# 2022 Canada Sevens

The 2022 Canada Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament for men's national teams held on 16–17 April 2022 at BC Place, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada as part of the 2021–22 World Rugby Sevens Series.
The event was won by Argentina, with player of the match Marcos Moneta scoring two tries in their 29–10 win against Fiji in the final.
Australia defeated Samoa with a last-minute try in their 21-19 win to take bronze in the third-place playoff. South Africa, the defending Canada Sevens champions from the two events in 2021, beat the 2020 event winners New Zealand in the fifth-place playoff.

## 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 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 Canada 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 announced on 10 April.
Team advances to the Cup quarter-finals

### Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Fiji | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 31 | +67 | 9 |
| England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 59 | –9 | 5 |
| United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 71 | –22 | 5 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 74 | –36 | 5 |
* 16 April 10:31 PDT (UTC–7)
| United States | 17–19 | Kenya |
| | Report | |
* BC Place
* 16 April 10:53 PDT (UTC–7)
| Fiji | 27–12 | England |
| | Report | |
* BC Place
* 16 April 13:42 PDT (UTC–7)
| United States | 20–19 | England |
| | Report | |
* BC Place
* 16 April 14:04 PDT (UTC–7)
| Fiji | 38–7 | Kenya |
| | Report | |
* BC Place
* 16 April 17:07 PDT (UTC–7)
| Kenya | 12–19 | England |
| | Report | |
* BC Place
* 16 April 17:35 PDT (UTC–7)
| Fiji | 33–12 | United States |
| | Report | |
* BC Place

### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 43 | +66 | 9 |
| Samoa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 53 | +32 | 7 |
| Wales | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 78 | –42 | 5 |
| Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 94 | –56 | 3 |
* 16 April 9:44 PDT (UTC–7)
| Samoa | 26–12 | Wales |
| | Report | |
* BC Place
* 16 April 10:06 PDT (UTC–7)
| New Zealand | 40–14 | Japan |
| | Report | |
* BC Place
* 16 April 12:55 PDT (UTC–7)
| Samoa | 35–10 | Japan |
| | Report | |
* BC Place
* 16 April 13:17 PDT (UTC–7)
| New Zealand | 38–5 | Wales |
| | Report | |
* BC Place
* 16 April 16:06 PDT (UTC–7)
| Wales | 19–14 | Japan |
| | Report | |
* BC Place
* 16 April 16:28 PDT (UTC–7)
| New Zealand | 31–24 | Samoa |
| | Report | |
* BC Place

### Pool C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| South Africa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 45 | +27 | 9 |
| Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 32 | +53 | 7 |
| Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 66 | –16 | 5 |
| Spain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 97 | –64 | 3 |
* 16 April 11:15 PDT (UTC–7)
| South Africa | 31–12 | Spain |
| | Report | |
* BC Place
* 16 April 11:37 PDT (UTC–7)
| Australia | 26–10 | Canada |
| | Report | |
* BC Place
* 16 April 14:26 PDT (UTC–7)
| South Africa | 19–14 | Canada |
| | Report | |
* BC Place
* 16 April 14:48 PDT (UTC–7)
| Australia | 40–0 | Spain |
| | Report | |
* BC Place
* 16 April 18:05 PDT (UTC–7)
| Spain | 21–26 | Canada |
| | Report | |
* BC Place
* 16 April 18:33 PDT (UTC–7)
| Australia | 19–22 | South Africa |
| | Report | |
* BC Place

### Pool D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Argentina | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 36 | +26 | 8 |
| France | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 43 | +19 | 8 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 67 | –17 | 5 |
| Scotland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 64 | –28 | 3 |
* 16 April 9:00 PDT (UTC–7)
| Argentina | 12–12 | France |
| | Report | |
* BC Place
* 16 April 9:22 PDT (UTC–7)
| Ireland | 19–12 | Scotland |
| | Report | |
* BC Place
* 16 April 12:11 PDT (UTC–7)
| Argentina | 24–5 | Scotland |
| | Report | |
* BC Place
* 16 April 12:33 PDT (UTC–7)
| Ireland | 12–29 | France |
| | Report | |
* BC Place
* 16 April 15:22 PDT (UTC–7)
| France | 21–19 | Scotland |
| | Report | |
* BC Place
* 16 April 15:44 PDT (UTC–7)
| Ireland | 19–26 | Argentina |
| | Report | |
* BC Place

