2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Women's tournament

The women's tournament for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens was held in Cape Town, South Africa from 9 to 11 September at the Cape Town Stadium.

2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Women's tournament

Tournament details
Venue	Cape Town Stadium
Dates	9 – 11 September 2022
No. of nations	16
Final positions
Champions	Australia
Runner-up	New Zealand
Third place	France
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Top scorer(s)	Faith Nathan (45)
Most tries	Faith Nathan (9)
← 2018

Teams

The four semi-finalists from the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens were automatic qualifiers, with South Africa also qualifying as host.^[1] The remaining eleven places were decided in the six continental regions.^[1]

Region	Automatic qualifiers	Continental qualifiers	Total teams
Africa[a]	South Africa (hosts)	Madagascar	2
North America[b]	United States	Canada	2
South America[c]	—	Brazil  Colombia	2
Asia[d]	—	China  Japan	2
Europe[e]	France	England  Ireland  Poland  Spain	5
Oceania[f]	Australia  New Zealand (holders)	Fiji	3
Totals	5	11	16

Notes

1. Africa: The runner-up of the 2022 Africa Women's Sevens joined automatic qualifier South Africa (who won the tournament) at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens.
2. North America: The winner of the 2022 RAN Women's Sevens Qualifiers joined automatic qualifier United States at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens.
3. South America did not have an automatic qualifier but the top two teams from the 2021 Sudamérica Rugby Women's Sevens won qualifier berths.
4. Asia did not have an automatic qualifier but the top two teams from the 2021 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series won qualifier berths.
5. Europe: The top four teams from the 2022 European Qualifier event joined automatic qualifier France at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens.
6. Oceania was not able to hold a qualifying tournament due to ongoing impacts of COVID-19 in 2021 and 2022. While New Zealand and Australia qualified automatically, the third qualifier berth at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens was determined by the most recent placings in the World Rugby Series,^[2] awarded to Fiji who finished seventh in the 2020 World Series.^[2]

Draw

The ten core teams from the World Rugby Sevens Series were seeded according to their points accumulated across the 2019–20 and 2021–22 seasons.

Seed	Season  Team	2019–20	2021–22	Total Points
1	Australia	80	80	160
2	New Zealand	96	57	153
3	France	70	60	130
4	United States	66	56	122
5	Canada	80	40	100
6	Fiji	38	60	98
7	Ireland	15	60	75
8	England	36	33	69
9	Spain	28	26	54
10	Brazil	10	24	30

The remaining six teams were seeded based on regional ranking positions in July 2022.^[3]

Seed	Team
11	Japan
12	China
13	Poland
14	South Africa
15	Colombia
16	Madagascar

Format

Like the previous edition, the tournament was played using a knock-out format.

• Teams in the Championship Cup competed for the Rugby Sevens World Cup trophy and gold, silver and bronze medals.
• Losing teams in the Championship Cup quarterfinals played off for 5th to 8th place.
• Losing teams in the Championship Cup Round of 16 (first round) competed for the Challenge Trophy and lower places.
• All teams played four matches.

Tournament

Match results as per the official website:^[4]

All times are local (UTC+2).

13th place

	13th–16th semifinals				13th-place final
	10 September – Cape Town Stadium
	Madagascar	5
					11 September – Cape Town Stadium
	China	36
					China	21
	10 September – Cape Town Stadium
					South Africa	19
	South Africa	27
	Colombia	0
					15th-place final
					11 September – Cape Town Stadium
					Madagascar	19
					Colombia	12

Matches
13th–16th semi-finals Match 17 10 September Madagascar  5–36  China Cape Town Stadium   15:05 Match 18 10 September South Africa  27–0  Colombia Cape Town Stadium   15:27 15th-place final Match 25 11 September Madagascar  19-12  Colombia Cape Town Stadium   14:15 13th-place final Match 26 11 September China  21-19  South Africa Cape Town Stadium   14:37

Challenge Trophy

	Challenge quarter-finals				Challenge semi-finals				Challenge final
	10 September – Cape Town Stadium
	Spain	12
					10 September – Cape Town Stadium
	Madagascar	0
					Spain	10
	10 September – Cape Town Stadium
					Poland	19
	Poland	20
									11 September – Cape Town Stadium
	China	14
									Poland	12
	10 September – Cape Town Stadium
									Japan	17
	Japan	14
					10 September – Cape Town Stadium
	South Africa	12
					Japan	19
	10 September – Cape Town Stadium
					Brazil	10			11th-place final
	Colombia	0
									11 September – Cape Town Stadium
	Brazil	33
									Spain	17
									Brazil	19

