2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Women's tournament

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2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Women's tournament
Tournament details
VenueCape Town Stadium
Dates9 – 11 September 2022
No. of nations16
Final positions
Champions File:Gold medal blank.svgFile:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Runner-up File:Silver medal blank.svgFile:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
Third place File:Bronze medal blank.svgFile:Flag of France.svg France
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Top scorer(s)File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Faith Nathan (45)
Most triesFile:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Faith Nathan (9)
← 2018

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.[1] The remaining eleven places were decided in the six continental regions.[1]

Region Automatic
qualifiers 		Continental
qualifiers 		Total
teams
Africa[lower-alpha 1] File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa (hosts) File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar 2
North America[lower-alpha 2] File:Flag of the United States.svg United States File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 2
South America[lower-alpha 3] — File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 		2
Asia[lower-alpha 4] — File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 		2
Europe[lower-alpha 5] File:Flag of France.svg France File:Flag of England.svg England
File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland
File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 		5
Oceania[lower-alpha 6] File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand (holders) 		File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji 3
Totals 5 11 16
Notes
  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ North America: The winner of the 2022 RAN Women's Sevens Qualifiers joined automatic qualifier United States at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens.
  3. ↑ South America did not have an automatic qualifier but the top two teams from the 2021 Sudamérica Rugby Women's Sevens won qualifier berths.
  4. ↑ Asia did not have an automatic qualifier but the top two teams from the 2021 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series won qualifier berths.
  5. ↑ Europe: The top four teams from the 2022 European Qualifier event joined automatic qualifier France at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens.
  6. ↑ 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,[2] awarded to Fiji who finished seventh in the 2020 World Series.[2]

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 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 80 80 160
2 File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 96 57 153
3 File:Flag of France.svg France 70 60 130
4 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 66 56 122
5 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 80 40 100
6 File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji 38 60 98
7 File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland 15 60 75
8 File:Flag of England.svg England 36 33 69
9 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 28 26 54
10 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 10 24 30

The remaining six teams were seeded based on regional ranking positions in July 2022.[3]

Seed Team
11 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
12 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
13 File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland
14 File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
15 File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia
16 File:Flag of Madagascar.svg 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:[4] All times are local (UTC+2).

13th place

 
13th–16th semifinals13th-place final
 
      
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 
File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar5
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China36
 
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China21
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa19
 
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa27
 
 
File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia0
 
15th-place final
 
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 
File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar19
 
 
File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia12
Matches

13th–16th semi-finals

Match 17 10 September Madagascar File:Flag of Madagascar.svg 5–36 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Cape Town Stadium  
15:05
Match 18 10 September South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg 27–0 File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia Cape Town Stadium  
15:27

15th-place final

Match 25 11 September Madagascar File:Flag of Madagascar.svg 19-12 File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia Cape Town Stadium  
14:15

13th-place final

Match 26 11 September China File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 21-19 File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Cape Town Stadium  
14:37

Challenge Trophy

 
Challenge quarter-finalsChallenge semi-finalsChallenge final
 
          
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain12
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar0
 
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain10
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland19
 
File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland20
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China14
 
File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland12
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan17
 
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan14
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa12
 
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan19
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil10 11th-place final
 
File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia0
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil33
 
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain17
 
 
File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil19
 
Matches

Challenge quarter-finals

Match 9 10 September Madagascar File:Flag of Madagascar.svg 0–12 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain Cape Town Stadium  
09:53
Match 10 10 September Colombia File:Flag of Colombia.svg 0–33 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Cape Town Stadium  
10:15
Match 11 10 September South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg 12–14 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Cape Town Stadium  
10:37
Match 12 10 September Poland File:Flag of Poland.svg 20–14 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Cape Town Stadium  
10:59

Challenge semi-finals

Match 19 10 September Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg 10–19 File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland Cape Town Stadium  
15:49
Match 20 10 September Brazil File:Flag of Brazil.svg 10–19 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Cape Town Stadium  
16:11

11th-place final

Match 27 11 September Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg 17–19 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Cape Town Stadium  
14:59

Challenge final

Match 28 11 September Poland File:Flag of Poland.svg 12–17 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Cape Town Stadium  
15:21

5th place

 
5th–8th semi-finals5th-place final
 
      
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 
File:Flag of England.svg England7
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada22
 
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada0
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji53
 
File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji24
 
 
File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland0
 
7th-place final
 
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 
File:Flag of England.svg England10
 
