2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Men's tournament

The men's tournament in the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens was held at AT&T Park in San Francisco. New Zealand won the tournament and took home the Melrose Cup by defeating England 33–12 in the final; South Africa won the bronze by defeating Fiji 24–19. The tournament was dominated by the World Series core teams, which accounted for all eight of the teams that reached the quarterfinals. Ireland was the highest placed non core team in ninth, notching wins against core teams Kenya, Wales, and Australia.

2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Men's tournament

Tournament details
Venue	AT&T Park
Dates	20 – 22 July
No. of nations	24
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand
Runner-up	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Tries scored	344 (average 6.62 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Emmanuel Guise (37)
Most tries	Joe Ravouvou (6) Siviwe Soyizwapi (6)
← 2013 2022 →

The top point scorer was Papua New Guinea's Emmanuel Guise with 37 points. The joint top try scorers were New Zealand's Joe Ravouvou and South Africa's Siviwe Soyizwapi with 6 each.

Format

Unlike previous editions, the tournament will be played for the first time in a knock-out only format.

• Teams in the Championship Cup will compete for the Melrose Cup and bronze medals.
• Losing teams in the Championship Cup Quarter-finals will compete for 5th Place.
• Losing teams in the Championship Cup Round of 16 (second round) will compete for the Challenge Trophy.
• Losing teams in the Championship Cup Pre-round of 16 (first round) will compete for the Bowl.
• Losing teams in the Challenge Trophy Quarter-finals will compete for 13th Place.
• Losing teams in the Bowl Quarter-finals will compete for 21st Place.
• Teams entering in the Pre-round of 16 (first round) in the Championship Cup will play a minimum of four matches and a maximum of five matches.
• Teams entering in the Round of 16 (second round) in the Championship Cup will play four matches.

Teams

Main article: 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens qualifying – Men

Africa	North America	South America	Asia	Europe	Oceania
Automatic qualification
Kenya  South Africa	United States			England  France  Wales	Australia  Fiji  New Zealand
2016–17 World Series
	Canada	Argentina		Scotland	Samoa
Regional Qualifiers
Uganda  Zimbabwe	Jamaica	Chile  Uruguay	Hong Kong  Japan	Ireland  Russia	Papua New Guinea  Tonga

Squads

Main article: 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens squads – Men

Draw

The twenty-four teams are seeded as follows:^[1]

• The fourteen core teams of the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series who qualified are ranked as the first fourteen teams. These teams are seeded according to combined rankings derived from the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series, and the first seven rounds of the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series.
• Places 15–24 are allocated to teams that qualified by way of the regional tournaments. These teams are seeded based on their rankings from the 2018 Hong Kong Sevens qualifier.
• Teams ranked 1-8 receive byes and enter the Championship Cup in the Round of 16 (second round).
• Teams ranked 9-24 enter the Championship Cup in the Pre-round of 16 (first round).

2017–18 Core Team Seeding
Pos	Event  Team	2016–17	Dubai	Cape Town	Sydney	Hamilton	Las Vegas	Vancouver	Hong Kong	Points total
1	South Africa	192	22	17	19	19	15	17	17	318
2	Fiji	150	15	13	12	22	17	22	22	273
3	New Zealand	137	19	22	13	15	13	10	15	244
4	England	164	17	10	10	10	10	13	1	235
5	United States	129	1	12	15	8	22	15	12	214
6	Australia	113	13	8	22	17	12	12	5	202
7	Argentina	90	5	19	17	7	19	10	13	180
8	Scotland	109	10	1	2	10	5	8	10	155
9	Kenya	63	10	3	10	12	10	19	19	146
10	Canada	98	5	15	3	5	7	2	7	142
11	France	66	8	10	8	3	8	1	8	112
12	Wales	73	3	5	7	2	5	5	3	103
13	Samoa	51	12	5	5	13	3	3	2	94
14	Russia	29	1	1	5	1	1	5	5	48

