# 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Women's tournament

The women's tournament for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens was held in Cape Town, South Africa from 9 to 11 September at the Cape Town Stadium.

## Teams

The four semi-finalists from the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens were automatic qualifiers, with South Africa also qualifying as host. The remaining eleven places were decided in 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 |

### Notes

* ↑ Africa: The runner-up of the 2022 Africa Women's Sevens joined automatic qualifier South Africa (who won the tournament) at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens.
* ↑ North America: The winner of the 2022 RAN Women's Sevens Qualifiers joined automatic qualifier United States at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens.
* ↑ South America did not have an automatic qualifier but the top two teams from the 2021 Sudamérica Rugby Women's Sevens won qualifier berths.
* ↑ Asia did not have an automatic qualifier but the top two teams from the 2021 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series won qualifier berths.
* ↑ Europe: The top four teams from the 2022 European Qualifier event joined automatic qualifier France at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens.
* ↑ Oceania was not able to hold a qualifying tournament due to ongoing impacts of COVID-19 in 2021 and 2022. While New Zealand and Australia qualified automatically, the third qualifier berth at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens was determined by the most recent placings in the World Rugby Series, awarded to Fiji who finished seventh in the 2020 World Series.

## Draw

The ten core teams from the World Rugby Sevens Series were seeded according to their points accumulated across the 2019–20 and 2021–22 seasons.
| Seed | Season Team | 2019–20 | 2021–22 | Total Points |
| 1 | Australia | 80 | 80 | 160 |
| 2 | New Zealand | 96 | 57 | 153 |
| 3 | France | 70 | 60 | 130 |
| 4 | United States | 66 | 56 | 122 |
| 5 | Canada | 80 | 40 | 100 |
| 6 | Fiji | 38 | 60 | 98 |
| 7 | Ireland | 15 | 60 | 75 |
| 8 | England | 36 | 33 | 69 |
| 9 | Spain | 28 | 26 | 54 |
| 10 | Brazil | 10 | 24 | 30 |
The remaining six teams were seeded based on regional ranking positions in July 2022.
| Seed | Team |
| 11 | Japan |
| 12 | China |
| 13 | Poland |
| 14 | South Africa |
| 15 | Colombia |
| 16 | Madagascar |

## Format

Like the previous edition, the tournament was played using a knock-out format.
* Teams in the Championship Cup competed for the Rugby Sevens World Cup trophy and gold, silver and bronze medals.
* Losing teams in the Championship Cup quarterfinals played off for 5th to 8th place.
* Losing teams in the Championship Cup Round of 16 (first round) competed for the Challenge Trophy and lower places.
* All teams played four matches.

## Tournament

Match results as per the official website:
All times are local (UTC+2).

### 13th place

| 13th–16th semifinals | 13th–16th semifinals | 13th-place final | 13th-place final |
| 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium |
| Madagascar | 5 |
| Madagascar | 5 | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium |
| China | 36 | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium |
| China | 36 | China | 21 |
| 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | | China | 21 |
| 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | South Africa | 19 |
| South Africa | 27 | South Africa | 19 |
| Colombia | 0 | | |
| Colombia | 0 | 15th-place final | 15th-place final |
| | | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium |
| | | Madagascar | 19 |
| | | Colombia | 12 |
Matches :

### Challenge Trophy

| Challenge quarter-finals | Challenge quarter-finals | Challenge semi-finals | Challenge semi-finals | | Challenge final | Challenge final |
| 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | |
| Spain | 12 | | | |
| Spain | 12 | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | | |
| Madagascar | 0 | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | |
| Madagascar | 0 | Spain | 10 | |
| 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | | Spain | 10 | |
| 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | Poland | 19 | |
| Poland | 20 | Poland | 19 | |
| Poland | 20 | | | | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium |
| China | 14 | | | | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium |
| China | 14 | | | | Poland | 12 |
| 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | | | Poland | 12 |
| 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | | Japan | 17 |
| Japan | 14 | | | | Japan | 17 |
| Japan | 14 | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | |
| South Africa | 12 | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | |
| South Africa | 12 | Japan | 19 | | | |
| 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | | Japan | 19 | | | |
| 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | Brazil | 10 | | 11th-place final | 11th-place final |
| Colombia | 0 | Brazil | 10 | | 11th-place final | 11th-place final |
| Colombia | 0 | | | | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium |
| Brazil | 33 | | | | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium |
| Brazil | 33 | | | | Spain | 17 |
| | | | | | Brazil | 19 |
Matches :

