2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Men's tournament

2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens

Tournament details
Host nation	2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens
Dates	9 – 11 September 2022
No. of nations	24
Final positions
Champions	Fiji
Runner-up	New Zealand
Third place	Ireland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Tries scored	276 (average 5.31 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Brock Webster (35)
Most tries	Steve Onosai (7)
Points scored	1,726 (average 33.19 per match)
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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.

Teams

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

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

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

Gianluca Gnecchi (Italy) Adam Leal (England) Jérémy Rozier (France) Morné Ferreira (South Africa) Reuben Keane (Australia)

Jordan Way (Australia) Nick Hogan (New Zealand) AJ Jacobs (South Africa) Tevita Rokovereni (Fiji) Francisco González (Uruguay)

Format

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

Match results as per the official website: ^[5]

All times are local (UTC+2).

Pre-Round of 16

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

	21st–24th semifinals				21st-place final
	10 September – Cape Town Stadium
	Portugal	31
					11 September – Cape Town Stadium
	Jamaica	7
					Portugal	10
	10 September – Cape Town Stadium
					South Korea	12
	South Korea	21
	Zimbabwe	19
					23rd-place final
					11 September – Cape Town Stadium
					Jamaica	17
					Zimbabwe	31

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

	Bowl quarter-finals				Bowl semi-finals				Bowl final
	10 September – Cape Town Stadium
	Germany	21
					10 September – Cape Town Stadium
	Portugal	14
					Germany	17
	10 September – Cape Town Stadium
					Tonga	12
	Jamaica	0
									11 September – Cape Town Stadium
	Tonga	17
									Germany	12
	10 September – Cape Town Stadium
									Uganda	19
	South Korea	0
					10 September – Cape Town Stadium
	Uganda	12
					Uganda	14
	10 September – Cape Town Stadium
					Hong Kong	5			19th-place final
	Zimbabwe	0
									11 September – Cape Town Stadium
	Hong Kong	28
									Tonga	0
									Hong Kong	19

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

	16th–13th semi-finals				13th-place final
	10 September – Cape Town Stadium
	Scotland	21
					11 September – Cape Town Stadium
	Chile	24
					Chile	10
	10 September – Cape Town Stadium
					Canada	12
	Canada	33
	Wales	19
					15th-place final
					11 September – Cape Town Stadium
					Scotland	21
					Wales	24

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

	Challenge quarter-finals				Challenge semi-finals				Challenge final
	10 September – Cape Town Stadium
	England	35
					10 September – Cape Town Stadium
	Chile	0
					England	36
	10 September – Cape Town Stadium
					Kenya	0
	Kenya	24
									11 September – Cape Town Stadium
	Scotland	5
									England	28
	10 September – Cape Town Stadium
									Uruguay	5
	United States	33
					10 September – Cape Town Stadium
	Wales	5
					United States	19
	10 September – Cape Town Stadium
					Uruguay	21			11th-place final
	Uruguay	19
									11 September – Cape Town Stadium
	Canada	12
									Kenya	19
									United States	26

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

	5th–8th semi-finals				5th-place final
	11 September – Cape Town Stadium
	South Africa	19
					11 September – Cape Town Stadium
	Argentina	26
					Argentina	10
	11 September – Cape Town Stadium
					France	7
	Samoa	17
	France	24
					7th-place final
					11 September – Cape Town Stadium
					South Africa	35
					Samoa	5

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

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Championship Cup Final

9 September – Cape Town Stadium

South Africa (1)

32

10 September – Cape Town Stadium

Chile (17)

5

South Africa

14

9 September – Cape Town Stadium

Ireland

24

Ireland (9)

17

11 September – Cape Town Stadium

England (8)

5

Ireland

10

9 September – Cape Town Stadium

New Zealand

17

New Zealand (5)

43

10 September – Cape Town Stadium

Scotland (12)

5

New Zealand

12

9 September – Cape Town Stadium

Argentina

5

Kenya (13)

7

11 September – Cape Town Stadium

Argentina (4)

22

New Zealand

12

9 September – Cape Town Stadium

Fiji

29

Fiji (3)

29

10 September – Cape Town Stadium

Wales (14)

5

Fiji

21

9 September – Cape Town Stadium

Samoa

10

Samoa (11)

40

11 September – Cape Town Stadium

United States (6)

12

Fiji

38

9 September – Cape Town Stadium

Australia

14

Bronze Final

France (7)

19

10 September – Cape Town Stadium

11 September – Cape Town Stadium

Canada (10)

12

France

5

Ireland

19

9 September – Cape Town Stadium

Australia

14

Australia

14

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

Final placings

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

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

Leading scorers

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:

Dream Team

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

• 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Women's tournament

References

1. "Qualifying". RWC Sevens. Archived from the original on 25 May 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
2. "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.