2018 Hong Kong Sevens seeding
Pos	Team	Round	Group Rank	Record	PD
15	Japan	Champion	2	5–1	+130
16	Ireland	Semifinal	1	4–1	+126
17	Chile	Semifinal	1	3–2	+34
18	Uruguay	Quarterfinal	2	2–2	+12
19	Hong Kong	Quarterfinal	2	1–3	–10
20	Uganda	Quarterfinal	3	2–2	–20
21	Zimbabwe	Quarterfinal	3	1–3	–42
22	Jamaica	Pool stage	3	1–2	–41
23	Papua New Guinea	Pool stage	4	1–2	–35
24	Tonga	N/A

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Match officials

World Rugby announced a panel of ten match officials for the men's tournament.^[3]

Rasta Rasivhenge (South Africa) Richard Kelly (New Zealand) Craig Evans (Wales) Sam Grove-White (Scotland) Damon Murphy (Australia)

Jérémy Rozier (France) Matt Rodden (Hong Kong) Richard Haughton (England) Damián Schneider (Argentina) Mike O'Brien (United States)

Tournament

Pre-Round of 16

20 July 2018	(9) Kenya	19–7	Tonga (24)	AT&T Park
13:01	Try: Oyoo (2) 7'm, 9'c Injera 12'c Con: Oliech (1/1) 9'c Agero (1/2) 12'		Try: Tokai 5'c Con: Muna (1/1) 6' Cards: Tokai  7'	Referee: Matt Rodden (Hong Kong)

20 July 2018	(10) Canada	29–21	Papua New Guinea (23)	AT&T Park
13:23	Try: Jones 0'c Douglas (2) 3'c, 7'm Mullins 7'm Braid 14'c Con: Hirayama (2/5) 0', 4'		Try: Tirang 4'c Kalua 10'c Peter 12'c Con: Guise (3/3) 5', 10', 12'	Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)

20 July 2018	(11) France	50–0	Jamaica (22)	AT&T Park
13:45	Try: Veredamu 0'm Valleau (2) 2'c, 3'c Barraque (2) 6'c, 9'm Bouhraoua 8'm Boudehent 10'c Parez 13'c Con: Barraque (3/4) 3', 4', 6' Riva (1/2) 11' Parez (1/1) 14'			Referee: Mike O'Brien (United States)

20 July 2018	(12) Wales	33–12	Zimbabwe (21)	AT&T Park
14:07	Try: Rosser 5'c Morgan (2) 7'c, 8'c Roach 9'c Allen 13'c Con: Davies (3/3) 6', 7', 8' Treharne (1/2) 9' Cards: Chitokwindo 1'c Makombe 3'm		Try: Rouse (1/2) 1'	Referee: Richard Haughton (England)

20 July 2018	(13) Samoa	45–7	Uganda (20)	AT&T Park
14:29	Try: Perez 0'c Fomai 3'c Tuatagaloa 5'm Motuga (2) 8'c, 13'c Leilual 10'c Solia 12'm Con: Tupou (4/5) 1', 3', 8', 10' Paulo (1/2) 13'		Try: Okorach 7'c Con: Wokorach (1/1) 7' Cards: Okorach  2'	Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)

20 July 2018	(14) Russia	21–7	Hong Kong (19)	AT&T Park
14:51	Try: Ianiushkin (2) 2'c, 5'c Davydov 6'c Con: Gaisin (3/3) 3', 6', 7'		Try: Herbert 14'c Con: Hood (1/1) 14'	Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina)

20 July 2018	(15) Japan	33–7	Uruguay (18)	AT&T Park
15:13	Try: Lilidamu (2) 1'm, 5'c Tupou 4'c Sakai 7'c Soejima 13'c Con: Sakai (4/5) 4', 5', 7', 13'		Try: Mieres 9'c Con: Lijtenstein 9'	Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France)

20 July 2018	(16) Ireland	17–12	Chile (17)	AT&T Park
15:35	Try: Keenan 3'c Dardis 6'm O'Brien 14'm Con: Dardis (1/3) 3'		Try: P Verschae 1'c Metuaze 11'm Con: Torrealba (1/2) 1'	Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)

