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2022 South Africa Sevens

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2022 South Africa Sevens
Sevens World Series XXIV
Host nation South Africa
Date9–11 December 2022
Cup
Champion Samoa
Runner-up New Zealand
Third United States
Tournament details
Matches played45
2019
2023

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]

Format

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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

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Fifteen core teams participated in the tournament along with one invited team, Uganda.[3] {{columns-list|colwidth=14em|

Core Teams

Invited Team

Pool stage

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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 A

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Team Pld W D L PD Pts
 South Africa 3 3 0 0 39 9
 Fiji 3 2 0 1 42 7
 France 3 1 0 2 -45 5
 Canada 3 0 0 3 -36 3


Pool B

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Team Pld W D L PD Pts
 Samoa 3 2 0 1 49 7
 Uruguay 3 2 0 1 20 7
 Ireland 3 2 0 1 18 7
 Japan 3 0 0 3 -87 3


Pool C

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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

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Team Pld W D L PD Pts
 United States 3 2 1 0 64 8
 Great Britain 3 2 0 1 4 7
 Australia 3 1 1 1 29 6
 Uganda 3 0 0 3 -97 3

Placement matches

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13th to 16th place playoffs

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13th place semifinals13th place final
 
      
 
12:49 pm
 
 
 Japan14
 
4:07 pm
 
 Canada31
 
 Canada10
 
1:11 pm
 
 Kenya21
 
 Kenya19
 
 
 Uganda5
 
15th place final
 
 
3:30 pm
 
 
 Japan17
 
 
 Uganda14


9th to 12 place playoffs

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9th place quarterfinals9th place semifinalsFinal
 
          
 
3 December – The Sevens
 
 
 Spain40
 
3 December – The Sevens
 
 Ireland5
 
 Spain0
 
3 December – The Sevens
 
 Australia26
 
 Australia33
 
3 December – The Sevens
 
 Canada7
 
 Australia24
 
3 December – The Sevens
 
 France12
 
 Ireland19
 
3 December – The Sevens
 
 Kenya14
 
 Ireland12
 
3 December – The Sevens
 
 France19 11th place final
 
 France24
 
3 December – The Sevens
 
 Uganda7
 
 Ireland24
 
 
 Spain12
 

Knockout stage

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Fifth place

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5th place semifinal5th place final
 
      
 
12:49 pm
 
 
 Uruguay0
 
4:07 pm
 
 Fiji38
 
 Fiji29
 
1:11 pm
 
 Argentina5
 
 Argentina26
 
 
 Great Britain14
 
7th place final
 
 
3:30 pm
 
 
 Uruguay0
 
 
 Great Britain22

Cup playoffs

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
10 December
 
 
 New Zealand50
 
11 December
 
 Uruguay0
 
 New Zealand33
 
10 December
 
 United States17
 
 United States17
 
11 December
 
 Fiji7
 
 New Zealand7
 
10 December
 
 Samoa12
 
 Samoa22
 
11 December
 
 Argentina10
 
 Samoa10
 
10 December
 
 South Africa7 3rd place final
 
 South Africa21
 
11 December
 
 Great Britain14
 
 United States22
 
 
 South Africa14
 

Tournament placings

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Place Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Samoa 22
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  New Zealand 19
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States 17
4  South Africa 15
5  Fiji 13
6  Argentina 12
7  Great Britain 11
8  Uruguay 10
9  Australia 8
10  France 7
11  Ireland 6
12  Spain 5
13  Kenya 4
14  Canada 3
15  Japan 2
16  Uganda 1

Source: World Rugby

References

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  1. ^ "Samoa upsets defending champion NZ to win Cape Town Sevens". Taiwan News. 12 December 2022. Archived from the original on 11 December 2022.
  2. ^ Mohamed, Ashfak. "Bok Sevens squad ready for 'special experience' of playing at Cape Town stadium". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  3. ^ worldrugby.org. "Pools for Cape Town - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  4. ^ "All Blacks Sevens side humiliated by minnows". NZ Herald. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
World Sevens Series XXIV
Preceded by 2022 South Africa Sevens Succeeded by
South Africa Sevens
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