# 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Men's tournament

The men's tournament in the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens was held at AT&T Park in San Francisco. New Zealand won the tournament and took home the Melrose Cup by defeating England 33–12 in the final; South Africa won the bronze by defeating Fiji 24–19. The tournament was dominated by the World Series core teams, which accounted for all eight of the teams that reached the quarterfinals. Ireland was the highest placed non core team in ninth, notching wins against core teams Kenya, Wales, and Australia.
The top point scorer was Papua New Guinea's Emmanuel Guise with 37 points. The joint top try scorers were New Zealand's Joe Ravouvou and South Africa's Siviwe Soyizwapi with 6 each.

## Format

Unlike previous editions, the tournament will be played for the first time in a knock-out only format.
* Teams in the Championship Cup will compete for the Melrose Cup and bronze medals.
* Losing teams in the Championship Cup Quarter-finals will compete for 5th Place.
* Losing teams in the Championship Cup Round of 16 (second round) will compete for the Challenge Trophy.
* Losing teams in the Championship Cup Pre-round of 16 (first round) will compete for the Bowl.
* Losing teams in the Challenge Trophy Quarter-finals will compete for 13th Place.
* Losing teams in the Bowl Quarter-finals will compete for 21st Place.
* Teams entering in the Pre-round of 16 (first round) in the Championship Cup will play a minimum of four matches and a maximum of five matches.
* Teams entering in the Round of 16 (second round) in the Championship Cup will play four matches.

## Teams

| Africa | North America | South America | Asia | Europe | Oceania |
| Automatic qualification ||||||
| Kenya South Africa | United States | | | England France Wales | Australia Fiji New Zealand |
| 2016–17 World Series ||||||
| | Canada | Argentina | | Scotland | Samoa |
| Regional Qualifiers ||||||
| Uganda Zimbabwe | Jamaica | Chile Uruguay | Hong Kong Japan | Ireland Russia | Papua New Guinea Tonga |

## Draw

The twenty-four teams are seeded as follows:
* The fourteen core teams of the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series who qualified are ranked as the first fourteen teams. These teams are seeded according to combined rankings derived from the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series, and the first seven rounds of the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series.
* Places 15–24 are allocated to teams that qualified by way of the regional tournaments. These teams are seeded based on their rankings from the 2018 Hong Kong Sevens qualifier.
* Teams ranked 1-8 receive byes and enter the Championship Cup in the Round of 16 (second round).
* Teams ranked 9-24 enter the Championship Cup in the Pre-round of 16 (first round).
2017–18 Core Team Seeding :
| Pos | Event Team | 2016–17 | Dubai | Cape Town | Sydney | Hamilton | Las Vegas | Vancouver | Hong Kong | Points total |
| 1 | South Africa | 192 | 22 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 318 |
| 2 | Fiji | 150 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 22 | 17 | 22 | 22 | 273 |
| 3 | New Zealand | 137 | 19 | 22 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 244 |
| 4 | England | 164 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 235 |
| 5 | United States | 129 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 214 |
| 6 | Australia | 113 | 13 | 8 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 202 |
| 7 | Argentina | 90 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 180 |
| 8 | Scotland | 109 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 155 |
| 9 | Kenya | 63 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 19 | 19 | 146 |
| 10 | Canada | 98 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 142 |
| 11 | France | 66 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 112 |
| 12 | Wales | 73 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 103 |
| 13 | Samoa | 51 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 94 |
| 14 | Russia | 29 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 48 |
2018 Hong Kong Sevens seeding :
| Pos | Team | Round | Group Rank | Record | PD |
| 15 | Japan | Champion | 2 | 5–1 | +130 |
| 16 | Ireland | Semifinal | 1 | 4–1 | +126 |
| 17 | Chile | Semifinal | 1 | 3–2 | +34 |
| 18 | Uruguay | Quarterfinal | 2 | 2–2 | +12 |
| 19 | Hong Kong | Quarterfinal | 2 | 1–3 | –10 |
| 20 | Uganda | Quarterfinal | 3 | 2–2 | –20 |
| 21 | Zimbabwe | Quarterfinal | 3 | 1–3 | –42 |
| 22 | Jamaica | Pool stage | 3 | 1–2 | –41 |
| 23 | Papua New Guinea | Pool stage | 4 | 1–2 | –35 |
| 24 | Tonga | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |

## Match officials

World Rugby announced a panel of ten match officials for the men's tournament.