21st Place

	Semi-finals				21st Place Final
	22 July 2018 – 9:00 – AT&T Park
	Tonga (24)	31
					22 July 2018 – 13:46 – AT&T Park
	Zimbabwe (21)	5
					Tonga (24)	14
	22 July 2018 – 9:22 – AT&T Park
					Papua New Guinea (23)	31
	Papua New Guinea (23)	52
	Jamaica (22)	7
					23rd Place
					22 July 2018 – 13:24 – AT&T Park
					Zimbabwe (21)	33
					Jamaica (22)	21

Matches

Semi-finals 22 July 2018 (24) Tonga  31–5  Zimbabwe (21) AT&T Park   9:00 Try: Kilioni 1'm Vahe 6'c Tokai 8'm Muna 13'c Vainikolo 14'c Con: Muna (3/5) 6', 13', 14' Try: Chitokwindo 11'm Con: Rouse (0/1) Cards: Madida  1' Referee: Matt Rodden (Hong Kong) 22 July 2018 (23) Papua New Guinea  52–7  Jamaica (22) AT&T Park   9:22 Referee: Craig Evans (Wales) 23rd Place 22 July 2018 (21) Zimbabwe  33–21  Jamaica (22) AT&T Park   13:24 Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina) 21st Place Final 22 July 2018 (24) Tonga  14–31  Papua New Guinea (23) AT&T Park   13:46 Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France)

Bowl

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Bowl Final
	21 July 2018 – 12:26 – AT&T Park
	Tonga (24)	29
					22 July 2018 – 9:44 – AT&T Park
	Chile (17)	33
					Chile (17)	20
	21 July 2018 – 13:32 – AT&T Park
					Uganda (20)	17
	Zimbabwe (21)	10
									22 July 2018 – 14:40 – AT&T Park
	Uganda (20)	24
									Chile (17)	20
	21 July 2018 – 12:48 – AT&T Park
									Hong Kong (19)	7
	Papua New Guinea (23)	19
					22 July 2018 – 10:06 – AT&T Park
	Uruguay (18)	21
					Uruguay (18)	5
	21 July 2018 – 13:10 – AT&T Park
					Hong Kong (19)	31			19th Place
	Jamaica (22)	10
									22 July 2018 – 14:18 – AT&T Park
	Hong Kong (19)	24
									Uganda (20)	38
									Uruguay (18)	28

Matches

Quarter-finals 21 July 2018 (24) Tonga  29–33  Chile (17) AT&T Park   12:26 Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge (South Africa) 21 July 2018 (23) Papua New Guinea  19–21  Uruguay (18) AT&T Park   12:48 Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland) 21 July 2018 (11) Jamaica  10–24  Hong Kong (19) AT&T Park   13:10 Referee: Mike O'Brien (United States) 21 July 2018 (21) Zimbabwe  10–24  Uganda (20) AT&T Park   13:32 Referee: Matt Rodden (Hong Kong) Semi-finals 22 July 2018 (17) Chile  20–17  Uganda (20) AT&T Park   9:44 Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge (South Africa) 22 July 2018 (18) Uruguay  5–31  Hong Kong (19) AT&T Park   10:06 Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand) 19th Place 22 July 2018 (18) Uruguay  28–38  Uganda (20) AT&T Park   14:18 Referee: Matt Rodden (Hong Kong) Bowl Final 22 July 2018 (17) Chile  20–7  Hong Kong (19) AT&T Park   14:40 Referee: Mike O'Brien (United States)

13th Place

	Semi-finals				13th Place Final
	22 July 2018 – 10:28 – AT&T Park
	Kenya (9)	17
					22 July 2018 – 15:24 – AT&T Park
	Samoa (13)	19
					Samoa (13)	22
	22 July 2018 – 10:50 – AT&T Park
					Russia (14)	17
	Japan (15)	20
	Russia (14)	26
					15th Place
					22 July 2018 – 15:02 – AT&T Park
					Kenya (9)	14
					Japan (15)	26

