Rugby sevens at the 2022 South American Games – Men's tournament

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.[1] It was the third edition of the rugby sevens men's tournament at the South American Games since its first appearance in Santiago 2014.

2020 South American Games men's rugby sevens tournament
Tournament details
Host Paraguay
VenueEstadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción
Date7–9 October 2022
Teams7
Final positions
Champions Argentina (2nd title)
Runner-up Chile
Third place Uruguay
Fourth place Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Tries scored135 (5.63 per match)
2018
2026

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.[2]

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.[3]

Argentina and Uruguay qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games as the Sudamérica Rugby representatives, besides Chile which qualified automatically as hosts.[4]

Schedule

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The tournament was held over a 3-day period, from 7 to 9 October.[5]

PR Preliminary round PM Placement match B Bronze medal match F Gold medal match
Fri 7 Sat 8 Sun 9
Morning Evening Morning Evening Morning Evening
PR PR PR PR PR PM B F
4 M 6 M 4 M 6 M 1 M 1 M 2 M

Teams

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A total of nine ODESUR NOCs entered teams for the men's tournament.

Teams App Previous best performance
  Argentina 3rd Gold medal (2014)
  Brazil 3rd Fourth place (2014, 2018)
  Chile 3rd Gold medal (2018)
  Colombia 3rd Fifth place (2014, 2018)
  Paraguay 3rd Sixth place (2014, 2018)
  Peru 2nd Seventh place (2014)
  Uruguay 3rd Silver medal (2014, 2018)

Rosters

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Each participating NOC had to enter a roster of 12 players (Technical manual Article 9).[1]

Venue

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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.[6] The Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, which was remodeled in 2020, has a capacity for 3,000 spectators.[7][8]

Results

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All match times are in PYST (UTC−3).[9]

Preliminary round

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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

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Argentina 6 6 0 0 233 29 +204 18 Gold medal match
2   Chile 6 5 0 1 141 61 +80 16
3   Uruguay 6 4 0 2 156 74 +82 14 Bronze medal match
4   Brazil 6 3 0 3 89 74 +15 12
5   Colombia 6 2 0 4 72 134 −62 10 Fifth place match
6   Paraguay 6 1 0 5 55 141 −86 8
7   Peru 6 0 0 6 12 245 −233 6 7th place
Source: ASU2022
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Points difference; 4) Tries difference; 5) Points scored; 6) Tries scored; 7) Fewest red cards received; 8) Fewest yellow cards received; 9) Drawing of lots.

Matches

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7 October 2022 (2022-10-07)
9:00
Chile  19–12  Uruguay
Try: Huici (2) 3' c, 13' m
Warnken 12' c
Con: Warnken 3', 12'
ReportTry: Brazionis 1' m
Lijtenstein 5' c
Con: Viñals 5'
Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción
7 October 2022 (2022-10-07)
9:22
Brazil  10–31  Argentina
Try: Romeu 4' m
Da Silva 8' m
ReportTry: Moneta (2) 2' c, 5' m
Wade 9' c
Lizazú 12' m
D'Agostino 13' c
Con: Wade 2', 9', 14'
Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción
7 October 2022 (2022-10-07)
9:44
Peru  0–45  Colombia
ReportTry: Ceballos 4' c
Navarro (2) 6' m, 10' c
Guisao (2) 8' c, 9' m
Urrutia (2) 11' c, 14' c
Con: Urrutia 4', 8'
Ortiz 10', 12', 14'
Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción
7 October 2022 (2022-10-07)
11:12
Chile  24–7  Paraguay
Try: Urbina 1T m
Huici 4' m
Videla 6' c
Game 12' c
Con: Alvarado 6'
Warnken 12'
ReportTry: Sotelo 8' c
Con: Mussi (1/1) 8'
Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción
7 October 2022 (2022-10-07)
16:30
Colombia  27–12  Paraguay
Try: Agudelo (2) 1' m, 11' m
García 8' c
Urrutia 11' m
Ceballos 13' m
Con: Urrutia 8'
ReportTry: Chilavert 4' m
Berdejo 14' c
Con: Urbieta 14'
Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción
7 October 2022 (2022-10-07)
16:52
Argentina  50–0  Peru
Try: Elizalde (2) 1T, 8' c
Vera 3' m
D'Agostino 1T
Lizazú (2) 1T, 7' m
Rossetto (2) 2T, 2T
Con: Vera 2', 5'
D'Agostino 8'
Pellandini 2T, 2T
Report
Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción
7 October 2022 (2022-10-07)
17:14
Uruguay  12–10  Brazil
Try: Viñals 5' c
Lijtenstein 2T m
Con: Lijtenstein 5'
ReportTry: Robert Aguinaldo 1' m
Romeu 9' m
Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción
7 October 2022 (2022-10-07)
19:07
Chile  45–0  Peru
Try: Marchesse 2' c
Alvarado 3' c
Tchimino 5' m
Armstrong 8' c
Urbina 10' c
Blanc 2T m
Avelli 14' c
Con: Bustamante 3'
Warnken 3'
Alvarado 8', 10', 14'
Report
Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción
7 October 2022 (2022-10-07)
19:29
Argentina  41–0  Colombia
Try: D'Agostino (2) 1T m, 10' c
Moneta (2) 3' m, 7' c
Osadczuk 9' m
Giudice 13' m
Isgro 14' c
Con: Moneta 7'
Isgro 11', 14'
Report
Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción
7 October 2022 (2022-10-07)
19:51
Uruguay  28–7  Paraguay
Try: Ardao 2' c
Viñals 6' c
Mc Cubbin 8' c
Facciolo 10' c
Con: Brazionis (2/2) 3', 6'
Lijtenstein (2/2) 8', 11'
ReportTry: Sotelo 14' c
Con: Mussi (1/1) 14'
Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción

8 October 2022 (2022-10-08)
9:00
Chile  22–0  Colombia
Try: Videla 1T m
Armstrong 6' m
Warnken 10' c
Urbina 13' m
Con: Warnken 11'
Report
Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción
8 October 2022 (2022-10-08)
9:22
Uruguay  12–33  Argentina
Try: Ardao 5' m
Amarillo 14' c
Con: Amarillo 14'
ReportTry: D'Agostino 2' c
Osadczuk (3) 1T c, 8' m, 9' c
Isgro 12' c
Con: Isgro 2', 1T
Wade 9', 13'
Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción
8 October 2022 (2022-10-08)
9:44
Brazil  12–7  Paraguay
Try: Da Silva 1T m
De Morais 8' c
Con: Lucas Rainho 8'
ReportTry: Sotelo 9' c
Con: Urbieta (1/1) 9'
Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción
8 October 2022 (2022-10-08)
11:32
Uruguay  40–0  Colombia
Try: Facciolo (2) 1' c, 14' c
Amarillo 5' c
Viñals 7' m
Brazionis 11' c
Álvarez 14' c
Con: Lijtenstein 1', 6', 14'
Brazionis 11', 14'
Report
Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción
8 October 2022 (2022-10-08)
16:50
Paraguay  22–7  Peru
Try: Berdejo 1T m
Sotelo (2) 4' m, 6' c
Mussi 9' m
Con: Urbieta 7'
ReportTry: Rivera 8' c
Con: Suárez (1/1) 8'
Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción
8 October 2022 (2022-10-08)
17:12
Colombia  0–19  Brazil
ReportTry: Felipe Sancery (2) 2' c, 9' m
Robert Aguinaldo 10' c
Con: Lucas Rainho 2', 11'
Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción
8 October 2022 (2022-10-08)
17:34
Argentina  35–7  Chile
Try: Pellandini 2' c
Fraga 3' c
Moneta 7' c
Lizazú 8' c
Isgro 10' c
Con: Wade (5/5) 2', 3', 7', 8', 10'
ReportTry: Videla 14' c
Con: Alvarado (1/1) 14'
Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción
8 October 2022 (2022-10-08)
19:27
Peru  5–52  Uruguay
Try: Terrones 10' mReportTry: Ardao 1T m
Amarillo 2' c
Deus (2) 5' c, 13' c
Álvarez (2) 7' c, 8' m
Brazionis (2) 11' c, 14' c
Con: Álvarez 3', 5'
Lijtenstein 7', 11', 13', 14'
Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción
8 October 2022 (2022-10-08)
19:49
Brazil  7–24  Chile
Try: Da Silva 3' c
Con: Da Silva (1/1) 4'
ReportTry: Game 1T m
Tchimino 7' c
Warnken 8' c
Blanc 11' m
Con: Warnken 7', 8'
Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción
8 October 2022 (2022-10-08)
20:11
Paraguay  0–43  Argentina
ReportTry: Pellandini 1T m
Lizazú (2) 3' c, 1T m
Giudice 7' m
Rossetto 10' c
Wade (2) 11' c, 14' c
Con: Pellandini 3'
Wade 10', 12', 14'
Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción

