2022 RAN Sevens Qualifiers explained

Countries: Bahamas
Date:April 23–24, 2022
Nations:13
Matches:35
Prevseason:2021
Nextseason:2022 (Nov)

The 2022 RAN Sevens Qualifiers are a North American rugby sevens tournament that took place at the Thomas Robinson Stadium, Nassau on 23 and 24 April 2022; they were held in The Bahamas for the third time. The defending champions from the 2021 event are Jamaica.[1]

Thirteen teams were involved in the tournament, though the United States were notable absentees. Nonetheless, three former winners participated at the event – Jamaica, Guyana, and Canada. Owing to the postponement of the 2022 RAN Super Sevens (originally scheduled to be held in Mexico City during February 2022), this event was created specifically to maintain qualification pathways to the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens (top two teams), 2022 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series and 2022 Commonwealth Games (top team not already qualified via the World Rugby Sevens Series).[2] [3]

Format

The teams are divided into four round-robin pools and each play two matches against their pool opponents (Pool C teams play three matches). The top two sides in each pool advance to the Cup quarter-finals, from which the winners advance to the semi-finals (and final / third-place matches beyond those), while the losing quarter-finalists contest the Plate semi-finals and finals for fifth to eighth place.

The remaining teams that did not qualify for the Cup rounds compete in a Shield round-robin pool for ninth to thirteenth place.

Teams

The thirteen teams competing in the Bahamas were:[4]

Pool stage

The final pool arrangements were announced on 22 April.[4]

All times in Eastern Daylight Time

Legend
Advanced to Cup quarter-finals
Relegated to Shield round-robin

Pool A

width=175 Teamwidth=25 abbr="Played" Pldwidth=25 abbr="Won" Wwidth=25 abbr="Drawn" Dwidth=25 abbr="Lost" Lwidth=32 abbr="Points for" PFwidth=32 abbr="Points against" PAwidth=32 abbr="Points difference" PDwidth=25 abbr="Points" Pts
2200695+646
21024638+84
2002577–722

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Pool B

width=175 Teamwidth=25 abbr="Played" Pldwidth=25 abbr="Won" Wwidth=25 abbr="Drawn" Dwidth=25 abbr="Lost" Lwidth=32 abbr="Points for" PFwidth=32 abbr="Points against" PAwidth=32 abbr="Points difference" PDwidth=25 abbr="Points" Pts
2200687+616
21012839–114
2002555–502

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Pool C

width=175 Teamwidth=25 abbr="Played" Pldwidth=25 abbr="Won" Wwidth=25 abbr="Drawn" Dwidth=25 abbr="Lost" Lwidth=32 abbr="Points for" PFwidth=32 abbr="Points against" PAwidth=32 abbr="Points difference" PDwidth=25 abbr="Points" Pts
33001197+1129
32018331+527
310225125–1005
30032690–643

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Pool D

width=175 Teamwidth=25 abbr="Played" Pldwidth=25 abbr="Won" Wwidth=25 abbr="Drawn" Dwidth=25 abbr="Lost" Lwidth=32 abbr="Points for" PFwidth=32 abbr="Points against" PAwidth=32 abbr="Points difference" PDwidth=25 abbr="Points" Pts
22007610+666
21015224+284
2002094–942

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Knockout stage

Cup competition

Final standings

Legend
Green fillQualified for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens
Blue barQualified for the 2022 Commonwealth Games
and 2022 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series
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9
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See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jamaica win Rugby Americas North 7s . October 17, 2021 . americasrugbynews.com .
  2. Web site: INTERNATIONAL RUGBY SEVENS IS BACK WITH A BANG IN APRIL . March 31, 2022 . world.rugby . .
  3. Web site: Kelly . Bryan . RAN SEVENS QUALIFIERS SET FOR APRIL 23-24 IN BAHAMAS . . April 21, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220228172454/https://rugbyamericasnorth.com/ran-sevens-qualifiers-set-for-april-23-24-in-bahamas/ . February 28, 2022 . February 28, 2022 . live.
  4. Web site: FINAL SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED FOR RAN SEVENS QUALIFIERS . Kelly . Bryan . April 20, 2022 . rugbyamericasnorth.com . .
  5. Web site: CANADA'S SENIOR MEN'S SEVENS SQUAD READY FOR INTENSE PERIOD AS RAN QUALIFIERS ARE ADDED TO SCHEDULE . March 7, 2022 . rugbycanada.ca . .