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]
^ 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]
Drawedit
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.
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^"Match officials selected for Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 in South Africa". World Rugby. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
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^world.rugby. "Home | Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022". www.rwcsevens.com. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
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January 01, 1970
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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 2022 Rugby World Cup SevensTournament detailsHost nation 2022 Rugby World Cup SevensDates9 11 September 2022No of nations24Final positionsChampions FijiRunner up New ZealandThird place IrelandTournament statisticsMatches played52Tries scored276 average 5 31 per match Top scorer s Brock Webster 35 Most triesSteve Onosai 7 Points scored1 726 average 33 19 per match 20182026 Contents 1 Teams 2 Draw 3 Match officials 4 Format 4 1 Tournament 4 2 Pre Round of 16 4 3 21st place 4 4 Bowl 4 5 13th place 4 6 Challenge Trophy 4 7 5th place 4 8 Championship Cup 5 Final placings 6 Attendance 7 Leading scorers 8 Dream Team 9 See also 10 ReferencesTeams editThe 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 nbsp South Africa hosts nbsp Uganda nbsp Zimbabwe nbsp Kenya 4 North America b nbsp United States nbsp Canada nbsp Jamaica 3 South America c nbsp Argentina nbsp Chile nbsp Uruguay 3 Asia d nbsp Hong Kong nbsp South Korea 2 Europe e nbsp England nbsp France nbsp Scotland nbsp Germany nbsp Ireland nbsp Portugal nbsp Wales 7 Oceania f nbsp Fiji nbsp New Zealand holders nbsp Australia nbsp Samoa nbsp 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 Sudamerica 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 editThe 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 20Seedpoints Best 7 of first 8 rounds in 2021 22 2021 22Seedpoints TotalSeedpoints Dubai I Dubai II Ma laga Se ville Singa pore Van cou ver Tou louse Lon don 1 nbsp South Africa 104 22 22 22 22 10 13 13 124 228 2 nbsp Australia 81 13 19 15 19 17 17 22 122 203 3 nbsp Fiji 83 15 8 1 22 19 22 17 104 187 4 nbsp Argentina 56 17 17 19 17 13 22 13 118 174 5 nbsp New Zealand 115 19 12 8 19 58 173 6 nbsp United States 72 19 11 12 13 12 10 7 84 156 7 nbsp France 74 8 15 13 10 8 10 17 81 155 8 nbsp England 77 4 5 17 12 10 12 10 70 147 9 nbsp Ireland 49 11 10 10 15 15 19 12 92 141 10 nbsp Canada 57 6 5 10 2 7 1 3 34 91 11 nbsp Samoa 33 1 10 15 15 15 56 89 12 nbsp Scotland 37 4 5 5 10 5 7 5 41 78 13 nbsp Kenya 35 10 12 8 5 1 1 1 38 73 14 nbsp 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 nbsp Hong Kong 16 nbsp Germany 17 nbsp Chile 18 nbsp Uruguay 19 nbsp South Korea 20 nbsp Tonga 21 nbsp Jamaica 22 nbsp Uganda 23 nbsp Zimbabwe 24 nbsp PortugalMatch officials editWorld Rugby announced a panel of ten match officials for the men s tournament 4 Gianluca Gnecchi Italy Adam Leal England Jeremy Rozier France