The women's tournament for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens was held in Cape Town, South Africa from 9 to 11 September at the Cape Town Stadium.
Teams
The four semi-finalists from the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens were automatic qualifiers, with South Africa also qualifying as host. The remaining eleven places were decided in the six continental regions.
Region Automatic qualifiers Continental qualifiers Total teamsAfrica (hosts) 2North America 2South America — 2 Asia — 2Europe 5Oceania (holders) 3Totals 5 11 16
Notes
Draw The ten core teams from the World Rugby Sevens Series were seeded according to their points accumulated across the 2019–20 and 2021–22 seasons.
Seed 2019–20 2021–22 TotalPoints1 80 80 1602 96 57 153 3 70 60 1304 66 56 1225 80 40 1006 38 60 987 15 60 758 36 33 699 28 26 541010 24 30
The remaining six teams were seeded based on regional ranking positions in July 2022.
Seed Team11 12 13 141516
Format Like the previous edition, the tournament was played using a knock-out format. Teams in the Championship Cup competed for the Rugby Sevens World Cup trophy and gold, silver and bronze medals. Losing teams in the Championship Cup quarterfinals played off for 5th to 8th place. Losing teams in the Championship Cup Round of 16 (first round) competed for the Challenge Trophy and lower places. All teams played four matches.
Tournament Match results as per the official website:
All times are local (UTC+2).
13th place
Matches13th–16th semi-finals
15th-place final
13th-place final
Challenge Trophy
MatchesChallenge quarter-finals
Challenge semi-finals
11th-place final
Challenge final
5th place
Matches5th–8th semi-finals
7th-place final
5th-place final
Championship Cup
MatchesRound of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Bronze final
Cup final
Final placings
PlaceTeam 45678
PlaceTeam910111213141516
Player scoring
+Tries scored Rank Player Tries 1 Faith Nathan 9 2 Ana Maria Naimasi 6 3 Nadine Roos 5 Reapi Ulunisau Wakaba Hara
+Points scored Rank Player Points 1 Faith Nathan 45 2 Ana Maria Naimasi 34 3 Reapi Ulunisau 33 4 Risi Pouri-Lane 32 5 Nadine Roos 31
Source:
See also 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Men's tournament
References