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

| 13th place Semi-finals | 13th place Semi-finals | 13th place Final | 13th place Final |
| 17 April – BC Place | 17 April – BC Place |
| United States | 33 |
| United States | 33 | 17 April – BC Place | 17 April – BC Place |
| Japan | 12 | 17 April – BC Place | 17 April – BC Place |
| Japan | 12 | United States | 33 |
| 17 April – BC Place | 17 April – BC Place | | United States | 33 |
| 17 April – BC Place | 17 April – BC Place | Spain | 24 |
| Kenya | 7 | Spain | 24 |
| Spain | 24 | | |
Matches :

### 9th–12th playoffs

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | 9th Place Final | 9th Place Final |
| 17 April – BC Place | 17 April – BC Place | | | |
| United States | 12 | | | |
| United States | 12 | 17 April – BC Place | 17 April – BC Place | | |
| Scotland | 24 | 17 April – BC Place | 17 April – BC Place | |
| Scotland | 24 | Canada | 26 | |
| 17 April – BC Place | 17 April – BC Place | | Canada | 26 | |
| 17 April – BC Place | 17 April – BC Place | Scotland | 22 | |
| Canada | 29 | Scotland | 22 | |
| Canada | 29 | | | | 17 April – BC Place | 17 April – BC Place |
| Japan | 5 | | | | 17 April – BC Place | 17 April – BC Place |
| Japan | 5 | | | | Canada | 7 |
| 17 April – BC Place | 17 April – BC Place | | | | | Canada | 7 |
| 17 April – BC Place | 17 April – BC Place | | | | Ireland | 17 |
| Ireland | 21 | | | | Ireland | 17 |
| Ireland | 21 | 17 April – BC Place | 17 April – BC Place | | | |
| Kenya | 14 | 17 April – BC Place | 17 April – BC Place | | | |
| Kenya | 14 | Ireland | 14 | | | |
| 17 April – BC Place | 17 April – BC Place | | Ireland | 14 | | | |
| 17 April – BC Place | 17 April – BC Place | Wales | 12 | |
| Wales | 19 | Wales | 12 | |
| Spain | 14 | | | |
Matches :

### 5th–8th playoffs

| 5th place Semi-finals | 5th place Semi-finals | 5th place Final | 5th place Final |
| 17 April – BC Place | 17 April – BC Place |
| France | 7 |
| France | 7 | 17 April – BC Place | 17 April – BC Place |
| South Africa | 36 | 17 April – BC Place | 17 April – BC Place |
| South Africa | 36 | South Africa | 17 |
| 17 April – BC Place | 17 April – BC Place | | South Africa | 17 |
| 17 April – BC Place | 17 April – BC Place | New Zealand | 15 |
| England | 5 | New Zealand | 15 |
| New Zealand | 34 | | |
Matches :

### Cup playoffs

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Cup Final | Cup Final |
| 17 April – BC Place | 17 April – BC Place | | | |
| Fiji | 24 | | | |
| Fiji | 24 | 17 April – BC Place | 17 April – BC Place | | |
| France | 21 | 17 April – BC Place | 17 April – BC Place | |
| France | 21 | Fiji | 45 | |
| 17 April – BC Place | 17 April – BC Place | | Fiji | 45 | |
| 17 April – BC Place | 17 April – BC Place | Samoa | 5 | |
| South Africa | 17 | Samoa | 5 | |
| South Africa | 17 | | | | 17 April – BC Place | 17 April – BC Place |
| Samoa | 28 | | | | 17 April – BC Place | 17 April – BC Place |
| Samoa | 28 | | | | Fiji | 10 |
| 17 April – BC Place | 17 April – BC Place | | | | | Fiji | 10 |
| 17 April – BC Place | 17 April – BC Place | | | | Argentina | 29 |
| Argentina | 40 | | | | Argentina | 29 |
| Argentina | 40 | 17 April – BC Place | 17 April – BC Place | | | |
| England | 17 | 17 April – BC Place | 17 April – BC Place | | | |
| England | 17 | Argentina | 24 | | | |
| 17 April – BC Place | 17 April – BC Place | | Argentina | 24 | | | |
| 17 April – BC Place | 17 April – BC Place | Australia | 12 | | Third place | Third place |
| New Zealand | 12 | Australia | 12 | | Third place | Third place |
| New Zealand | 12 | | | | 17 April – BC Place | 17 April – BC Place |
| Australia | 19 | | | | 17 April – BC Place | 17 April – BC Place |
| Australia | 19 | | | | Samoa | 19 |
| | | | | | Australia | 21 |
Matches :

### Placings

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