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)
	← 2018 2026 →

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

^ 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

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
Seed	Event Team	2019–20 Seed points	Dubai I	Dubai II	Málaga	Seville	Singapore	Vancouver	Toulouse	London	2021–22 Seed points	Total Seed points
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

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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

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

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
1	Steve Onosai	35
2	Baltazar Amaya	25
2	Jean-Pascal Barraque	25
5	Akuila Rokolisoa	23
	Maurice Longbottom
	Melani Matavao
	Waisea Nacuqu

Source: [1]

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

References

^ ^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.

[2] Africa: The top three teams from the 2022 Africa Men's Sevens joined host nation South Africa at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens.

[3] North America: The top two teams from the 2022 RAN Sevens Qualifiers joined automatic qualifier United States at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens.

[4] South America: The top two teams from the 2021 Sudamérica Rugby Sevens joined automatic qualifier Argentina at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens.

[5] 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.

[6] 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.

[8] 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]

[wrcq-1] "Qualifying". RWC Sevens. Archived from the original on 25 May 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

[or-2022-7] "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.

[9] "First matches for RWC 2022 Sevens revealed". Rugby Asia 2/47. 21 July 2022.

[Match_Officials-10] "Match officials selected for Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 in South Africa". World Rugby. Retrieved 26 September 2022.

[11] "Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 - Matches". rwcsevens.com. World Rugby. Retrieved 19 August 2022.

[12] world.rugby. "Home | Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022". www.rwcsevens.com. Retrieved 10 September 2022.

[2022_Attendance-13] "RECORD NUMBERS ATTENDED AFRICA'S FIRST EVER RUGBY WORLD CUP SEVENS IN CAPE TOWN". EWN. Retrieved 14 September 2022.

[2022_RWC_dream_team-14] "World Cup Dream Team Honours For McNulty And Kennedy". Irish Rugby. Retrieved 15 September 2022.

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2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Men's tournament

Contents

Teams

Draw

Match officials

Format

Tournament

Pre-Round of 16

21st place

Bowl

13th place

Challenge Trophy

5th place

Championship Cup

Final placings

Attendance

Leading scorers

Dream Team

See also

References