2022 Canada Sevens

2022 Canada Sevens
Sevens World Series XXIII
Host nation Canada
Date16–17 April 2022
Cup
Champion Argentina
Runner-up Fiji
Third Australia
Tournament details
Matches played45
Tries scored286 (average 6.36 per match)
Most points Marcos Moneta (50 points)
Most tries Marcos Moneta (10 tries)
← ← 2021 (shortened series)
2020
2023 →

The 2022 Canada Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament for men's national teams held on 16–17 April 2022 at BC Place, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada as part of the 2021–22 World Rugby Sevens Series.

The event was won by Argentina, with player of the match Marcos Moneta scoring two tries in their 29–10 win against Fiji in the final.[1]

Australia defeated Samoa with a last-minute try in their 21-19 win to take bronze in the third-place playoff.[1] South Africa, the defending Canada Sevens champions from the two events in 2021,[2][3] beat the 2020 event winners New Zealand in the fifth-place playoff.

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 Canada were:[4]

Pool stage

The pools were announced on 10 April.[5]

  Team advances to the Cup quarter-finals

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Fiji 3 3 0 0 98 31 +67 9
 England 3 1 0 2 50 59 –9 5
 United States 3 1 0 2 49 71 –22 5
 Kenya 3 1 0 2 38 74 –36 5
16 April
10:31 PDT (UTC–7)
United States 17–19 Kenya
Report
BC Place
16 April
10:53 PDT (UTC–7)
Fiji 27–12 England
Report
BC Place
16 April
13:42 PDT (UTC–7)
United States 20–19 England
Report
BC Place
16 April
14:04 PDT (UTC–7)
Fiji 38–7 Kenya
Report
BC Place
16 April
17:07 PDT (UTC–7)
Kenya 12–19 England
Report
BC Place
16 April
17:35 PDT (UTC–7)
Fiji 33–12 United States
Report
BC Place

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 3 3 0 0 109 43 +66 9
 Samoa 3 2 0 1 85 53 +32 7
 Wales 3 1 0 2 36 78 –42 5
 Japan 3 0 0 3 38 94 –56 3
16 April
9:44 PDT (UTC–7)
Samoa 26–12 Wales
Report
BC Place
16 April
10:06 PDT (UTC–7)
New Zealand 40–14 Japan
Report
BC Place
16 April
12:55 PDT (UTC–7)
Samoa 35–10 Japan
Report
BC Place
16 April
13:17 PDT (UTC–7)
New Zealand 38–5 Wales
Report
BC Place
16 April
16:06 PDT (UTC–7)
Wales 19–14 Japan
Report
BC Place
16 April
16:28 PDT (UTC–7)
New Zealand 31–24 Samoa
Report
BC Place

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 South Africa 3 3 0 0 72 45 +27 9
 Australia 3 2 0 1 85 32 +53 7
 Canada 3 1 0 2 50 66 –16 5
 Spain 3 0 0 3 33 97 –64 3
16 April
11:15 PDT (UTC–7)
South Africa 31–12 Spain
Report
BC Place
16 April
11:37 PDT (UTC–7)
Australia 26–10 Canada
Report
BC Place
16 April
14:26 PDT (UTC–7)
South Africa 19–14 Canada
Report
BC Place
16 April
14:48 PDT (UTC–7)
Australia 40–0 Spain
Report
BC Place
16 April
18:05 PDT (UTC–7)
Spain 21–26 Canada
Report
BC Place
16 April
18:33 PDT (UTC–7)
Australia 19–22 South Africa
Report
BC Place

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Argentina 3 2 1 0 62 36 +26 8
 France 3 2 1 0 62 43 +19 8
 Ireland 3 1 0 2 50 67 –17 5
 Scotland 3 0 0 3 36 64 –28 3
16 April
9:00 PDT (UTC–7)
Argentina 12–12 France
Report
BC Place
16 April
9:22 PDT (UTC–7)
Ireland 19–12 Scotland
Report
BC Place
16 April
12:11 PDT (UTC–7)
Argentina 24–5 Scotland
Report
BC Place
16 April
12:33 PDT (UTC–7)
Ireland 12–29 France
Report
BC Place
16 April
15:22 PDT (UTC–7)
France 21–19 Scotland
Report
BC Place
16 April
15:44 PDT (UTC–7)
Ireland 19–26 Argentina
Report
BC Place

Knockout stage

13th–16th playoffs

 
13th place Semi-finals13th place Final
 
      
 
17 April – BC Place
 
 
 United States33
 
17 April – BC Place
 
 Japan12
 
 United States33
 
17 April – BC Place
 
 Spain24
 
 Kenya7
 
 
 Spain24
 

9th–12th playoffs

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finals9th Place Final
 
          
 
17 April – BC Place
 
 
 United States12
 
17 April – BC Place
 
 Scotland24
 
 Canada26
 
17 April – BC Place
 
 Scotland22
 
 Canada29
 
17 April – BC Place
 
 Japan5
 
 Canada7
 
17 April – BC Place
 
 Ireland17
 
 Ireland21
 
17 April – BC Place
 
 Kenya14
 
 Ireland14
 
17 April – BC Place
 
 Wales12
 
 Wales19
 
 
 Spain14
 

5th–8th playoffs

 
5th place Semi-finals5th place Final
 
      
 
17 April – BC Place
 
 
 France7
 
17 April – BC Place
 
 South Africa36
 
 South Africa17
 
17 April – BC Place
 
 New Zealand15
 
 England5
 
 
 New Zealand34
 

Cup playoffs

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsCup Final
 
          
 
17 April – BC Place
 
 
 Fiji24
 
17 April – BC Place
 
 France21
 
 Fiji45
 
17 April – BC Place
 
 Samoa5
 
 South Africa17
 
17 April – BC Place
 
 Samoa28
 
 Fiji10
 
17 April – BC Place
 
 Argentina29
 
 Argentina40
 
17 April – BC Place
 
 England17
 
 Argentina24
 
17 April – BC Place
 
 Australia12 Third place
 
 New Zealand12
 
17 April – BC Place
 
 Australia19
 
 Samoa19
 
 
 Australia21
 

Placings

Place  Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Argentina 22
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Fiji 19
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Australia 17
4  Samoa 15
5  South Africa 13
6  New Zealand 12
7  England 10
 France 10
Place  Team Points
9  Ireland 8
10  Canada 7
11  Scotland 5
 Wales 5
13  United States 3
14  Spain 2
15  Japan 1
 Kenya 1

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Argentina beat Fiji to end Sevens drought". Dungog Chronicle. 18 April 2022. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022.
  2. ^ "South Africa beats Kenya for Vancouver rugby sevens title". Yahoo! News. September 20, 2021.
  3. ^ "South Africa beat Great Britain 24-12 to win COVID-curtailed Sevens crown". Firstpost. September 27, 2021.
  4. ^ "HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2022 Vancouver". Rugby Asia 24/7. 14 April 2022.
  5. ^ Lambley, Garrin (10 April 2022). "Blitzboks get lucky with Vancouver Sevens pool draw". The South African. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022.
Sevens Series XXIII
Preceded by 2022 Canada Sevens Succeeded by
Canada Sevens
Preceded by 2022 Canada Sevens Succeeded by