# 2022 USA Sevens

The 2022 USA Sevens was the seventeenth edition of the rugby sevens tournament. It was held at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Los Angeles, California between 27 and 28 August 2022. The title defenders were five-time USA Sevens champions South Africa.
The final event of the season saw the most competitive sole event in World Rugby Sevens Series history as all sixteen core teams vied for the event title, four of whom were simultaneously vying for the series title (South Africa, Australia, Argentina, Fiji).
On the season standings for the 2021–22 season post-London were the most competitive since the establishment of the Sevens Series, with just six points separating the top three teams (two points between the top two). There were four teams mathematically capable of winning the series, depending on the results of this event.
At the conclusion of day one, when all the pool fixtures had been played, South Africa finished third in their pool, thus were not eligible to play in the Cup playoffs and were eliminated from winning the event and the series.
New Zealand won the tournament claiming their first win in the series after beating Fiji 28–21. New Zealand's victory, along with Argentina's quarterfinal loss, South Africa's defeat in the pool stages, and Australia's third place finish, meant that Australia were crowned World Series champions for the first time.

## Format

The sixteen teams were drawn into four pools of four. Each team played the three opponents in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup bracket, with the losers of the quarter-finals vying for a fifth-place finish. The remaining eight teams that finished third or fourth in their pool played off for 9th place, with the losers of the 9th-place quarter-finals competing for 13th place.

## Teams

The sixteen national teams competing in Los Angeles were:
* Argentina
* Australia
* Canada
* England
* Fiji
* France
* Ireland
* Japan
* Kenya
* New Zealand
* Samoa
* Scotland
* South Africa
* Spain
* United States
* Wales

## Pool stage

Team advances to the Cup quarter-finals

### Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 14 | +120 | 9 |
| Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 38 | +62 | 7 |
| Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 95 | –50 | 5 |
| Spain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 139 | –132 | 3 |
* 27 August 11:32 PDT (UTC–7)
| Spain | 7–52 | Argentina |
| | Report | |
* Dignity Health Sports Park
* 27 August 12:04 PDT (UTC–7)
| Australia | 61–0 | Japan |
| | Report | |
* Dignity Health Sports Park
* 27 August 14:53 PDT (UTC–7)
| Spain | 0–33 | Japan |
| | Report | |
* Dignity Health Sports Park
* 27 August 15:15 PDT (UTC–7)
| Australia | 19–14 | Argentina |
| | Report | |
* Dignity Health Sports Park
* 27 August 18:35 PDT (UTC–7)
| Argentina | 34–12 | Japan |
| | Report | |
* Dignity Health Sports Park
* 27 August 19:03 PDT (UTC–7)
| Australia | 54–0 | Spain |
| | Report | |
* Dignity Health Sports Park

### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 31 | +45 | 9 |
| United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 57 | +2 | 7 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 55 | –12 | 5 |
| Canada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 74 | –35 | 3 |
* 27 August 9:20 PDT (UTC–7)
| South Africa | 7–21 | United States |
| | Report | |
* Dignity Health Sports Park
* 27 August 9:42 PDT (UTC–7)
| New Zealand | 26–5 | Canada |
| | Report | |
* Dignity Health Sports Park
* 27 August 12:26 PDT (UTC–7)
| South Africa | 22–17 | Canada |
| | Report | |
* Dignity Health Sports Park
* 27 August 12:48 PDT (UTC–7)
| New Zealand | 33–12 | United States |
| | Report | |
* Dignity Health Sports Park
* 27 August 15:37 PDT (UTC–7)
| United States | 26–17 | Canada |
| | Report | |
* Dignity Health Sports Park
* 27 August 15:59 PDT (UTC–7)
| New Zealand | 17–14 | South Africa |
| | Report | |
* Dignity Health Sports Park

### Pool C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Fiji | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 38 | +40 | 9 |
| Ireland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 45 | +22 | 7 |
| France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 55 | +2 | 5 |
| Wales | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 100 | –64 | 3 |
* 27 August 10:48 PDT (UTC–7)
| Ireland | 14–12 | France |
| | Report | |
* Dignity Health Sports Park
* 27 August 11:10 PDT (UTC–7)
| Fiji | 28–12 | Wales |
| | Report | |
* Dignity Health Sports Park
* 27 August 14:09 PDT (UTC–7)
| Ireland | 46–12 | Wales |
| | Report | |
* Dignity Health Sports Park
* 27 August 14:31 PDT (UTC–7)
| Fiji | 29–19 | France |
| | Report | |
* Dignity Health Sports Park
* 27 August 17:37 PDT (UTC–7)
| France | 26–12 | Wales |
| | Report | |
* Dignity Health Sports Park
* 27 August 18:05 PDT (UTC–7)
| Fiji | 21–7 | Ireland |
| | Report | |
* Dignity Health Sports Park

### Pool D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Samoa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 26 | +60 | 9 |
| Kenya | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 57 | –4 | 7 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 47 | –11 | 5 |
| England | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 69 | –45 | 3 |
* 27 August 10:04 PDT (UTC–7)
| England | 5–19 | Scotland |
| | Report | |
* Dignity Health Sports Park
* 27 August 10:26 PDT (UTC–7)
| Samoa | 33–14 | Kenya |
| | Report | |
* Dignity Health Sports Park
* 27 August 13:10 PDT (UTC–7)
| England | 14–19 | Kenya |
| | Report | |
* Dignity Health Sports Park
* 27 August 13:32 PDT (UTC–7)
| Samoa | 22–7 | Scotland |
| | Report | |
* Dignity Health Sports Park
* 27 August 16:21 PDT (UTC–7)
| Scotland | 10–20 | Kenya |
| | Report | |
* Dignity Health Sports Park
* 27 August 16:43 PDT (UTC–7)
| Samoa | 31–5 | England |
| | Report | |
* Dignity Health Sports Park

