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The 2022 South Africa Sevens was the third tournament within the 2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series and the 22nd South Africa Sevens tournament. The event was won by Samoa 7s, defeating New Zealand 7s by 12–7 in the final.[1] It was held on 9–11 December 2022 at the Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa.[2]
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Format
The 16 teams were drawn into four pools of four. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup playoffs and compete for gold, silver and bronze medals. The other teams from each pool go to the classification playoffs for 9th to 16th placings.
Teams
Fifteen core teams participated in the tournament along with one invited team, Uganda.[3] {{columns-list|colwidth=14em|
Core Teams
Argentina
Australia
Canada
Fiji
France
Great Britain
Ireland
Japan
Kenya
New Zealand
Samoa
South Africa
Spain
United States
Uruguay
Invited Team
Pool stage
All times in South African Standard Time (UTC+2:00)
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool C saw a huge upset with defending champions New Zealand defeated 14-10 by Spain.[4]
Pool D
Placement matches
13th to 16th place playoffs
| 13th place semifinals | 13th place final | |||||
| 12:49 pm | ||||||
 Japan | 14 | |||||
| 4:07 pm | ||||||
 Canada | 31 | |||||
| Canada | 10 | |||||
| 1:11 pm | ||||||
 Kenya | 21 | |||||
| Kenya | 19 | |||||
 Uganda | 5 | |||||
| 15th place final | ||||||
| 3:30 pm | ||||||
| Japan | 17 | |||||
| Uganda | 14 | |||||
9th to 12 place playoffs
| 9th place quarterfinals | 9th place semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| 3 December – The Sevens | ||||||||||
 Spain | 40 | |||||||||
| 3 December – The Sevens | ||||||||||
 Ireland | 5 | |||||||||
| Spain | 0 | |||||||||
| 3 December – The Sevens | ||||||||||
 Australia | 26 | |||||||||
| Australia | 33 | |||||||||
| 3 December – The Sevens | ||||||||||
| Canada | 7 | |||||||||
| Australia | 24 | |||||||||
| 3 December – The Sevens | ||||||||||
 France | 12 | |||||||||
| Ireland | 19 | |||||||||
| 3 December – The Sevens | ||||||||||
| Kenya | 14 | |||||||||
| Ireland | 12 | |||||||||
| 3 December – The Sevens | ||||||||||
| France | 19 | 11th place final | ||||||||
| France | 24 | |||||||||
| 3 December – The Sevens | ||||||||||
| Uganda | 7 | |||||||||
| Ireland | 24 | |||||||||
| Spain | 12 | |||||||||
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Knockout stage
Fifth place
| 5th place semifinal | 5th place final | |||||
| 12:49 pm | ||||||
 Uruguay | 0 | |||||
| 4:07 pm | ||||||
 Fiji | 38 | |||||
| Fiji | 29 | |||||
| 1:11 pm | ||||||
 Argentina | 5 | |||||
| Argentina | 26 | |||||
 Great Britain | 14 | |||||
| 7th place final | ||||||
| 3:30 pm | ||||||
| Uruguay | 0 | |||||
| Great Britain | 22 | |||||
Cup playoffs
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 10 December | ||||||||||
 New Zealand | 50 | |||||||||
| 11 December | ||||||||||
| Uruguay | 0 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 33 | |||||||||
| 10 December | ||||||||||
 United States | 17 | |||||||||
| United States | 17 | |||||||||
| 11 December | ||||||||||
| Fiji | 7 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 7 | |||||||||
| 10 December | ||||||||||
 Samoa | 12 | |||||||||
| Samoa | 22 | |||||||||
| 11 December | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 10 | |||||||||
| Samoa | 10 | |||||||||
| 10 December | ||||||||||
 South Africa | 7 | 3rd place final | ||||||||
| South Africa | 21 | |||||||||
| 11 December | ||||||||||
| Great Britain | 14 | |||||||||
| United States | 22 | |||||||||
| South Africa | 14 | |||||||||
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Tournament placings
Source: World Rugby
References
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