamaica


Attendance edit

More than 105,000 spectators attended the three day tournament.[7]

Leading scorers edit

Tries scored
Rank Player Tries
1   Steve Onosai 7
2   Baltazar Amaya 5
3   Angelo Davids 4
  Jeong Yeon-sik
  Kaminieli Rasaku
  Ngarohi McGarvey-Black
  Perry Baker
  Vincent Onyala
  Will Homer
Points scored
Rank Player Points
1   Brock Webster 35
  Steve Onosai
2   Baltazar Amaya 25
  Jean-Pascal Barraque
5   Akuila Rokolisoa 23
  Maurice Longbottom
  Melani Matavao
  Waisea Nacuqu

Source: [1]

Dream Team edit

The 2022 Rugby Sevens World Cup Dream team is:[8]

Player Country
Joseva Talacolo   Fiji
Jerry Tuwai   Fiji
Kaminieli Rasaku   Fiji
Harry McNulty   Ireland
Terry Kennedy   Ireland
Scott Curry   New Zealand
Ngarohi McGarvey-Black   New Zealand

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Qualifying". RWC Sevens. Archived from the original on 25 May 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Oceania Rugby confirms 2022 Commonwealth Games and Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 Qualifiers". Oceania Rugby. 9 March 2022. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022.
  3. ^ "First matches for RWC 2022 Sevens revealed". Rugby Asia 2/47. 21 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Match officials selected for Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 in South Africa". World Rugby. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 - Matches". rwcsevens.com. World Rugby. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  6. ^ world.rugby. "Home | Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022". www.rwcsevens.com. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  7. ^ "RECORD NUMBERS ATTENDED AFRICA'S FIRST EVER RUGBY WORLD CUP SEVENS IN CAPE TOWN". EWN. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  8. ^ "World Cup Dream Team Honours For McNulty And Kennedy". Irish Rugby. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
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