The 2023 Hong Kong Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament that took place at the Hong Kong Stadium from 31 March–2 April 2023. It was the 46th edition of the Hong Kong Sevens, and the eighth tournament of the 2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series. Sixteen teams competed in the tournament.
New Zealand were the champions after beating Fiji in the cup final.
Background The 2022 Hong Kong Sevens is the eighth round of eleven in the 2022–23 season
Teams Sixteen teams competed in the tournament. Fifteen core teams and one invited team.
Format The teams were divided into pools of four teams, who played a round-robin within the pool. Points were awarded in each pool on the standard schedule for rugby sevens tournaments (though different from the standard in the 15-man game)—3 for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss. The draw consists of sixteen teams with fifteen of them being core teams that compete in each series event, plus an invitational team. These teams competed in Pools A, B, C, and D. The winners and runners-up from each pool in the main draw qualified for the Cup quarterfinals. The losers of these quarterfinals competed in the placement matches.
Pool stage
Pool A TeamPldWDLPDPts3300479320110731021253003–693
Pool B TeamPldWDLPDPts330015933002073102553102–403
Pool C TeamPldWDLPDPts320143732012673201773003–763
Pool D TeamPldWDLPDPts330048932011163102–1463003–453
Knockout stage
Placement matches
Thirteenth place
Ninth place
Cup
Fifth place 5th to 8th place
Cup playoffs
Tournament placings
PlaceTeam Points 22 19 17 4 15 5 13 6 12 7 10 10 PlaceTeam Points 9 810 7 11 5 513 314 2 15 1 1
Source: World Rugby
Players
Dream team The following seven players were selected to the tournament dream team at the conclusion of the tournament
Pilipo Bukayaro Leroy Carter Luciano González Eduardo Lopez Brady Rush Joseva Talacolo Kitioni Vai
See also
References
External links Tournament page World Rugby page