# 2022 London Sevens

The 2022 London Sevens was the twentieth edition of the annual rugby sevens event held at Twickenham Stadium, Richmond, London.
The tournament winners were Australia. Australia won their second London Sevens event, beating trans-tasman rivals New Zealand in a thrilling extra-time victory (19–14). Two-time back-to-back defending champions Fiji finished third, beating Pacific Island neighbours Samoa 31–26.
The final victory was the first Sevens Series Australia has won since their home Sevens Series win in 2018 (4 years, 121 days). Following the event Australia jumped from third to second on the Sevens Series ladder. Similarly New Zealand jumped two places following their second-place finish (eleventh to ninth).
In World Rugby Sevens Series history, the second-last event of the series has been almost futile regarding seasonal points that the teams are vying for as most teams' points accrued in the second-last event would not affect their overall standing. However, during the 2021–22 season, the season standings pre- and post-London Sevens have been the most competitive since the establishment of the Sevens Series, with just eight points separating the top three teams (two points between the top two) before the tournament and six points after it. By the final event, there are mathematically four teams capable of taking the 2021–22 World Rugby Sevens Series title.

## 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 quarterfinals 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 quarterfinals competing for 13th place.

## Teams

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

## Pool stage

The pools were officially announced on 25 May.
Team advances to the Cup quarter-finals

### Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Fiji | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 55 | +38 | 9 |
| Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 87 | 56 | +31 | 7 |
| United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 71 | –9 | 5 |
| Wales | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 113 | –60 | 3 |
* 28 May GMT (UTC±0)
| United States | 10–26 | Spain |
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* Twickenham Stadium
* 28 May GMT (UTC±0)
| Fiji | 38–17 | Wales |
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* Twickenham Stadium
* 28 May GMT (UTC±0)
| United States | 33–19 | Wales |
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* Twickenham Stadium
* 28 May GMT (UTC±0)
| Fiji | 29–19 | Spain |
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* 28 May GMT (UTC±0)
| Spain | 42–17 | Wales |
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* 28 May GMT (UTC±0)
| Fiji | 26–19 | United States |
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* Twickenham Stadium

### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| South Africa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 52 | +17 | 9 |
| Ireland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 54 | –3 | 7 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 48 | +18 | 5 |
| Kenya | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 67 | –32 | 3 |
* 28 May GMT (UTC±0)
| Argentina | 19–26 | South Africa |
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* Twickenham Stadium
* 28 May GMT (UTC±0)
| Ireland | 17–14 | Kenya |
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* Twickenham Stadium
* 28 May GMT (UTC±0)
| Argentina | 26–0 | Kenya |
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* 28 May GMT (UTC±0)
| Ireland | 12–19 | South Africa |
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* 28 May GMT (UTC±0)
| South Africa | 24–21 | Kenya |
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* Twickenham Stadium
* 28 May GMT (UTC±0)
| Ireland | 22–21 | Argentina |
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* Twickenham Stadium

### Pool C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 40 | +60 | 9 |
| Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 48 | +25 | 7 |
| France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 78 | –33 | 5 |
| Canada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 85 | –52 | 3 |
* 28 May GMT (UTC±0)
| Australia | 19–24 | New Zealand |
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* Twickenham Stadium
* 28 May GMT (UTC±0)
| France | 19–14 | Canada |
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* Twickenham Stadium
* 28 May GMT (UTC±0)
| Australia | 26–5 | Canada |
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| France | 7–36 | New Zealand |
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* 28 May GMT (UTC±0)
| New Zealand | 40–14 | Canada |
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* 28 May GMT (UTC±0)
| France | 19–28 | Australia |
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* Twickenham Stadium

### Pool D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Samoa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 46 | +27 | 9 |
| England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 76 | 55 | +21 | 7 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 40 | +13 | 5 |
| Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 95 | –61 | 3 |
* 28 May GMT (UTC±0)
| England | 19–17 | Scotland |
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* Twickenham Stadium
* 28 May GMT (UTC±0)
| Samoa | 33–15 | Japan |
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* Twickenham Stadium
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| England | 38–12 | Japan |
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| Samoa | 14–12 | Scotland |
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* 28 May GMT (UTC±0)
| Scotland | 24–7 | Japan |
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* Twickenham Stadium
* 28 May GMT (UTC±0)
| Samoa | 26–19 | England |
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* Twickenham Stadium

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

| 13th place Semi-finals | 13th place Semi-finals | 13th place Final | 13th place Final |
| 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium |
| Japan | 14 |
| Japan | 14 | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium |
| Kenya | 5 | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium |
| Kenya | 5 | Japan | 19 |
| 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | | Japan | 19 |
| 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | Canada | 26 |
| Wales | 21 | Canada | 26 |
| Canada | 22 | | |
Matches :
Semi-finals
29 May GMT (UTC±0)Japan 14–5 KenyaReportTwickenham Stadium
29 May GMT (UTC±0)Wales 21–22 CanadaReportTwickenham Stadium
13th place Final
29 May GMT (UTC±0)Japan 19–26 CanadaReportTwickenham Stadium :

