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. The remaining 16 places were decided in the six continental regions.
Region Automatic qualifiers Continental qualifiers TeamsAfrica (hosts) 4North America 3South America 3 Asia — 2Europe 7Oceania (holders) 5Totals 8 16 24
Notes
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 rowspan=2 SeedpointsBest 7 of first 8 rounds in 2021–22SeedpointsTotalSeedpointsDubai IDubai IIMálagaSevilleSingaporeVancouverToulouseLondon1 104222222221013—13124 2282 81131915191717—22122 2033 831581—22192217104 1874 5617171917132213—118 1745 115 ————1912819581736 72 1911121312—10784 1567 74 815131081017—81 1558 77 451712—10121070 1479 49 1110101515—191292 1411057 65102—71334 9111 33 ———11015151556 8912 33 77877—51051 84 -->12 37 45510—57541 7813 35 1012—8511138 731413 4573552—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.
Seed Team15161718192021222324
Match officials World Rugby announced a panel of ten match officials for the men's tournament.
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:
All times are local (UTC+2).
Pre-Round of 16
21st place
Matches21st–24th semi-finals
23rd-place final
21st-place final
Bowl
MatchesBowl quarter-finals
19th-place final
Bowl final
13th place
Matches13th–16th semi-finals
15th-place final
13th-place final
Challenge Trophy
MatchesChallenge quarter-finals
Challenge semi-finals
11th-place final
Challenge final
5th place
Matches5th–8th semi-finals
7th-place final
5th-place final
Championship
MatchesRound of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Bronze final
Championship Cup final
Final placings
PlaceTeam4567891011121314151617181920212223 24
Attendance More than 105,000 spectators attended the three day tournament.
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 Steve Onosai 2 Baltazar Amaya 25 Jean-Pascal Barraque 5 Akuila Rokolisoa 23 Maurice Longbottom Melani Matavao Waisea Nacuqu
Source:
Dream Team The 2022 Rugby Sevens World Cup Dream team is:
Player CountryJoseva Talacolo Jerry Tuwai Kaminieli Rasaku Harry McNulty Terry Kennedy Scott Curry Ngarohi McGarvey-Black
See also 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Women's tournament
References