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2022 London Sevens

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2022 London Sevens
Sevens World Series XXIII
Host nation England
Date28–29 May 2022
Cup
Champion Australia
Runner-up New Zealand
Third Fiji
Tournament details
Matches played45
Tries scored128 (average 2.84 per match)
Most points Ngarohi McGarvey-Black (50 points)
Most tries Terry Kennedy (8 tries)
2019
2023

The 2022 London Sevens was the twentieth edition of the annual rugby sevens event held at Twickenham Stadium, Richmond, London.

The tournament winners were Australia. Australia won their second London Sevens event, beating trans-tasman rivals New Zealand in a thrilling extra-time victory (19–14). Two-time back-to-back defending champions Fiji finished third, beating Pacific Island neighbours Samoa 31–26.[1][2]

The final victory was the first Sevens Series Australia has won since their home Sevens Series win in 2018 (4 years, 121 days). Following the event Australia jumped from third to second on the Sevens Series ladder. Similarly New Zealand jumped two places following their second-place finish (eleventh to ninth).[3][4]

In World Rugby Sevens Series history, the second-last event of the series has been almost futile regarding seasonal points that the teams are vying for as most teams' points accrued in the second-last event would not affect their overall standing. However, during the 2021–22 season, the season standings pre- and post-London Sevens have been the most competitive since the establishment of the Sevens Series, with just eight points separating the top three teams (two points between the top two) before the tournament and six points after it.[3] By the final event, there are mathematically four teams capable of taking the 2021–22 World Rugby Sevens Series title.[5]

Format

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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 quarterfinals 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 quarterfinals competing for 13th place.

Teams

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The sixteen national teams competing in London were:[6]

Pool stage

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The pools were officially announced on 25 May.[6]

  Team advances to the Cup quarter-finals

Pool A

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Fiji 3 3 0 0 93 55 +38 9
 Spain 3 2 0 1 87 56 +31 7
 United States 3 1 0 2 62 71 –9 5
 Wales 3 0 0 3 53 113 –60 3





Pool B

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 South Africa 3 3 0 0 69 52 +17 9
 Ireland 3 2 0 1 51 54 –3 7
 Argentina 3 1 0 2 66 48 +18 5
 Kenya 3 0 0 3 35 67 –32 3





Pool C

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 3 3 0 0 100 40 +60 9
 Australia 3 2 0 1 73 48 +25 7
 France 3 1 0 2 45 78 –33 5
 Canada 3 0 0 3 33 85 –52 3





Pool D

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Samoa 3 3 0 0 73 46 +27 9
 England 3 2 0 1 76 55 +21 7
 Scotland 3 1 0 2 53 40 +13 5
 Japan 3 0 0 3 34 95 –61 3





Knockout stage

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13th–16th playoffs

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13th place Semi-finals13th place Final
 
      
 
29 May – Twickenham Stadium
 
 
 Japan14
 
29 May – Twickenham Stadium
 
 Kenya5
 
 Japan19
 
29 May – Twickenham Stadium
 
 Canada26
 
 Wales21
 
 
 Canada22
 

9th–12th playoffs

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finals9th Place Final
 
          
 
29 May – Twickenham Stadium
 
 
 United States26
 
29 May – Twickenham Stadium
 
 Japan24
 
 United States31
 
29 May – Twickenham Stadium
 
 France19
 
 France31
 
29 May – Twickenham Stadium
 
 Kenya0
 
 United States5
 
29 May – Twickenham Stadium
 
 Argentina31
 
 Scotland14
 
29 May – Twickenham Stadium
 
 Wales5
 
 Scotland12
 
29 May – Twickenham Stadium
 
 Argentina26
 
 Argentina28
 
 
 Canada7
 

5th–8th playoffs

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5th place Semi-finals5th place Final
 
      
 
29 May – Twickenham Stadium
 
 
 England12
 
29 May – Twickenham Stadium
 
 Ireland36
 
 Ireland5
 
29 May – Twickenham Stadium
 
 South Africa14
 
 Spain12
 
 
 South Africa24
 

Cup playoffs

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsCup Final
 
          
 
29 May – Twickenham Stadium
 
 
 Fiji36
 
29 May – Twickenham Stadium
 
 England10
 
 Fiji19
 
29 May – Twickenham Stadium
 
 New Zealand22
 
 New Zealand17
 
29 May – Twickenham Stadium
 
 Ireland7
 
 New Zealand14
 
29 May – Twickenham Stadium
 
 Australia19
 
 Samoa34
 
29 May – Twickenham Stadium
 
 Spain12
 
 Samoa14
 
29 May – Twickenham Stadium
 
 Australia28 Third place
 
 South Africa17
 
29 May – Twickenham Stadium
 
 Australia21
 
 Fiji31
 
 
 Samoa26
 

Placings

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Place  Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Australia 22
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  New Zealand 19
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Fiji 17
4  Samoa 15
5  South Africa 13
6  Ireland 12
7  England 10
 Spain 10
Place  Team Points
9  Argentina 8
10  United States 7
11  France 5
 Scotland 5
13  Canada 3
14  Japan 2
15  Wales 1
 Kenya 1

References

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  1. ^ "Australia earn stunning gold in London as HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series title race goes down to the wire". world.rugby. World Rugby. 29 May 2022.
  2. ^ ""I couldn't be prouder" – Nick Malouf on Australia's historic win in HSBC London Sevens". World Rugby. 30 May 2022.
  3. ^ a b "HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series Standings". World Rugby. 26 May 2022. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022.
  4. ^ "HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series Stadnings". world.rugby. World Rugby.
  5. ^ "Four teams aiming to win Sevens Series title in LA". World Rugby. 26 August 2022.
  6. ^ a b "London welcomes the stars of rugby sevens". World Rugby. 25 May 2022.
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