2022 USA Sevens
Sevens World Series XXIII
Host nation United States
Date27–28 August 2022
Cup
Champion New Zealand
Runner-up Fiji
Third Australia
Tournament details
Matches played45
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The 2022 USA Sevens was the seventeenth edition of the rugby sevens tournament. It was held at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Los Angeles, California between 27 and 28 August 2022. The title defenders were five-time USA Sevens champions South Africa.

The final event of the season saw the most competitive sole event in World Rugby Sevens Series history as all sixteen core teams vied for the event title, four of whom were simultaneously vying for the series title (South Africa, Australia, Argentina, Fiji).[1]

On the season standings for the 2021–22 season post-London were the most competitive since the establishment of the Sevens Series, with just six points separating the top three teams (two points between the top two).[2] There were four teams mathematically capable of winning the series, depending on the results of this event.[1]

At the conclusion of day one, when all the pool fixtures had been played, South Africa finished third in their pool, thus were not eligible to play in the Cup playoffs and were eliminated from winning the event and the series.[3]

The tournament was won by New Zealand, who claimed their first win in the series after beating Fiji 28–21. This, along with Argentina being knocked out in the quarter finals, South Africa being knocked out in the pool stages, and Australia claiming third after beating Samoa 21–7, meant that Australia were crowned champions of the world series for the first time,

Format

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

The sixteen national teams competing in Los Angeles were:[4]

Pool stage

  Team advances to the Cup quarter-finals

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 330013414+1209
 Argentina 320110038+627
 Japan 31024595–505
 Spain 30037139–1323

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 33007631+459
 United States 32015957+27
 South Africa 31024355–125
 Canada 30033974–353

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Fiji 33007838+409
 Ireland 32016745+227
 France 31025755+25
 Wales 300336100–643

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Samoa 33008626+609
 Kenya 32015357–47
 Scotland 31023647–115
 England 30032469–453

Knockout stage

13th–16th playoffs

 
13th place Semi-finals13th place Final
 
      
 
28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park
 
 
 Japan26
 
28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park
 
 Canada19
 
 Japan0
 
28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park
 
 South Africa26
 
 Spain12
 
 
 South Africa29
 

9th–12th playoffs

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finals9th Place Final
 
          
 
28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park
 
 
 Japan15
 
28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park
 
 England36
 
 England7
 
28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park
 
 France19
 
 France42
 
28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park
 
 Canada0
 
 France33
 
28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park
 
 Scotland0
 
 Scotland28
 
28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park
 
 Spain7
 
 Scotland19
 
28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park
 
 Wales7
 
 South Africa5
 
 
 Wales10
 

5th–8th playoffs

 
5th place Semi-finals5th place Final
 
      
 
28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park
 
 
 Kenya21
 
28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park
 
 United States14
 
 Kenya7
 
28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park
 
 Argentina29
 
 Argentina28
 
 
 Ireland21
 

Cup playoffs

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsCup Final
 
          
 
28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park
 
 
 Australia40
 
28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park
 
 Kenya14
 
 Australia10
 
28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park
 
 Fiji29
 
 Fiji28
 
28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park
 
 United States12
 
 Fiji21
 
28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park
 
 New Zealand28
 
 Samoa24
 
28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park
 
 Argentina19
 
 Samoa26
 
28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park
 
 New Zealand28 Third place
 
 New Zealand29
 
28 August – Dignity Health Sports Park
 
 Ireland14
 
 Australia21
 
 
 Samoa7
 

Placings

Place  Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  New Zealand22
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Fiji19
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Australia17
4  Samoa15
5  Argentina13
6  Kenya12
7  Ireland10
 United States10
Place  Team Points
9  France8
10  Scotland7
11  England5
 Wales5
13  South Africa3
14  Japan2
15  Canada1
 Spain1

References

  1. 1 2 "Four teams aiming to win Sevens Series title in LA". World Rugby. 26 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series Standings". World Rugby. 26 May 2022. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "Series title still up for grabs after dramatic day in Los Angeles". World Rugby. 28 August 2022.
  4. ↑ @WorldRugby7s (August 22, 2022). "This weekend, it's a party in the USA 🇺🇸 🤘" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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