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2022 USA Sevens
Sevens World Series XXIII
Host nation	United States
Date	27–28 August 2022
Cup
Champion	New Zealand
Runner-up	Fiji
Third	Australia
Tournament details
Matches played	45
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The 2022 USA Sevens was the seventeenth edition of the rugby sevens tournament. It was held at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Los Angeles, California between 27 and 28 August 2022. The title defenders were five-time USA Sevens champions South Africa.

The final event of the season saw the most competitive sole event in World Rugby Sevens Series history as all sixteen core teams vied for the event title, four of whom were simultaneously vying for the series title (South Africa, Australia, Argentina, Fiji).

On the season standings for the 2021–22 season post-London were the most competitive since the establishment of the Sevens Series, with just six points separating the top three teams (two points between the top two). There were four teams mathematically capable of winning the series, depending on the results of this event.

At the conclusion of day one, when all the pool fixtures had been played, South Africa finished third in their pool, thus were not eligible to play in the Cup playoffs and were eliminated from winning the event and the series.

New Zealand won the tournament claiming their first win in the series after beating Fiji 28–21. New Zealand's victory, along with Argentina's quarterfinal loss, South Africa's defeat in the pool stages, and Australia's third place finish, meant that Australia were crowned World Series champions for the first time.

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 Los Angeles were:

•  Argentina
•  Australia
•  Canada
•  England
•  Fiji
•  France
•  Ireland
•  Japan
•  Kenya
•  New Zealand
•  Samoa
•  Scotland
•  South Africa
•  Spain
•  United States
•  Wales

Pool stage

  Team advances to the Cup quarter-finals

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	0	134	14	+120	9
Argentina	3	2	0	1	100	38	+62	7
Japan	3	1	0	2	45	95	–50	5
Spain	3	0	0	3	7	139	–132	3

Spain	7–52	Argentina
	Report

Australia	61–0	Japan
	Report

Spain	0–33	Japan
	Report

Australia	19–14	Argentina
	Report

Argentina	34–12	Japan
	Report

Australia	54–0	Spain
	Report

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	76	31	+45	9
United States	3	2	0	1	59	57	+2	7
South Africa	3	1	0	2	43	55	–12	5
Canada	3	0	0	3	39	74	–35	3

South Africa	7–21	United States
	Report

New Zealand	26–5	Canada
	Report

South Africa	22–17	Canada
	Report

New Zealand	33–12	United States
	Report

United States	26–17	Canada
	Report

New Zealand	17–14	South Africa
	Report

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Fiji	3	3	0	0	78	38	+40	9
Ireland	3	2	0	1	67	45	+22	7
France	3	1	0	2	57	55	+2	5
Wales	3	0	0	3	36	100	–64	3

Ireland	14–12	France
	Report

Fiji	28–12	Wales
	Report

Ireland	46–12	Wales
	Report

Fiji	29–19	France
	Report

France	26–12	Wales
	Report

Fiji	21–7	Ireland
	Report

Pool D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Samoa	3	3	0	0	86	26	+60	9
Kenya	3	2	0	1	53	57	–4	7
Scotland	3	1	0	2	36	47	–11	5
England	3	0	0	3	24	69	–45	3

England	5–19	Scotland
	Report

Samoa	33–14	Kenya
	Report

England	14–19	Kenya
	Report

Samoa	22–7	Scotland
	Report

Scotland	10–20	Kenya
	Report

Samoa	31–5	England
	Report

Knockout stage

13th–16th playoffs

	13th place Semi-finals				13th place Final
	28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park
	Japan	26
					28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park
	Canada	19
					Japan	0
	28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park
					South Africa	26
	Spain	12
	South Africa	29

9th–12th playoffs

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				9th Place Final
	28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park
	Japan	15
					28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park
	England	36
					England	7
	28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park
					France	19
	France	42
									28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park
	Canada	0
									France	33
	28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park
									Scotland	0
	Scotland	28
					28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park
	Spain	7
					Scotland	19
	28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park
					Wales	7
	South Africa	5
	Wales	10

Matches

Quarter-finals 28 August 8:45 PDT (UTC–7) Japan  v  England Report Dignity Health Sports Park 28 August 9:07 PDT (UTC–7) France  v  Canada Report Dignity Health Sports Park 28 August 9:29 PDT (UTC–7) Scotland  v  Spain Report Dignity Health Sports Park 28 August 9:51 PDT (UTC–7) South Africa  v  Wales Report Dignity Health Sports Park Semi-finals 28 August 12:35 PDT (UTC–7) v Report Dignity Health Sports Park 28 August 13:03 PDT (UTC–7) v Report Dignity Health Sports Park 9th place Final 28 August 16:07 PDT (UTC–7) v Report Dignity Health Sports Park

5th–8th playoffs

	5th place Semi-finals				5th place Final
	28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park
	Kenya	21
					28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park
	United States	14
					Kenya	7
	28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park
					Argentina	29
	Argentina	28
	Ireland	21

Cup playoffs

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Cup Final
	28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park
	Australia	40
					28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park
	Kenya	14
					Australia	10
	28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park
					Fiji	29
	Fiji	28
									28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park
	United States	12
									Fiji	21
	28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park
									New Zealand	28
	Samoa	24
					28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park
	Argentina	19
					Samoa	26
	28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park
					New Zealand	28			Third place
	New Zealand	29
									28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park
	Ireland	14
									Australia	21
									Samoa	7

Matches

Quarter-finals 28 August 10:13 PDT (UTC–7) Australia  v  Kenya Report Dignity Health Sports Park 28 August 10:35 PDT (UTC–7) Fiji  v  United States Report Dignity Health Sports Park 28 August 10:57 PDT (UTC–7) Samoa  v  Argentina Report Dignity Health Sports Park 28 August 11:19 PDT (UTC–7) New Zealand  v  Ireland Report Dignity Health Sports Park Semi-finals 28 August 14:09 PDT (UTC–7) v Report Dignity Health Sports Park 28 August 14:31 PDT (UTC–7) v Report Dignity Health Sports Park Third place 28 August 16:58 PDT (UTC–7) v Report Dignity Health Sports Park Cup Final 28 August 17:28 PDT (UTC–7) v Report Dignity Health Sports Park

Placings

Place	Team	Points
	New Zealand	22
	Fiji	19
	Australia	17
4	Samoa	15
5	Argentina	13
6	Kenya	12
7	Ireland	10
	United States	10

Place	Team	Points
9	France	8
10	Scotland	7
11	England	5
	Wales	5
13	South Africa	3
14	Japan	2
15	Canada	1
	Spain	1

References

1. ^ "Four teams aiming to win Sevens Series title in LA". World Rugby. 26 August 2022.
2. "HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series Standings". World Rugby. 26 May 2022. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022.
3. "Series title still up for grabs after dramatic day in Los Angeles". World Rugby. 28 August 2022.
4. "Australia's rugby sevens 'misfits' win maiden World Series in Los Angeles". The Guardian. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
5. @WorldRugby7s (August 22, 2022). "This weekend, it's a party in the USA 🇺🇸 🤘" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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