2023 South Africa Sevens

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

References

External links

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

9th to 12th playoffs

5th to 8th playoffs

Cup

Final placings

Dream Team

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

9th to 12th playoffs

5th to 8th playoffs

Cup

Final placings

Dream Team

2023 Cape Town Sevens
2023 Cape Town Sevens
2023–24 SVNS
Host nation	Südafrika
Men
Date	9–10 December 2023
Champion	Argentinien
Runner-up	Australien
Third	Fidschi
Women
Date	9–10 December 2023
Champion	Australien
Runner-up	Frankreich
Third	Neuseeland
Tournament details
Matches played	64
	← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 South Africa Sevens or SVNS CPT was a rugby sevens tournament played at Cape Town Stadium. Twelve men's and women's teams participated.^[1]

In the men's competition, hosts South Africa were knocked out in the quarterfinals by Australia after losing to Ireland in their final group game.^[2]

Champions Samoa failed to qualify from the group stages and beaten 2022 finalists New Zealand also lost a group game before managing to make it through to the knockouts.^[3]

In the women's competition, 2022 champions New Zealand kicked off with a win over Great Britain.^[4]

During her team's win over Canada in the quarter-final New Zealander Michaela Blyde became the second women to score 200 tries in the international sevens competition.^[5]

Argentina won the men's event and their first title in South Africa, defeating Australia in the final. Australia won the women's event and their first ever title in South Africa, defeating France in the final.

9 December
10:50

Irland	31–0	Vereinigte Staaten
Try: Ward (2), Kennedy (2), Mullin Con: Roche (2), Dardis

DHL Stadium, Cape Town

9 December
10:50

Südafrika	19–5	Great Britain
Try: Nortje (2), Geduld Con: Geduld, Brown		Try: Glover

DHL Stadium, Cape Town

9 December
13:50

Irland	19–14	Great Britain
Try: McNulty (2), Kennedy Con: Dardis (2)		Try: Bavadra, Emery Con: Emery (2)

DHL Stadium, Cape Town

9 December
14:12

Südafrika	26–14	Vereinigte Staaten
Try: Oosthuizen, Specman, Visser, Brown Con: Geduld (2), Brown		Try: Lacamp (2) Con: Hughes (2)

DHL Stadium, Cape Town

9 December
19:12

Vereinigte Staaten	26–31 (aet)	Great Britain
Try: Broselle, Hughes, Lacamp, Channel Con: Hughes (3)		Try: Glover, Emery (2), Williams, McCann Con: Fergusson, Emery (2)

DHL Stadium, Cape Town

9 December
19:34

Südafrika	12–14	Irland
Try: Specman, Human Con: Human		Try: Mullin (2) Con: Lennox (2)

DHL Stadium, Cape Town

9 December
10:28

Fidschi	14–17	Frankreich
Try: Rasaku, Matana Con: Tamani (2)		Try: Joseph (2) Con: Parez (2) Pen: Rebbadj

DHL Stadium, Cape Town

9 December
10:28

Argentinien	31–12	Spanien
Try: González (2), Moneta, Fraga, Vera Feld Con: Pellandini (3)		Try: Sainz-Trápaga, Anso Con: Martínez

DHL Stadium, Cape Town

9 December
13:06

Fidschi	33–7	Spanien
Try: Bukayaro (3), Naduvalo, Matana Con: Tamani (3), Sauturaga		Try: Ramos Con: Ramos

DHL Stadium, Cape Town

9 December
13:28

Argentinien	21–7	Frankreich
Try: González, Moneta, Pellandini Con: Pellandini (3)		Try: Joseph Con: Rebbadj

DHL Stadium, Cape Town

9 December
18:28

Frankreich	21–19	Spanien
Try: Sepho (2), Timo Con: Parez (2), Rebbadj		Try: López, Anso, Serres Con: Serres (1), Ramos

DHL Stadium, Cape Town

9 December
18:50

Argentinien	12–19	Fidschi
Try: Fraga, Graziano Con: Wade		Try: Naduvalo, Rasaku, Bukayaro Con: Sauturaga (2)

DHL Stadium, Cape Town

9 December
10:06

Samoa	7–27	Australien
Try: Falaniko Con: Niuula		Try: Palmer (2), Longbottom, Roache, Turner Con: Roache

DHL Stadium, Cape Town

9 December
10:06

Neuseeland	7–19	Kanada
Try: Molia Con: Cook-Savage		Try: Richard, Coats, Carson Con: Coats (2)