## Tournament
### 21st Place

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | 21st Place Final | 21st Place Final |
| 22 July 2018 – 9:00 – AT&T Park | 22 July 2018 – 9:00 – AT&T Park |
| Tonga (24) | 31 |
| Tonga (24) | 31 | 22 July 2018 – 13:46 – AT&T Park | 22 July 2018 – 13:46 – AT&T Park |
| Zimbabwe (21) | 5 | 22 July 2018 – 13:46 – AT&T Park | 22 July 2018 – 13:46 – AT&T Park |
| Zimbabwe (21) | 5 | Tonga (24) | 14 |
| 22 July 2018 – 9:22 – AT&T Park | 22 July 2018 – 9:22 – AT&T Park | | Tonga (24) | 14 |
| 22 July 2018 – 9:22 – AT&T Park | 22 July 2018 – 9:22 – AT&T Park | Papua New Guinea (23) | 31 |
| Papua New Guinea (23) | 52 | Papua New Guinea (23) | 31 |
| Jamaica (22) | 7 | | |
| Jamaica (22) | 7 | 23rd Place | 23rd Place |
| | | 22 July 2018 – 13:24 – AT&T Park | 22 July 2018 – 13:24 – AT&T Park |
| | | Zimbabwe (21) | 33 |
| | | Jamaica (22) | 21 |
Matches :

### Bowl

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Bowl Final | Bowl Final |
| 21 July 2018 – 12:26 – AT&T Park | 21 July 2018 – 12:26 – AT&T Park | | | |
| Tonga (24) | 29 | | | |
| Tonga (24) | 29 | 22 July 2018 – 9:44 – AT&T Park | 22 July 2018 – 9:44 – AT&T Park | | |
| Chile (17) | 33 | 22 July 2018 – 9:44 – AT&T Park | 22 July 2018 – 9:44 – AT&T Park | |
| Chile (17) | 33 | Chile (17) | 20 | |
| 21 July 2018 – 13:32 – AT&T Park | 21 July 2018 – 13:32 – AT&T Park | | Chile (17) | 20 | |
| 21 July 2018 – 13:32 – AT&T Park | 21 July 2018 – 13:32 – AT&T Park | Uganda (20) | 17 | |
| Zimbabwe (21) | 10 | Uganda (20) | 17 | |
| Zimbabwe (21) | 10 | | | | 22 July 2018 – 14:40 – AT&T Park | 22 July 2018 – 14:40 – AT&T Park |
| Uganda (20) | 24 | | | | 22 July 2018 – 14:40 – AT&T Park | 22 July 2018 – 14:40 – AT&T Park |
| Uganda (20) | 24 | | | | Chile (17) | 20 |
| 21 July 2018 – 12:48 – AT&T Park | 21 July 2018 – 12:48 – AT&T Park | | | | | Chile (17) | 20 |
| 21 July 2018 – 12:48 – AT&T Park | 21 July 2018 – 12:48 – AT&T Park | | | | Hong Kong (19) | 7 |
| Papua New Guinea (23) | 19 | | | | Hong Kong (19) | 7 |
| Papua New Guinea (23) | 19 | 22 July 2018 – 10:06 – AT&T Park | 22 July 2018 – 10:06 – AT&T Park | | | |
| Uruguay (18) | 21 | 22 July 2018 – 10:06 – AT&T Park | 22 July 2018 – 10:06 – AT&T Park | | | |
| Uruguay (18) | 21 | Uruguay (18) | 5 | | | |
| 21 July 2018 – 13:10 – AT&T Park | 21 July 2018 – 13:10 – AT&T Park | | Uruguay (18) | 5 | | | |
| 21 July 2018 – 13:10 – AT&T Park | 21 July 2018 – 13:10 – AT&T Park | Hong Kong (19) | 31 | | 19th Place | 19th Place |
| Jamaica (22) | 10 | Hong Kong (19) | 31 | | 19th Place | 19th Place |
| Jamaica (22) | 10 | | | | 22 July 2018 – 14:18 – AT&T Park | 22 July 2018 – 14:18 – AT&T Park |
| Hong Kong (19) | 24 | | | | 22 July 2018 – 14:18 – AT&T Park | 22 July 2018 – 14:18 – AT&T Park |
| Hong Kong (19) | 24 | | | | Uganda (20) | 38 |
| | | | | | Uruguay (18) | 28 |
Matches :

