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2022 South Africa Sevens
Sevens World Series XXIV
Host nation	South Africa
Date	9–11 December 2022
Cup
Champion	Samoa
Runner-up	New Zealand
Third	United States
Tournament details
Matches played	45
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The 2022 South Africa Sevens was the third tournament within the 2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series and the 22nd South Africa Sevens tournament. The event was won by Samoa 7s, defeating New Zealand 7s by 12–7 in the final. It was held on 9–11 December 2022 at the Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa.

Format

The 16 teams were drawn into four pools of four. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup playoffs and compete for gold, silver and bronze medals. The other teams from each pool go to the classification playoffs for 9th to 16th placings.

Teams

Fifteen core teams participated in the tournament along with one invited team, Uganda. {{columns-list|colwidth=14em|

Core Teams

•  Argentina
•  Australia
•  Canada
•  Fiji
•  France
•  Great Britain
•  Ireland
•  Japan
•  Kenya
•  New Zealand
•  Samoa
•  South Africa
•  Spain
•  United States
•  Uruguay

Invited Team

•  Uganda

Pool stage

All times in South African Standard Time (UTC+2:00)

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PD	Pts
South Africa	3	3	0	0	39	9
Fiji	3	2	0	1	42	7
France	3	1	0	2	-45	5
Canada	3	0	0	3	-36	3

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PD	Pts
Samoa	3	2	0	1	49	7
Uruguay	3	2	0	1	20	7
Ireland	3	2	0	1	18	7
Japan	3	0	0	3	-87	3

Pool C

Pool C saw a huge upset with defending champions New Zealand defeated 14-10 by Spain.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PD	Pts
New Zealand	3	2	0	1	28	7
Argentina	3	2	0	1	34	7
Spain	3	1	1	1	-22	6
Kenya	3	0	1	2	-40	4

Pool D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PD	Pts
United States	3	2	1	0	64	8
Great Britain	3	2	0	1	4	7
Australia	3	1	1	1	29	6
Uganda	3	0	0	3	-97	3

Placement matches

13th to 16th place playoffs

	13th place semifinals				13th place final
	12:49 pm
	Japan	14
					4:07 pm
	Canada	31
					Canada	10
	1:11 pm
					Kenya	21
	Kenya	19
	Uganda	5
					15th place final
					3:30 pm
					Japan	17
					Uganda	14

9th to 12 place playoffs

	9th place quarterfinals				9th place semifinals				Final
	3 December – The Sevens
	Spain	40
					3 December – The Sevens
	Ireland	5
					Spain	0
	3 December – The Sevens
					Australia	26
	Australia	33
									3 December – The Sevens
	Canada	7
									Australia	24
	3 December – The Sevens
									France	12
	Ireland	19
					3 December – The Sevens
	Kenya	14
					Ireland	12
	3 December – The Sevens
					France	19			11th place final
	France	24
									3 December – The Sevens
	Uganda	7
									Ireland	24
									Spain	12

Knockout stage

Fifth place

	5th place semifinal				5th place final
	12:49 pm
	Uruguay	0
					4:07 pm
	Fiji	38
					Fiji	29
	1:11 pm
					Argentina	5
	Argentina	26
	Great Britain	14
					7th place final
					3:30 pm
					Uruguay	0
					Great Britain	22

Cup playoffs

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	10 December
	New Zealand	50
					11 December
	Uruguay	0
					New Zealand	33
	10 December
					United States	17
	United States	17
									11 December
	Fiji	7
									New Zealand	7
	10 December
									Samoa	12
	Samoa	22
					11 December
	Argentina	10
					Samoa	10
	10 December
					South Africa	7			3rd place final
	South Africa	21
									11 December
	Great Britain	14
									United States	22
									South Africa	14

Tournament placings

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

Source: World Rugby

References

1. "Samoa upsets defending champion NZ to win Cape Town Sevens". Taiwan News. 12 December 2022. Archived from the original on 11 December 2022.
2. Mohamed, Ashfak. "Bok Sevens squad ready for 'special experience' of playing at Cape Town stadium". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
3. worldrugby.org. "Pools for Cape Town - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
4. "All Blacks Sevens side humiliated by minnows". NZ Herald. Retrieved 10 December 2022.

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