2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series

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2022–23 World Rugby Sevens
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Date 4 November 2022 – 21 May 2023
Final positions
Series details

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 also, for the third time, doubled as a qualifier for the Olympic Games, with the top four countries qualifying automatically for the 2024 Olympic Sevens.[1]

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Core teams

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

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

Tour venues

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

2022–23 Itinerary
Leg Stadium City Dates Winner
Hong Kong 2022 Hong Kong Stadium Hong Kong 4–6 November 2022  Australia
Dubai The Sevens Stadium Dubai 2–3 December 2022
South Africa Cape Town Stadium Cape Town 9–11 December 2022
New Zealand Waikato Stadium Hamilton 21–22 January 2023
Australia Sydney Football Stadium Sydney 27–29 January 2023
United States Dignity Health Sports Park Los Angeles 25–26 February 2023
Canada BC Place Vancouver 3–5 March 2023
Hong Kong 2023 Hong Kong Stadium Hong Kong 31 March – 2 April 2023
Singapore National Stadium Singapore 8–9 April 2023
France Stade Ernest-Wallon Toulouse 12–14 May 2023
England Twickenham Stadium London 20–21 May 2023

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.

2021–22 World Rugby Sevens – Series XXIII
 
Pos
Event 
Team
Hong Kong I
Dubai
Cape Town
Ham­ilton
Syd­ney
Los Ang­eles
Van­cou­ver
Hong Kong II
Singa­pore
Tou­louse
Lon­don		 Total
points
   
1  Australia 22 22
2  Fiji 19 19
3  France 17 17
4  Samoa 15 15
5  Argentina 13 13
6  United States 12 12
7  Ireland 10  10[lower-alpha 1]
8  South Africa 10  10[lower-alpha 1]
9  New Zealand 8 8
10  Canada 7 7
11  Great Britain 5  5[lower-alpha 2]
12  Spain 5  5[lower-alpha 2]
13  Uruguay 3 3
14  Japan 2 2
15  Kenya 1  1[lower-alpha 3]
16  Hong Kong 1 — — — — — — — — — —  1[lower-alpha 3]
17  Uganda — — — — — — — — — — 0

Source: World Rugby

Legend
No colour Core team in 2022–23 and re-qualified as a core team for the 2023–24 World Rugby Sevens Series
Pink Relegated during the relegation play-offs in Round 11 of the 2022–23 series.[7]
Red Relegated as the lowest placed core team after Round 10 of the 2022–23 series.[7]
Yellow Not a core team
Qualified to the 2024 Olympic Sevens as one of the four highest-placed eligible teams from the 2022–23 series.[1]
Already confirmed for the 2024 Olympic Sevens (host country France).
Notes
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tie-breaker margin of points scored for and against from all matches: Ireland +8, South Africa +5.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tie-breaker margin of points scored for and against from all matches: Great Britain −10, Spain −13.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Tie-breaker margin of points scored for and against from all matches: Kenya −86, Hong Kong −92.

Placings summary

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

Team 1st Gold 2nd Silver 3rd Bronze Fourth Total
 Australia 1 — — — 1
 Fiji — 1 — — 1
 France — — 1 — 1
 Samoa — — — 1 1

See also

References

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External links

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