### 13th Place

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | 13th Place Final | 13th Place Final |
| 22 July 2018 – 10:28 – AT&T Park | 22 July 2018 – 10:28 – AT&T Park |
| Kenya (9) | 17 |
| Kenya (9) | 17 | 22 July 2018 – 15:24 – AT&T Park | 22 July 2018 – 15:24 – AT&T Park |
| Samoa (13) | 19 | 22 July 2018 – 15:24 – AT&T Park | 22 July 2018 – 15:24 – AT&T Park |
| Samoa (13) | 19 | Samoa (13) | 22 |
| 22 July 2018 – 10:50 – AT&T Park | 22 July 2018 – 10:50 – AT&T Park | | Samoa (13) | 22 |
| 22 July 2018 – 10:50 – AT&T Park | 22 July 2018 – 10:50 – AT&T Park | Russia (14) | 17 |
| Japan (15) | 20 | Russia (14) | 17 |
| Russia (14) | 26 | | |
| Russia (14) | 26 | 15th Place | 15th Place |
| | | 22 July 2018 – 15:02 – AT&T Park | 22 July 2018 – 15:02 – AT&T Park |
| | | Kenya (9) | 14 |
| | | Japan (15) | 26 |
Matches :

### Challenge Trophy

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Challenge Trophy Final | Challenge Trophy Final |
| 21 July 2018 – 14:04 – AT&T Park | 21 July 2018 – 14:04 – AT&T Park | | | |
| Ireland (16) | 24 | | | |
| Ireland (16) | 24 | 22 July 2018 – 11:12 – AT&T Park | 22 July 2018 – 11:12 – AT&T Park | | |
| Kenya (9) | 14 | 22 July 2018 – 11:12 – AT&T Park | 22 July 2018 – 11:12 – AT&T Park | |
| Kenya (9) | 14 | Ireland (16) | 27 | |
| 21 July 2018 – 15:10 – AT&T Park | 21 July 2018 – 15:10 – AT&T Park | | Ireland (16) | 27 | |
| 21 July 2018 – 15:10 – AT&T Park | 21 July 2018 – 15:10 – AT&T Park | Wales (12) | 12 | |
| Samoa (13) | 19 | Wales (12) | 12 | |
| Samoa (13) | 19 | | | | 22 July 2018 – 16:08 – AT&T Park | 22 July 2018 – 16:08 – AT&T Park |
| Wales (12) | 24 | | | | 22 July 2018 – 16:08 – AT&T Park | 22 July 2018 – 16:08 – AT&T Park |
| Wales (12) | 24 | | | | Ireland (16) | 24 |
| 21 July 2018 – 14:26 – AT&T Park | 21 July 2018 – 14:26 – AT&T Park | | | | | Ireland (16) | 24 |
| 21 July 2018 – 14:26 – AT&T Park | 21 July 2018 – 14:26 – AT&T Park | | | | Australia (6) | 14 |
| Japan (15) | 17 | | | | Australia (6) | 14 |
| Japan (15) | 17 | 22 July 2018 – 11:34 – AT&T Park | 22 July 2018 – 11:34 – AT&T Park | | | |
| Canada (10) | 35 | 22 July 2018 – 11:34 – AT&T Park | 22 July 2018 – 11:34 – AT&T Park | | | |
| Canada (10) | 35 | Canada (10) | 7 | | | |
| 21 July 2018 – 14:48 – AT&T Park | 21 July 2018 – 14:48 – AT&T Park | | Canada (10) | 7 | | | |
| 21 July 2018 – 14:48 – AT&T Park | 21 July 2018 – 14:48 – AT&T Park | Australia (6) | 19 | | 11th Place | 11th Place |
| Russia (14) | 0 | Australia (6) | 19 | | 11th Place | 11th Place |
| Russia (14) | 0 | | | | 22 July 2018 – 15:46 – AT&T Park | 22 July 2018 – 15:46 – AT&T Park |
| Australia (6) | 41 | | | | 22 July 2018 – 15:46 – AT&T Park | 22 July 2018 – 15:46 – AT&T Park |
| Australia (6) | 41 | | | | Wales (12) | 35 |
| | | | | | Canada (10) | 12 |
Matches :