Matches

Semi-finals 22 July 2018 (9) Kenya  17–19  Samoa (13) AT&T Park   10:28 Referee: Mike O'Brien (United States) 22 July 2018 (15) Japan  20–26  Russia (14) AT&T Park   10:50 Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina) 15th Place 22 July 2018 (9) Kenya  14–26  Japan (15) AT&T Park   15:02 Referee: Richard Haughton (England) 13th Place Final 22 July 2018 (13) Samoa  22–17  Russia (14) AT&T Park   15:24 Referee: Matt Rodden (Hong Kong)

Challenge Trophy

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Challenge Trophy Final
	21 July 2018 – 14:04 – AT&T Park
	Ireland (16)	24
					22 July 2018 – 11:12 – AT&T Park
	Kenya (9)	14
					Ireland (16)	27
	21 July 2018 – 15:10 – AT&T Park
					Wales (12)	12
	Samoa (13)	19
									22 July 2018 – 16:08 – AT&T Park
	Wales (12)	24
									Ireland (16)	24
	21 July 2018 – 14:26 – AT&T Park
									Australia (6)	14
	Japan (15)	17
					22 July 2018 – 11:34 – AT&T Park
	Canada (10)	35
					Canada (10)	7
	21 July 2018 – 14:48 – AT&T Park
					Australia (6)	19			11th Place
	Russia (14)	0
									22 July 2018 – 15:46 – AT&T Park
	Australia (6)	41
									Wales (12)	35
									Canada (10)	12

Matches

Quarter-finals 21 July 2018 (9) Kenya  14–24  Ireland (16) AT&T Park   14:04 Referee: Richard Haughton (England) 21 July 2018 (10) Canada  35–17  Japan (15) AT&T Park   14:26 Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia) 21 July 2018 (6) Australia  41–0  Russia (14) AT&T Park   14:48 Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France) 21 July 2018 (12) Wales  24–19  Samoa (13) AT&T Park   15:10 Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina) Semi-finals 22 July 2018 (16) Ireland  27–12  Wales (12) AT&T Park   11:12 Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia) 22 July 2018 (10) Canada  7–19  Australia (6) AT&T Park   11:34 Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland) 11th Place 22 July 2018 (12) Wales  35–12  Canada (10) AT&T Park   15:46 Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia) Challenge Trophy Final 22 July 2018 (16) Ireland  24–14  Australia (6) AT&T Park   16:08 Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France)

5th Place

	Semi-finals				5th Place Final
	22 July 2018 – 11:56 – AT&T Park
	Scotland (8)	0
					22 July 2018 – 17:02 – AT&T Park
	United States (5)	28
					United States (5)	7
	22 July 2018 – 12:18 – AT&T Park
					Argentina (7)	33
	Argentina (7)	26
	France (11)	15
					7th Place
					22 July 2018 – 16:40 – AT&T Park
					Scotland (8) (a.e.t.)	29
					France (11)	24

Matches

Semi-finals 22 July 2018 (8) Scotland  0–28  United States (5) AT&T Park   11:56 Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France) 22 July 2018 (7) Argentina  26–15  France (11) AT&T Park   12:18 Referee: Richard Haughton (England) 7th Place 22 July 2018 (8) Scotland  29–24 (a.e.t.)  France (11) AT&T Park   16:40 Referee: Craig Evans (Wales) 5th Place Final 22 July 2018 (5) United States  7–33  Argentina (7) AT&T Park   17:02 Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)

Championship Cup

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Championship Cup Final

20 July 2018 – 21:15 – AT&T Park

South Africa (1)

45

21 July 2018 – 15:32 – AT&T Park

Ireland (16)

7

South Africa (1)

36

20 July 2018 – 19:03 – AT&T Park

Scotland (8)

5

Scotland (8)

31

22 July 2018 – 12:40 – AT&T Park

Kenya (9)

26

South Africa (1)

7

20 July 2018 – 20:09 – AT&T Park

England (4)

29

England (4)

19

21 July 2018 – 16:38 – AT&T Park

Samoa (13)

15

England (4) (a.e.t.)

