# 2022 Singapore Sevens

The 2022 Singapore Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament played on 9–10 April 2022 at the National Stadium in Singapore. It was the ninth edition of the Singapore Sevens and the fifth tournament of the 2021–22 World Rugby Sevens Series. This was the first event in the series for which no invited teams featured in tournament, and all core teams were available.
In the cup final, it was Fiji who took out their record third Singapore title after they defeated New Zealand by 28–17. Australia narrowly defeated Ireland by 21–19 to finish in third place. The defending tournament champions from 2019, South Africa, finished in equal-seventh place, and also lost their thirty-six match win streak in the pool stage against the United States by 7–12. Following South Africa's loss in the pool stage, they lost back-to-back in the knockout stage to Fiji (19–14) and Argentina (22–15), respectively.

## 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 quarter-finals vying for a fifth place finish. The remaining eight teams that finished between either third or fourth in their pool played off for 9th place, with the losers of the 9th-place quarter-finals competing for 13th place.

## Teams

The sixteen national teams competing in Singapore were:
* Argentina
* Australia
* Canada
* England
* Fiji
* France
* Ireland
* Japan
* Kenya
* New Zealand
* Samoa
* Scotland
* South Africa
* Spain
* United States
* Wales
* Fiji returned from their absence since playing at the Dubai II event in November 2021.
* New Zealand returned to the Sevens Series for the first time since the 2020 Vancouver event on 8 March 2020.
* Samoa also played their first tournament of the series in Singapore, returning after a similar hiatus to the New Zealand team.

## Pool stage

Key: Team advanced to the quarterfinals

### Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 29 | +28 | 9 |
| South Africa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 22 | +42 | 7 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 45 | –6 | 5 |
| Canada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 88 | –64 | 3 |
* 9 April 12:12 SGT (UTC+8)
| United States | 12–10 | Kenya |
| Try: Perry Baker 5' m Kevon Williams 11' c Con: Folau Niua (0/1) Lucas Lacamp (1/1) 11' | Report | Try: Anthony Omondi 7' m Edmund Anya 13' m Con: Anthony Omondi (0/1) Daniel Taabu (0/1) |
* National Stadium Referee: Craig Chan (Hong Kong)
* 9 April 12:34 SGT (UTC+8)
| South Africa | 31–5 | Canada |
| Try: JC Pretorius (2) 5' m, 15' m Siviwe Soyizwapi 7' m Darren Adonis 12' c Selvyn Davids 13' c Con: Ronald Brown (1/2) 7' Dewald Human (2/2) 12', 14' Lubabalo Dobela (0/1) | Report | Try: David Richard 3' m |
* National Stadium Referee: Reuben Keane (Australia)
* 9 April 15:18 SGT (UTC+8)
| United States | 33–12 | Canada |
| Try: Lucas Lacamp 1' m Kevon Williams (2) 3' c, 5' c Perry Baker 8' c Marcus Tupuola 12' c Con: Lucas Lacamp (3/4) 4', 6', 9' Kevon Williams (1/1) 13' | Report | Try: Alex Russell 7' c Anton Ngongo 15' m Con: Brennig Prevost (1/2) 8' |
* National Stadium Referee: Morné Ferreira (South Africa)
* 9 April 15:40 SGT (UTC+8)
| South Africa | 26–5 | Kenya |
| Try: Sakoyisa Makata (3) 1' c, 4' m, 9' c Selvyn Davids 2' c Con: Ronald Brown (3/4) 2', 3', 9' | Report | Try: Alvin Marube 15' m Cards: Alvin Marube 11' |
* National Stadium Referee: Tevita Rokovereni (Fiji)
* 9 April 19:05 SGT (UTC+8)
| Kenya | 24–7 | Canada |
| Try: Herman Humwa 4' m Kevin Wekesa 6' c Anthony Omondi 11' c Edmund Anya 13' m Con: Anthony Omondi (2) 6', 12' | Report | Try: Lockie Kratz 1' m Con: Brennig Prevost 1' |
* National Stadium Referee: Nick Hogan (New Zealand)
* 9 April 19:33 SGT (UTC+8)
| South Africa | 7–12 | United States |
| Try: Ryan Oosthuizen 13' c Con: Dewald Human 13' | Report | Try: David Still 2' c Perry Baker 15' m Con: Lucas Lacamp 2' |
* National Stadium Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)

### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 29 | +65 | 9 |
| Samoa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 45 | +29 | 7 |
| England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 85 | –61 | 5 |
| Spain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 73 | –33 | 3 |
* 9 April 11:28 SGT (UTC+8)
| England | 19–14 | Spain |
| Try: Jamie Adamson 3' c Frederick Roddick 5' c Ed Coulson 12' m Con: Frederick Roddick (2/2) 3', 6' Ed Coulson (0/1) | Report | Try: Pol Pla 4' c Juan Ramos 7' c Con: Juan Ramos (2/2) 4', 8' |
* National Stadium Referee: Jeremy Rozier (France)
* 9 April 11:50 SGT (UTC+8)
| Australia | 26–17 | Samoa |
| Try: Matthew Gonzalez 3' c Josh Turner 8' m Corey Toole 10' c Timothy Clements 14' c Con: Dietrich Roache (2/3) 4', 10' Maurice Longbottom (1/1) 15' | Report | Try: Uaina Sione 2' m Steve Rimoni (2) 8' m, 12' c Con: Melani Matavao (0/2) Steve Rimoni (1/1) 12' |
* National Stadium Referee: Morné Ferreira (South Africa)
* 9 April 14:34 SGT (UTC+8)
| England | 5–31 | Samoa |
| Try: Ed Coulson 15' m | Report | Try: Steve Rimoni 3' c Vaa Apelu Maliko 4' c Uaina Sione 7' m Melani Matavao 8' c Owen Fetu 12' m Con: Paul Scanlan (1/1) 3' Melani Matavao (1/2) 4' Iafeta Purcell (1/2) 8' Cards: Faafoi Falaniko 14' |
* National Stadium Referee: Reuben Keane (Australia)
* 9 April 14:56 SGT (UTC+8)
| Australia | 28–12 | Spain |
| Try: Matthew Gonzalez (2) 3' c, 8' c Josh Turner (2) 6' c, 14' c Con: Dietrich Roache (3/3) 4', 7', 8' Maurice Longbottom (1/1) 14' | Report | Try: Nicolás Nieto 9' m Pol Pla 12' c Con: Juan Martínez (1/2) 12' |
* National Stadium Referee: Nick Hogan (New Zealand)
* 9 April 18:07 SGT (UTC+8)
| Spain | 14–26 | Samoa |
| Try: Josep Serres 2' c Javier de Juan 3' c Con: Juan Ramos (2) 2', 4' | Report | Try: Uaina Sione 5' m Steve Rimoni 8' c Owen Fetu 9' c Indiha Saotui-Huta 13' c Con: Melani Matavao (2) 9', 9' Iafeta Purcell 13' |
* National Stadium Referee: Tevita Rokovereni (Fiji)
* 9 April 18:35 SGT (UTC+8)
| Australia | 40–0 | England |
| Try: Dietrich Roache (2) 2' m, 14' c Corey Toole 3' c Henry Hutchison (2) 8' c, 8' c Timothy Clements 12' c Con: Dietrich Roache (5) 4', 8', 9', 12', 14' | Report | |
* National Stadium Referee: Jeremy Rozier (France)

### Pool C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 22 | +52 | 9 |
| Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 33 | +30 | 7 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 72 | –25 | 5 |
| Wales | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 93 | –57 | 3 |
* 9 April 10:44 SGT (UTC+8)
| Scotland | 26–24 | Wales |
| Try: Jordan Edmonds (4) 5' m, 8' c, 8' c, 10' c Con: Harvey Elms (3/4) 8', 8', 10' | Report | Try: Morgan Williams 2' c Chris Smith 3' c Ewan Rosser 13' m Callum Williams 14' m Con: Luke Treharne (2/2) 2', 4' Arthur Lennon (0/2) |
* National Stadium Referee: Reuben Keane (Australia)
* 9 April 11:06 SGT (UTC+8)
| Argentina | 10–12 | New Zealand |
| Try: Luciano González 2' m Germán Schulz 8' m Con: Felipe del Mestre (0/2) | Report | Try: Sam Dickson 5' m Moses Leo 7' c Con: Andrew Knewstubb (1/2) 8' Cards: Sam Dickson 14' |
* National Stadium Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)
* 9 April 13:50 SGT (UTC+8)
| Scotland | 7–19 | New Zealand |
| Try: Jamie Farndale 1' c Con: Harvey Elms (1/1) 1' Cards: Paddy Kelly 8' | Report | Try: Caleb Tangitau 4' m Regan Ware 9' c Kitiona Vai 11' c Con: Andrew Knewstubb (2/3) 10', 11' |
* National Stadium Referee: Morné Ferreira (South Africa)
* 9 April 14:12 SGT (UTC+8)
| Argentina | 24–7 | Wales |
| Try: Felipe del Mestre 5' c Gastón Revol 7' c Luciano González 13' m Franco Sábato 15' m Con: Felipe del Mestre (1/1) 5' Gastón Revol (1/1) 8' Francisco Ulloa (0/2) Cards: Joaquín de la Vega 10' | Report | Try: Cole Swannack 9' c Con: Luke Treharne (1/1) 9' |
* National Stadium Referee: Tevita Rokovereni (Fiji)
* 9 April 17:06 SGT (UTC+8)
| Wales | 5–43 | New Zealand |
| Try: Tom Williams 8' m | Report | Try: Moses Leo (2) 6' c, 9' c Dylan Collier 11' c Kitiona Vai 12' m Leroy Carter 14' c Caleb Tangitau 14' m Akuila Rokolisoa 16' m Con: Akuila Rokolisoa (3) 6', 9', 11' Andrew Knewstubb 14' |
* National Stadium Referee: Craig Chan (Hong Kong)
* 9 April 17:28 SGT (UTC+8)
| Argentina | 29–14 | Scotland |
| Try: Franco Sábato 1' m Rodrigo Isgro 3' c Felipe del Mestre 8' c Luciano González 13' m Felipe de la Vega 14' m Con: Gastón Revol (2) 4', 9' | Report | Try: Jamie Farndale 5' c Kaleem Barreto 7' c Con: Harvey Elms 6' Kaleem Barreto 7' Cards: Matt Davidson |
* National Stadium Referee: Morné Ferreira (South Africa)