Matches

Challenge quarter-finals Match 9 10 September Madagascar  0–12  Spain Cape Town Stadium   09:53 Match 10 10 September Colombia  0–33  Brazil Cape Town Stadium   10:15 Match 11 10 September South Africa  12–14  Japan Cape Town Stadium   10:37 Match 12 10 September Poland  20–14  China Cape Town Stadium   10:59 Challenge semi-finals Match 19 10 September Spain  10–19  Poland Cape Town Stadium   15:49 Match 20 10 September Brazil  10–19  Japan Cape Town Stadium   16:11 11th-place final Match 27 11 September Spain  17–19  Brazil Cape Town Stadium   14:59 Challenge final Match 28 11 September Poland  12–17  Japan Cape Town Stadium   15:21

5th place

	5th–8th semi-finals				5th-place final
	11 September – Cape Town Stadium
	England	7
					11 September – Cape Town Stadium
	Canada	22
					Canada	0
	11 September – Cape Town Stadium
					Fiji	53
	Fiji	24
	Ireland	0
					7th-place final
					11 September – Cape Town Stadium
					England	10
					Ireland	26

Matches
5th–8th semi-finals Match 21 11 September England  7–22  Canada Cape Town Stadium   10:18 Match 22 11 September Fiji  24–0  Ireland Cape Town Stadium   10:40 7th-place final Match 29 11 September England  10–26  Ireland Cape Town Stadium   17:31 5th-place final Match 30 11 September Canada  0–53  Fiji Cape Town Stadium   17:53

Championship Cup

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Cup final

9 September – Cape Town Stadium

Australia (1)

48

10 September – Cape Town Stadium

Madagascar (16)

0

Australia

35

9 September – Cape Town Stadium

England

5

Spain (9)

5

11 September – Cape Town Stadium

England (8)

29

Australia

17

9 September – Cape Town Stadium

United States

7

Canada (5)

24

10 September – Cape Town Stadium

China (12)

5

Canada

7

9 September – Cape Town Stadium

United States

10

Poland (13)

7

11 September – Cape Town Stadium

United States (4)

39

Australia

24

9 September – Cape Town Stadium

New Zealand

22

France (3)

29

10 September – Cape Town Stadium

South Africa (14)

0

France

19

9 September – Cape Town Stadium

Fiji

14

Japan (11)

7

11 September – Cape Town Stadium

Fiji (6)

36

France

7

9 September – Cape Town Stadium

New Zealand

38

Bronze final

Ireland (7)

24

10 September – Cape Town Stadium

11 September – Cape Town Stadium

Brazil (10)

12

Ireland

0

United States

7

9 September – Cape Town Stadium

New Zealand

28

France

29

Colombia (15)

5

New Zealand (2)

47

Matches

Round of 16 Match 1 9 September Australia  48–0  Madagascar Cape Town Stadium   12:11 Match 4 9 September United States  39–7  Poland Cape Town Stadium   12:33 Match 5 9 September Canada  24–5  China Cape Town Stadium   12:55 Match 6 9 September Fiji  36–7  Japan Cape Town Stadium   13:17 Match 7 9 September Ireland  24–12  Brazil Cape Town Stadium   13:54 Match 8 9 September England  29–5  Spain Cape Town Stadium   14:16 Match 2 9 September New Zealand  47–5  Colombia Cape Town Stadium   17:37 Match 3 9 September France  29–0  South Africa Cape Town Stadium   18:35 Quarter-finals Match 13 10 September Australia  35–5  England Cape Town Stadium   19:07 Match 14 10 September New Zealand  28–0  Ireland Cape Town Stadium   20:05 Match 15 10 September France  19–14  Fiji Cape Town Stadium   21:05 Match 16 10 September United States  10–7  Canada Cape Town Stadium   22:05 Semi-finals Match 23 11 September New Zealand  38–7  France Cape Town Stadium   12:07 Match 24 11 September Australia  17–7  United States Cape Town Stadium   13:05 Bronze final Match 31 11 September United States  7–29  France Cape Town Stadium   19:01 Cup final Match 32 11 September Australia  24–22  New Zealand Cape Town Stadium   20:17

Final placings

Place	Team
	Australia
	New Zealand
	France
4	United States
5	Fiji
6	Canada
7	Ireland
8	England

Place	Team
9	Japan
10	Poland
11	Brazil
12	Spain
13	China
14	South Africa
15	Madagascar
16	Colombia

Player scoring

Tries scored

Rank	Player	Tries
1	Faith Nathan	9
2	Ana Maria Naimasi	6
3	Nadine Roos	5
	Reapi Ulunisau
	Wakaba Hara

Points scored

Rank	Player	Points
1	Faith Nathan	45
2	Ana Maria Naimasi	34
3	Reapi Ulunisau	33
4	Risi Pouri-Lane	32
5	Nadine Roos	31

Source:

See also

• 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Men's tournament