## Knockout stage
### 13th–16th playoffs

| 13th place Semi-finals | 13th place Semi-finals | 13th place Final | 13th place Final |
| 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park |
| Japan | 26 |
| Japan | 26 | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park |
| Canada | 19 | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park |
| Canada | 19 | Japan | 0 |
| 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | | Japan | 0 |
| 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | South Africa | 26 |
| Spain | 12 | South Africa | 26 |
| South Africa | 29 | | |
Matches :
Semi-finals
28 August 11:51 PDT (UTC–7)vReportDignity Health Sports Park
28 August 12:13 PDT (UTC–7)vReportDignity Health Sports Park
13th place Final
28 August 15:01 PDT (UTC–7)vReportDignity Health Sports Park :

### 9th–12th playoffs

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | 9th Place Final | 9th Place Final |
| 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | | | |
| Japan | 15 | | | |
| Japan | 15 | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | | |
| England | 36 | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | |
| England | 36 | England | 7 | |
| 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | | England | 7 | |
| 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | France | 19 | |
| France | 42 | France | 19 | |
| France | 42 | | | | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park |
| Canada | 0 | | | | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park |
| Canada | 0 | | | | France | 33 |
| 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | | | | | France | 33 |
| 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | | | | Scotland | 0 |
| Scotland | 28 | | | | Scotland | 0 |
| Scotland | 28 | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | | | |
| Spain | 7 | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | | | |
| Spain | 7 | Scotland | 19 | | | |
| 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | | Scotland | 19 | | | |
| 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | Wales | 7 | |
| South Africa | 5 | Wales | 7 | |
| Wales | 10 | | | |
Matches :
Quarter-finals
28 August 8:45 PDT (UTC–7)Japan v EnglandReportDignity Health Sports Park
28 August 9:07 PDT (UTC–7)France v CanadaReportDignity Health Sports Park
28 August 9:29 PDT (UTC–7)Scotland v SpainReportDignity Health Sports Park
28 August 9:51 PDT (UTC–7)South Africa v WalesReportDignity Health Sports Park
Semi-finals
28 August 12:35 PDT (UTC–7)vReportDignity Health Sports Park
28 August 13:03 PDT (UTC–7)vReportDignity Health Sports Park
9th place Final
28 August 16:07 PDT (UTC–7)vReportDignity Health Sports Park :

### 5th–8th playoffs

| 5th place Semi-finals | 5th place Semi-finals | 5th place Final | 5th place Final |
| 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park |
| Kenya | 21 |
| Kenya | 21 | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park |
| United States | 14 | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park |
| United States | 14 | Kenya | 7 |
| 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | | Kenya | 7 |
| 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | Argentina | 29 |
| Argentina | 28 | Argentina | 29 |
| Ireland | 21 | | |
Matches :
Semi-finals
28 August 13:25 PDT (UTC–7)vReportDignity Health Sports Park
28 August 13:47 PDT (UTC–7)vReportDignity Health Sports Park
5th place Final
28 August 16:31 PDT (UTC–7)vReportDignity Health Sports Park :

### Cup playoffs

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Cup Final | Cup Final |
| 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | | | |
| Australia | 40 | | | |
| Australia | 40 | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | | |
| Kenya | 14 | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | |
| Kenya | 14 | Australia | 10 | |
| 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | | Australia | 10 | |
| 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | Fiji | 29 | |
| Fiji | 28 | Fiji | 29 | |
| Fiji | 28 | | | | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park |
| United States | 12 | | | | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park |
| United States | 12 | | | | Fiji | 21 |
| 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | | | | | Fiji | 21 |
| 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | | | | New Zealand | 28 |
| Samoa | 24 | | | | New Zealand | 28 |
| Samoa | 24 | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | | | |
| Argentina | 19 | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | | | |
| Argentina | 19 | Samoa | 26 | | | |
| 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | | Samoa | 26 | | | |
| 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | New Zealand | 28 | | Third place | Third place |
| New Zealand | 29 | New Zealand | 28 | | Third place | Third place |
| New Zealand | 29 | | | | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park |
| Ireland | 14 | | | | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park | 28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park |
| Ireland | 14 | | | | Australia | 21 |
| | | | | | Samoa | 7 |
Matches :
Quarter-finals
28 August 10:13 PDT (UTC–7)Australia v KenyaReportDignity Health Sports Park
28 August 10:35 PDT (UTC–7)Fiji v United StatesReportDignity Health Sports Park
28 August 10:57 PDT (UTC–7)Samoa v ArgentinaReportDignity Health Sports Park
28 August 11:19 PDT (UTC–7)New Zealand v IrelandReportDignity Health Sports Park
Semi-finals
28 August 14:09 PDT (UTC–7)vReportDignity Health Sports Park
28 August 14:31 PDT (UTC–7)vReportDignity Health Sports Park
Third place
28 August 16:58 PDT (UTC–7)vReportDignity Health Sports Park
Cup Final
28 August 17:28 PDT (UTC–7)vReportDignity Health Sports Park :

### Placings

| Place | Team | Points |
| | New Zealand | 22 |
| | Fiji | 19 |
| | Australia | 17 |
| 4 | Samoa | 15 |
| 5 | Argentina | 13 |
| 6 | Kenya | 12 |
| 7 | Ireland | 10 |
| 7 | United States | 10 |
| Place | Team | Points |
| 9 | France | 8 |
| 10 | Scotland | 7 |
| 11 | England | 5 |
| 11 | Wales | 5 |
| 13 | South Africa | 3 |
| 14 | Japan | 2 |
| 15 | Canada | 1 |
| 15 | Spain | 1 |