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.
Tournament details | |
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Venue | Cape Town Stadium |
Dates | 9 – 11 September 2022 |
No. of nations | 16 |
Final positions | |
Champions ![]() | ![]() |
Runner-up ![]() | ![]() |
Third place ![]() | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 32 |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Most tries | ![]() |
← 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 |
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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
- ^ 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.
- ^ North America: The winner of the 2022 RAN Women's Sevens Qualifiers joined automatic qualifier United States at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens.
- ^ South America did not have an automatic qualifier but the top two teams from the 2021 Sudamérica Rugby Women's Sevens won qualifier berths.
- ^ Asia did not have an automatic qualifier but the top two teams from the 2021 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series won qualifier berths.
- ^ Europe: The top four teams from the 2022 European Qualifier event joined automatic qualifier France 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. 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
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2019–20 | 2021–22 | Total Points |
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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 |
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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 semifinals | 13th-place final | |||||
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Madagascar | 5 | |||||
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China | 36 | |||||
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South Africa | 19 | |||||
South Africa | 27 | |||||
Colombia | 0 | |||||
15th-place final | ||||||
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Madagascar | 19 | |||||
Colombia | 12 |
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13th–16th semi-finals
15th-place final
13th-place final
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Challenge Trophy edit
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Spain | 12 | |||||||||
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Madagascar | 0 | |||||||||
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Poland | 19 | |||||||||
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China | 14 | |||||||||
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Japan | 17 | |||||||||
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South Africa | 12 | |||||||||
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Brazil | 10 | 11th-place final | ||||||||
Colombia | 0 | |||||||||
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Brazil | 33 | |||||||||
Spain | 17 | |||||||||
Brazil | 19 | |||||||||
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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 | |||||
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England | 7 | |||||
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Canada | 22 | |||||
Canada | 0 | |||||
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Fiji | 53 | |||||
Fiji | 24 | |||||
Ireland | 0 | |||||
7th-place final | ||||||
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England | 10 | |||||
Ireland | 26 |
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5th–8th semi-finals
7th-place final
5th-place final
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Championship Cup edit
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Australia (1) | 48 | |||||||||||||
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Madagascar (16) | 0 | |||||||||||||
Australia | 35 | |||||||||||||
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England | 5 | |||||||||||||
Spain (9) | 5 | |||||||||||||
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England (8) | 29 | |||||||||||||
Australia | 17 | |||||||||||||
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United States | 7 | |||||||||||||
Canada (5) | 24 | |||||||||||||
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China (12) | 5 | |||||||||||||
Canada | 7 | |||||||||||||
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United States | 10 | |||||||||||||
Poland (13) | 7 | |||||||||||||
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United States (4) | 39 | |||||||||||||
Australia | 24 | |||||||||||||
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New Zealand | 22 | |||||||||||||
France (3) | 29 | |||||||||||||
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South Africa (14) | 0 | |||||||||||||
France | 19 | |||||||||||||
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Fiji | 14 | |||||||||||||
Japan (11) | 7 | |||||||||||||
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Fiji (6) | 36 | |||||||||||||
France | 7 | |||||||||||||
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New Zealand | 38 | Bronze final | ||||||||||||
Ireland (7) | 24 | |||||||||||||
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Brazil (10) | 12 | |||||||||||||
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New Zealand | 28 | France | 29 | |||||||||||
Colombia (15) | 5 | |||||||||||||
New Zealand (2) | 47 | |||||||||||||
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Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Bronze final
Cup final
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Final placings edit
Place | Team |
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Australia | |
New Zealand | |
France | |
4 | United States |
5 | Fiji |
6 | Canada |
7 | Ireland |
8 | England |
Place | Team |
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9 | Japan |
10 | Poland |
11 | Brazil |
12 | Spain |
13 | China |
14 | South Africa |
15 | Madagascar |
16 | Colombia |
Player scoring edit
Rank | Player | Tries |
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1 | Faith Nathan | 9 |
2 | Ana Maria Naimasi | 6 |
3 | Nadine Roos | 5 |
Reapi Ulunisau | ||
Wakaba Hara |
Rank | Player | Points |
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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
- ^ a b "Qualifying". RWC Sevens. Archived from the original on 25 May 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "First matches for RWC 2022 Sevens revealed". Rugby Asia 2/47. 21 July 2022.
- ^ "Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 - Matches". rwcsevens.com. World Rugby. Retrieved 19 August 2022.