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2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series

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The 2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series was 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 doubled as a qualifier for the 2024 Olympic Games, with the top four countries, excluding hosts France, qualifying automatically.[1]

2022–23 World Rugby Sevens
Series XXIV
Hosts
Date4 November 2022 – 21 May 2023
Nations15 core
Final positions
Champions Neuseeland (14th title)
Runners-up Argentinien
Third Fidschi
Series details
Top try scorer Vaa Apelu Maliko (50)
Top point scorer Akuila Rokolisoa (415)

The series was won by New Zealand, winning five of the eleven tour events held during the season on their way to claiming their fourteenth World Series title. The next placed teams were, in order, Argentina, Fiji, France, Australia.

Core teams

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The core teams eligible to participate in all tournaments for 2022–23 were:[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

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

2022–23 Itinerary
Leg Stadium City Dates Winner
Hong Kong 2022 Hong Kong Stadium Hongkong 4–6 November 2022   Australien
Dubai The Sevens Stadium Dubai 2–3 December 2022   Südafrika
Südafrika Cape Town Stadium Cape Town 9–11 December 2022   Samoa
Neuseeland Waikato Stadium Hamilton 21–22 January 2023   Argentinien
Australien Sydney Football Stadium Sydney 27–29 January 2023   Neuseeland
Vereinigte Staaten Dignity Health Sports Park Los Angeles 25–26 February 2023   Neuseeland
Kanada BC Place Vancouver 3–5 March 2023   Argentinien
Hong Kong 2023 Hong Kong Stadium Hongkong 31 March – 2 April 2023   Neuseeland
Singapur National Stadium Singapur 8–9 April 2023   Neuseeland
Frankreich Stade Ernest-Wallon Toulouse 12–14 May 2023   Neuseeland
England Twickenham Stadium London 20–21 May 2023   Argentinien

Standings

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For the tie-breaker rules, see World Rugby Sevens Series § Tiebreakers.

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 		 
Los Ang­eles 		 
Van­cou­ver 		 
Hong Kong II 		 
Sing­apore 		 
Tou­louse 		 
Lon­don 		Total
points
   
1   Neuseeland 8 17 19 19 22 22 13 22 22 22 14 200
2   Argentinien 13 12 12 22 8 19 22 13 19 19 20 179
3   Fidschi 19 8 13 10 17 17 10 19 17 8 18 156
4   Frankreich 17 13 8 15 15 8 19 17 10 17 12 151
5   Australien 22 10 7 13 10 15 17 5 13 13 8 133
6   Samoa 15 10 22 8 13 13 8 7 15 5 16 132
7   Südafrika 10 22 15 10 19 10 3 12 5 10 4 120
8   Irland 10 19 5 12 12 10 15 8 1 12 10 114
9   Great Britain 5 5 10 5 10 12 10 15 12 10 6 100
10   Vereinigte Staaten 12 15 17 17 5 3 12 10 3 1 3 98
11   Spanien 5 3 5 3 2 7 5 10 8 7 2 57
12   Uruguay 3 7 10 1 3 5 5 5 10 5 0 54
13   Kenia 1 5 3 7 5 1 7 1 7 3 0 40
14   Kanada 7 2 2 2 1 5 1 2 2 15 0 39
15   Japan 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 5 2 0 18
16   Tonga — — — 5 7 — — — — — 0 12
17   Hongkong 1 — — — — — — 3 1 — — 5
18   Chile — — — — — 1 1 — — — — 2
19   Uganda — 1 1 — — — — — — — — 2
20   Deutschland — — — — — — — — — 1 — 1

Source: World Rugby at archive.today (archived 2023-05-23)

Legend
Qualification for the 2024 Olympic Sevens
Qualified as one of the four highest-placed eligible teams in the 2022–23 World Sevens Series [1]
Automatically qualified (host country France)
Qualification for the 2023–24 World Sevens Series
Participated in the final round play-offs for core team status on the 2023–24 World Sevens Series
No colour Core team and re-qualified as a core team for the 2023–24 World Sevens Series
Pink Relegated from core team status for 2023–24 [7]
Yellow Invited team

Placings summary

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

Team   Gold   Silver   Bronze Fourth Total
  Neuseeland 5 2 1 1 9
  Argentinien 3 3 — — 6
  Südafrika 1 1 — 1 3
  Samoa 1 — 1 2 4
  Australien 1 — 1 1 3
  Fidschi — 3 3 — 6
  Frankreich — 1 3 2 6
  Irland — 1 — 1 2
  Vereinigte Staaten — — 2 1 3
  Kanada — — — 1 1
  Great Britain — — — 1 1

Player statistics

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Dream Team

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  Rodrigo Isgró
  Leroy Carter
  Akuila Rojolisoa
  Marcos Moneta
  Luciano González Rizzoni
  Vaa Apelu Maliko
  Henry Paterson

