2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Men's tournament
Tournament details | |
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Host nation | ![]() |
Dates | 9 – 11 September 2022 |
No. of nations | 24 |
Final positions | |
Champions ![]() | ![]() |
Runner-up ![]() | ![]() |
Third place ![]() | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 52 |
Tries scored | 276 (average 5.31 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Most tries | ![]() |
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
[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 |
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Africa[a] | ![]() |
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4 |
North America[b] | ![]() |
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3 |
South America[c] | ![]() |
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3 |
Asia[d] | — | ![]() ![]() |
2 |
Europe[e] | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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7 |
Oceania[f] | ![]() ![]() |
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5 |
Totals | 8 | 16 | 24 |
- Notes
- ^ Africa: The top three teams from the 2022 Africa Men's Sevens joined host nation South Africa at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens.
- ^ North America: The top two teams from the 2022 RAN Sevens Qualifiers joined automatic qualifier United States at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens.
- ^ South America: The top two teams from the 2021 Sudamérica Rugby Sevens joined automatic qualifier Argentina at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
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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 | ![]() |
104 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 10 | 13 | — | 13 | 124 | 228 |
2 | ![]() |
81 | 13 | 19 | 15 | 19 | 17 | 17 | — | 22 | 122 | 203 |
3 | ![]() |
83 | 15 | 8 | 1 | — | 22 | 19 | 22 | 17 | 104 | 187 |
4 | ![]() |
56 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 22 | 13 | — | 118 | 174 |
5 | ![]() |
115 | — | — | — | — | 19 | 12 | 8 | 19 | 58 | 173 |
6 | ![]() |
72 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | — | 10 | 7 | 84 | 156 |
7 | ![]() |
74 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 17 | — | 81 | 155 |
8 | ![]() |
77 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 12 | — | 10 | 12 | 10 | 70 | 147 |
9 | ![]() |
49 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 15 | — | 19 | 12 | 92 | 141 |
10 | ![]() |
57 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 2 | — | 7 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 91 |
11 | ![]() |
33 | — | — | — | 1 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 56 | 89 |
12 | ![]() |
37 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | — | 5 | 7 | 5 | 41 | 78 |
13 | ![]() |
35 | 10 | 12 | — | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 73 |
14 | ![]() |
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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16 | ![]() |
17 | ![]() |
18 | ![]() |
19 | ![]() |
20 | ![]() |
21 | ![]() |
22 | ![]() |
23 | ![]() |
24 | ![]() |
Match officials
[edit]World Rugby announced a panel of ten match officials for the men's tournament.[4]
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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 | ![]() |
Cape Town Stadium | |
08:45 |
Match 2 | 9 September | (10) Canada ![]() |
31–7 | ![]() |
Cape Town Stadium | |
09:07 |
Match 3 | 9 September | (11) Samoa ![]() |
33–7 | ![]() |
Cape Town Stadium | |
09:29 |
Match 4 | 9 September | (12) Scotland ![]() |
24–7 | ![]() |
Cape Town Stadium | |
09:51 |
Match 5 | 9 September | (13) Kenya ![]() |
19–0 | ![]() |
Cape Town Stadium | |
10:23 |
Match 6 | 9 September | (14) Wales ![]() |
33–10 | ![]() |
Cape Town Stadium | |
10:45 |
Match 7 | 9 September | (15) Hong Kong ![]() |
7–19 | ![]() |
Cape Town Stadium | |
11:07 |
Match 8 | 9 September | (16) Germany ![]() |
12–15 | ![]() |
Cape Town Stadium | |
11:29 |
21st place
[edit]21st–24th semifinals | 21st-place final | |||||
10 September – Cape Town Stadium | ||||||
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11 September – Cape Town Stadium | ||||||
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10 September – Cape Town Stadium | ||||||
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23rd-place final | ||||||
11 September – Cape Town Stadium | ||||||
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21st–24th semi-finals
23rd-place final
21st-place final
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Bowl
[edit]Bowl quarter-finals | Bowl semi-finals | Bowl final | ||||||||
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11 September – Cape Town Stadium | ||||||||||
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10 September – Cape Town Stadium | ||||||||||
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11 September – Cape Town Stadium | ||||||||||
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Bowl quarter-finals
19th-place final
Bowl final
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13th place
[edit]16th–13th semi-finals | 13th-place final | |||||
10 September – Cape Town Stadium | ||||||
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11 September – Cape Town Stadium | ||||||
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15th-place final | ||||||
11 September – Cape Town Stadium | ||||||
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13th–16th semi-finals
15th-place final
13th-place final
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Challenge Trophy
[edit]Challenge quarter-finals | Challenge semi-finals | Challenge final | ||||||||
10 September – Cape Town Stadium | ||||||||||
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11 September – Cape Town Stadium | ||||||||||
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Challenge quarter-finals
Challenge semi-finals
11th-place final
Challenge final
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5th place
[edit]5th–8th semi-finals | 5th-place final | |||||
11 September – Cape Town Stadium | ||||||
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7th-place final | ||||||
11 September – Cape Town Stadium | ||||||
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5th–8th semi-finals
7th-place final
5th-place final
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Championship Cup
[edit]Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Cup Final | |||||||||||
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Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Bronze final
Cup final
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Final placings
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Attendance
[edit]More than 105,000 spectators attended the three day tournament.[7]
Leading scorers
[edit]Rank | Player | Tries |
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1 | ![]() |
7 |
2 | ![]() |
5 |
3 | ![]() |
4 |
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Rank | Player | Points |
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1 | ![]() |
35 |
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2 | ![]() |
25 |
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5 | ![]() |
23 |
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Source: [1]
Dream Team
[edit]The 2022 Rugby Sevens World Cup Dream team is:[8]
Player | Country |
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Joseva Talacolo | ![]() |
Jerry Tuwai | ![]() |
Kaminieli Rasaku | ![]() |
Harry McNulty | ![]() |
Terry Kennedy | ![]() |
Scott Curry | ![]() |
Ngarohi McGarvey-Black | ![]() |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Qualifying". RWC Sevens. Archived from the original on 25 May 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "First matches for RWC 2022 Sevens revealed". Rugby Asia 2/47. 21 July 2022.
- ^ "Match officials selected for Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 in South Africa". World Rugby. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
- ^ "Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 - Matches". rwcsevens.com. World Rugby. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ world.rugby. "Home | Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022". www.rwcsevens.com. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
- ^ "RECORD NUMBERS ATTENDED AFRICA'S FIRST EVER RUGBY WORLD CUP SEVENS IN CAPE TOWN". EWN. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ "World Cup Dream Team Honours For McNulty And Kennedy". Irish Rugby. Retrieved 15 September 2022.