2022 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series – Women's tour

The 2022 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series – Women's tour was the inaugural season of the second-tier global competition for women's national rugby sevens teams.[1] It was played as a single tournament on 12–14 August 2022 in Santiago, Chile at the Estadio Santa Laura with twelve teams competing.[2] The tournament was the qualifying event for the World Rugby Sevens Series, with the winner gaining promotion as a core team for the 2022–23 season.[3] The tournament was won by Japan 7s, defeating Poland 7s by 17–0 in the final, with China 7s finishing in third place.

2022 Sevens Challenger Series
Women's tour – Series I
Hosts
Date12–14 August 2022
Nations12
Final positions
Champions Japan
Runners-up Poland
Third China
2020 (cancelled)
2023

Teams

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Twelve national women's teams qualified for the Challenger Series tournament in 2022.[4]

Nation Means of qualification Date qualified
  Chile Host 13 July 2022
  Mexico 2022 RAN Women's Sevens Qualifiers 24 April 2022
  Poland
  Belgium
2021 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Championship Series 26 June 2021
  Japan
  China
  Kazakhstan
2021 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series 20 November 2021
  South Africa
  Kenya
2019 Africa Women's Sevens 13 October 2019
  Papua New Guinea 2019 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship 9 November 2019
  Argentina
  Colombia
2021 Sudamerica Rugby Women's Sevens 12 November 2021
Total 12

Pool stage

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All times are CLST, Chile Summer Time: (UTC-3).

Key:   Team advanced to the quarterfinals

Pool D

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Team W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Kenya 3 0 0 63 25 +38 9
  China 2 0 1 68 24 +44 7
  South Africa 1 0 2 34 58 −24 4
  Chile 0 0 3 15 73 −58 2


Match 5 12 August 2022 China   15–17   Kenya Estadio Santa Laura  
14:01
Match 6 12 August 2022 Chile   10–22   South Africa Estadio Santa Laura  
14:23
Match 11 12 August 2022 Chile   0–36   China Estadio Santa Laura  
19:10
Match 12 12 August 2022 South Africa   5–31   Kenya Estadio Santa Laura  
19:37
Match 16 13 August 2022 Chile   5–15   Kenya Estadio Santa Laura  
00:34
Match 18 13 August 2022 South Africa   7–17   China Estadio Santa Laura  
03:02

Pool E

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Team W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Poland 3 0 0 143 17 +126 9
  Argentina 2 0 1 54 53 +1 7
  Belgium 1 0 2 63 51 +12 5
  Papua New Guinea 0 0 3 7 146 −139 3


Match 3 12 August 2022 Belgium   41–0   Papua New Guinea Estadio Santa Laura  
11:29
Match 4 12 August 2022 Poland   36–5   Argentina Estadio Santa Laura  
11:51
Match 9 12 August 2022 Belgium   10–15   Argentina Estadio Santa Laura  
16:23
Match 10 12 August 2022 Poland   71–0   Papua New Guinea Estadio Santa Laura  
16:45
Match 15 13 August 2022 Papua New Guinea   7–34   Argentina Estadio Santa Laura  
10:12
Match 17 13 August 2022 Poland   36–12   Belgium Estadio Santa Laura  
12:40

Pool F

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Team W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Japan 3 0 0 91 22 +69 9
  Kazakhstan 2 0 1 51 36 +15 7
  Colombia 1 0 2 45 50 −5 5
  Mexico 0 0 3 17 96 −79 3


Match 1 12 August 2022 Colombia   5–22   Kazakhstan Estadio Santa Laura  
10:45
Match 2 12 August 2022 Japan   44–5   Mexico Estadio Santa Laura  
11:07
Match 7 12 August 2022 Kazakhstan   24–5   Mexico Estadio Santa Laura  
15:39
Match 8 12 August 2022 Japan   21–12   Colombia Estadio Santa Laura  
16:01
Match 13 13 August 2022 Colombia   28–7   Mexico Estadio Santa Laura  
09:28
Match 14 13 August 2022 Japan   26–5   Kazakhstan Estadio Santa Laura  
09:50

Ranking of third-placed teams

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Belgium 3 1 0 2 63 51 +12 5 Advance to Quarter-finals
2   Colombia 3 1 0 2 45 50 −5 5
3   South Africa 3 1 0 2 34 58 −24 5
Source: World Rugby