### 5th place

| 5th–8th semi-finals | 5th–8th semi-finals | 5th-place final | 5th-place final |
| 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium |
| England | 7 |
| England | 7 | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium |
| Canada | 22 | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium |
| Canada | 22 | Canada | 0 |
| 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | | Canada | 0 |
| 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | Fiji | 53 |
| Fiji | 24 | Fiji | 53 |
| Ireland | 0 | | |
| Ireland | 0 | 7th-place final | 7th-place final |
| | | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium |
| | | England | 10 |
| | | Ireland | 26 |
Matches :

### Championship Cup

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Cup final | Cup final |
| 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | | | | |
| Australia (1) | 48 | | | | | | |
| Australia (1) | 48 | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | | | |
| Madagascar (16) | 0 | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | | |
| Madagascar (16) | 0 | Australia | 35 | | | | |
| 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | | Australia | 35 | | | | |
| 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | England | 5 | | | | |
| Spain (9) | 5 | England | 5 | | | | |
| Spain (9) | 5 | | | | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | | |
| England (8) | 29 | | | | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | |
| England (8) | 29 | | | | Australia | 17 | |
| 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | | | Australia | 17 | |
| 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | | United States | 7 | |
| Canada (5) | 24 | | | | United States | 7 | |
| Canada (5) | 24 | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | | | |
| China (12) | 5 | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | | |
| China (12) | 5 | Canada | 7 | | | | |
| 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | | Canada | 7 | | | | |
| 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | United States | 10 | | | | |
| Poland (13) | 7 | United States | 10 | | | | |
| Poland (13) | 7 | | | | | | | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium |
| United States (4) | 39 | | | | | | | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium |
| United States (4) | 39 | | | | | | | Australia | 24 |
| 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | | | | | | Australia | 24 |
| 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | | | | | New Zealand | 22 |
| France (3) | 29 | | | | | | | New Zealand | 22 |
| France (3) | 29 | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | | | | |
| South Africa (14) | 0 | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | | | | |
| South Africa (14) | 0 | France | 19 | | | | | | |
| 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | | France | 19 | | | | | | |
| 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | Fiji | 14 | | | | | | |
| Japan (11) | 7 | Fiji | 14 | | | | | | |
| Japan (11) | 7 | | | | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | | |
| Fiji (6) | 36 | | | | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | |
| Fiji (6) | 36 | | | | France | 7 | | | |
| 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | | | France | 7 | | | |
| 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | | New Zealand | 38 | | Bronze final | Bronze final |
| Ireland (7) | 24 | | | | New Zealand | 38 | | Bronze final | Bronze final |
| Ireland (7) | 24 | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | | | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium |
| Brazil (10) | 12 | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | 10 September – Cape Town Stadium | | | | | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium | 11 September – Cape Town Stadium |
| Brazil (10) | 12 | Ireland | 0 | | | | | United States | 7 |
| 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | | Ireland | 0 | | | | | United States | 7 |
| 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | 9 September – Cape Town Stadium | New Zealand | 28 | | | | | France | 29 |
| Colombia (15) | 5 | New Zealand | 28 | | | | | France | 29 |
| New Zealand (2) | 47 | | | | | | | | |
Matches :

## Final placings

| Place | Team |
| | Australia |
| | New Zealand |
| | France |
| 4 | United States |
| 5 | Fiji |
| 6 | Canada |
| 7 | Ireland |
| 8 | England |
| Place | Team |
| 9 | Japan |
| 10 | Poland |
| 11 | Brazil |
| 12 | Spain |
| 13 | China |
| 14 | South Africa |
| 15 | Madagascar |
| 16 | Colombia |

## Player scoring

Source: