2022 Canada Sevens

The 2022 Canada Sevens was the Sevens Series annual rugby sevens tournament held 16–17 April 2022 at BC Place, Vancouver, British Columbia. The defending champions from the 2020 Sevens Series event were New Zealand, whom beat Australia 17–14.[1][2] The defending champions from the two events in 2021 were South Africa who defeated Kenya (Vancouver) and Great Britain (Edmonton) respectively.[3][4] The 2022 series was won by Argentina, led by the event's top scorer, Marcos Moneta.

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 →

Format

As with the previous event, the sixteen teams will be drawn into four pools of four. Each team will play the three opponents in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup bracket, with the losers of the quarter-finals vying for a fifth-place finish. The remaining eight teams that finish between either third or fourth in their pool play 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 are:[5]

Pool stage

The pools were announced on 10 April via Twitter.[5]

  Team advances to the Cup Quarter-finals

Pool A
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Fiji 33009831+679
 England 31025059–95
 United States 31024971–225
 Kenya 31023874–365
16 April
10:31 PDT (UTC–7)
United States  17–19  Kenya
Report
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 330010943+669
 Samoa 32018553+327
 Wales 31023678–425
 Japan 30033894–563
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 33007245+279
 Australia 32018532+537
 Canada 31025066–165
 Spain 30033395–623
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 32106236+268
 France 32106243+198
 Ireland 31025067–175
 Scotland 30033664–283
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
 Argentina22
 Fiji19
 Australia17
4  Samoa15
5  South Africa13
6  New Zealand12
7  England10
 France10
Place  Team Points
9  Ireland8
10  Canada7
11  Scotland5
 Wales5
13  United States3
14  Spain2
15  Japan1
 Kenya1

See also

2022 Canada Sevens (for women)

References
  1. "New Zealand – Australia – Vancouver Sevens 2020". world.rugby. World Rugby.
  2. "New Zealand beat Australia for Vancouver Sevens crown". Supersport. March 9, 2020.
  3. "South Africa beats Kenya for Vancouver rugby sevens title". Yahoo! News via the Associated Press. September 20, 2021.
  4. "South Africa beat Great Britain 24-12 to win COVID-curtailed Sevens crown". Firstpost via Agence France-Presse. September 27, 2021.
  5. @WorldRugby7s (April 10, 2022). "Can't wait for next week already #Canada7s" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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