The 2022 South Africa Sevens was the third tournament within the 2022âÂÂ23 World Rugby Sevens Series and the 22nd South Africa Sevens tournament. The event was won by , defeating by 12âÂÂ7 in the final. It was held on 9âÂÂ11 December 2022 at the DHL Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa.
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.
Fifteen core teams participated in the tournament along with one invited team, Uganda.
Core Teams
Invited Team
All times in South African Standard Time ()
Pool C saw a huge upset with defending champions New Zealand defeated 14-10 by Spain.
Source: World Rugby