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2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Women's tournament

The women'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.

2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Women's tournament
Tournament details
VenueCape Town Stadium
Dates9 – 11 September 2022
No. of nations16
Final positions
Champions  Australia
Runner-up  New Zealand
Third place  France
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Top scorer(s) Faith Nathan (45)
Most tries Faith Nathan (9)
← 2018

Teams edit

The four semi-finalists from the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens were automatic qualifiers, with South Africa also qualifying as host.[1] The remaining eleven places were decided in the six continental regions.[1]

Region Automatic
qualifiers 		Continental
qualifiers 		Total
teams
Africa[a]   South Africa (hosts)   Madagascar 2
North America[b]   United States   Canada 2
South America[c] —   Brazil
  Colombia 		2
Asia[d] —   China
  Japan 		2
Europe[e]   France   England
  Ireland
  Poland
  Spain 		5
Oceania[f]   Australia
  New Zealand (holders) 		  Fiji 3
Totals 5 11 16
Notes
  1. ^ Africa: The runner-up of the 2022 Africa Women's Sevens joined automatic qualifier South Africa (who won the tournament) at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens.
  2. ^ North America: The winner of the 2022 RAN Women's Sevens Qualifiers joined automatic qualifier United States at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens.
  3. ^ South America did not have an automatic qualifier but the top two teams from the 2021 Sudamérica Rugby Women's Sevens won qualifier berths.
  4. ^ Asia did not have an automatic qualifier but the top two teams from the 2021 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series won qualifier berths.
  5. ^ Europe: The top four teams from the 2022 European Qualifier event joined automatic qualifier France 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. While New Zealand and Australia qualified automatically, the third qualifier berth at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens was determined by the most recent placings in the World Rugby Series,[2] awarded to Fiji who finished seventh in the 2020 World Series.[2]

Draw edit

The ten core teams from the World Rugby Sevens Series were seeded according to their points accumulated across the 2019–20 and 2021–22 seasons.

 
Seed
Season 
Team
 2019–20 2021–22 Total
Points
1   Australia 80 80 160
2   New Zealand 96 57 153
3   France 70 60 130
4   United States 66 56 122
5   Canada 80 40 100
6   Fiji 38 60 98
7   Ireland 15 60 75
8   England 36 33 69
9   Spain 28 26 54
10   Brazil 10 24 30

The remaining six teams were seeded based on regional ranking positions in July 2022.[3]

Seed Team
11   Japan
12   China
13   Poland
14   South Africa
15   Colombia
16   Madagascar

Format edit

Like the previous edition, the tournament was played using a knock-out format.

  • Teams in the Championship Cup competed for the Rugby Sevens World Cup trophy and gold, silver and bronze medals.
  • Losing teams in the Championship Cup quarterfinals played off for 5th to 8th place.
  • Losing teams in the Championship Cup Round of 16 (first round) competed for the Challenge Trophy and lower places.
  • All teams played four matches.

Tournament edit

Match results as per the official website:[4]

All times are local (UTC+2).

13th place edit

 
13th–16th semifinals13th-place final
 
      
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 
  Madagascar5
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  China36
 
  China21
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  South Africa19
 
  South Africa27
 
 
  Colombia0
 
15th-place final
 
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 
  Madagascar19
 
 
  Colombia12
Matches

13th–16th semi-finals

Match 17 10 September Madagascar   5–36   China Cape Town Stadium  
15:05
Match 18 10 September South Africa   27–0   Colombia Cape Town Stadium  
15:27

15th-place final

Match 25 11 September Madagascar   19-12   Colombia Cape Town Stadium  
14:15

13th-place final

Match 26 11 September China   21-19   South Africa Cape Town Stadium  
14:37

Challenge Trophy edit

 
Challenge quarter-finalsChallenge semi-finalsChallenge final
 
          
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 
  Spain12
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Madagascar0
 
  Spain10
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Poland19
 
  Poland20
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  China14
 
  Poland12
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Japan17
 
  Japan14
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  South Africa12
 
  Japan19
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Brazil10 11th-place final
 
  Colombia0
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Brazil33
 
  Spain17
 
 
  Brazil19
 
Matches

Challenge quarter-finals

Match 9 10 September Madagascar   0–12   Spain Cape Town Stadium  
09:53
Match 10 10 September Colombia   0–33   Brazil Cape Town Stadium  
10:15
Match 11 10 September South Africa   12–14   Japan Cape Town Stadium  
10:37
Match 12 10 September Poland   20–14   China Cape Town Stadium  
10:59