Morne Ferreira South Africa Reuben Keane Australia Jordan Way Australia Nick Hogan New Zealand AJ Jacobs South Africa Tevita Rokovereni Fiji Francisco Gonzalez Uruguay Format editLike 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 nbsp 24 0 nbsp Portugal 24 Cape Town Stadium 08 45 Match 2 9 September 10 Canada nbsp 31 7 nbsp Zimbabwe 23 Cape Town Stadium 09 07 Match 3 9 September 11 Samoa nbsp 33 7 nbsp Uganda 22 Cape Town Stadium 09 29 Match 4 9 September 12 Scotland nbsp 24 7 nbsp Jamaica 21 Cape Town Stadium 09 51 Match 5 9 September 13 Kenya nbsp 19 0 nbsp Tonga 20 Cape Town Stadium 10 23 Match 6 9 September 14 Wales nbsp 33 10 nbsp South Korea 19 Cape Town Stadium 10 45 Match 7 9 September 15 Hong Kong nbsp 7 19 nbsp Uruguay 18 Cape Town Stadium 11 07 Match 8 9 September 16 Germany nbsp 12 15 nbsp Chile 17 Cape Town Stadium 11 29 21st place edit 21st 24th semifinals21st place final 10 September Cape Town Stadium nbsp Portugal31 11 September Cape Town Stadium nbsp Jamaica7 nbsp Portugal10 10 September Cape Town Stadium nbsp South Korea12 nbsp South Korea21 nbsp Zimbabwe19 23rd place final 11 September Cape Town Stadium nbsp Jamaica17 nbsp Zimbabwe31 Matches 21st 24th semi finals Match 29 10 September Portugal nbsp 31 7 nbsp Jamaica Cape Town Stadium 13 17 Match 30 10 September South Korea nbsp 21 19 nbsp Zimbabwe Cape Town Stadium 13 39 23rd place final Match 41 11 September Jamaica nbsp 17 31 nbsp Zimbabwe Cape Town Stadium 08 52 21st place final Match 42 11 September Portugal nbsp 10 12 nbsp South Korea Cape Town Stadium 08 30 Bowl edit Bowl quarter finalsBowl semi finalsBowl final 10 September Cape Town Stadium nbsp Germany21 10 September Cape Town Stadium nbsp Portugal14 nbsp Germany17 10 September Cape Town Stadium nbsp Tonga12 nbsp Jamaica0 11 September Cape Town Stadium nbsp Tonga17 nbsp Germany12 10 September Cape Town Stadium nbsp Uganda19 nbsp South Korea0 10 September Cape Town Stadium nbsp Uganda12 nbsp Uganda14 10 September Cape Town Stadium nbsp Hong Kong519th place final nbsp Zimbabwe0 11 September Cape Town Stadium nbsp Hong Kong28 nbsp Tonga0 nbsp Hong Kong19 Matches Bowl quarter finals Match 17 10 September Portugal nbsp 14 21 nbsp Germany Cape Town Stadium 08 15 Match 18 10 September Zimbabwe nbsp 0 28 nbsp Hong Kong Cape Town Stadium 08 37 Match 19 10 September Uganda nbsp 12 0 nbsp South Korea Cape Town Stadium 08 59 Match 20 10 September Jamaica nbsp 0 17 nbsp Tonga Cape Town Stadium 09 21 Match 31 10 September Germany nbsp 17 12 nbsp Tonga Cape Town Stadium 14 01 Match 32 10 September Hong Kong nbsp 5 14 nbsp Uganda Cape Town Stadium 14 23 19th place final Match 43 11 September Tonga nbsp 0 19 nbsp Hong Kong Cape Town Stadium 09 14 Bowl final Match 44 11 September Germany nbsp 12 19 nbsp Uganda Cape Town Stadium 09 36 6 13th place edit 16th 13th semi finals13th place final 10 September Cape Town Stadium nbsp Scotland21 11 September Cape Town Stadium nbsp Chile24 nbsp Chile10 10 September Cape Town Stadium nbsp Canada12 nbsp Canada33 nbsp Wales19 15th place final 11 September Cape Town Stadium nbsp Scotland21 nbsp Wales24 Matches 13th 16th semi finals Match 33 10 September Chile nbsp 24 21 nbsp