### 5th Place

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | 5th Place Final | 5th Place Final |
| 22 July 2018 – 11:56 – AT&T Park | 22 July 2018 – 11:56 – AT&T Park |
| Scotland (8) | 0 |
| Scotland (8) | 0 | 22 July 2018 – 17:02 – AT&T Park | 22 July 2018 – 17:02 – AT&T Park |
| United States (5) | 28 | 22 July 2018 – 17:02 – AT&T Park | 22 July 2018 – 17:02 – AT&T Park |
| United States (5) | 28 | United States (5) | 7 |
| 22 July 2018 – 12:18 – AT&T Park | 22 July 2018 – 12:18 – AT&T Park | | United States (5) | 7 |
| 22 July 2018 – 12:18 – AT&T Park | 22 July 2018 – 12:18 – AT&T Park | Argentina (7) | 33 |
| Argentina (7) | 26 | Argentina (7) | 33 |
| France (11) | 15 | | |
| France (11) | 15 | 7th Place | 7th Place |
| | | 22 July 2018 – 16:40 – AT&T Park | 22 July 2018 – 16:40 – AT&T Park |
| | | Scotland (8) (a.e.t.) | 29 |
| | | France (11) | 24 |
Matches :

### Championship Cup

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Championship Cup Final | Championship Cup Final |
| 20 July 2018 – 21:15 – AT&T Park | 20 July 2018 – 21:15 – AT&T Park | | | | | | |
| South Africa (1) | 45 | | | | | | |
| South Africa (1) | 45 | 21 July 2018 – 15:32 – AT&T Park | 21 July 2018 – 15:32 – AT&T Park | | | | | |
| Ireland (16) | 7 | 21 July 2018 – 15:32 – AT&T Park | 21 July 2018 – 15:32 – AT&T Park | | | | |
| Ireland (16) | 7 | South Africa (1) | 36 | | | | |
| 20 July 2018 – 19:03 – AT&T Park | 20 July 2018 – 19:03 – AT&T Park | | South Africa (1) | 36 | | | | |
| 20 July 2018 – 19:03 – AT&T Park | 20 July 2018 – 19:03 – AT&T Park | Scotland (8) | 5 | | | | |
| Scotland (8) | 31 | Scotland (8) | 5 | | | | |
| Scotland (8) | 31 | | | | 22 July 2018 – 12:40 – AT&T Park | 22 July 2018 – 12:40 – AT&T Park | | |
| Kenya (9) | 26 | | | | 22 July 2018 – 12:40 – AT&T Park | 22 July 2018 – 12:40 – AT&T Park | |
| Kenya (9) | 26 | | | | South Africa (1) | 7 | |
| 20 July 2018 – 20:09 – AT&T Park | 20 July 2018 – 20:09 – AT&T Park | | | | | South Africa (1) | 7 | |
| 20 July 2018 – 20:09 – AT&T Park | 20 July 2018 – 20:09 – AT&T Park | | | | England (4) | 29 | |
| England (4) | 19 | | | | England (4) | 29 | |
| England (4) | 19 | 21 July 2018 – 16:38 – AT&T Park | 21 July 2018 – 16:38 – AT&T Park | | | | | |
| Samoa (13) | 15 | 21 July 2018 – 16:38 – AT&T Park | 21 July 2018 – 16:38 – AT&T Park | | | | |
| Samoa (13) | 15 | England (4) (a.e.t.) | 24 | | | | |
| 20 July 2018 – 21:37 – AT&T Park | 20 July 2018 – 21:37 – AT&T Park | | England (4) (a.e.t.) | 24 | | | | |
| 20 July 2018 – 21:37 – AT&T Park | 20 July 2018 – 21:37 – AT&T Park | United States (5) | 19 | | | | |
| United States (5) | 35 | United States (5) | 19 | | | | |
| United States (5) | 35 | | | | | | | 22 July 2018 – 17:46 – AT&T Park | 22 July 2018 – 17:46 – AT&T Park |
| Wales (12) | 0 | | | | | | | 22 July 2018 – 17:46 – AT&T Park | 22 July 2018 – 17:46 – AT&T Park |
