2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series

The 2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series is the 24th annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for men's national teams. The Sevens Series has been run by World Rugby since 1999. This series also, for the third time, doubled as a qualifier for the Olympic Games, with the top four countries, excluding hosts France, qualifying automatically for the 2024 Olympic Sevens.[1]

2022–23 World Rugby Sevens
Series XXIV
Hosts
Date4 November 2022 – 21 May 2023
Final positions
Champions New Zealand
2023–24

Core teams

The core teams eligible to participate in all tournaments for 2022–23 are:[2]

Uruguay 7s was promoted to core team status by winning the 2022 Challenger Series.[3] The unions of England, Scotland and Wales agreed to merge their teams to compete as Great Britain 7s for the 2022–23 series onward.[4][5]

Tour venues

The eleven-event schedule for the series is:[6]

2022–23 Itinerary
Leg Stadium City Dates Winner
Hong Kong 2022 Hong Kong StadiumHong Kong 4–6 November 2022 Australia
Dubai The Sevens StadiumDubai 2–3 December 2022 South Africa
South Africa Cape Town StadiumCape Town 9–11 December 2022 Samoa
New Zealand Waikato StadiumHamilton 21–22 January 2023 Argentina
Australia Sydney Football StadiumSydney 27–29 January 2023 New Zealand
United States Dignity Health Sports ParkLos Angeles 25–26 February 2023 New Zealand
Canada BC PlaceVancouver 3–5 March 2023 Argentina
Hong Kong 2023 Hong Kong StadiumHong Kong 31 March – 2 April 2023 New Zealand
Singapore National StadiumSingapore 8–9 April 2023 New Zealand
France Stade Ernest-WallonToulouse 12–14 May 2023 New Zealand
England Twickenham StadiumLondon 20–21 May 2023

Standings

The points awarded to teams at each event, as well as the overall season totals, are shown in the table below. Points for the event winners are indicated in bold. An asterisk (*) indicates a tied placing. A dash (—) is recorded where a team did not compete.

2022–23 World Rugby Sevens – Men's Series XXIV
 
Pos
Event 
Team

Hong Kong I

Dubai

Cape Town

Ham­ilton

Syd­ney

LosAng­eles

Van­cou­ver

Hong Kong II

Sing­apore

Tou­louse

Lon­don
Total
points
   
1  New Zealand 8171919222213222222186
2  Argentina 1312122281922131919159
3  France 171381515819171017139
4  Fiji 198131017171019178138
5  Australia 221071310151751313125
6  Samoa 1510228131387155116
7  South Africa 102215101910312510116
8  Ireland 10195121210158112104
9  United States 121517175312103195
10  Great Britain 5510510121015121094
11  Spain 5353275108755
12  Uruguay 37101355510554
13  Kenya 153751717340
14  Canada 7222151221539
15  Japan 211112215218
16  Tonga 5712
17  Hong Kong 1315
18  Chile 112
19  Uganda 112
20  Germany 11

Source: World Rugby

Legend
No colour Core team in 2022–23 and qualified as a core team for 2023–24
Pink Relegation play-off positions for core teams after Round 10 in 2022–23[7]
Red Relegated as the lowest placed core team after Round 10[7]
Yellow Not a core team
Qualifying positions to the 2024 Olympic Sevens for the four highest-placed eligible teams in 2022–23[1]
Qualified as host for the 2024 Olympic Sevens

Placings summary

Tallies of top-four placings in tournaments during the 2022–23 series, by team:

Team 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Fourth Total
 New Zealand 5218
 Argentina 235
 South Africa 1113
 Australia 1113
 Samoa 123
 Fiji 235
 France 1326
 Ireland 112
 United States 213
 Great Britain 11
 Canada 11

Player statistics

Scoring

Performance

Tournaments

Hong Kong 2022

Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  Australia 20–17  Fiji  France (Bronze)
 Samoa
5th place  Argentina 36–0  United States  Ireland
 South Africa
9th place  New Zealand 33–5  Canada  Great Britain
 Spain
13th place  Uruguay 33–10  Japan  Hong Kong
 Kenya

Dubai

Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  South Africa 21–5  Ireland  New Zealand (Bronze)
 United States
5th place  France 19–12  Argentina  Australia
 Samoa
9th place  Fiji 47–0  Uruguay  Great Britain
 Kenya
13th place  Spain 38–7  Canada  Japan
 Uganda

Cape Town

Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  Samoa 12–7  New Zealand  United States (Bronze)
 South Africa
5th place  Fiji 29–5  Argentina  Great Britain
 Uruguay
9th place  France 24–12  Australia  Ireland
 Spain
13th place  Kenya 21–10  Canada  Japan
 Uganda

Hamilton

Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  Argentina 14–12  New Zealand  United States (Bronze)
 France
5th place  Australia 26–17  Ireland  Fiji
 South Africa
9th place  Samoa 26–5  Kenya  Great Britain
 Tonga
13th place  Spain 24–14  Canada  Japan
 Uruguay

Sydney

Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  New Zealand 38–0  South Africa  Fiji (Bronze)
 France
5th place  Samoa 24–12  Ireland  Australia
 Great Britain
9th place  Argentina 21–19  Tonga  Kenya
 United States
13th place  Uruguay 26–5  Spain  Canada
 Japan

Los Angeles

Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  New Zealand 22–12  Argentina  Fiji (Bronze)
 Australia
5th place  Samoa 24–19  Great Britain  Ireland
 South Africa
9th place  France 26–24  Spain  Canada
 Uruguay
13th place  United States 31–7  Japan  Chile
 Kenya

Vancouver

Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  Argentina 33–21  France  Australia (Bronze)
 Ireland
5th place  New Zealand 50–7  United States  Fiji
 Great Britain
9th place  Samoa 35–17  Kenya  Spain
 Uruguay
13th place  South Africa 17–5  Japan  Canada
 Chile

Hong Kong 2023

Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  New Zealand 24–17  Fiji  France (Bronze)
 Great Britain
5th place  Argentina 7–5  South Africa  Spain
 United States
9th place  Ireland 19–17  Samoa  Australia
 Uruguay
13th place  Hong Kong 17–7  Canada  Japan
 Kenya

Singapore

Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  New Zealand 19–17  Argentina  Fiji (Bronze)
 Samoa
5th place  Australia 24–21  Great Britain  France
 Uruguay
9th place  Spain 26–10  Kenya  Japan
 South Africa
13th place  United States 22–17  Canada  Hong Kong
 Ireland

Toulouse

Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  New Zealand 24–19  Argentina  France (Bronze)

 Canada

5th place  Australia 26–21  Ireland  Great Britain

 South Africa

9th place  Fiji 26–15  Spain  Samoa

 Uruguay

13th place  Kenya 33–12  Japan  Germany

 United States

See also

References

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