# Rugby sevens at the 2022 South American Games

Rugby sevens competitions at the 2022 South American Games in Asunción, Paraguay were held between 7 and 9 October 2022 at the Estadio Héroes de Curupayty located within the Parque Olímpico cluster in Luque, a sub-venue outside Asunción.
Two medal events were scheduled to be contested: a men's and women's tournament. A total of 192 athletes (84 athletes–7 teams for men and 108 athletes–9 teams for women) competed in the events. Both tournaments were open competitions, however, players must be at least 17 years old at the start of the tournament.
The top two teams in each tournament (excluding Chile (in both tournaments) and Brazil (in the women's tournament)) qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games rugby sevens competitions, plus Chile which qualified automatically as the 2023 Pan American Games hosts.
Chile and Brazil were the defending champions of the South American Games men's and women's rugby sevens events. Chile had won the men's tournament in the Cochabamba 2018 edition while Brazil had won all previous women's tournament.
Argentina and Brazil won the gold medal in the men's and women's events respectively.

## Participating nations

A total of 9 ODESUR nations registered teams for the rugby sevens events. Each nation was able to enter a maximum of 24 athletes (one team of 12 players per gender). Bolivia and Venezuela competed in the women's event while the other seven nations competed in both events.
* Argentina (24 players)
* Bolivia (12)
* Brazil (24)
* Chile (24)
* Colombia (24)
* Paraguay (24)
* Peru (24)
* Uruguay (24)
* Venezuela (12)

## Schedule

The competition schedule is as follows:
| G | Group stage | 1⁄2 | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
| DateEvent | Fri 7 | Sat 8 | Sun 9 | Sun 9 | Sun 9 |
| Men | G | G | G | B | F |
| Women | G | G | 1⁄2 | B | F |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Paraguay)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Argentina (ARG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Chile (CHI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Paraguay (PAR)* | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Colombia (COL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Uruguay (URU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's tournament details | Argentina Agustín Fraga Benjamín Elizalde Franco Giudice Franco Rossetto Joaquín Pellandini Marcos Moneta Matías Osadczuk Ramiro D'Agostino Rodrigo Isgro Santiago Vera Feld Tobias Wade Tomás Lizazú | Chile Benjamín Videla Clemente Armstrong Cristóbal Game Dante Marchesse Diego Warnken Ernesto Tchimino Joaquín Huici Julio Blanc Lucca Avelli Manuel Bustamante Tomás Alvarado Vicente Urbina | Uruguay Carlos Deus Lopes Diego Ardao Guillermo Lijtenstein Icaro Amarillo Ignacio Álvarez Ignacio Facciolo James McCubbin Koba Brazionis Marcos Pastore Mateo Viñals Tomás Etcheverry Valentín Grille |
| Women's tournament details | Brazil Aline Furtado Andressa Alves Anne Crystyan Santos Bianca Silva Camilla Carvalho Eshyllen Cardoso Isadora Lopes de Souza Luiza Campos Marcelle Souza Mariana Nicolau Marina Fioravanti Thalia Costa | Paraguay Araceli Nicolini Chiara Báez Cinthia Cristaldo Ingrid Alfonso Liz Verónica Romero Lucero Viveros Maira Méndez María Benza María Gauto María Ramos Paula Denis Romina González | Colombia Carmen Ibarra Daniela Alzate Juliana Soto Laura Pacheco Laura Mejía Laura Álvarez Madi Esther Córdoba Camila Lopera María Isabel Arzuaga Maribel Mestra Valentina Tapias Valeria Muñoz |

## Men's tournament
### Preliminary round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 233 | 29 | +204 | 18 | Gold medal match |
| 2 | Chile | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 141 | 61 | +80 | 16 | Gold medal match |
| 3 | Uruguay | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 156 | 74 | +82 | 14 | Bronze medal match |
| 4 | Brazil | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 89 | 74 | +15 | 12 | Bronze medal match |
| 5 | Colombia | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 72 | 134 | −62 | 10 | Fifth place match |
| 6 | Paraguay | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 55 | 141 | −86 | 8 | Fifth place match |
| 7 | Peru | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 245 | −233 | 6 | 7th place |

### Final stage

| Fifth place match | Fifth place match |
| 9 October | 9 October |
| Colombia | 21 |
| Paraguay | 10 |
| Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| 9 October | 9 October |
| Uruguay | 19 |
| Brazil | 12 |
| Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 9 October | 9 October |
| Argentina | 19 |
| Chile | 7 |

### Final standings

| Rank | Teamvte |
| | Argentina |
| | Chile |
| | Uruguay |
| 4 | Brazil |
| 5 | Colombia |
| 6 | Paraguay |
| 7 | Peru |

## Women's tournament
### Preliminary round
#### Group 1

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 12 | +59 | 6 | Cup groups |
| 2 | Uruguay | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 4 | Cup groups |
| 3 | Peru | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 62 | −62 | 2 | Challenge group |

#### Group 2

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Colombia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 7 | +66 | 6 | Cup groups |
| 2 | Chile | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 17 | +21 | 4 | Cup groups |
| 3 | Venezuela | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 94 | −87 | 2 | Challenge group |

#### Group 3

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 0 | +65 | 6 | Cup groups |
| 2 | Paraguay | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 15 | +40 | 4 | Cup groups |
| 3 | Bolivia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 105 | −105 | 2 | Challenge group |

### Cup & Challenge stage
#### Cup group 1

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0 | +47 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Paraguay | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 22 | −3 | 4 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Chile | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 44 | −44 | 2 | Fifth place match |

#### Cup group 2

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 7 | +13 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Colombia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 24 | +2 | 4 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Uruguay | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 29 | −15 | 2 | Fifth place match |

#### Challenge group

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Peru | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 17 | +52 | 6 | Seventh place match |
| 2 | Venezuela | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 29 | +10 | 4 | Seventh place match |
| 3 | Bolivia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 67 | −62 | 2 | 9th place |

### Final stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 9 October | 9 October |
| Brazil | 28 |
| Brazil | 28 | 9 October | 9 October |
| Colombia | 5 | 9 October | 9 October |
| Colombia | 5 | Brazil | 17 |
| 9 October | 9 October | | Brazil | 17 |
| 9 October | 9 October | Paraguay | 5 |
| Argentina | 14 | Paraguay | 5 |
| Paraguay | 15 | | |
| Paraguay | 15 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 9 October | 9 October |
| | | Colombia | 14 |
| | | Argentina | 7 |
| Seventh place match | Seventh place match |
| 9 October | 9 October |
| Peru | 21 |
| Venezuela | 12 |
| Fifth place match | Fifth place match |
| 9 October | 9 October |
| Chile | 15 |
| Uruguay | 0 |

### Final standings

| Rank | Teamvte |
| | Brazil |
| | Paraguay |
| | Colombia |
| 4 | Argentina |
| 5 | Chile |
| 6 | Uruguay |
| 7 | Peru |
| 8 | Venezuela |
| 9 | Bolivia |