The 2022 South Africa Women's Sevens was the second tournament within the 2022–23 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and was the 2nd edition of the South Africa Women's Sevens since it began in 2019. It was held on 9, 10 and 11 December 2022 at DHL Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa.
Format The twelve teams at each tournament were drawn into three pools of four teams each. A round-robin was held for each pool, where every team played each of the other three in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool, plus the two best third-placed on comparative pool standings, advanced to the Cup quarterfinals to compete for tournament honours. The other teams from each pool went to the challenge playoffs for ninth to twelfth place.
Teams Eleven core teams participated in the tournament along with one invited team, South Africa.
Core Teams
Invited Team
Pool stage All times in UAE Standard Time (UTC+4:00)
Key to colours in group tablesTeams that advanced to the cup quarterfinalsTeams that advanced to the 9th place semifinals
Pool A Team 1 3 3 0 0 119 0 +119 0 9 2 3 2 0 1 57 41 +16 1 7 3 3 1 0 2 29 85 –56 2 5 4 3 0 0 3 14 93 –79 3 3
Pool B Team 1 3 3 0 0 76 35 +41 0 9 2 3 2 0 1 71 46 +25 1 7 3 3 1 0 2 46 43 +3 2 5 4 3 0 0 3 22 91 3 3
Pool C Team 1 3 2 1 0 76 38 +38 0 8 2 3 2 0 1 50 52 –2 1 7 3 3 1 1 1 47 55 –8 1 5 4 3 0 0 3 38 66 3 3
Knockout stage
Placement matches
Ninth place 9th to 12th playoffs
Fifth place 5th to 8th playoffs
Cup playoffs
Tournament placings
PlaceTeam Points 20 18 16 4 14 5 12 6 107 88 6 9 410 311 212 1 Source: World Rugby
Players
+ Dream Team Forwards Backs Ricardo Duarttee Branco du Preez Siviwe Soyizwapi Perry Baker Harry McNulty Mark Roche Akuila Rokolisoa
See also 2022 South Africa Sevens World Rugby Women's Sevens Series 2022–23 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
References
External links Tournament site World Rugby info