Reference:[8]

Scoring

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Performance

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Tournaments

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Hong Kong 2022

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Main article: 2022 Hong Kong Sevens
Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup   Australien 20–17   Fidschi   Frankreich (Bronze)
  Samoa
5th place   Argentinien 36–0   Vereinigte Staaten   Irland
  Südafrika
9th place   Neuseeland 33–5   Kanada   Great Britain
  Spanien
13th place   Uruguay 33–10   Japan   Hongkong
  Kenia

Dubai

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Main article: 2022 Dubai Sevens
Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup   Südafrika 21–5   Irland   Neuseeland (Bronze)
  Vereinigte Staaten
5th place   Frankreich 19–12   Argentinien   Australien
  Samoa
9th place   Fidschi 47–0   Uruguay   Great Britain
  Kenia
13th place   Spanien 38–7   Kanada   Japan
  Uganda

Cape Town

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Main article: 2022 South Africa Sevens
Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup   Samoa 12–7   Neuseeland   Vereinigte Staaten (Bronze)
  Südafrika
5th place   Fidschi 29–5   Argentinien   Great Britain
  Uruguay
9th place   Frankreich 24–12   Australien   Irland
  Spanien
13th place   Kenia 21–10   Kanada   Japan
  Uganda

Hamilton

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Main article: 2023 New Zealand Sevens
Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup   Argentinien 14–12   Neuseeland   Vereinigte Staaten (Bronze)
  Frankreich
5th place   Australien 26–17   Irland   Fidschi
  Südafrika
9th place   Samoa 26–5   Kenia   Great Britain
  Tonga
13th place   Spanien 24–14   Kanada   Japan
  Uruguay

Sydney

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Main article: 2023 Sydney Sevens
Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup   Neuseeland 38–0   Südafrika   Fidschi (Bronze)
  Frankreich
5th place   Samoa 24–12   Irland   Australien
  Great Britain
9th place   Argentinien 21–19   Tonga   Kenia
  Vereinigte Staaten
13th place   Uruguay 26–5   Spanien   Kanada
  Japan

Los Angeles

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Main article: 2023 USA Sevens
Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup   Neuseeland 22–12   Argentinien   Fidschi (Bronze)
  Australien
5th place   Samoa 24–19   Great Britain   Irland
  Südafrika
9th place   Frankreich 26–24   Spanien   Kanada
  Uruguay
13th place   Vereinigte Staaten 31–7   Japan   Chile
  Kenia

Vancouver

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Main article: 2023 Canada Sevens
Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup   Argentinien 33–21   Frankreich   Australien (Bronze)
  Irland
5th place   Neuseeland 50–7   Vereinigte Staaten   Fidschi
  Great Britain
9th place   Samoa 35–17   Kenia   Spanien
  Uruguay
13th place   Südafrika 17–5   Japan   Kanada
  Chile

Hong Kong 2023

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Main article: 2023 Hong Kong Sevens
Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup   Neuseeland 24–17   Fidschi   Frankreich (Bronze)
  Great Britain
5th place   Argentinien 7–5   Südafrika   Spanien
  Vereinigte Staaten
9th place   Irland 19–17   Samoa   Australien
  Uruguay
13th place   Hongkong 17–7   Kanada   Japan
  Kenia

Singapur

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Main article: 2023 Singapore Sevens
Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup   Neuseeland 19–17   Argentinien   Fidschi (Bronze)
  Samoa
5th place   Australien 24–21   Great Britain   Frankreich
  Uruguay
9th place   Spanien 26–10   Kenia   Japan
  Südafrika
13th place   Vereinigte Staaten 22–17   Kanada   Hongkong
  Irland

Toulouse

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Main article: 2023 France Sevens
Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup   Neuseeland 24–19   Argentinien   Frankreich (Bronze)
  Kanada
5th place   Australien 26–21   Irland   Great Britain
  Südafrika
9th place   Fidschi 26–15   Spanien   Samoa
  Uruguay
13th place   Kenia 33–12   Japan   Deutschland
  Vereinigte Staaten

London

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Main article: 2023 London Sevens
Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup   Argentinien 35–14   Fidschi   Samoa (Bronze)
  Neuseeland
5th place   Frankreich 21–19   Irland   Australien (7th)
  Great Britain
9th place   Südafrika 47–5   Vereinigte Staaten   Spanien (11th)
  Japan
Relegation
playoffs 		  Kanada 12–7   Kenia   Tonga
  Uruguay

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "How to qualify for rugby at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained". Olympics.com. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Team GB Rugby Sevens to enter HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2023". Rugby Asia 24/7. 20 July 2022. Archived from the original on 21 July 2022.
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