2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Women's tournament

Rugby World Cup

2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Women's tournament
Tournament details
VenueCape Town Stadium
Dates9 – 11 September 2022
No. of nations16
Final positions
Champions  Australia
Runner-up  New Zealand
Third place  France
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Top scorer(s) Faith Nathan (45)
Most tries 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[a]  South Africa (hosts)  Madagascar 2
North America[b]  United States  Canada 2
South America[c] —  Brazil
 Colombia 		2
Asia[d] —  China
 Japan 		2
Europe[e]  France  England
 Ireland
 Poland
 Spain 		5
Oceania[f]  Australia
 New Zealand (holders) 		 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  Australia 80 80 160
2  New Zealand 96 57 153
3  France 70 60 130
4  United States 66 56 122
5  Canada 80 40 100
6  Fiji 38 60 98
7  Ireland 15 60 75
8  England 36 33 69
9  Spain 28 26 54
10  Brazil 10 24 30

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

Seed Team
11  Japan
12  China
13  Poland
14  South Africa
15  Colombia
16  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
 
 
 Madagascar5
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 China36
 
 China21
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 South Africa19
 
 South Africa27
 
 
 Colombia0
 
15th-place final
 
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 
 Madagascar19
 
 
 Colombia12
Matches

13th–16th semi-finals

Match 17 10 September Madagascar  5–36  China Cape Town Stadium  
15:05
Match 18 10 September South Africa  27–0  Colombia Cape Town Stadium  
15:27

15th-place final

Match 25 11 September Madagascar  19-12  Colombia Cape Town Stadium  
14:15

13th-place final

Match 26 11 September China  21-19  South Africa Cape Town Stadium  
14:37

Challenge Trophy

 
Challenge quarter-finalsChallenge semi-finalsChallenge final
 
          
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 
 Spain12
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Madagascar0
 
 Spain10
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Poland19
 
 Poland20
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 China14
 
 Poland12
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Japan17
 
 Japan14
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 South Africa12
 
 Japan19
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Brazil10 11th-place final
 
 Colombia0
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Brazil33
 
 Spain17
 
 
 Brazil19
 
Matches

Challenge quarter-finals

Match 9 10 September Madagascar  0–12  Spain Cape Town Stadium  
09:53
Match 10 10 September Colombia  0–33  Brazil Cape Town Stadium  
10:15
Match 11 10 September South Africa  12–14  Japan Cape Town Stadium  
10:37
Match 12 10 September Poland  20–14  China Cape Town Stadium  
10:59

Challenge semi-finals

Match 19 10 September Spain  10–19  Poland Cape Town Stadium  
15:49
Match 20 10 September Brazil  10–19  Japan Cape Town Stadium  
16:11

11th-place final

Match 27 11 September Spain  17–19  Brazil Cape Town Stadium  
14:59

Challenge final

Match 28 11 September Poland  12–17  Japan Cape Town Stadium  
15:21

5th place

 
5th–8th semi-finals5th-place final
 
      
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 
 England7
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Canada22
 
 Canada0
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Fiji53
 
 Fiji24
 
 
 Ireland0
 
7th-place final
 
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 
 England10
 
 
 Ireland26
Matches

5th–8th semi-finals

Match 21 11 September England  7–22  Canada Cape Town Stadium  
10:18
Match 22 11 September Fiji  24–0  Ireland Cape Town Stadium  
10:40

7th-place final

Match 29 11 September England  10–26  Ireland Cape Town Stadium  
17:31

5th-place final

Match 30 11 September Canada  0–53  Fiji Cape Town Stadium  
17:53

Championship Cup

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsCup final
 
              
 
9 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 
 Australia (1)48
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Madagascar (16)0
 
 Australia35
 
9 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 England5
 
 Spain (9)5
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 England (8)29
 
 Australia17
 
9 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 United States7
 
 Canada (5)24
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 China (12)5
 
 Canada7
 
9 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 United States10
 
 Poland (13)7
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 United States (4)39
 
 Australia24
 
9 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 New Zealand22
 
 France (3)29
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 South Africa (14)0
 
 France19
 
9 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Fiji14
 
 Japan (11)7
 
11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Fiji (6)36
 
 France7
 
9 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 New Zealand38 Bronze final
 
 Ireland (7)24
 
10 September – Cape Town Stadium 11 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 Brazil (10)12
 
 Ireland0 United States7
 
9 September – Cape Town Stadium
 
 New Zealand28  France29
 
 Colombia (15)5
 
 
 New Zealand (2)47
 
Matches

Round of 16

Match 1 9 September Australia  48–0  Madagascar Cape Town Stadium  
12:11
Match 4 9 September United States  39–7  Poland Cape Town Stadium  
12:33
Match 5 9 September Canada  24–5  China Cape Town Stadium  
12:55
Match 6 9 September Fiji  36–7  Japan Cape Town Stadium  
13:17
Match 7 9 September Ireland  24–12  Brazil Cape Town Stadium  
13:54
Match 8 9 September England  29–5  Spain Cape Town Stadium  
14:16
Match 2 9 September New Zealand  47–5  Colombia Cape Town Stadium  
17:37
Match 3 9 September France  29–0  South Africa Cape Town Stadium  
18:35

Quarter-finals

Match 13 10 September Australia  35–5  England Cape Town Stadium  
19:07
Match 14 10 September New Zealand  28–0  Ireland Cape Town Stadium  
20:05
Match 15 10 September France  19–14  Fiji Cape Town Stadium  
21:05
Match 16 10 September United States  10–7  Canada Cape Town Stadium  
22:05

Semi-finals

Match 23 11 September New Zealand  38–7  France Cape Town Stadium  
12:07
Match 24 11 September Australia  17–7  United States Cape Town Stadium  
13:05

Bronze final

Match 31 11 September United States  7–29  France Cape Town Stadium  
19:01

Cup final

Match 32 11 September Australia  24–22  New Zealand Cape Town Stadium  
20:17

Final placings

Place  Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  New Zealand
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  France
4  United States
5  Fiji
6  Canada
7  Ireland
8  England
Place  Team
9  Japan
10  Poland
11  Brazil
12  Spain
13  China
14  South Africa
15  Madagascar
16  Colombia

Player scoring

Tries scored
Rank Player Tries
1 Faith Nathan 9
2 Ana Maria Naimasi 6
3 Nadine Roos 5
Reapi Ulunisau
Wakaba Hara
Points scored
Rank Player Points
1 Faith Nathan 45
2 Ana Maria Naimasi 34
3 Reapi Ulunisau 33
4 Risi Pouri-Lane 32
5 Nadine Roos 31

Source: [1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Qualifying". RWC Sevens. Archived from the original on 25 May 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b "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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