Rugby sevens tournament
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. It was held on 9–11 December 2022 at the Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa.
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.
Core Teams
Invited Team
Pool stage.
All times in South African Standard Time ()
Pool C.
Pool C saw a huge upset with defending champions New Zealand defeated 14-10 by Spain.
Tournament placings.
Source: World Rugby