2022 Canada Sevens
| 2022 Canada Sevens | |
|---|---|
| Sevens World Series XXIII | |
| Host nation |  Canada |
| Date | 16–17 April 2022 |
| Cup | |
| Champion |  Argentina |
| Runner-up |  Fiji |
| Third |  Australia |
| Tournament details | |
| Matches played | 45 |
| Tries scored | 286 (average 6.36 per match) |
| Most points | Marcos Moneta (50 points) |
| Most tries | Marcos Moneta (10 tries) |
2023 → | |
The 2022 Canada Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament for men's national teams held on 16–17 April 2022 at BC Place, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada as part of the 2021–22 World Rugby Sevens Series.
The event was won by Argentina, with player of the match Marcos Moneta scoring two tries in their 29–10 win against Fiji in the final.[1]
Australia defeated Samoa with a last-minute try in their 21-19 win to take bronze in the third-place playoff.[1] South Africa, the defending Canada Sevens champions from the two events in 2021,[2][3] beat the 2020 event winners New Zealand in the fifth-place playoff.
Format
[edit]The sixteen teams were drawn into four pools of four. Each team played the three opponents in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup bracket, with the losers of the quarter-finals vying for a fifth-place finish. The remaining eight teams that finished third or fourth in their pool played off for 9th place, with the losers of the 9th-place quarter-finals competing for 13th place.
Teams
[edit]The sixteen national teams competing in Canada were:[4]
Pool stage
[edit]The pools were announced on 10 April.[5]
Team advances to the Cup quarter-finals
Pool A
[edit]| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiji
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 31 | 67 | 9 |
 England
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 59 | –9 | 5 |
 United States
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 71 | –22 | 5 |
 Kenya
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 74 | –36 | 5 |
Pool B
[edit]| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New Zealand
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 43 | 66 | 9 |
 Samoa
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 53 | 32 | 7 |
 Wales
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 78 | –42 | 5 |
 Japan
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 94 | –56 | 3 |
Pool C
[edit]| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 South Africa
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 45 | 27 | 9 |
| Australia
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 32 | 53 | 7 |
| Canada
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 66 | –16 | 5 |
 Spain
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 97 | –64 | 3 |
Pool D
[edit]| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 36 | 26 | 8 |
 France
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 43 | 19 | 8 |
 Ireland
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 67 | –17 | 5 |
 Scotland
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 64 | –28 | 3 |
Knockout stage
[edit]13th–16th playoffs
[edit]| 13th place Semi-finals | 13th place Final | |||||
| 17 April – BC Place | ||||||
| United States | 33 | |||||
| 17 April – BC Place | ||||||
| Japan | 12 | |||||
| United States | 33 | |||||
| 17 April – BC Place | ||||||
| Spain | 24 | |||||
| Kenya | 7 | |||||
| Spain | 24 | |||||
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Semi-finals
13th place Final
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9th–12th playoffs
[edit]| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | 9th Place Final | ||||||||
| 17 April – BC Place | ||||||||||
| United States | 12 | |||||||||
| 17 April – BC Place | ||||||||||
| Scotland | 24 | |||||||||
| Canada | 26 | |||||||||
| 17 April – BC Place | ||||||||||
| Scotland | 22 | |||||||||
| Canada | 29 | |||||||||
| 17 April – BC Place | ||||||||||
| Japan | 5 | |||||||||
| Canada | 7 | |||||||||
| 17 April – BC Place | ||||||||||
| Ireland | 17 | |||||||||
| Ireland | 21 | |||||||||
| 17 April – BC Place | ||||||||||
| Kenya | 14 | |||||||||
| Ireland | 14 | |||||||||
| 17 April – BC Place | ||||||||||
| Wales | 12 | |||||||||
| Wales | 19 | |||||||||
| Spain | 14 | |||||||||
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Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
9th place Final
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5th–8th playoffs
[edit]| 5th place Semi-finals | 5th place Final | |||||
| 17 April – BC Place | ||||||
| France | 7 | |||||
| 17 April – BC Place | ||||||
| South Africa | 36 | |||||
| South Africa | 17 | |||||
| 17 April – BC Place | ||||||
| New Zealand | 15 | |||||
| England | 5 | |||||
| New Zealand | 34 | |||||
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Semi-finals
5th place Final
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Cup playoffs
[edit]| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Cup Final | ||||||||
| 17 April – BC Place | ||||||||||
| Fiji | 24 | |||||||||
| 17 April – BC Place | ||||||||||
| France | 21 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 45 | |||||||||
| 17 April – BC Place | ||||||||||
| Samoa | 5 | |||||||||
| South Africa | 17 | |||||||||
| 17 April – BC Place | ||||||||||
| Samoa | 28 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 10 | |||||||||
| 17 April – BC Place | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 29 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 40 | |||||||||
| 17 April – BC Place | ||||||||||
| England | 17 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 24 | |||||||||
| 17 April – BC Place | ||||||||||
| Australia | 12 | Third place | ||||||||
| New Zealand | 12 | |||||||||
| 17 April – BC Place | ||||||||||
| Australia | 19 | |||||||||
| Samoa | 19 | |||||||||
| Australia | 21 | |||||||||
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Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place
Cup Final
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Placings
[edit]| Place | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
|
Argentina |
22 |
|
Fiji |
19 |
|
Australia |
17 |
| 4 | Samoa |
15 |
| 5 | South Africa |
13 |
| 6 | New Zealand |
12 |
| 7 | England |
10 |
| France |
10 |
| Place | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Ireland |
8 |
| 10 | Canada |
7 |
| 11 | Scotland |
5 |
| Wales |
5 | |
| 13 | United States |
3 |
| 14 | Spain |
2 |
| 15 | Japan |
1 |
| Kenya |
1 |
See also
[edit]- 2022 Canada Sevens (for women)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Argentina beat Fiji to end Sevens drought". Dungog Chronicle. 18 April 2022. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022.
- ^ "South Africa beats Kenya for Vancouver rugby sevens title". Yahoo! News. September 20, 2021.
- ^ "South Africa beat Great Britain 24-12 to win COVID-curtailed Sevens crown". Firstpost. September 27, 2021.
- ^ "HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2022 Vancouver". Rugby Asia 24/7. 14 April 2022.
- ^ Lambley, Garrin (10 April 2022). "Blitzboks get lucky with Vancouver Sevens pool draw". The South African. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022.
External links
[edit]- Tournament site Archived 2022-01-28 at the Wayback Machine