| Venue: | Cape Town Stadium |
| Datefrom: | 9 |
| Dateto: | 11 September 2022 |
| Nations: | 16 |
| Matches: | 32 |
| Most Tries: | Faith Nathan (9) |
| Top Scorer: | Faith Nathan (45) |
| Prev: | 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.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (hosts) | 2 | |||
| 2 | ||||
| South America | align=center | — | 2 | |
| Asia | align=center | — | 2 | |
| Europe | 5 | |||
| Oceania | (holders) | 3 | ||
| Totals | 5 | 11 | 16 |
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 | 2019–20 | 2021–22 | Total Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 80 | 80 | 160 | |||
| 2 | 96 | 57 | 153 | |||
| 3 | 70 | 60 | 130 | |||
| 4 | 66 | 56 | 122 | |||
| 5 | 80 | 40 | 100 | |||
| 6 | 38 | 60 | 98 | |||
| 7 | 15 | 60 | 75 | |||
| 8 | 36 | 33 | 69 | |||
| 9 | 28 | 26 | 54 | |||
| 10 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 30 |
The remaining six teams were seeded based on regional ranking positions in July 2022.[2]
| Seed | Team | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | < | -- | 2 | 10 --> |
| 12 | < | -- | 4 | 0 --> |
| 13 | < | -- | 0 | 9 --> |
| 14 | < | -- | 3 | 3 --> |
| 15 | ||||
| 16 |
Like the previous edition, the tournament was played using a knock-out format.
Match results as per the official website:[3]
All times are local (UTC+2).
| Place | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | ||
| 5 | ||
| 6 | ||
| 7 | ||
| 8 |
| Place | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | ||
| 10 | ||
| 11 | ||
| 12 | ||
| 13 | ||
| 14 | ||
| 15 | ||
| 16 |
| +Tries scored | ||||
| Rank | Player | Tries | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1 | align=center | 9 | |
| align=center | 2 | align=center | 6 | |
| align=center rowspan=3 | 3 | align=center rowspan=3 | 5 | |
| Reapi Ulunisau | ||||
| Wakaba Hara |
| +Points scored | |||||
| Rank | Player | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1 | align=center | 45 | ||
| align=center | 2 | align=center | 34 | ||
| align=center | 3 | align=center | 33 | ||
| align=center | 4 | align=center | 32 | ||
| align=center | 5 | align=center | 31 |