# 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens

The 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens was the eighth and final edition of the Rugby World Cup Sevens organised by World Rugby. The 2022 tournament, comprising 24 men's and 16 women's teams as previously, was played over three days in one venue in September. It took place at the Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa between 9 and 11 September 2022. It was the first Rugby World Cup Sevens in Africa. The dates were chosen to take into account in the Commonwealth Games tournament which took place in July the same year.

## Bidding

A record 11 unions formally expressed interest in hosting Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022. The unions were issued formal bid application documents by World Rugby and had to submit their responses by 16 July 2019. South Africa was awarded the rights to host the tournament on 29 October 2019.
* Argentina
* Cayman Islands
* France
* Germany
* India
* Jamaica
* Malaysia
* Qatar
* Scotland
* South Africa
* Tunisia

## Venue

The tournament took place at the Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town.
The 55,000-capacity stadium was the same venue that hosted the Cape Town Sevens since 2015, and for the first time that year hosted both men's and women's teams across three days of competition as part of the new-look World Rugby Sevens Series.
The 2022 tournament followed a Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 in San Francisco which attracted a record attendance for a rugby event in the United States of more than 100,000 fans, as well as a huge domestic broadcast audience of more than nine million viewers. The 2018 event, hosted at AT&T Park, generated a US$90.5 million economic contribution to San Francisco (Nielsen Sport) and saw both New Zealand's men's and women's teams retain the title.
| Cape Town | Cape Townclass=notpageimage| Location of 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens |
| Cape Town Stadium | Cape Townclass=notpageimage| Location of 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens |
| Capacity: 55,000 | Cape Townclass=notpageimage| Location of 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens |

## Schedule

The tournament was played for 3 days between 9 and 11 September.

## Qualifying
### Men

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 from the six continental regions.
| Region | Automatic qualifiers | Continental qualifiers | Total 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 |

### Women

The four semifinalists from the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens were automatic qualifiers, with South Africa also qualifying as host. The remaining eleven places were decided from the six continental regions.
| Region | Automatic qualifiers | Continental qualifiers | Total teams |
| Africa | South Africa (hosts) | Madagascar | 2 |
| North America | United States | Canada | 2 |
| South America | — | Brazil Colombia | 2 |
| Asia | — | China Japan | 2 |
| Europe | France | England Ireland Poland Spain | 5 |
| Oceania | Australia New Zealand (holders) | Fiji | 3 |
| Totals | 5 | 11 | 16 |

## Tournament
### Men

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi-finalists |
| Melrose Cup | Fiji | 29–12 | New Zealand | Ireland (3)  Australia |
| 5th Place | Argentina | 10–7 | France | South Africa (7)  Samoa |
| Challenge Trophy | England | 28–5 | Uruguay | United States (11)  Kenya |
| 13th Place | Canada | 12–10 | Chile | Wales (15)  Scotland |
| Bowl | Uganda | 19–12 | Germany | Hong Kong (19)  Tonga |
| 21st Place | South Korea | 12–10 | Portugal | Zimbabwe (23)  Jamaica |

### Women

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi-finalists |
| World Cup | Australia | 24–22 | New Zealand | France (3)  United States |
| 5th Place | Fiji | 53–0 | Canada | Ireland (7)  England |
| Challenge Trophy | Japan | 17–12 | Poland | Brazil (11)  Spain |
| 13th Place | China | 21–19 | South Africa | Madagascar (15)  Colombia |

## Attendance

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