# Rugby sevens at the 2022 South American Games – Men's tournament

The men's tournament of the rugby sevens at the 2022 South American Games was held from 7 to 9 October 2022 at the Estadio Héroes de Curupayty in Luque, Paraguay, a sub-venue outside Asunción. It was the third edition of the rugby sevens men's tournament at the South American Games since its first appearance in Santiago 2014.
The tournament served as qualifier for the 2023 Pan American Games, with the top two teams (excluding Chile) qualifying to the men's rugby sevens tournament.
Argentina won the gold medal and their second South American Games men's rugby sevens title after beating the defending champions Chile 19–7 in the final. Uruguay beat Brazil with a 19–12 score to win the bronze medal.
Argentina and Uruguay qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games as the Sudamérica Rugby representatives, besides Chile which qualified automatically as hosts.

## Schedule

The tournament was held over a 3-day period, from 7 to 9 October.
| PR | Preliminary round | PM | Placement match | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
| Fri 7 | Fri 7 | Sat 8 | Sat 8 | Sun 9 | Sun 9 | Sun 9 | Sun 9 |
| Morning | Evening | Morning | Evening | Morning | Evening | Evening | Evening |
| PR | PR | PR | PR | PR | PM | B | F |
| 4 M | 6 M | 4 M | 6 M | 1 M | 1 M | 2 M | 2 M |

## Teams

A total of nine ODESUR NOCs entered teams for the men's tournament.
| Teams | App | Previous best performance |
| Argentina | 3rd | Gold medal (2014) |
| Brazil | 3rd | Fourth place (2014, 2018) |
| Chile | 3rd | Gold medal (2018) |
| Colombia | 3rd | Fifth place (2014, 2018) |
| Paraguay | 3rd | Sixth place (2014, 2018) |
| Peru | 2nd | Seventh place (2014) |
| Uruguay | 3rd | Silver medal (2014, 2018) |

### Rosters

Each participating NOC had to enter a roster of 12 players (Technical manual Article 9).

## Venue

All matches were played at the Estadio Héroes de Curupayty located within the Parque Olímpico cluster in Luque, Paraguay and owned by the Paraguayan Olympic Committee. The Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, which was remodeled in 2020, has a capacity for 3,000 spectators.

## Results

All match times are in PYST (UTC−3).

### Preliminary round

The preliminary round consisted of a single group of 7 teams in which each team played once against the other 6 teams in the group on a round-robin format. The fifth and sixth placed teams advanced to play for the fifth place, the third and fourth placed teams advanced to the bronze medal match and the first and second placed teams advanced to the gold medal match.