### Pool D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Fiji | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 40 | +60 | 7 |
| Ireland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 31 | +33 | 7 |
| France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 45 | +22 | 7 |
| Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 136 | –115 | 3 |
* 9 April 10:00 SGT (UTC+8)
| France | 36–14 | Japan |
| Try: Paulin Riva (3) 2' c, 3' m, 10' c Jordan Sepho (2) 7' m, 9' c Thibaud Mazzoleni 14' m Con: Paulin Riva (1/2) 2' Stephen Parez (2/3) 9', 10' William Iraguha (0/1) | Report | Try: Moeki Fukushi 5' c Chikara Morita 12' c Con: Taiga Ishida (2/2) 6', 12' Cards: Ren Miyagami 15' |
* National Stadium Referee: Tevita Rokovereni (Fiji)
* 9 April 10:22 SGT (UTC+8)
| Ireland | 21–12 | Fiji |
| Try: Jordan Conroy (2) 6' c, 9' c Terry Kennedy 14' c Con: Billy Dardis (2/2) 6', 9' Mark Roche (1/1) 15' | Report | Try: Vuiviawa Naduvalo 8' m Joseva Talacolo 9' c Con: Waisea Nacuqu (1/2) 9' |
* National Stadium Referee: Nick Hogan (New Zealand)
* 9 April 13:06 SGT (UTC+8)
| France | 19–26 | Fiji |
| Try: Joachim Trouabal 1' m Paulin Riva 6' c Rayan Rebbadj 11' c Con: Paulin Riva (1/2) 11' Stephen Parez (1/1) 6' Cards: Nisie Huyard 13' | Report | Try: Waisea Nacuqu 4' c Vuiviawa Naduvalo (2) 9' c, 13' c Joseva Talacolo 15' m Con: Waisea Nacuqu (1/1) 4' Kaminieli Rasaku (1/1) 9' Iowane Raturaciri (1/2) 14' |
* National Stadium Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)
* 9 April 13:28 SGT (UTC+8)
| Ireland | 38–7 | Japan |
| Try: Terry Kennedy 1' c Chay Mullins (2) 6' c, 7' m Tamilore Awonusi (2) 12' m, 13' c Jordan Conroy 15' Con: Hugo Lennox (4/5) 1', 7', 8', 13' Mark Roche (0/1) | Report | Try: Kazuma Nakagawa 2' c Con: Taiga Ishida (1/1) 3' |
* National Stadium Referee: Craig Chan (Hong Kong)
* 9 April 16:22 SGT (UTC+8)
| Japan | 0–62 | Fiji |
| | Report | Try: Joseva Talacolo 1' c Vuiviawa Naduvalo (3) 3' m, 5' c, 6' m Josua Vakurunabili 8' c Iowane Raturaciri (2) 9' c, 10' m Kaminieli Rasaku 11' c Pilipo Bukayaro 12' m Josevani Saro 13' c Con: Waisea Nacuqu 2' Iowane Raturaciri (2) 5', 9' Kaminieli Rasaku (3) 10', 11', 13' |
* National Stadium Referee: Jeremy Rozier (France)
* 9 April 16:44 SGT (UTC+8)
| Ireland | 5–12 | France |
| Try: Jordan Conroy 10' m | Report | Try: Jordan Sepho 6' m Jonathan Laugel 7' c Con: Paulin Riva 8' |
* National Stadium Referee: Nick Hogan (New Zealand)