24

20 July 2018 – 21:37 – AT&T Park

United States (5)

19

United States (5)

35

22 July 2018 – 17:46 – AT&T Park

Wales (12)

0

England (4)

12

20 July 2018 – 20:53 – AT&T Park

New Zealand (3)

33

Fiji (2)

35

21 July 2018 – 15:54 – AT&T Park

Japan (15)

10

Fiji (2)

43

20 July 2018 – 19:25 – AT&T Park

Argentina (7)

7

Argentina (7)

28

22 July 2018 – 13:02 – AT&T Park

Canada (10)

0

Fiji (2)

17

20 July 2018 – 20:31 – AT&T Park

New Zealand (3)

22

Bronze Medal Match

New Zealand (3)

29

21 July 2018 – 16:16 – AT&T Park

22 July 2018 – 17:24 – AT&T Park

Russia (14)

5

New Zealand (3)

12

South Africa (1)

24

20 July 2018 – 19:47 – AT&T Park

France (11)

7

Fiji (2)

19

Australia (6)

17

France (11)

22

Matches

Round of 16 20 July 2018 (8) Scotland  31–26  Kenya (9) AT&T Park   19:03 Referee: Craig Evans (Wales) 20 July 2018 (7) Argentina  28–0  Canada (10) AT&T Park   19:25 Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand) 20 July 2018 (6) Australia  17–22  France (11) AT&T Park   19:47 Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland) 20 July 2018 (4) England  19–15  Samoa (13) AT&T Park   20:09 Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia) 20 July 2018 (3) New Zealand  29–5  Russia (14) AT&T Park   20:31 Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France) 20 July 2018 (2) Fiji  35–10  Japan (15) AT&T Park   20:53 Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina) 20 July 2018 (1) South Africa  45–7  Ireland (16) AT&T Park   21:15 Referee: Richard Haughton (England) 20 July 2018 (5) United States  35–0  Wales (12) AT&T Park   21:37 Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge (South Africa) Quarter-finals 21 July 2018 (8) Scotland  5–36  South Africa (1) AT&T Park   15:32 Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand) 21 July 2018 (7) Argentina  7–43  Fiji (2) AT&T Park   15:54 Referee: Craig Evans (Wales) 21 July 2018 (11) France  7–12  New Zealand (3) AT&T Park   16:16 Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland) 21 July 2018 (5) United States  19–24  England (4) AT&T Park   16:38 Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge (South Africa) Semi-finals 22 July 2018 (1) South Africa  7–29  England (4) AT&T Park   12:40 Referee: Craig Evans (Wales) 22 July 2018 (2) Fiji  17–22  New Zealand (3) AT&T Park   13:02 Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge (South Africa) Bronze Medal Match 22 July 2018 (1) South Africa  24–19 Fiji  (2) AT&T Park   17:24 Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand) Championship Cup Final 22 July 2018 (4) England  12–33  New Zealand (3) AT&T Park   17:46 Try: Ellery 7'c McConnochie 12'm Con: Mitchell (1/2) 7' Report Try: Molia (2) 2'c, 5'c Ravouvou 10'm Rokolisoa 14'c Joass 14'c Con: Baker (3/4) 2', 5', 14' Curry (1/1) 14' Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge (South Africa)

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2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens Men's winners
New Zealand 3rd title

Tournament placings

Place	Team
	New Zealand
	England
	South Africa
4	Fiji
5	Argentina
6	United States
7	Scotland
8	France
9	Ireland
10	Australia
11	Wales
12	Canada

Place	Team
13	Samoa
14	Russia
15	Japan
16	Kenya
17	Chile
18	Hong Kong
19	Uganda
20	Uruguay
21	Papua New Guinea
22	Tonga
23	Zimbabwe
24	Jamaica

Attendance

Over 100,000 fans attended the three day event, which was a Rugby World Cup Sevens record until the 2022 tournament.^[5][6][7]

Player scoring

Tries scored

Rank	Player	Tries
1	Joe Ravouvou	6
	Siviwe Soyizwapi
3	Justin Geduld	5
	Luke Morgan
5	14 players	4

Points scored

Rank	Player	Points
1	Emmanuel Guise	37
2	Billy Dardis	32
	Madison Hughes
4	John Porch	30
	Joe Ravouvou
	Siviwe Soyizwapi
	Philip Wokorach

Source: World Rugby

See also

• 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Women's tournament