| Games: | 2022 South American Games |
| Event: | Rugby sevens |
| Venue: | Estadio Héroes de Curupayty |
| Dates: | 7−9 October 2022 |
| Competitors: | 192 |
| Nations: | 9 |
| Teams: | 16 (7 men and 9 women) |
| Gold: | (men) |
| Gold2: | (women) |
| Silver: | (men) |
| Silver2: | (women) |
| Bronze: | (men) |
| Bronze2: | (women) |
| Prev: | 2018 |
| Next: | 2026 |
Rugby sevens competitions at the 2022 South American Games in Asunción, Paraguay were held between 7 and 9 October 2022 at the Estadio Héroes de Curupayty located within the Parque Olímpico cluster in Luque, a sub-venue outside Asunción.[1]
Two medal events were scheduled to be contested: a men's and women's tournament. A total of 192 athletes (84 athletes–7 teams for men and 108 athletes–9 teams for women) competed in the events. Both tournaments were open competitions, however, players must be at least 17 years old at the start of the tournament.[2]
The top two teams in each tournament (excluding Chile (in both tournaments) and Brazil (in the women's tournament)) qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games rugby sevens competitions, plus Chile which qualified automatically as the 2023 Pan American Games hosts.[3]
Chile and Brazil were the defending champions of the South American Games men's and women's rugby sevens events. Chile had won the men's tournament in the Cochabamba 2018 edition while Brazil had won all previous women's tournament.
Argentina and Brazil won the gold medal in the men's and women's events respectively.[4] [5]
A total of 9 ODESUR nations registered teams for the rugby sevens events. Each nation was able to enter a maximum of 24 athletes (one team of 12 players per gender).[2] Bolivia and Venezuela competed in the women's event while the other seven nations competed in both events.
The competition schedule is as follows:[1]
| G | Group stage | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
| Fri 7 | Sat 8 | Sun 9 | ||||
| Men | G | G | G | B | F | |
| Women | G | G | B | F | ||
| [6] | Agustín Fraga Benjamín Elizalde Franco Giudice Franco Rossetto Joaquín Pellandini Marcos Moneta Matías Osadczuk Ramiro D'Agostino Rodrigo Isgro Santiago Vera Feld Tobias Wade Tomás Lizazú | Benjamín Videla Clemente Armstrong Cristóbal Game Dante Marchesse Diego Warnken Ernesto Tchimino Joaquín Huici Julio Blanc Lucca Avelli Manuel Bustamante Tomás Alvarado Vicente Urbina | Carlos Deus Lopes Diego Ardao Guillermo Lijtenstein Icaro Amarillo Ignacio Álvarez Ignacio Facciolo James McCubbin Koba Brazionis Marcos Pastore Mateo Viñals Tomás Etcheverry Valentín Grille | |
| [7] | Aline Furtado Andressa Alves Anne Crystyan Santos Bianca Silva Camilla Carvalho Eshyllen Cardoso Isadora Lopes de Souza Luiza Campos Marcelle Souza Mariana Nicolau Marina Fioravanti Thalia Costa | Araceli Nicolini Chiara Báez Cinthia Cristaldo Ingrid Alfonso Liz Verónica Romero Lucero Viveros Maira Méndez María Benza María Gauto María Ramos Paula Denis Romina González | Carmen Ibarra Daniela Alzate Juliana Soto Laura Pacheco Laura Mejía Laura Álvarez Madi Esther Córdoba Camila Lopera María Isabel Arzuaga Maribel Mestra Valentina Tapias Valeria Muñoz |
See main article: Rugby sevens at the 2022 South American Games – Men's tournament.
See main article: Rugby sevens at the 2022 South American Games – Women's tournament.