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

| 13th place Semi-finals | 13th place Semi-finals | 13th place Final | 13th place Final |
| 10 April – National Stadium | 10 April – National Stadium |
| England | 22 |
| England | 22 | 10 April – National Stadium | 10 April – National Stadium |
| Canada | 7 | 10 April – National Stadium | 10 April – National Stadium |
| Canada | 7 | England | 28 |
| 10 April – National Stadium | 10 April – National Stadium | | England | 28 |
| 10 April – National Stadium | 10 April – National Stadium | Japan | 14 |
| Scotland | 21 | Japan | 14 |
| Japan | 24 | | |
Matches :

### 9th–12th playoffs

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | 9th Place Final | 9th Place Final |
| 10 April – National Stadium | 10 April – National Stadium | | | |
| England | 19 | | | |
| England | 19 | 10 April – National Stadium | 10 April – National Stadium | | |
| Wales (a.e.t.) | 24 | 10 April – National Stadium | 10 April – National Stadium | |
| Wales (a.e.t.) | 24 | Wales | 12 | |
| 10 April – National Stadium | 10 April – National Stadium | | Wales | 12 | |
| 10 April – National Stadium | 10 April – National Stadium | France | 38 | |
| France | 40 | France | 38 | |
| France | 40 | | | | 10 April – National Stadium | 10 April – National Stadium |
| Canada | 12 | | | | 10 April – National Stadium | 10 April – National Stadium |
| Canada | 12 | | | | France | 24 |
| 10 April – National Stadium | 10 April – National Stadium | | | | | France | 24 |
| 10 April – National Stadium | 10 April – National Stadium | | | | Spain | 19 |
| Scotland | 10 | | | | Spain | 19 |
| Scotland | 10 | 10 April – National Stadium | 10 April – National Stadium | | | |
| Spain | 27 | 10 April – National Stadium | 10 April – National Stadium | | | |
| Spain | 27 | Spain | 19 | | | |
| 10 April – National Stadium | 10 April – National Stadium | | Spain | 19 | | | |
| 10 April – National Stadium | 10 April – National Stadium | Kenya | 10 | |
| Kenya | 12 | Kenya | 10 | |
| Japan | 10 | | | |
Matches :

### 5th–8th playoffs

| 5th place Semi-finals | 5th place Semi-finals | 5th place Final | 5th place Final |
| 10 April – National Stadium | 10 April – National Stadium |
| Argentina | 22 |
| Argentina | 22 | 10 April – National Stadium | 10 April – National Stadium |
| South Africa | 15 | 10 April – National Stadium | 10 April – National Stadium |
| South Africa | 15 | Argentina | 42 |
| 10 April – National Stadium | 10 April – National Stadium | | Argentina | 42 |
| 10 April – National Stadium | 10 April – National Stadium | United States | 24 |
| Samoa | 17 | United States | 24 |
| United States | 24 | | |
Matches :

### Cup playoffs

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Cup Final | Cup Final |
| 10 April – National Stadium | 10 April – National Stadium | | | |
| Australia | 29 | | | |
| Australia | 29 | 10 April – National Stadium | 10 April – National Stadium | | |
| Argentina | 5 | 10 April – National Stadium | 10 April – National Stadium | |
| Argentina | 5 | Australia | 12 | |
| 10 April – National Stadium | 10 April – National Stadium | | Australia | 12 | |
| 10 April – National Stadium | 10 April – National Stadium | Fiji | 19 | |
| Fiji | 19 | Fiji | 19 | |
| Fiji | 19 | | | | 10 April – National Stadium | 10 April – National Stadium |
| South Africa | 14 | | | | 10 April – National Stadium | 10 April – National Stadium |
| South Africa | 14 | | | | Fiji | 28 |
| 10 April – National Stadium | 10 April – National Stadium | | | | | Fiji | 28 |
| 10 April – National Stadium | 10 April – National Stadium | | | | New Zealand | 17 |
| New Zealand | 22 | | | | New Zealand | 17 |
| New Zealand | 22 | 10 April – National Stadium | 10 April – National Stadium | | | |
| Samoa | 14 | 10 April – National Stadium | 10 April – National Stadium | | | |
| Samoa | 14 | New Zealand | 22 | | | |
| 10 April – National Stadium | 10 April – National Stadium | | New Zealand | 22 | | | |
| 10 April – National Stadium | 10 April – National Stadium | Ireland | 19 | | Third place | Third place |
| United States | 12 | Ireland | 19 | | Third place | Third place |
| United States | 12 | | | | 10 April – National Stadium | 10 April – National Stadium |
| Ireland | 14 | | | | 10 April – National Stadium | 10 April – National Stadium |
| Ireland | 14 | | | | Australia | 21 |
| | | | | | Ireland | 19 |
Matches :

### Placings

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