Scotland Cape Town Stadium 16 53 Match 34 10 September Canada nbsp 33 19 nbsp Wales Cape Town Stadium 17 15 15th place final Match 45 11 September Scotland nbsp 21 24 nbsp Wales Cape Town Stadium 15 58 13th place final Match 46 11 September Chile nbsp 10 12 nbsp Canada Cape Town Stadium 16 20 Challenge Trophy edit Challenge quarter finalsChallenge semi finalsChallenge final 10 September Cape Town Stadium nbsp England35 10 September Cape Town Stadium nbsp Chile0 nbsp England36 10 September Cape Town Stadium nbsp Kenya0 nbsp Kenya24 11 September Cape Town Stadium nbsp Scotland5 nbsp England28 10 September Cape Town Stadium nbsp Uruguay5 nbsp United States33 10 September Cape Town Stadium nbsp Wales5 nbsp United States19 10 September Cape Town Stadium nbsp Uruguay2111th place final nbsp Uruguay19 11 September Cape Town Stadium nbsp Canada12 nbsp Kenya19 nbsp United States26 Matches Challenge quarter finals Match 21 10 September England nbsp 35 0 nbsp Chile Cape Town Stadium 11 31 Match 22 10 September Canada nbsp 12 19 nbsp Uruguay Cape Town Stadium 11 53 Match 23 10 September United States nbsp 33 5 nbsp Wales Cape Town Stadium 12 15 Match 24 10 September Scotland nbsp 5 24 nbsp Kenya Cape Town Stadium 12 37 Challenge semi finals Match 35 10 September Uruguay nbsp 21 19 nbsp United States Cape Town Stadium 17 37 Match 36 10 September England nbsp 36 0 nbsp Kenya Cape Town Stadium 17 59 11th place final Match 47 11 September United States nbsp 26 19 nbsp Kenya Cape Town Stadium 16 42 Challenge final Match 48 11 September Uruguay nbsp 5 28 nbsp England Cape Town Stadium 17 04 5th place edit 5th 8th semi finals5th place final 11 September Cape Town Stadium nbsp South Africa19 11 September Cape Town Stadium nbsp Argentina26 nbsp Argentina10 11 September Cape Town Stadium nbsp France7 nbsp Samoa17 nbsp France24 7th place final 11 September Cape Town Stadium nbsp South Africa35 nbsp Samoa5 Matches 5th 8th semi finals Match 37 11 September South Africa nbsp 19 26 nbsp Argentina Cape Town Stadium 11 02 Match 38 11 September France nbsp 24 17 nbsp Samoa Cape Town Stadium 11 24 7th place final Match 49 11 September South Africa nbsp 35 5 nbsp Samoa Cape Town Stadium 18 15 5th place final Match 50 11 September Argentina nbsp 10 7 nbsp France Cape Town Stadium 18 37 Championship Cup edit Round of 16Quarter finalsSemi finalsCup Final 9 September Cape Town Stadium nbsp South Africa 1 32 10 September Cape Town Stadium nbsp Chile 17 5 nbsp South Africa14 9 September Cape Town Stadium nbsp Ireland24 nbsp Ireland 9 17 11 September Cape Town Stadium nbsp England 8 5 nbsp Ireland10 9 September Cape Town Stadium nbsp New Zealand17 nbsp New Zealand 5 43 10 September Cape Town Stadium nbsp Scotland 12 5 nbsp New Zealand12 9 September Cape Town Stadium nbsp Argentina5 nbsp Kenya 13 7 11 September Cape Town Stadium nbsp Argentina 4 22 nbsp New Zealand12 9 September Cape Town Stadium nbsp Fiji29 nbsp Fiji 3 29 10 September Cape Town Stadium nbsp Wales 14 5 nbsp Fiji21 9 September Cape Town Stadium nbsp Samoa10 nbsp Samoa 11 40 11 September Cape Town Stadium nbsp United States 6 12 nbsp Fiji38 9 September Cape Town Stadium nbsp Australia14Bronze Final nbsp France 7 19 10 September Cape Town Stadium11 September Cape Town Stadium nbsp Canada 10 12 nbsp France5 nbsp Ireland19 9 September Cape Town Stadium nbsp Australia14 nbsp Australia14 nbsp Uruguay 18 0 nbsp Australia 2 35 Matches Round of 16 Match 9 9 September England nbsp 5 17 nbsp Ireland Cape Town Stadium 14 39 Match 10 9 September France nbsp 19 12 nbsp Canada Cape Town Stadium 15 02 Match 11 9 September United States nbsp 12 40 nbsp Samoa Cape Town Stadium 15 39 Match 12 9 September New Zealand nbsp 43 5 nbsp Scotland Cape Town Stadium 16 01 Match 13 9 September Argentina nbsp 22 7 nbsp Kenya Cape Town Stadium 16 23 Match 15 9 September Australia nbsp 35 0 nbsp Uruguay Cape Town Stadium 16 45 Match 14 9 September Fiji nbsp 29 5 nbsp Wales Cape Town Stadium 18 05 Match 16 9 September South Africa nbsp 32 5 nbsp Chile Cape Town Stadium 19 03 Quarter finals Match 28 10 September New Zealand nbsp 12 5 nbsp Argentina Cape Town Stadium 19 35 Match 26 10 September France nbsp 5 14 nbsp Australia Cape Town Stadium 20 35 Match 27 10 September Samoa nbsp 10 21 nbsp Fiji Cape Town Stadium 21 35 Match 25 10 September Ireland nbsp 24 14 nbsp South Africa Cape Town Stadium 22 33 Semi finals Match 39 11 September Ireland nbsp 10 17 nbsp New Zealand Cape Town Stadium 12 35 Match 40 11 September Australia nbsp 14 38 nbsp Fiji Cape Town Stadium 13 33 Bronze final Match 51 11 September Ireland nbsp 19 14 nbsp Australia Cape Town Stadium 19 25 Try Crubbin McNulty KennedyCon Dardis Roche Report Try Lawson TooleCon Dunbar 2 Referee Nick Hogan Cup final Match 52 11 September New Zealand nbsp 12 29 nbsp Fiji Cape Town Stadium 20 54Final placings editPlace Team nbsp nbsp Fiji nbsp nbsp New Zealand nbsp nbsp Ireland 4 nbsp Australia 5 nbsp Argentina 6 nbsp France 7 nbsp South Africa 8 nbsp Samoa 9 nbsp England 10 nbsp Uruguay 11 nbsp United States 12 nbsp Kenya 13 nbsp Canada 14 nbsp Chile 15 nbsp Wales 16 nbsp Scotland 17 nbsp Uganda 18 nbsp Germany 19 nbsp Hong Kong 20 nbsp Tonga 21 nbsp South Korea 22 nbsp Portugal 23 nbsp Zimbabwe 24 nbsp Jamaica Attendance edit More than 105 000 spectators attended the three day tournament 7 Leading scorers edit Tries scored Rank Player Tries 1 nbsp Steve Onosai 7 2 nbsp Baltazar Amaya 5 3 nbsp Angelo Davids 4 nbsp Jeong Yeon sik nbsp Kaminieli Rasaku nbsp Ngarohi McGarvey Black nbsp Perry Baker nbsp Vincent Onyala nbsp Will HomerPoints scored Rank Player Points 1 nbsp Brock Webster 35 nbsp Steve Onosai 2 nbsp Baltazar Amaya 25 nbsp Jean Pascal Barraque 5 nbsp Akuila Rokolisoa 23 nbsp Maurice Longbottom nbsp Melani Matavao nbsp Waisea Nacuqu Source 1 Dream Team edit The 2022 Rugby Sevens World Cup Dream team is 8 Player Country Joseva Talacolo nbsp Fiji Jerry Tuwai nbsp Fiji Kaminieli Rasaku nbsp Fiji Harry McNulty nbsp Ireland Terry Kennedy nbsp Ireland Scott Curry nbsp New Zealand Ngarohi McGarvey Black nbsp New Zealand See also edit 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens Women s tournament 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 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens Men 27s tournament amp oldid 1218594227, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