Challenge semi-finals

Match 19 10 September Spain   10–19   Poland Cape Town Stadium  
15:49
Match 20 10 September Brazil   10–19   Japan Cape Town Stadium  
16:11

11th-place final

Match 27 11 September Spain   17–19   Brazil Cape Town Stadium  
14:59

Challenge final

Match 28 11 September Poland   12–17   Japan Cape Town Stadium  
15:21

5th place edit

 
5th–8th semi-finals5th-place final
 
      
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 
  England7
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Canada22
 
  Canada0
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Fiji53
 
  Fiji24
 
 
  Ireland0
 
7th-place final
 
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 
  England10
 
 
  Ireland26
Matches

5th–8th semi-finals

Match 21 11 September England   7–22   Canada Cape Town Stadium  
10:18
Match 22 11 September Fiji   24–0   Ireland Cape Town Stadium  
10:40

7th-place final

Match 29 11 September England   10–26   Ireland Cape Town Stadium  
17:31

5th-place final

Match 30 11 September Canada   0–53   Fiji Cape Town Stadium  
17:53

Championship Cup edit

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsCup final
 
              
 
9 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 
  Australia (1)48
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Madagascar (16)0
 
  Australia35
 
9 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  England5
 
  Spain (9)5
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  England (8)29
 
  Australia17
 
9 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  United States7
 
  Canada (5)24
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  China (12)5
 
  Canada7
 
9 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  United States10
 
  Poland (13)7
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  United States (4)39
 
  Australia24
 
9 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  New Zealand22
 
  France (3)29
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  South Africa (14)0
 
  France19
 
9 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Fiji14
 
  Japan (11)7
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Fiji (6)36
 
  France7
 
9 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  New Zealand38 Bronze final
 
  Ireland (7)24
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium 11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  Brazil (10)12
 
  Ireland0  United States7
 
9 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
  New Zealand28   France29
 
  Colombia (15)5
 
 
  New Zealand (2)47
 
Matches

Round of 16

Match 1 9 September Australia   48–0   Madagascar Cape Town Stadium  
12:11
Match 4 9 September United States   39–7   Poland Cape Town Stadium  
12:33
Match 5 9 September Canada   24–5   China Cape Town Stadium  
12:55
Match 6 9 September Fiji   36–7   Japan Cape Town Stadium  
13:17
Match 7 9 September Ireland   24–12   Brazil Cape Town Stadium  
13:54
Match 8 9 September England   29–5   Spain Cape Town Stadium  
14:16
Match 2 9 September New Zealand   47–5   Colombia Cape Town Stadium  
17:37
Match 3 9 September France   29–0   South Africa Cape Town Stadium  
18:35

Quarter-finals

Match 13 10 September Australia   35–5   England Cape Town Stadium  
19:07
Match 14 10 September New Zealand   28–0   Ireland Cape Town Stadium  
20:05
Match 15 10 September France   19–14   Fiji Cape Town Stadium  
21:05
Match 16 10 September United States   10–7   Canada Cape Town Stadium  
22:05

Semi-finals

Match 23 11 September New Zealand   38–7   France Cape Town Stadium  
12:07
Match 24 11 September Australia   17–7   United States Cape Town Stadium  
13:05

Bronze final

Match 31 11 September United States   7–29   France Cape Town Stadium  
19:01

Cup final

Match 32 11 September Australia   24–22   New Zealand Cape Town Stadium  
20:17

Final placings edit

Place  Team
    Australia
    New Zealand
    France
4   United States
5   Fiji
6   Canada
7   Ireland
8   England
Place  Team
9   Japan
10   Poland
11   Brazil
12   Spain
13   China
14   South Africa
15   Madagascar
16   Colombia

Player scoring edit

Tries scored
Rank Player Tries
1   Faith Nathan 9
2   Ana Maria Naimasi 6
3   Nadine Roos 5
  Reapi Ulunisau
  Wakaba Hara
Points scored
Rank Player Points
1   Faith Nathan 45
2   Ana Maria Naimasi 34
3   Reapi Ulunisau 33
4   Risi Pouri-Lane 32
5   Nadine Roos 31

Source: [1]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Qualifying". RWC Sevens. Archived from the original on 25 May 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ "Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 - Matches". rwcsevens.com. World Rugby. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
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