Knockout stage

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9th–12th place bracket

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9th place semifinals9th place final
 
      
 
13 August – Estadio Santa Laura
 
 
  South Africa29
 
14 August – Estadio Santa Laura
 
  Papua New Guinea10
 
  South Africa29
 
13 August – Estadio Santa Laura
 
  Chile10
 
  Chile12
 
 
  Mexico5
 
11th place final
 
 
14 August – Estadio Santa Laura
 
 
  Papua New Guinea29
 
 
  Mexico12

9th–12th place Semi-finals

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Match 19 13 August South Africa   29–10   Papua New Guinea Estadio Santa Laura  
15:24 Report
Match 20 13 August Chile   12–5   Mexico Estadio Santa Laura  
15:46 Report

11th place Final

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Match 29 14 August Papua New Guinea   29–12   Mexico Estadio Santa Laura  
14:38 Report

9th place Final

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Match 30 14 August South Africa   29–10   Chile Estadio Santa Laura  
15:03 Report

5th–8th place bracket

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5th place semifinals5th place final
 
      
 
14 August – Estadio Santa Laura
 
 
  Kazakhstan12
 
14 August – Estadio Santa Laura
 
  Colombia10
 
  Kazakhstan17
 
14 August – Estadio Santa Laura
 
  Belgium5
 
  Argentina10
 
 
  Belgium12
 
7th place final
 
 
14 August – Estadio Santa Laura
 
 
  Colombia12
 
 
  Argentina17

5th–8th place Semi-finals

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Match 25 14 August Colombia   10–12   Kazakhstan Estadio Santa Laura  
10:44 Report
Match 26 14 August Belgium   12–10   Argentina Estadio Santa Laura  
11:06 Report

7th place Final

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Match 31 14 August Colombia   12–17   Argentina Estadio Santa Laura  
16:28 Report

5th place Final

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Match 32 14 August Kazakhstan   17–5   Belgium Estadio Santa Laura  
16:53 Report

Cup bracket

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
13 August – Estadio Santa Laura
 
 
  Poland36
 
14 August – Estadio Santa Laura
 
  Colombia0
 
  Poland22
 
13 August – Estadio Santa Laura
 
  China15
 
  Kazakhstan7
 
14 August – Estadio Santa Laura
 
  China21
 
  Poland0
 
13 August – Estadio Santa Laura
 
  Japan17
 
  Kenya24
 
14 August – Estadio Santa Laura
 
  Argentina7
 
  Kenya15
 
13 August – Estadio Santa Laura
 
  Japan22 Third place
 
  Belgium0
 
14 August – Estadio Santa Laura
 
  Japan31
 
  China31
 
 
  Kenya5
 

Cup Quarter-finals

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Match 21 13 August China   21–7   Kazakhstan Estadio Santa Laura  
17:00 Report
Match 22 13 August Kenya   36–0   Argentina Estadio Santa Laura  
17:25 Report
Match 23 13 August Japan   31–0   Belgium Estadio Santa Laura  
19:06 Report
Match 24 13 August Poland   36–0   Colombia Estadio Santa Laura  
19:34 Report

Cup Semi-finals

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Match 27 14 August Poland   22–15   China Estadio Santa Laura  
11:33 Report
Match 28 14 August Japan   22–15   Kenya Estadio Santa Laura  
00:58 Report

Third place play-off

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Match 33 14 August China   31–5   Kenya Estadio Santa Laura  
17:44 Report

Cup Final

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Match 34 14 August Poland   0–17   Japan Estadio Santa Laura  
18:47 Report

Placings

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The final placings are listed below, the winner being promoted as a core team for the 2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series:

Pos Team
1   Japan
2   Poland
3   China
4   Kenya
5   Kazakhstan
6   Belgium
7   Argentina
8   Colombia
9   South Africa
10   Chile
11   Papua New Guinea
12   Mexico

Key:   Core team for the World Rugby Sevens Series in 2022–23.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "World Rugby Challenger Series". world.rugby. World Rugby.
  2. ^ "Sevens Challenger Series 2022 | World Rugby".
  3. ^ "Teams aim for promotion at World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series in Chile - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series".
  4. ^ "Sport: Teams aim for promotion at world rugby Sevens Challenger Series in Chile". Radio New Zealand. 14 July 2022. Archived from the original on 14 February 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
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