DHL Stadium, Cape Town

9 December
12:22

Samoa	7–33	Kanada
Try: Masefau Con: Niuula		Try: Coats, Carson, Oworu, Kratz, Sager Con: Coats (3), Kratz

DHL Stadium, Cape Town

9 December
12:44

Neuseeland	35–5	Australien
Try: Leo, Carter (3), McGarvey-Black Con: McGarvey-Black (4), Curry		Try: Sargeant

DHL Stadium, Cape Town

9 December
17:22

Australien	26–7	Kanada
Try: Longbottom, Lawson, Turner, Lawson Con: Longbottom (3)		Try: Kratz Con: Kratz

DHL Stadium, Cape Town

9 December
17:44

Neuseeland	14–21	Samoa
Try: Molia, Curry Con: McGarvey-Black, Cook-Savage		Try: Opetai, Niulevae, Alofipo Con: Tavita, Alofipo (2)

DHL Stadium, Cape Town

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9th place semifinals		9th place final

10 December 2023– 09:54 – DHL Stadium

Samoa	17
		10 December 2023– 13:28 – DHL Stadium
Spanien	24
		Spanien	7
10 December 2023– 10:16 – DHL Stadium
		Great Britain	31
Great Britain	21

Vereinigte Staaten	14
		11th place final

		10 December 2023– 12:44 – DHL Stadium

		Samoa	19

		Vereinigte Staaten	24

Team	Point differential
Neuseeland	6
Südafrika	-4
Frankreich	-14
Kanada	-14

Fifth place

10 December
16:52

Südafrika	7–31	Neuseeland

DHL Stadium, Cape Town

Seventh place

10 December
16:08

Kanada	33–17	Frankreich

DHL Stadium, Cape Town

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

10 December 2023– 10:34 – DHL Stadium

Argentinien	33
		10 December 2023– 14:56 – DHL Stadium
Kanada	0
		Argentinien	26
10 December 2023– 10:56 – DHL Stadium
		Irland	19
Irland	36
				10 December 2023– 19:23 – DHL Stadium
Neuseeland	21
				Argentinien	45
10 December 2023– 11:18 – DHL Stadium
				Australien	12
Australien	28
		10 December 2023– 15:18 – DHL Stadium
Südafrika	0
		Australien	24
10 December 2023– 11:40 – DHL Stadium
		Fidschi	7	3rd place final
Fidschi	29
				10 December 2023– 18:10 – DHL Stadium
Frankreich	24
				Irland	7

				Fidschi	14

^[7]

Place	Team
	Argentinien
	Australien
	Fidschi
4	Irland
5	Neuseeland
6	Südafrika
7	Kanada
8	Frankreich
9	Great Britain
10	Spanien
11	Vereinigte Staaten
12	Samoa

Player	Land
Terry Kennedy	Irland
Maurice Longbottom	Australien
Nathan Lawson	Australien
James Turner	Australien
Kaminieli Rasaku	Fidschi
Matías Osadczuk	Argentinien
Germán Schulz	Argentinien

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Australien	3	0	120	7	+113	9
Fidschi	2	1	57	50	+7	6
Japan	1	2	34	109	–75	3
Spanien	0	3	29	74	–45	2

9 December
09:22

Fidschi	36–12	Japan

DHL Stadium, Cape Town

9 December
09:22

Australien	38–0	Spanien

DHL Stadium, Cape Town

9 December
11:34

Fidschi	14–10	Spanien

DHL Stadium, Cape Town

9 December
11:34

Australien	54–0	Japan

DHL Stadium, Cape Town

9 December
15:32

Japan	22–19	Spanien

DHL Stadium, Cape Town

9 December
15:54

Australien	28–7	Fidschi

DHL Stadium, Cape Town

9 December
09:00

Irland	39–14	Brasilien

DHL Stadium, Cape Town

9 December
09:00

Neuseeland	37–5	Great Britain

DHL Stadium, Cape Town

9 December
11:12

Irland	15–19	Great Britain

DHL Stadium, Cape Town

9 December
11:12

Neuseeland	22–12	Brasilien

DHL Stadium, Cape Town

9 December
14:48

Brasilien	12–26	Great Britain

DHL Stadium, Cape Town

9 December
15:10

Neuseeland	33–7	Irland

DHL Stadium, Cape Town

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Frankreich	3	0	79	24	+55	9
Vereinigte Staaten	2	1	55	45	+10	6
Kanada	1	2	71	40	+31	5
Südafrika	0	3	7	103	–96	0

