The 2022 South Africa Sevens was the third tournament within the 2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series and the 22nd South Africa Sevens tournament. The event was won by Samoa 7s, defeating New Zealand 7s by 12–7 in the final.[1] It was held on 9–11 December 2022 at the Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa.[2]
| 2022 South Africa Sevens | |
|---|---|
| Sevens World Series XXIV | |
| Host nation |  South Africa |
| Date | 9–11 December 2022 |
| Cup | |
| Champion |  Samoa |
| Runner-up |  New Zealand |
| Third |  United States |
| Tournament details | |
| Matches played | 45 |
← 2019 2023 → | |
Format edit
The 16 teams were drawn into four pools of four. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup playoffs and compete for gold, silver and bronze medals. The other teams from each pool go to the classification playoffs for 9th to 16th placings.
Teams edit
Fifteen core teams participated in the tournament along with one invited team, Uganda.[3] {{columns-list|colwidth=14em|
Core Teams
Argentina
Australia
Canada
Fiji
France
Great Britain
Ireland
Japan
Kenya
New Zealand
Samoa
South Africa
Spain
United States
Uruguay
Invited Team
Pool stage edit
All times in South African Standard Time (UTC+2:00)
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Teams that advanced to the Cup quarter-final | |
Pool A edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 9 |
 Fiji
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 7 |
 France
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -45 | 5 |
 Canada
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -36 | 3 |
Pool B edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samoa
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 7 |
 Uruguay
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 7 |
 Ireland
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 |
 Japan
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -87 | 3 |
Pool C edit
Pool C saw a huge upset with defending champions New Zealand defeated 14-10 by Spain.[4]
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 7 |
 Argentina
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 7 |
 Spain
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -22 | 6 |
 Kenya
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -40 | 4 |
Pool D edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 8 |
 Great Britain
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
 Australia
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 6 |
 Uganda
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -97 | 3 |
Placement matches edit
13th to 16th place playoffs edit
| 13th place semifinals | 13th place final | |||||
| 12:49 pm | ||||||
| Japan | 14 | |||||
| 4:07 pm | ||||||
| Canada | 31 | |||||
| Canada | 10 | |||||
| 1:11 pm | ||||||
| Kenya | 21 | |||||
| Kenya | 19 | |||||
| Uganda | 5 | |||||
| 15th place final | ||||||
| 3:30 pm | ||||||
| Japan | 17 | |||||
| Uganda | 14 | |||||
9th to 12 place playoffs edit
| 9th place quarterfinals | 9th place semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| 3 December – The Sevens | ||||||||||
| Spain | 40 | |||||||||
| 3 December – The Sevens | ||||||||||
| Ireland | 5 | |||||||||
| Spain | 0 | |||||||||
| 3 December – The Sevens | ||||||||||
| Australia | 26 | |||||||||
| Australia | 33 | |||||||||
| 3 December – The Sevens | ||||||||||
| Canada | 7 | |||||||||
| Australia | 24 | |||||||||
| 3 December – The Sevens | ||||||||||
| France | 12 | |||||||||
| Ireland | 19 | |||||||||
| 3 December – The Sevens | ||||||||||
| Kenya | 14 | |||||||||
| Ireland | 12 | |||||||||
| 3 December – The Sevens | ||||||||||
| France | 19 | 11th place final | ||||||||
| France | 24 | |||||||||
| 3 December – The Sevens | ||||||||||
| Uganda | 7 | |||||||||
| Ireland | 24 | |||||||||
| Spain | 12 | |||||||||
Knockout stage edit
Fifth place edit
| 5th place semifinal | 5th place final | |||||
| 12:49 pm | ||||||
| Uruguay | 0 | |||||
| 4:07 pm | ||||||
| Fiji | 38 | |||||
| Fiji | 29 | |||||
| 1:11 pm | ||||||
| Argentina | 5 | |||||
| Argentina | 26 | |||||
| Great Britain | 14 | |||||
| 7th place final | ||||||
| 3:30 pm | ||||||
| Uruguay | 0 | |||||
| Great Britain | 22 | |||||
Cup playoffs edit
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 10 December | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 50 | |||||||||
| 11 December | ||||||||||
| Uruguay | 0 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 33 | |||||||||
| 10 December | ||||||||||
| United States | 17 | |||||||||
| United States | 17 | |||||||||
| 11 December | ||||||||||
| Fiji | 7 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 7 | |||||||||
| 10 December | ||||||||||
| Samoa | 12 | |||||||||
| Samoa | 22 | |||||||||
| 11 December | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 10 | |||||||||
| Samoa | 10 | |||||||||
| 10 December | ||||||||||
| South Africa | 7 | 3rd place final | ||||||||
| South Africa | 21 | |||||||||
| 11 December | ||||||||||
| Great Britain | 14 | |||||||||
| United States | 22 | |||||||||
| South Africa | 14 | |||||||||
Tournament placings edit
| Place | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
|
Samoa |
22 |
|
New Zealand |
19 |
|
United States |
17 |
| 4 | South Africa |
15 |
| 5 | Fiji |
13 |
| 6 | Argentina |
12 |
| 7 | Great Britain |
11 |
| 8 | Uruguay |
10 |
| 9 | Australia |
8 |
| 10 | France |
7 |
| 11 | Ireland |
6 |
| 12 | Spain |
5 |
| 13 | Kenya |
4 |
| 14 | Canada |
3 |
| 15 | Japan |
2 |
| 16 | Uganda |
1 |
Source: World Rugby
References edit
- ^ "Samoa upsets defending champion NZ to win Cape Town Sevens". Taiwan News. 12 December 2022. Archived from the original on 11 December 2022.
- ^ Mohamed, Ashfak. "Bok Sevens squad ready for 'special experience' of playing at Cape Town stadium". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ^ worldrugby.org. "Pools for Cape Town - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ^ "All Blacks Sevens side humiliated by minnows". NZ Herald. Retrieved 10 December 2022.