2022 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series – Men's tour

The 2022 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series – Men's tour was the second season of the second-tier global rugby sevens competition for men's national teams.^[1] It was played as a single tournament on 12–14 August 2022 in Santiago, Chile at the Estadio Santa Laura with twelve teams competing.^[2] The tournament was the qualifying event for the World Rugby Sevens Series, with the winner gaining promotion as a core team for the 2022–23 season.^[3] The tournament was won by Uruguay 7s, defeating Georgia 7s by 19–5 in the final, with Chile 7s finishing in third place.

2022 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series
Men's tour – Series II
Hosts	Chile
Date	12–14 August 2022
Nations	12
Final positions
Champions	Uruguay
Runners-up	Georgia
Third	Chile
← 2020 2023 →

Teams and venue

Teams^[3]

Team	Means of qualification	Date qualified
Chile (host)	2021 Sudamérica Rugby Sevens	28 November 2021
Uruguay
Georgia	2021 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series	27 June 2021
Germany
Lithuania
Hong Kong	2021 Asia Rugby Sevens Series	20 November 2021
South Korea
Jamaica	2022 Rugby Americas North Sevens Qualifiers	24 April 2022
Uganda	2022 Africa Men's Sevens	24 April 2022
Zimbabwe
Tonga	2019 Oceania Sevens Championship	9 November 2019
Papua New Guinea

Venue

Country	Location	Stadium
Chile	Independencia, Santiago	Estadio Santa Laura

Pool stage

All times are CLST, Chile Summer Time: (UTC-3).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chile	3	3	0	0	86	21	+65	9	Advance to Quarter-finals
2	Georgia	3	2	0	1	86	43	+43	7
3	Papua New Guinea	3	1	0	2	41	67	−26	5
4	South Korea	3	0	0	3	17	99	−82	3

Source: World Rugby

12 August 14:45

Papua New Guinea	15–12	South Korea
	Report

Estadio Santa Laura

12 August 15:07

Chile	19–14	Georgia
	Report

Estadio Santa Laura

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12 August 20:04

Georgia	41–5	South Korea
	Report

Estadio Santa Laura

12 August 20:31

Chile	24–7	Papua New Guinea
	Report

Estadio Santa Laura

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13 August 12:10

Papua New Guinea	19–31	Georgia
	Report

Estadio Santa Laura

13 August 13:46

Chile	43–0	South Korea
	Report

Estadio Santa Laura

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tonga	3	3	0	0	67	27	+40	9	Advance to Quarter-finals
2	Hong Kong	3	2	0	1	85	24	+61	7
3	Zimbabwe	3	1	0	2	65	64	+1	5
4	Jamaica	3	0	0	3	10	112	−102	3

Source: World Rugby

12 August 13:07

Tonga	29–5	Jamaica
	Report

Estadio Santa Laura

12 August 13:29

Hong Kong	33–12	Zimbabwe
	Report

Estadio Santa Laura

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12 August 18:01

Tonga	26–17	Zimbabwe
	Report

Estadio Santa Laura

12 August 18:23

Hong Kong	47–0	Jamaica
	Report

Estadio Santa Laura

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13 August 11:48

Jamaica	5–36	Zimbabwe
	Report

Estadio Santa Laura

13 August 13:24

Hong Kong	5–12	Tonga
	Report

Estadio Santa Laura

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	0	55	38	+17	9	Advance to Quarter-finals
2	Uganda	3	2	0	1	66	48	+18	7
3	Uruguay	3	1	0	2	78	48	+30	5
4	Lithuania	3	0	0	3	34	99	−65	3

Source: World Rugby

12 August 12:23

Uruguay	12–26	Uganda
	Report

Estadio Santa Laura

12 August 12:45

Germany	21–10	Lithuania
	Report

Estadio Santa Laura

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12 August 17:17

Uruguay	52–5	Lithuania
	Report

Estadio Santa Laura

12 August 17:39

Germany	17–14	Uganda
	Report

Estadio Santa Laura

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13 August 11:04

Uganda	26–19	Lithuania
	Report

Estadio Santa Laura

13 August 11:26

Germany	17–14	Uruguay
	Report

Estadio Santa Laura

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uruguay	3	1	0	2	78	48	+30	5	Advance to Quarter-finals
2	Zimbabwe	3	1	0	2	65	64	+1	5
3	Papua New Guinea	3	1	0	2	41	67	−26	5