9 December
09:44

Kanada	14–21	Vereinigte Staaten

DHL Stadium, Cape Town

9 December
09:44

Frankreich	29–7	Südafrika

DHL Stadium, Cape Town

9 December
11:56

Kanada	40–0	Südafrika

DHL Stadium, Cape Town

9 December
11:56

Frankreich	31–0	Vereinigte Staaten

DHL Stadium, Cape Town

9 December
16:38

Vereinigte Staaten	34–0	Südafrika

DHL Stadium, Cape Town

9 December
17:00

Frankreich	19–17	Kanada

DHL Stadium, Cape Town

9th place semifinals		9th place final

10 December 2023– 09:00 – DHL Stadium

Spanien	7
		10 December 2023– 13:06 – DHL Stadium
Brasilien	21
		Brasilien	15
10 December 2023– 09:22 – DHL Stadium
		Japan	14
Japan	27

Südafrika	7
		11th place final

		10 December 2023– 12:22 – DHL Stadium

		Spanien	21

		Südafrika	7

Team	Point differential
Fidschi	5
Kanada	-10
Irland	-15
Great Britain	-21

Fifth place

10 December
16:30

Fidschi	19–17	Kanada

DHL Stadium, Cape Town

Seventh place

10 December
15:46

Irland	17–5	Great Britain

DHL Stadium, Cape Town

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

10 December 2023– 09:00 – DHL Stadium

Great Britain	12
		10 December 2023– 14:12 – DHL Stadium
Vereinigte Staaten	19
		Vereinigte Staaten	5
10 December 2023– 09:22 – DHL Stadium
		Australien	33
Australien	24
				10 December 2023– 18:43 – DHL Stadium
Irland	14
				Australien	29
10 December 2023– 09:44 – DHL Stadium
				Frankreich	26
Frankreich	19
		10 December 2023– 14:34 – DHL Stadium
Fidschi	17
		Frankreich	24
10 December 2023– 10:06 – DHL Stadium
		Neuseeland	12	3rd place final
Neuseeland	41
				10 December 2023– 17:40 – DHL Stadium
Kanada	0
				Vereinigte Staaten	7

				Neuseeland	19

Place	Team
	Australien
	Frankreich
	Neuseeland
4	Vereinigte Staaten
5	Fidschi
6	Kanada
7	Irland
8	Great Britain
9	Brasilien
10	Japan
11	Spanien
12	Südafrika

Player	Land
Emma Uren	Great Britain
Naya Tapper	Vereinigte Staaten
Jazmin Felix-Hotham	Neuseeland
Anne-Cécile Ciofani	Frankreich
Camille Grassineau	Frankreich
Bienne Terita	Australien
Teagan Levi	Australien

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^ "Blitzboks dumped out of Cape Town Sevens cup competition". www.msn.com. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
^ "South Africa and New Zealand lose but still advance to Cape Town Sevens quarters". AP News. 9 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
^ "Rugby Sevens: Black Ferns Sevens begin Cape Town title defence with pool win over Great Britain". Newshub. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
^ McConnell, Lynn (11 December 2023). "Blyde Joins Special Club as New Zealand Teams Fall Short in Cape Town". Retrieved 12 December 2023.
^ world.rugby. "Fixtures & Results". www.svns.com. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
^ world.rugby. "Fixtures & Results". www.svns.com. Retrieved 10 December 2023.

Great Britain

Vereinigte Staaten

2023–24 SVNS
Preceded by 2023 Dubai Sevens	2023 South Africa Sevens	Succeeded by 2024 Australia Sevens

[1] "Pools for HSBC SVNS Cape Town revealed". rugby365.com. Retrieved 5 December 2023.

[2] "Blitzboks dumped out of Cape Town Sevens cup competition". www.msn.com. Retrieved 10 December 2023.

[3] "South Africa and New Zealand lose but still advance to Cape Town Sevens quarters". AP News. 9 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.

[4] "Rugby Sevens: Black Ferns Sevens begin Cape Town title defence with pool win over Great Britain". Newshub. Retrieved 10 December 2023.

[McConnell1-5] McConnell, Lynn (11 December 2023). "Blyde Joins Special Club as New Zealand Teams Fall Short in Cape Town". Retrieved 12 December 2023.

[6] world.rugby. "Fixtures & Results". www.svns.com. Retrieved 10 December 2023.

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Tournaments	Dubai Cape Town Perth Vancouver Los Angeles Hongkong Singapur Madrid (Grand Final)
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2023–24 events	Dubai Cape Town Perth Vancouver Los Angeles Hongkong Singapur Madrid (Grand Final)
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