### 9th–12th playoffs

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | 9th Place Final | 9th Place Final |
| 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | | | |
| United States | 26 | | | |
| United States | 26 | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | | |
| Japan | 24 | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | |
| Japan | 24 | United States | 31 | |
| 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | | United States | 31 | |
| 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | France | 19 | |
| France | 31 | France | 19 | |
| France | 31 | | | | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium |
| Kenya | 0 | | | | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium |
| Kenya | 0 | | | | United States | 5 |
| 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | | | | | United States | 5 |
| 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | | | | Argentina | 31 |
| Scotland | 14 | | | | Argentina | 31 |
| Scotland | 14 | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | | | |
| Wales | 5 | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | | | |
| Wales | 5 | Scotland | 12 | | | |
| 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | | Scotland | 12 | | | |
| 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | Argentina | 26 | |
| Argentina | 28 | Argentina | 26 | |
| Canada | 7 | | | |
Matches :
Quarter-finals
29 May GMT (UTC±0)United States 26–24 JapanReportTwickenham Stadium
29 May GMT (UTC±0)France 31–0 KenyaReportTwickenham Stadium
29 May GMT (UTC±0)Scotland 14–5 WalesReportTwickenham Stadium
29 May GMT (UTC±0)Argentina 28–7 CanadaReportTwickenham Stadium
Semi-finals
29 May GMT (UTC±0)United States 31–19 FranceReportTwickenham Stadium
29 May GMT (UTC±0)Scotland 12–26 ArgentinaReportTwickenham Stadium
9th place Final
29 May GMT (UTC±0)United States 5–31 ArgentinaReportTwickenham Stadium :

### 5th–8th playoffs

| 5th place Semi-finals | 5th place Semi-finals | 5th place Final | 5th place Final |
| 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium |
| England | 12 |
| England | 12 | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium |
| Ireland | 36 | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium |
| Ireland | 36 | Ireland | 5 |
| 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | | Ireland | 5 |
| 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | South Africa | 14 |
| Spain | 12 | South Africa | 14 |
| South Africa | 24 | | |
Matches :
Semi-finals
29 May GMT (UTC±0)England 12–36 IrelandReportTwickenham Stadium
29 May GMT (UTC±0)Spain 12–24 South AfricaReportTwickenham Stadium
5th place Final
29 May GMT (UTC±0)Ireland 5–14 South AfricaReportTwickenham Stadium :

### Cup playoffs

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Cup Final | Cup Final |
| 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | | | |
| Fiji | 36 | | | |
| Fiji | 36 | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | | |
| England | 10 | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | |
| England | 10 | Fiji | 19 | |
| 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | | Fiji | 19 | |
| 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | New Zealand | 22 | |
| New Zealand | 17 | New Zealand | 22 | |
| New Zealand | 17 | | | | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium |
| Ireland | 7 | | | | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium |
| Ireland | 7 | | | | New Zealand | 14 |
| 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | | | | | New Zealand | 14 |
| 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | | | | Australia | 19 |
| Samoa | 34 | | | | Australia | 19 |
| Samoa | 34 | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | | | |
| Spain | 12 | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | | | |
| Spain | 12 | Samoa | 14 | | | |
| 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | | Samoa | 14 | | | |
| 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | Australia | 28 | | Third place | Third place |
| South Africa | 17 | Australia | 28 | | Third place | Third place |
| South Africa | 17 | | | | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium |
| Australia | 21 | | | | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium | 29 May – Twickenham Stadium |
| Australia | 21 | | | | Fiji | 31 |
| | | | | | Samoa | 26 |
Matches :
Quarter-finals
29 May GMT (UTC±0)Fiji 36–10 EnglandReportTwickenham Stadium
29 May GMT (UTC±0)New Zealand 17–7 IrelandReportTwickenham Stadium
29 May GMT (UTC±0)Samoa 34–12 SpainReportTwickenham Stadium
29 May GMT (UTC±0)South Africa 17–21 AustraliaReportTwickenham Stadium
Semi-finals
29 May GMT (UTC±0)Fiji 19–22 New ZealandReportTwickenham Stadium
29 May GMT (UTC±0)Samoa 14–28 AustraliaReportTwickenham Stadium
Third place
29 May GMT (UTC±0)Fiji 31–26 SamoaReportTwickenham Stadium
Cup Final
29 May GMT (UTC±0)New Zealand 14–19 AustraliaReportTwickenham Stadium :

### Placings

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