2022 South Africa Sevens Explained

Series:Sevens World Series XXIV
Countries: South Africa
Date:9–11 December 2022
Matches:45
Prevseason:2019
Nextseason:2023

The 2022 South Africa Sevens was the third tournament within the 2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series and the 22nd South Africa Sevens tournament. The event was won by, defeating by 12–7 in the final.[1] It was held on 9–11 December 2022 at the Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa.[2]

Format

The 16 teams were drawn into four pools of four. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup playoffs and compete for gold, silver and bronze medals. The other teams from each pool go to the classification playoffs for 9th to 16th placings.

Teams

Fifteen core teams participated in the tournament along with one invited team, Uganda.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Samoa upsets defending champion NZ to win Cape Town Sevens . Taiwan News . 2022-12-12 . https://archive.today/20221211210738/https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4747348 . 2022-12-11.
  2. Web site: Mohamed . Ashfak . Bok Sevens squad ready for ‘special experience’ of playing at Cape Town stadium . 2022-12-10 . www.iol.co.za . en.
  3. Web site: worldrugby.org . Pools for Cape Town - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series . 2022-12-10 . www.world.rugby.