# 2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series

The 2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series was the 24th annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for men's national teams. The Sevens Series has been run by World Rugby since 1999. This series doubled as a qualifier for the 2024 Olympic Games, with the top four countries, excluding hosts France, qualifying automatically.
The series was won by New Zealand, winning five of the eleven tour events held during the season on their way to claiming their fourteenth World Series title. The next placed teams were, in order, Argentina, Fiji, France, Australia.

## Core teams

The core teams eligible to participate in all tournaments for 2022–23 were:
* Argentina
* Australia
* Canada
* Fiji
* France
* Great Britain
* Ireland
* Japan
* Kenya
* New Zealand
* Samoa
* South Africa
* Spain
* United States
* Uruguay
Uruguay 7s was promoted to core team status by winning the 2022 Challenger Series. The unions of England, Scotland and Wales agreed to merge their teams to compete as Great Britain 7s for the 2022–23 series onward.

## Tour venues

The eleven-event schedule for the series was:
2022–23 Itinerary :
| Leg | Stadium | City | Dates | Winner |
| Hong Kong 2022 | Hong Kong Stadium | Hong Kong | 4–6 November 2022 | Australia |
| Dubai | The Sevens Stadium | Dubai | 2–3 December 2022 | South Africa |
| South Africa | DHL Stadium | Cape Town | 9–11 December 2022 | Samoa |
| New Zealand | Waikato Stadium | Hamilton | 21–22 January 2023 | Argentina |
| Australia | Sydney Football Stadium | Sydney | 27–29 January 2023 | New Zealand |
| United States | Dignity Health Sports Park | Los Angeles | 25–26 February 2023 | New Zealand |
| Canada | BC Place | Vancouver | 3–5 March 2023 | Argentina |
| Hong Kong 2023 | Hong Kong Stadium | Hong Kong | 31 March – 2 April 2023 | New Zealand |
| Singapore | National Stadium | Singapore | 8–9 April 2023 | New Zealand |
| France | Stade Ernest-Wallon | Toulouse | 12–14 May 2023 | New Zealand |
| England | Twickenham Stadium | London | 20–21 May 2023 | Argentina |

## Standings

The points awarded to teams at each event, as well as the overall season totals, are shown in the table below. Points for the event winners are indicated in bold. An asterisk (*) indicates a tied placing. A dash (—) is recorded where a team did not compete.
2022–23 World Rugby Sevens – Men's Series XXIV :
| Pos | Event Team | Hong Kong I | Dubai | Cape Town | Ham­ilton | Syd­ney | Los Ang­eles | Van­cou­ver | Hong Kong II | Sing­apore | Tou­louse | Lon­don | Total points |
| 1 | New Zealand | 8 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 13 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 14 | 200 |
| 2 | Argentina | 13 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 13 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 179 |
| 3 | Fiji | 19 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 18 | 156 |
| 4 | France | 17 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 151 |
| 5 | Australia | 22 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 133 |
| 6 | Samoa | 15 | 10 | 22 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 16 | 132 |
| 7 | South Africa | 10 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 120 |
| 8 | Ireland | 10 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 114 |
| 9 | Great Britain | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 100 |
| 10 | United States | 12 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 98 |
| 11 | Spain | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 57 |
| 12 | Uruguay | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 54 |
| 13 | Kenya | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 40 |
| 14 | Canada | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 39 |
| 15 | Japan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| 16 | Tonga | — | — | — | 5 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 12 |
| 17 | Hong Kong | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | 5 |
| 18 | Chile | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| 19 | Uganda | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| 20 | Germany | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Source: World Rugby at archive.today (archived 2023-05-23)
    Legend Qualification for the 2024 Olympic Sevens Qualified as one of the four highest-placed eligible teams in the 2022–23 World Sevens Series  Automatically qualified (host country France) Qualification for the 2023–24 World Sevens Series Participated in the final round play-offs for core team status on the 2023–24 World Sevens Series No colour Core team and re-qualified as a core team for the 2023–24 World Sevens Series Pink Relegated from core team status for 2023–24  Yellow Invited team

## Placings summary

Tallies of top-four placings in tournaments during the 2022–23 series, by team:
| Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Fourth | Total |
| New Zealand | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Argentina | 3 | 3 | — | — | 6 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 |
| Samoa | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Australia | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Fiji | — | 3 | 3 | — | 6 |
| France | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Ireland | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 |
| United States | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Canada | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Great Britain | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |

