Tournament details | |
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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.
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 |
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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 |
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 | |||||||
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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 |
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15 | Hong Kong |
16 | Germany |
17 | Chile |
18 | Uruguay |
19 | South Korea |
20 | Tonga |
21 | Jamaica |
22 | Uganda |
23 | Zimbabwe |
24 | Portugal |
World Rugby announced a panel of ten match officials for the men's tournament. [4]
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Like the previous edition, the tournament was played using a knock-out format.
Match results as per the official website: [5]
All times are local (UTC+2).
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 |
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Portugal | 31 | |||||
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Jamaica | 7 | |||||
Portugal | 10 | |||||
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South Korea | 12 | |||||
South Korea | 21 | |||||
Zimbabwe | 19 | |||||
23rd-place final | ||||||
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Jamaica | 17 | |||||
Zimbabwe | 31 |
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Germany | 21 | |||||||||
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Portugal | 14 | |||||||||
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Tonga | 12 | |||||||||
Jamaica | 0 | |||||||||
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Tonga | 17 | |||||||||
Germany | 12 | |||||||||
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Uganda | 19 | |||||||||
South Korea | 0 | |||||||||
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Uganda | 12 | |||||||||
Uganda | 14 | |||||||||
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Hong Kong | 5 | 19th-place final | ||||||||
Zimbabwe | 0 | |||||||||
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Hong Kong | 28 | |||||||||
Tonga | 0 | |||||||||
Hong Kong | 19 | |||||||||
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Scotland | 21 | |||||
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Chile | 24 | |||||
Chile | 10 | |||||
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Canada | 12 | |||||
Canada | 33 | |||||
Wales | 19 | |||||
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Scotland | 21 | |||||
Wales | 24 |
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13th-place final
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England | 35 | |||||||||
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Scotland | 5 | |||||||||
England | 28 | |||||||||
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Uruguay | 5 | |||||||||
United States | 33 | |||||||||
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Wales | 5 | |||||||||
United States | 19 | |||||||||
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Uruguay | 21 | 11th-place final | ||||||||
Uruguay | 19 | |||||||||
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Canada | 12 | |||||||||
Kenya | 19 | |||||||||
United States | 26 | |||||||||
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South Africa | 19 | |||||
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Argentina | 26 | |||||
Argentina | 10 | |||||
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France | 7 | |||||
Samoa | 17 | |||||
France | 24 | |||||
7th-place final | ||||||
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South Africa | 35 | |||||
Samoa | 5 |
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Chile (17) | 5 | |||||||||||||
South Africa | 14 | |||||||||||||
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Ireland | 24 | |||||||||||||
Ireland (9) | 17 | |||||||||||||
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New Zealand | 17 | |||||||||||||
New Zealand (5) | 43 | |||||||||||||
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Kenya (13) | 7 | |||||||||||||
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New Zealand | 12 | |||||||||||||
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Fiji | 29 | |||||||||||||
Fiji (3) | 29 | |||||||||||||
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France (7) | 19 | |||||||||||||
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Place | Team |
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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 |
More than 105,000 spectators attended the three day tournament. [7]
Rank | Player | Tries |
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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 |
Rank | Player | Points |
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1 | Brock Webster | 35 |
Steve Onosai | ||
2 | Baltazar Amaya | 25 |
Jean-Pascal Barraque | ||
5 | Akuila Rokolisoa | 23 |
Maurice Longbottom | ||
Melani Matavao | ||
Waisea Nacuqu |
The 2022 Rugby Sevens World Cup Dream team is: [8]
Player | Country |
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Joseva Talacolo | Fiji |
Jerry Tuwai | Fiji |
Kaminieli Rasaku | Fiji |
Harry McNulty | Ireland |
Terry Kennedy | Ireland |
Scott Curry | New Zealand |
Ngarohi McGarvey-Black | New Zealand |
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