The men's tournament of the rugby sevens at the 2022 South American Games was held from 7 to 9 October 2022 at the Estadio Héroes de Curupayty in Luque, Paraguay, a sub-venue outside Asunción. It was the third edition of the rugby sevens men's tournament at the South American Games since its first appearance in Santiago 2014.
The tournament served as qualifier for the 2023 Pan American Games, with the top two teams (excluding Chile) qualifying to the men's rugby sevens tournament.
Argentina won the gold medal and their second South American Games men's rugby sevens title after beating the defending champions Chile 19–7 in the final. Uruguay beat Brazil with a 19–12 score to win the bronze medal.
Argentina and Uruguay qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games as the Sudamérica Rugby representatives, besides Chile which qualified automatically as hosts.
Schedule The tournament was held over a 3-day period, from 7 to 9 October.
PRPreliminary roundPMPlacement matchBBronze medal matchFGold medal match Fri 7 Sat 8 Sun 9MorningEveningMorningEveningMorningEveningPR PR PR PR PR PM B F4 6 4 6 1 1 2
Teams A total of nine ODESUR NOCs entered teams for the men's tournament.
TeamsPrevious best performance3rdGold medal (2014)3rdFourth place (2014, 2018)3rdGold medal (2018)3rdFifth place (2014, 2018)3rdSixth place (2014, 2018)2ndSeventh place (2014)3rdSilver medal (2014, 2018)
Rosters
Each participating NOC had to enter a roster of 12 players (Technical manual Article 9).
Venue All matches were played at the Estadio Héroes de Curupayty located within the Parque Olímpico cluster in Luque, Paraguay and owned by the Paraguayan Olympic Committee. The Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, which was remodeled in 2020, has a capacity for 3,000 spectators.
Results All match times are in PYST (UTC−3).
Preliminary round The preliminary round consisted of a single group of 7 teams in which each team played once against the other 6 teams in the group on a round-robin format. The fifth and sixth placed teams advanced to play for the fifth place, the third and fourth placed teams advanced to the bronze medal match and the first and second placed teams advanced to the gold medal match.
Standings
Matches
Final stage The final stage consisted of the fifth place match, the bronze medal match and the gold medal match.
Fifth place match
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
Final ranking
2022 Men's South American Rugby Sevens Champions ArgentinaSecond title
Team roster: Rodrigo Isgro, Santiago Vera Feld, Ramiro D'Agostino, Tomás Lizazú, Agustín Fraga, Benjamín Elizalde, Joaquín Pellandini, Franco Rossetto, Matías Osadczuk, Tobias Wade, Franco Giudice, Marcos Moneta (c) Head coach: Leonardo Gravano
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeRodrigo IsgroSantiago Vera FeldRamiro D'AgostinoTomás LizazúAgustín FragaBenjamín ElizaldeJoaquín PellandiniFranco RossettoMatías OsadczukTobias WadeFranco GiudiceMarcos Moneta (c)Head coach: Leonardo GravanoErnesto TchiminoManuel BustamanteClemente ArmstrongTomás AlvaradoDiego WarnkenCristóbal GameDante MarchesseLucca AvelliBenjamín VidelaJoaquín HuiciJulio BlancVicente UrbinaHead coach: Edmundo OlfosJames McCubbinMarcos PastoreTomás EtcheverryCarlos Deus LopesIcaro AmarilloDiego ArdaoMateo ViñalsValentín GrilleGuillermo LijtensteinIgnacio ÁlvarezIgnacio FaccioloKoba BrazionisHead coach: Francisco Bulanti
Qualified teams for Pan American Games The following four teams from Sudamérica Rugby qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games women's rugby sevens tournament, including Chile which qualified as hosts.
Team Qualified onPrevious appearances in Pan American Games1 3 (all) (2011, 2015, 2019) 3 (all) (2011, 2015, 2019) 3 (all) (2011, 2015, 2019) 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
References
External links ASU2022 Rugby sevens Teams Male at ASU2022 official website.