# 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Men's tournament

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 | Teams |
| Africa | South Africa (hosts) | Uganda Zimbabwe Kenya | 4 |
| North America | United States | Canada Jamaica | 3 |
| South America | Argentina | Chile Uruguay | 3 |
| Asia | — | Hong Kong South Korea | 2 |
| Europe | England France Scotland | Germany Ireland Portugal Wales | 7 |
| Oceania | Fiji New Zealand (holders) | Australia Samoa 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 Sudamérica 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. 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. 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.

## 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 | Event Team | 2019–20 Seed points | Best 7 of first 8 rounds in 2021–22 | Best 7 of first 8 rounds in 2021–22 | Best 7 of first 8 rounds in 2021–22 | Best 7 of first 8 rounds in 2021–22 | Best 7 of first 8 rounds in 2021–22 | Best 7 of first 8 rounds in 2021–22 | Best 7 of first 8 rounds in 2021–22 | Best 7 of first 8 rounds in 2021–22 | 2021–22 Seed points | Total Seed points |
| Seed | Event Team | 2019–20 Seed points | Dubai I | Dubai II | Má­laga | Se­ville | Singa­pore | Van­cou­ver | Tou­louse | Lon­don | 2021–22 Seed points | Total Seed points |
| 1 | South Africa | 104 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 10 | 13 | — | 13 | 124 | 228 |
| 2 | Australia | 81 | 13 | 19 | 15 | 19 | 17 | 17 | — | 22 | 122 | 203 |
| 3 | Fiji | 83 | 15 | 8 | 1 | — | 22 | 19 | 22 | 17 | 104 | 187 |
| 4 | Argentina | 56 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 22 | 13 | — | 118 | 174 |
| 5 | New Zealand | 115 | — | — | — | — | 19 | 12 | 8 | 19 | 58 | 173 |
| 6 | United States | 72 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | — | 10 | 7 | 84 | 156 |
| 7 | France | 74 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 17 | — | 81 | 155 |
| 8 | England | 77 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 12 | — | 10 | 12 | 10 | 70 | 147 |
| 9 | Ireland | 49 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 15 | — | 19 | 12 | 92 | 141 |
| 10 | Canada | 57 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 2 | — | 7 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 91 |
| 11 | Samoa | 33 | — | — | — | 1 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 56 | 89 |
| 12 | Scotland | 37 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | — | 5 | 7 | 5 | 41 | 78 |
| 13 | Kenya | 35 | 10 | 12 | — | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 73 |
| 14 | 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.
| Seed | Team |
| 15 | Hong Kong |
| 16 | Germany |
| 17 | Chile |
| 18 | Uruguay |
| 19 | South Korea |
| 20 | Tonga |
| 21 | Jamaica |
| 22 | Uganda |
| 23 | Zimbabwe |
| 24 | Portugal |

## Match officials

World Rugby announced a panel of ten match officials for the men's tournament.

## 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).

### 21st place

| 21st–24th semifinals | 21st–24th semifinals | 21st-place final | 21st-place final |
| 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium |
| Portugal | 31 |
| Portugal | 31 | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium |
| Jamaica | 7 | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium |
| Jamaica | 7 | Portugal | 10 |
| 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | | Portugal | 10 |
| 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | South Korea | 12 |
| South Korea | 21 | South Korea | 12 |
| Zimbabwe | 19 | | |
| Zimbabwe | 19 | 23rd-place final | 23rd-place final |
| | | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium |
| | | Jamaica | 17 |
| | | Zimbabwe | 31 |
Matches :

### Bowl

| Bowl quarter-finals | Bowl quarter-finals | Bowl semi-finals | Bowl semi-finals | | Bowl final | Bowl final |
| 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | |
| Germany | 21 | | | |
| Germany | 21 | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | | |
| Portugal | 14 | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | |
| Portugal | 14 | Germany | 17 | |
| 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | | Germany | 17 | |
| 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | Tonga | 12 | |
| Jamaica | 0 | Tonga | 12 | |
| Jamaica | 0 | | | | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium |
| Tonga | 17 | | | | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium |
| Tonga | 17 | | | | Germany | 12 |
| 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | | | Germany | 12 |
| 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | | Uganda | 19 |
| South Korea | 0 | | | | Uganda | 19 |
| South Korea | 0 | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | |
| Uganda | 12 | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | |
| Uganda | 12 | Uganda | 14 | | | |
| 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | | Uganda | 14 | | | |
| 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | Hong Kong | 5 | | 19th-place final | 19th-place final |
| Zimbabwe | 0 | Hong Kong | 5 | | 19th-place final | 19th-place final |
| Zimbabwe | 0 | | | | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium |
| Hong Kong | 28 | | | | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium |
| Hong Kong | 28 | | | | Tonga | 0 |
| | | | | | Hong Kong | 19 |
Matches :

### 13th place

| 16th–13th semi-finals | 16th–13th semi-finals | 13th-place final | 13th-place final |
| 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium |
| Scotland | 21 |
| Scotland | 21 | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium |
| Chile | 24 | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium |
| Chile | 24 | Chile | 10 |
| 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | | Chile | 10 |
| 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | Canada | 12 |
| Canada | 33 | Canada | 12 |
| Wales | 19 | | |
| Wales | 19 | 15th-place final | 15th-place final |
| | | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium |
| | | Scotland | 21 |
| | | Wales | 24 |
Matches :

