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 | |
| Date | 4 November 2022 – 21 May 2023 |
| Nations | 15 core |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  New Zealand (14th title) |
| Runners-up |  Argentina |
| Third |  Fiji |
| Series details | |
| Top try scorer |  Vaa Apelu Maliko (50) |
| Top point scorer | Akuila Rokolisoa (415) |
← 2021–22 2023–24 → | |
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
editThe 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
editThe eleven-event schedule for the series was:[6]
| 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
|
| South Africa | DHL Stadium | Cape Town | 9–11 December 2022 | Samoa
|
| New Zealand | Waikato Stadium | Hamilton | 21–22 January 2023 | Argentina
|
| Australia | Sydney Football Stadium | Sydney | 27–29 January 2023 | New Zealand
|
| United States | Dignity Health Sports Park | Los Angeles | 25–26 February 2023 | New Zealand
|
| Canada | BC Place | Vancouver | 3–5 March 2023 | Argentina
|
| Hong Kong 2023 | Hong Kong Stadium | Hong Kong | 31 March – 2 April 2023 | New Zealand
|
| Singapore | National Stadium | Singapore | 8–9 April 2023 | New Zealand
|
| France | Stade Ernest-Wallon | Toulouse | 12–14 May 2023 | New Zealand
|
| England | Twickenham Stadium | London | 20–21 May 2023 | Argentina
|
Standings
editThe 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.
| Pos |
Event Team
|
 Hong Kong I |
 Dubai |
Cape Town |
Hamilton |
Sydney |
 Los Angeles |
 Vancouver |
Hong Kong II |
 Singapore |
 Toulouse |
 London |
Total points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Zealand
|
8 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 13 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 14 | 200 |
| 2 | Argentina
|
13 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 13 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 179 |
| 3 | Fiji
|
19 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 18 | 156 |
| 4 | France
|
17 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 151 |
| 5 | Australia
|
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 | South Africa
|
10 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 120 |
| 8 |  Ireland
|
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 | United States
|
12 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 98 |
| 11 |  Spain
|
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 |  Kenya
|
1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 40 |
| 14 | Canada
|
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 | Hong Kong
|
1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | 5 |
| 18 |  Chile
|
— | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| 19 |  Uganda
|
— | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| 20 |  Germany
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 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
editTallies of top-four placings in tournaments during the 2022–23 series, by team:
| Team |  Gold
|
 Silver
|
 Bronze
|
Fourth | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand
|
5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Argentina
|
3 | 3 | — | — | 6 |
| South Africa
|
1 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 |
| Samoa
|
1 | — | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Australia
|
1 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Fiji
|
— | 3 | 3 | — | 6 |
| France
|
— | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Ireland
|
— | 1 | — | 1 | 2 |
| United States
|
— | — | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Canada
|
— | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Great Britain
|
— | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Player statistics
editDream Team
edit| Rodrigo Isgró Leroy Carter Akuila Rojolisoa Marcos Moneta Luciano González Rizzoni Vaa Apelu Maliko Henry Paterson
|
Reference:[8]
Scoring
edit
Updated: 4 June 2023[9] |
Updated: 4 June 2023[9] |
Performance
edit
|
Key: T: Tackles (1 pt), B: Breaks (3 pts), O: Offloads (2 pts), C: Carries (1 pt) Source: DHL Impact Player Table at archive.today (archived 22 May 2023) |
Tournaments
editHong Kong 2022
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
|
London
edit| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semifinalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cup | Argentina
|
35–14 | Fiji
|
Samoa (Bronze) New Zealand
|
| 5th place | France
|
21–19 | Ireland
|
Australia (7th) Great Britain
|
| 9th place | South Africa
|
47–5 | United States
|
Spain (11th) Japan
|
| Relegation playoffs |
Canada
|
12–7 | Kenya
|
Tonga Uruguay
|
See also
editReferences
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- ^ "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.
- ^ "Uruguay Secure Core Status on 2023 World Sevens Series". Americas Rugby News. 14 August 2022.
- ^ "Great Britain Sevens to compete in HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series". world.rugby. World Rugby. 20 July 2022.
- ^ "Great Britain sevens: Nations combine for 2023 World Sevens Series". British Broadcasting Corporation. 20 July 2022. Archived from the original on 20 July 2022.
- ^ "HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2023 schedule confirmed". Rugby Asia 24/7. 1 June 2022. Archived from the original on 21 July 2022.
- ^ "HSBC World Rugby Sevens standings". World Rugby. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
The 15th ranked core team based on accumulated Series points following the tenth round in Toulouse will be relegated. The teams ranked 12th, 13th and 14th at the end of Toulouse will enter a four-team relegation play-off together with the Challenger Series 2023 winners at the eleventh and final round of the Series in London. The relegation play-off will be round-robin format with the top two teams then playing a final. The winner will become the 12th core team on the 2024 Series, while the other three teams will enter their respective Regional Sevens Championships in order to qualify for the 2024 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series. The Challenger Series will continue to provide a pathway for teams to qualify for the World Rugby Sevens Series.
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