| Wales (12) | 0 | | | | | | | England (4) | 12 |
| 20 July 2018 – 20:53 – AT&T Park | 20 July 2018 – 20:53 – AT&T Park | | | | | | | | England (4) | 12 |
| 20 July 2018 – 20:53 – AT&T Park | 20 July 2018 – 20:53 – AT&T Park | | | | | | | New Zealand (3) | 33 |
| Fiji (2) | 35 | | | | | | | New Zealand (3) | 33 |
| Fiji (2) | 35 | 21 July 2018 – 15:54 – AT&T Park | 21 July 2018 – 15:54 – AT&T Park | | | | | | |
| Japan (15) | 10 | 21 July 2018 – 15:54 – AT&T Park | 21 July 2018 – 15:54 – AT&T Park | | | | | | |
| Japan (15) | 10 | Fiji (2) | 43 | | | | | | |
| 20 July 2018 – 19:25 – AT&T Park | 20 July 2018 – 19:25 – AT&T Park | | Fiji (2) | 43 | | | | | | |
| 20 July 2018 – 19:25 – AT&T Park | 20 July 2018 – 19:25 – AT&T Park | Argentina (7) | 7 | | | | | | |
| Argentina (7) | 28 | Argentina (7) | 7 | | | | | | |
| Argentina (7) | 28 | | | | 22 July 2018 – 13:02 – AT&T Park | 22 July 2018 – 13:02 – AT&T Park | | | | |
| Canada (10) | 0 | | | | 22 July 2018 – 13:02 – AT&T Park | 22 July 2018 – 13:02 – AT&T Park | | | |
| Canada (10) | 0 | | | | Fiji (2) | 17 | | | |
| 20 July 2018 – 20:31 – AT&T Park | 20 July 2018 – 20:31 – AT&T Park | | | | | Fiji (2) | 17 | | | |
| 20 July 2018 – 20:31 – AT&T Park | 20 July 2018 – 20:31 – AT&T Park | | | | New Zealand (3) | 22 | | Bronze Medal Match | Bronze Medal Match |
| New Zealand (3) | 29 | | | | New Zealand (3) | 22 | | Bronze Medal Match | Bronze Medal Match |
| New Zealand (3) | 29 | 21 July 2018 – 16:16 – AT&T Park | 21 July 2018 – 16:16 – AT&T Park | | | | | 22 July 2018 – 17:24 – AT&T Park | 22 July 2018 – 17:24 – AT&T Park |
| Russia (14) | 5 | 21 July 2018 – 16:16 – AT&T Park | 21 July 2018 – 16:16 – AT&T Park | | | | | 22 July 2018 – 17:24 – AT&T Park | 22 July 2018 – 17:24 – AT&T Park |
| Russia (14) | 5 | New Zealand (3) | 12 | | | | | South Africa (1) | 24 |
| 20 July 2018 – 19:47 – AT&T Park | 20 July 2018 – 19:47 – AT&T Park | | New Zealand (3) | 12 | | | | | South Africa (1) | 24 |
| 20 July 2018 – 19:47 – AT&T Park | 20 July 2018 – 19:47 – AT&T Park | France (11) | 7 | | | | | Fiji (2) | 19 |
| Australia (6) | 17 | France (11) | 7 | | | | | Fiji (2) | 19 |
| France (11) | 22 | | | | | | | | |
Matches :
* 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens Men's winners
* New Zealand 3rd title

## Tournament placings

| Place | Team |
| | New Zealand |
| | England |
| | South Africa |
| 4 | Fiji |
| 5 | Argentina |
| 6 | United States |
| 7 | Scotland |
| 8 | France |
| 9 | Ireland |
| 10 | Australia |
| 11 | Wales |
| 12 | Canada |
| Place | Team |
| 13 | Samoa |
| 14 | Russia |
| 15 | Japan |
| 16 | Kenya |
| 17 | Chile |
| 18 | Hong Kong |
| 19 | Uganda |
| 20 | Uruguay |
| 21 | Papua New Guinea |
| 22 | Tonga |
| 23 | Zimbabwe |
| 24 | Jamaica |

## Attendance

Over 100,000 fans attended the three day event, which was a Rugby World Cup Sevens record until the 2022 tournament.

## Player scoring

Source: World Rugby