Source: World Rugby

Knockout stage

9th–12th place bracket

	9th place semifinals				9th place final
	13 August – Estadio Santa Laura
	Papua New Guinea	14
					14 August – Estadio Santa Laura
	Jamaica	15
					Jamaica	15
	13 August – Estadio Santa Laura
					Lithuania	34
	South Korea	10
	Lithuania	19
					11th place final
					14 August – Estadio Santa Laura
					Papua New Guinea	40
					South Korea	19

9th–12th place Semi-finals

13 August 16:08

Papua New Guinea	14–15	Jamaica
	Report

Estadio Santa Laura

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13 August 16:30

Lithuania	19–10	South Korea
	Report

Estadio Santa Laura

11th place Final

14 August 14:38

Papua New Guinea	40–19	South Korea
	Report

Estadio Santa Laura

9th place Final

14 August 15:03

Jamaica	15–34	Lithuania
	Report

Estadio Santa Laura

5th–8th place bracket

	5th place semifinals				5th place final
	14 August – Estadio Santa Laura
	Hong Kong	33
					14 August – Estadio Santa Laura
	Zimbabwe	5
					Hong Kong	12
	14 August – Estadio Santa Laura
					Uganda	7
	Uganda	26
	Tonga	19
					7th place final
					14 August – Estadio Santa Laura
					Zimbabwe	26
					Tonga	28

5th–8th place Semi-finals

14 August 10:44

Zimbabwe	5–33	Hong Kong
	Report

Estadio Santa Laura

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14 August 11:06

Tonga	19–26	Uganda
	Report

Estadio Santa Laura

7th place Final

14 August 16:28

Zimbabwe	26–28	Tonga
	Report

Estadio Santa Laura

5th place Final

14 August 16:53

Hong Kong	12–7	Uganda
	Report

Estadio Santa Laura

Cup bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	13 August – Estadio Santa Laura
	Hong Kong	14
					14 August – Estadio Santa Laura
	Georgia	19
					Georgia	31
	13 August – Estadio Santa Laura
					Chile	14
	Chile	24
									14 August – Estadio Santa Laura
	Zimbabwe	0
									Georgia	5
	13 August – Estadio Santa Laura
									Uruguay	19
	Germany	17
					14 August – Estadio Santa Laura
	Uganda	14
					Germany	15
	13 August – Estadio Santa Laura
					Uruguay	19			Third place
	Tonga	12
									14 August – Estadio Santa Laura
	Uruguay	17
									Chile	14
									Germany	12

Cup Quarter-finals

13 August 17:50

Hong Kong	14–19	Georgia
	Report

Estadio Santa Laura

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13 August 18:15

Germany	17–14	Uganda
	Report

Estadio Santa Laura

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13 August 20:02

Tonga	12–17	Uruguay
	Report

Estadio Santa Laura

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13 August 20:30

Chile	24–0	Zimbabwe
	Report

Estadio Santa Laura

Cup Semi-finals

14 August 12:48

Chile	14–31	Georgia
	Report

Estadio Santa Laura

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14 August 12:23

Uruguay	19–15	Germany
	Report

Estadio Santa Laura

Third place play-off

14 August 14:38

Chile	14–12	Germany
	Report

Estadio Santa Laura

Cup Final

14 August 19:20

Georgia	5–19	Uruguay
	Report

Estadio Santa Laura

Placings

The final placings are listed below, the winner being promoted as a core team for the 2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series:

Pos	Team
1	Uruguay
2	Georgia
3	Chile
4	Germany
5	Hong Kong
6	Uganda
7	Tonga
8	Zimbabwe
9	Lithuania
10	Jamaica
11	Papua New Guinea
12	South Korea

Key:   Core team for the World Rugby Sevens Series in 2022–23.

See also

• 2022 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series – Women's tour