 
File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland26
Matches

5th–8th semi-finals

Match 21 11 September England File:Flag of England.svg 7–22 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Cape Town Stadium  
10:18
Match 22 11 September Fiji File:Flag of Fiji.svg 24–0 File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland Cape Town Stadium  
10:40

7th-place final

Match 29 11 September England File:Flag of England.svg 10–26 File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland Cape Town Stadium  
17:31

5th-place final

Match 30 11 September Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 0–53 File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji Cape Town Stadium  
17:53

Championship Cup

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsCup final
 
              
 
9 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (1)48
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar (16)0
 
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia35
 
9 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
File:Flag of England.svg England5
 
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain (9)5
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
File:Flag of England.svg England (8)29
 
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia17
 
9 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States7
 
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada (5)24
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (12)5
 
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada7
 
9 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States10
 
File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland (13)7
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (4)39
 
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia24
 
9 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand22
 
File:Flag of France.svg France (3)29
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa (14)0
 
File:Flag of France.svg France19
 
9 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji14
 
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (11)7
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji (6)36
 
File:Flag of France.svg France7
 
9 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand38 Bronze final
 
File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland (7)24
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium 11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil (10)12
 
File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland0File:Flag of the United States.svg United States7
 
9 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand28 File:Flag of France.svg France29
 
File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia (15)5
 
 
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand (2)47
 
Matches

Round of 16

Match 1 9 September Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg 48–0 File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar Cape Town Stadium  
12:11
Match 4 9 September United States File:Flag of the United States.svg 39–7 File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland Cape Town Stadium  
12:33
Match 5 9 September Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 24–5 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Cape Town Stadium  
12:55
Match 6 9 September Fiji File:Flag of Fiji.svg 36–7 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Cape Town Stadium  
13:17
Match 7 9 September Ireland File:IRFU flag.svg 24–12 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Cape Town Stadium  
13:54
Match 8 9 September England File:Flag of England.svg 29–5 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain Cape Town Stadium  
14:16
Match 2 9 September New Zealand File:Flag of New Zealand.svg 47–5 File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia Cape Town Stadium  
17:37
Match 3 9 September France File:Flag of France.svg 29–0 File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Cape Town Stadium  
18:35

Quarter-finals

Match 13 10 September Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg 35–5 File:Flag of England.svg England Cape Town Stadium  
19:07
Match 14 10 September New Zealand File:Flag of New Zealand.svg 28–0 File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland Cape Town Stadium  
20:05
Match 15 10 September France File:Flag of France.svg 19–14 File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji Cape Town Stadium  
21:05
Match 16 10 September United States File:Flag of the United States.svg 10–7 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Cape Town Stadium  
22:05

Semi-finals

Match 23 11 September New Zealand File:Flag of New Zealand.svg 38–7 File:Flag of France.svg France Cape Town Stadium  
12:07
Match 24 11 September Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg 17–7 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Cape Town Stadium  
13:05

Bronze final

Match 31 11 September United States File:Flag of the United States.svg 7–29 File:Flag of France.svg France Cape Town Stadium  
19:01

Cup final

Match 32 11 September Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg 24–22 File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Cape Town Stadium  
20:17

Final placings

Place  Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of France.svg France
4 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
5 File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji
6 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
7 File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland
8 File:Flag of England.svg England
Place  Team
9 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
10 File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland
11 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
12 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
13 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
14 File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
15 File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar
16 File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia

Player scoring

Tries scored
Rank Player Tries
1 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Faith Nathan 9
2 File:Flag of Fiji.svg Ana Maria Naimasi 6
3 File:Flag of South Africa.svg Nadine Roos 5
File:Flag of Fiji.svg Reapi Ulunisau
File:Flag of Japan.svg Wakaba Hara
Points scored
Rank Player Points
1 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Faith Nathan 45
2 File:Flag of Fiji.svg Ana Maria Naimasi 34
3 File:Flag of Fiji.svg Reapi Ulunisau 33
4 File:Flag of New Zealand.svg Risi Pouri-Lane 32
5 File:Flag of South Africa.svg Nadine Roos 31

Source: [1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Qualifying". RWC Sevens. Archived from the original on 25 May 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Oceania Rugby confirms 2022 Commonwealth Games and Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 Qualifiers". Oceania Rugby. 9 March 2022. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "First matches for RWC 2022 Sevens revealed". Rugby Asia 2/47. 21 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 - Matches". rwcsevens.com. World Rugby. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
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