## Player statistics
### Dream Team

* Rodrigo Isgró Leroy Carter Akuila Rojolisoa Marcos Moneta Luciano González Rizzoni Vaa Apelu Maliko Henry Paterson
Reference:

### Performance
## Tournaments
### Hong Kong 2022

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semifinalists |
| Cup | Australia | 20–17 | Fiji | France (Bronze) Samoa |
| 5th place | Argentina | 36–0 | United States | Ireland South Africa |
| 9th place | New Zealand | 33–5 | Canada | Great Britain Spain |
| 13th place | Uruguay | 33–10 | Japan | Hong Kong Kenya |

### Dubai

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semifinalists |
| Cup | South Africa | 21–5 | Ireland | New Zealand (Bronze) United States |
| 5th place | France | 19–12 | Argentina | Australia Samoa |
| 9th place | Fiji | 47–0 | Uruguay | Great Britain Kenya |
| 13th place | Spain | 38–7 | Canada | Japan Uganda |

### Cape Town

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semifinalists |
| Cup | Samoa | 12–7 | New Zealand | United States (Bronze) South Africa |
| 5th place | Fiji | 29–5 | Argentina | Great Britain Uruguay |
| 9th place | France | 24–12 | Australia | Ireland Spain |
| 13th place | Kenya | 21–10 | Canada | Japan Uganda |

### Hamilton

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semifinalists |
| Cup | Argentina | 14–12 | New Zealand | United States (Bronze) France |
| 5th place | Australia | 26–17 | Ireland | Fiji South Africa |
| 9th place | Samoa | 26–5 | Kenya | Great Britain Tonga |
| 13th place | Spain | 24–14 | Canada | Japan Uruguay |

### Sydney

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semifinalists |
| Cup | New Zealand | 38–0 | South Africa | Fiji (Bronze) France |
| 5th place | Samoa | 24–12 | Ireland | Australia Great Britain |
| 9th place | Argentina | 21–19 | Tonga | Kenya United States |
| 13th place | Uruguay | 26–5 | Spain | Canada Japan |

### Los Angeles

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semifinalists |
| Cup | New Zealand | 22–12 | Argentina | Fiji (Bronze) Australia |
| 5th place | Samoa | 24–19 | Great Britain | Ireland South Africa |
| 9th place | France | 26–24 | Spain | Canada Uruguay |
| 13th place | United States | 31–7 | Japan | Chile Kenya |

### Vancouver

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semifinalists |
| Cup | Argentina | 33–21 | France | Australia (Bronze) Ireland |
| 5th place | New Zealand | 50–7 | United States | Fiji Great Britain |
| 9th place | Samoa | 35–17 | Kenya | Spain Uruguay |
| 13th place | South Africa | 17–5 | Japan | Canada Chile |

### Hong Kong 2023

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semifinalists |
| Cup | New Zealand | 24–17 | Fiji | France (Bronze) Great Britain |
| 5th place | Argentina | 7–5 | South Africa | Spain United States |
| 9th place | Ireland | 19–17 | Samoa | Australia Uruguay |
| 13th place | Hong Kong | 17–7 | Canada | Japan Kenya |

### Singapore

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semifinalists |
| Cup | New Zealand | 19–17 | Argentina | Fiji (Bronze) Samoa |
| 5th place | Australia | 24–21 | Great Britain | France Uruguay |
| 9th place | Spain | 26–10 | Kenya | Japan South Africa |
| 13th place | United States | 22–17 | Canada | Hong Kong Ireland |

### Toulouse

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semifinalists |
| Cup | New Zealand | 24–19 | Argentina | France (Bronze) Canada |
| 5th place | Australia | 26–21 | Ireland | Great Britain South Africa |
| 9th place | Fiji | 26–15 | Spain | Samoa Uruguay |
| 13th place | Kenya | 33–12 | Japan | Germany United States |

### London

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semifinalists |
| Cup | Argentina | 35–14 | Fiji | Samoa (Bronze) New Zealand |
| 5th place | France | 21–19 | Ireland | Australia (7th) Great Britain |
| 9th place | South Africa | 47–5 | United States | Spain (11th) Japan |
| Relegation playoffs | Canada | 12–7 | Kenya | Tonga Uruguay |