### Challenge Trophy

| Challenge quarter-finals | Challenge quarter-finals | Challenge semi-finals | Challenge semi-finals | | Challenge final | Challenge final |
| 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | |
| England | 35 | | | |
| England | 35 | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | | |
| Chile | 0 | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | |
| Chile | 0 | England | 36 | |
| 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | | England | 36 | |
| 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | Kenya | 0 | |
| Kenya | 24 | Kenya | 0 | |
| Kenya | 24 | | | | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium |
| Scotland | 5 | | | | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium |
| Scotland | 5 | | | | England | 28 |
| 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | | | England | 28 |
| 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | | Uruguay | 5 |
| United States | 33 | | | | Uruguay | 5 |
| United States | 33 | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | |
| Wales | 5 | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | |
| Wales | 5 | United States | 19 | | | |
| 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | | United States | 19 | | | |
| 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | Uruguay | 21 | | 11th-place final | 11th-place final |
| Uruguay | 19 | Uruguay | 21 | | 11th-place final | 11th-place final |
| Uruguay | 19 | | | | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium |
| Canada | 12 | | | | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium |
| Canada | 12 | | | | Kenya | 19 |
| | | | | | United States | 26 |
Matches :

### 5th place

| 5th–8th semi-finals | 5th–8th semi-finals | 5th-place final | 5th-place final |
| 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium |
| South Africa | 19 |
| South Africa | 19 | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium |
| Argentina | 26 | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium |
| Argentina | 26 | Argentina | 10 |
| 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | | Argentina | 10 |
| 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | France | 7 |
| Samoa | 17 | France | 7 |
| France | 24 | | |
| France | 24 | 7th-place final | 7th-place final |
| | | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium |
| | | South Africa | 35 |
| | | Samoa | 5 |
Matches :

### Championship Cup

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Championship Cup Final | Championship Cup Final |
| 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | | | | |
| South Africa (1) | 32 | | | | | | |
| South Africa (1) | 32 | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | | | |
| Chile (17) | 5 | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | | |
| Chile (17) | 5 | South Africa | 14 | | | | |
| 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | | South Africa | 14 | | | | |
| 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | Ireland | 24 | | | | |
| Ireland (9) | 17 | Ireland | 24 | | | | |
| Ireland (9) | 17 | | | | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | | |
| England (8) | 5 | | | | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | |
| England (8) | 5 | | | | Ireland | 10 | |
| 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | | | Ireland | 10 | |
| 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | | New Zealand | 17 | |
| New Zealand (5) | 43 | | | | New Zealand | 17 | |
| New Zealand (5) | 43 | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | | | |
| Scotland (12) | 5 | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | | |
| Scotland (12) | 5 | New Zealand | 12 | | | | |
| 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | | New Zealand | 12 | | | | |
| 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | Argentina | 5 | | | | |
| Kenya (13) | 7 | Argentina | 5 | | | | |
| Kenya (13) | 7 | | | | | | | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium |
| Argentina (4) | 22 | | | | | | | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium |
| Argentina (4) | 22 | | | | | | | New Zealand | 12 |
| 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | | | | | | New Zealand | 12 |
| 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | | | | | Fiji | 29 |
| Fiji (3) | 29 | | | | | | | Fiji | 29 |
| Fiji (3) | 29 | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | | | | |
| Wales (14) | 5 | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | | | | |
| Wales (14) | 5 | Fiji | 21 | | | | | | |
| 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | | Fiji | 21 | | | | | | |
| 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | Samoa | 10 | | | | | | |
| Samoa (11) | 40 | Samoa | 10 | | | | | | |
| Samoa (11) | 40 | | | | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | | |
| United States (6) | 12 | | | | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | |
| United States (6) | 12 | | | | Fiji | 38 | | | |
| 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | | | Fiji | 38 | | | |
| 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | | Australia | 14 | | Bronze Final | Bronze Final |
| France (7) | 19 | | | | Australia | 14 | | Bronze Final | Bronze Final |
| France (7) | 19 | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | | | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium |
| Canada (10) | 12 | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | | | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium |
| Canada (10) | 12 | France | 5 | | | | | Ireland | 19 |
| 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | | France | 5 | | | | | Ireland | 19 |
| 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | Australia | 14 | | | | | Australia | 14 |
| Uruguay (18) | 0 | Australia | 14 | | | | | Australia | 14 |
| Australia (2) | 35 | | | | | | | | |
Matches :

## Final placings

| Place | Team |
| | Fiji |
| | New Zealand |
| | Ireland |
| 4 | Australia |
| 5 | Argentina |
| 6 | France |
| 7 | South Africa |
| 8 | Samoa |
| 9 | England |
| 10 | Uruguay |
| 11 | United States |
| 12 | Kenya |
| 13 | Canada |
| 14 | Chile |
| 15 | Wales |
| 16 | Scotland |
| 17 | Uganda |
| 18 | Germany |
| 19 | Hong Kong |
| 20 | Tonga |
| 21 | South Korea |
| 22 | Portugal |
| 23 | Zimbabwe |
| 24 | Jamaica |

## Attendance

More than 105,000 spectators attended the three day tournament.

## Leading scorers

Source:

## Dream Team

The 2022 Rugby Sevens World Cup Dream team is:
| Player | Country |
| Joseva Talacolo | Fiji |
| Jerry Tuwai | Fiji |
| Kaminieli Rasaku | Fiji |
| Harry McNulty | Ireland |
| Terry Kennedy | Ireland |
| Scott Curry | New Zealand |
| Ngarohi McGarvey-Black | New Zealand |