#### Standings

| Pos | Team | 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 |

#### Matches

* 7 October 2022 (2022-10-7) 9:00
| Chile | 19–12 | Uruguay |
| Try: Huici (2) 3' c, 13' m Warnken 12' c Con: Warnken 3', 12' | Report | Try: Brazionis 1' m Lijtenstein 5' c Con: Viñals 5' |
* Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción
* 7 October 2022 (2022-10-7) 9:22
| Brazil | 10–31 | Argentina |
| Try: Romeu 4' m Da Silva 8' m | Report | Try: Moneta (2) 2' c, 5' m Wade 9' c Lizazú 12' m D'Agostino 13' c Con: Wade 2', 9', 14' |
* Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción
* 7 October 2022 (2022-10-7) 9:44
| Peru | 0–45 | Colombia |
| | Report | Try: Ceballos 4' c Navarro (2) 6' m, 10' c Guisao (2) 8' c, 9' m Urrutia (2) 11' c, 14' c Con: Urrutia 4', 8' Ortiz 10', 12', 14' |
* Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción
* 7 October 2022 (2022-10-7) 11:12
| Chile | 24–7 | Paraguay |
| Try: Urbina 1T m Huici 4' m Videla 6' c Game 12' c Con: Alvarado 6' Warnken 12' | Report | Try: Sotelo 8' c Con: Mussi (1/1) 8' |
* Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción
* 7 October 2022 (2022-10-7) 16:30
| Colombia | 27–12 | Paraguay |
| Try: Agudelo (2) 1' m, 11' m García 8' c Urrutia 11' m Ceballos 13' m Con: Urrutia 8' | Report | Try: Chilavert 4' m Berdejo 14' c Con: Urbieta 14' |
* Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción
* 7 October 2022 (2022-10-7) 16:52
| Argentina | 50–0 | Peru |
| Try: Elizalde (2) 1T, 8' c Vera 3' m D'Agostino 1T Lizazú (2) 1T, 7' m Rossetto (2) 2T, 2T Con: Vera 2', 5' D'Agostino 8' Pellandini 2T, 2T | Report | |
* Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción
* 7 October 2022 (2022-10-7) 17:14
| Uruguay | 12–10 | Brazil |
| Try: Viñals 5' c Lijtenstein 2T m Con: Lijtenstein 5' | Report | Try: Robert Aguinaldo 1' m Romeu 9' m |
* Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción
* 7 October 2022 (2022-10-7) 19:07
| Chile | 45–0 | Peru |
| Try: Marchesse 2' c Alvarado 3' c Tchimino 5' m Armstrong 8' c Urbina 10' c Blanc 2T m Avelli 14' c Con: Bustamante 3' Warnken 3' Alvarado 8', 10', 14' | Report | |
* Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción
* 7 October 2022 (2022-10-7) 19:29
| Argentina | 41–0 | Colombia |
| Try: D'Agostino (2) 1T m, 10' c Moneta (2) 3' m, 7' c Osadczuk 9' m Giudice 13' m Isgro 14' c Con: Moneta 7' Isgro 11', 14' | Report | |
* Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción
* 7 October 2022 (2022-10-7) 19:51
| Uruguay | 28–7 | Paraguay |
| Try: Ardao 2' c Viñals 6' c Mc Cubbin 8' c Facciolo 10' c Con: Brazionis (2/2) 3', 6' Lijtenstein (2/2) 8', 11' | Report | Try: Sotelo 14' c Con: Mussi (1/1) 14' |
* Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción
* 8 October 2022 (2022-10-8) 9:00
| Chile | 22–0 | Colombia |
| Try: Videla 1T m Armstrong 6' m Warnken 10' c Urbina 13' m Con: Warnken 11' | Report | |
* Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción
* 8 October 2022 (2022-10-8) 9:22
| Uruguay | 12–33 | Argentina |
| Try: Ardao 5' m Amarillo 14' c Con: Amarillo 14' | Report | Try: D'Agostino 2' c Osadczuk (3) 1T c, 8' m, 9' c Isgro 12' c Con: Isgro 2', 1T Wade 9', 13' |
* Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción
* 8 October 2022 (2022-10-8) 9:44
| Brazil | 12–7 | Paraguay |
| Try: Da Silva 1T m De Morais 8' c Con: Lucas Rainho 8' | Report | Try: Sotelo 9' c Con: Urbieta (1/1) 9' |
* Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción
* 8 October 2022 (2022-10-8) 11:32
| Uruguay | 40–0 | Colombia |
| Try: Facciolo (2) 1' c, 14' c Amarillo 5' c Viñals 7' m Brazionis 11' c Álvarez 14' c Con: Lijtenstein 1', 6', 14' Brazionis 11', 14' | Report | |
* Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción
* 8 October 2022 (2022-10-8) 16:50
| Paraguay | 22–7 | Peru |
| Try: Berdejo 1T m Sotelo (2) 4' m, 6' c Mussi 9' m Con: Urbieta 7' | Report | Try: Rivera 8' c Con: Suárez (1/1) 8' |
* Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción
* 8 October 2022 (2022-10-8) 17:12
| Colombia | 0–19 | Brazil |
| | Report | Try: Felipe Sancery (2) 2' c, 9' m Robert Aguinaldo 10' c Con: Lucas Rainho 2', 11' |
* Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción
* 8 October 2022 (2022-10-8) 17:34
| Argentina | 35–7 | Chile |
| Try: Pellandini 2' c Fraga 3' c Moneta 7' c Lizazú 8' c Isgro 10' c Con: Wade (5/5) 2', 3', 7', 8', 10' | Report | Try: Videla 14' c Con: Alvarado (1/1) 14' |
* Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción
* 8 October 2022 (2022-10-8) 19:27
| Peru | 5–52 | Uruguay |
| Try: Terrones 10' m | Report | Try: Ardao 1T m Amarillo 2' c Deus (2) 5' c, 13' c Álvarez (2) 7' c, 8' m Brazionis (2) 11' c, 14' c Con: Álvarez 3', 5' Lijtenstein 7', 11', 13', 14' |
* Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción
* 8 October 2022 (2022-10-8) 19:49
| Brazil | 7–24 | Chile |
| Try: Da Silva 3' c Con: Da Silva (1/1) 4' | Report | Try: Game 1T m Tchimino 7' c Warnken 8' c Blanc 11' m Con: Warnken 7', 8' |
* Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción
* 8 October 2022 (2022-10-8) 20:11
| Paraguay | 0–43 | Argentina |
| | Report | Try: Pellandini 1T m Lizazú (2) 3' c, 1T m Giudice 7' m Rossetto 10' c Wade (2) 11' c, 14' c Con: Pellandini 3' Wade 10', 12', 14' |
* Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción
* 9 October 2022 (2022-10-9) 9:00
| Peru | 0–31 | Brazil |
| | Report | Try: Morais (2) 3' c, 10' m Felipe Sancery 6' c Matheus Augusto 7' c Guilherme Coghetto 13' m Con: Matheus Silva 4', 6', 7' |
* Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción

### Final stage

The final stage consisted of the fifth place match, the bronze medal match and the gold medal match.
| 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 |

#### Fifth place match

* 9 October 2022 (2022-10-9) 19:00
| Colombia | 21–10 | Paraguay |
| Try: Urrutia (3) 1' c, 9' c, 10' c Con: Urrutia (3/3) 2', 9', 11' | Report | Try: Urbieta 5' m Berdejo 2T m |
* Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción

#### Bronze medal match

* 9 October 2022 (2022-10-9) 19:50
| Uruguay | 19–12 | Brazil |
| Try: Ardao 3' m Pastore 9' c Amarillo 11' c Con: Lijtenstein 10', 12' | Report | Try: Lucas Drudi 1' c Da Silva 14' m Con: Matheus Silva 2' |
* Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción

#### Gold medal match

* 8 October 2022 (2022-10-8) 20:45
| Argentina | 19–7 | Chile |
| Try: Moneta (3) 1' c, 5' m, 8' c Con: Pellandini 2', 9' | Report | Try: Game 7' c Con: Warnken (1/1) 7' |
* Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción

## Final ranking

| Rank | Team |
| | Argentina |
| | Chile |
| | Uruguay |
| 4 | Brazil |
| 5 | Colombia |
| 6 | Paraguay |
| 7 | Peru |
* 2022 Men's South American Rugby Sevens Champions
* Argentina Second title
* Team roster: Rodrigo Isgro, Santiago Vera Feld, Ramiro D'Agostino, Tomás Lizazú, Agustín Fraga, Benjamín Elizalde, Joaquín Pellandini, Franco Rossetto, Matías Osadczuk, Tobias Wade, Franco Giudice, Marcos Moneta (c)
* Head coach: Leonardo Gravano

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Argentina Rodrigo Isgro Santiago Vera Feld Ramiro D'Agostino Tomás Lizazú Agustín Fraga Benjamín Elizalde Joaquín Pellandini Franco Rossetto Matías Osadczuk Tobias Wade Franco Giudice Marcos Moneta (c) Head coach: Leonardo Gravano | Chile Ernesto Tchimino Manuel Bustamante Clemente Armstrong Tomás Alvarado Diego Warnken Cristóbal Game Dante Marchesse Lucca Avelli Benjamín Videla Joaquín Huici Julio Blanc Vicente Urbina Head coach: Edmundo Olfos | Uruguay James McCubbin Marcos Pastore Tomás Etcheverry Carlos Deus Lopes Icaro Amarillo Diego Ardao Mateo Viñals Valentín Grille Guillermo Lijtenstein Ignacio Álvarez Ignacio Facciolo Koba Brazionis Head coach: Francisco Bulanti |

## Qualified teams for Pan American Games

The following four teams from Sudamérica Rugby qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games women's rugby sevens tournament, including Chile which qualified as hosts.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in Pan American Games |
| Chile | 4 November 2017 | 3 (all) (2011, 2015, 2019) |
| Argentina | 8 October 2022 | 3 (all) (2011, 2015, 2019) |
| Uruguay | 9 October 2022 | 3 (all) (2011, 2015, 2019) |
    $^1$ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.