2022 South Africa Sevens
The 2022 South Africa Sevens was the third tournament within the 2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series and the 22nd South Africa Sevens tournament. The event was won by Samoa 7s, defeating New Zealand 7s by 12–7 in the final.[1] It was held on 9–11 December 2022 at the Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa.[2]
| 2022 South Africa Sevens | |
|---|---|
| Sevens World Series XXIV | |
| Host nation |  South Africa |
| Date | 9–11 December 2022 |
| Cup | |
| Champion |  Samoa |
| Runner-up |  New Zealand |
| Third |  United States |
| Tournament details | |
| Matches played | 45 |
← 2019 2023 → | |
Format
The 16 teams were drawn into four pools of four. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup playoffs and compete for gold, silver and bronze medals. The other teams from each pool go to the classification playoffs for 9th to 16th placings.
Teams
Fifteen core teams participated in the tournament along with one invited team, Uganda.[3]
Pool stage
All times in South African Standard Time (UTC+2:00)
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Teams that advanced to the Cup quarter-final | |
Pool C
Pool C saw a huge upset with defending champions New Zealand defeated 14-10 by Spain.[4]
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 7 |
 Argentina |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 7 |
 Spain |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -22 | 6 |
 Kenya |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -40 | 4 |
Pool D
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 8 |
 Great Britain |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 6 |
 Uganda |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -97 | 3 |
Placement matches
Knockout stage
Fifth place
| Semi-finals | Fifth place | |||||
| 11 December | ||||||
 Uruguay | 0 | |||||
| 11 December | ||||||
 Fiji | 38 | |||||
| Fiji | 29 | |||||
| 11 December | ||||||
| Argentina | 5 | |||||
| Argentina | 26 | |||||
| Great Britain | 14 | |||||
Cup playoffs
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 10 December | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 50 | |||||||||
| 11 December | ||||||||||
| Uruguay | 0 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 33 | |||||||||
| 10 December | ||||||||||
| United States | 17 | |||||||||
| United States | 17 | |||||||||
| 11 December | ||||||||||
| Fiji | 7 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 7 | |||||||||
| 10 December | ||||||||||
| Samoa | 12 | |||||||||
| Samoa | 22 | |||||||||
| 11 December | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 10 | |||||||||
| Samoa | 10 | |||||||||
| 10 December | ||||||||||
| South Africa | 7 | 3rd place final | ||||||||
| South Africa | 21 | |||||||||
| 11 December | ||||||||||
| Great Britain | 14 | |||||||||
| United States | 22 | |||||||||
| South Africa | 14 | |||||||||
Tournament placings
| Place | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
 |
Samoa |
22 |
 |
New Zealand |
19 |
 |
United States |
17 |
| 4 | South Africa |
15 |
| 5 | Fiji |
13 |
| 6 | Argentina |
12 |
| 7 | Great Britain |
10 |
| Uruguay |
10 | |
| 9 |  France |
8 |
| 10 | Australia |
7 |
| 11 |  Ireland |
5 |
| Spain |
5 | |
| 13 | Kenya |
3 |
| 14 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada |
2 |
| 15 |  Japan |
1 |
| Uganda |
1 |
Source: World Rugby
References
- "Samoa upsets defending champion NZ to win Cape Town Sevens". Taiwan News. 12 December 2022. Archived from the original on 11 December 2022.
- Mohamed, Ashfak. "Bok Sevens squad ready for 'special experience' of playing at Cape Town stadium". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- worldrugby.org. "Pools for Cape Town - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- "All Blacks Sevens side humiliated by minnows". NZ Herald. Retrieved 10 December 2022.