9 October 2022 (2022-10-09)
9:00
Peru  0–31  Brazil
ReportTry: Morais (2) 3' c, 10' m
Felipe Sancery 6' c
Matheus Augusto 7' c
Guilherme Coghetto 13' m
Con: Matheus Silva 4', 6', 7'
Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción

Final stage

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The final stage consisted of the fifth place match, the bronze medal match and the gold medal match.

 
Fifth place match
 
  
 
9 October
 
 
  Colombia21
 
 
  Paraguay10
 
 
Bronze medal match
 
  
 
9 October
 
 
  Uruguay19
 
 
  Brazil12
 
 
Gold medal match
 
  
 
9 October
 
 
  Argentina19
 
 
  Chile7
 

Fifth place match

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9 October 2022 (2022-10-09)
19:00
Colombia  21–10  Paraguay
Try: Urrutia (3) 1' c, 9' c, 10' c
Con: Urrutia (3/3) 2', 9', 11'
ReportTry: Urbieta 5' m
Berdejo 2T m
Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción

Bronze medal match

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9 October 2022 (2022-10-09)
19:50
Uruguay  19–12  Brazil
Try: Ardao 3' m
Pastore 9' c
Amarillo 11' c
Con: Lijtenstein 10', 12'
ReportTry: Lucas Drudi 1' c
Da Silva 14' m
Con: Matheus Silva 2'
Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción

Gold medal match

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8 October 2022 (2022-10-08)
20:45
Argentina  19–7  Chile
Try: Moneta (3) 1' c, 5' m, 8' c
Con: Pellandini 2', 9'
ReportTry: Game 7' c
Con: Warnken (1/1) 7'
Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción

Final ranking

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Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
  Argentina
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
  Chile
Ernesto Tchimino
Manuel Bustamante
Clemente Armstrong
Tomás Alvarado
Diego Warnken
Cristóbal Game
Dante Marchesse
Lucca Avelli
Benjamín Videla
Joaquín Huici
Julio Blanc
Vicente Urbina

Head coach: Edmundo Olfos
  Uruguay
James McCubbin
Marcos Pastore
Tomás Etcheverry
Carlos Deus Lopes
Icaro Amarillo
Diego Ardao
Mateo Viñals
Valentín Grille
Guillermo Lijtenstein
Ignacio Álvarez
Ignacio Facciolo
Koba Brazionis

Head coach: Francisco Bulanti

Qualified teams for Pan American Games

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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.[4]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Pan American Games1
  Chile 4 November 2017 3 (all) (2011, 2015, 2019)
  Argentina 8 October 2022 3 (all) (2011, 2015, 2019)
  Uruguay 9 October 2022 3 (all) (2011, 2015, 2019)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

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  1. ^ a b "RUGBY 7'S MANUAL TÉCNICO" (PDF). www.asu2022.org.py (in Spanish). XII Juegos Surámericanos ASU2022. 5 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Santiago 2023 Qualification Systems Manual – Rugby" (PDF). www.santiago2023.org. Santiago 2023. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Los Pumas 7 lograron nuevamente el Oro en los Juegos Sudamericanos con aporte rosarino" (in Spanish). El Ciudadano. 10 October 2022.
  4. ^ a b "EL ANDAR DE LOS CLASIFICADOS A SANTIAGO 2023" (in Spanish). Sudamérica Rugby. 10 October 2022.
  5. ^ "ASÍ SERÁ EL SEVEN EN "EL SUEÑO DE TODOS"" (in Spanish). Sudamérica Rugby. 30 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Estadio Héroes de Curupayty - COP". www.asu2022.org.py (in Spanish). XII Juegos Surámericanos ASU2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Paraguay tendrá un renovado estadio" (in Spanish). World Rugby. 10 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Héroes de Curupayty, el renovado estadio del rugby paraguayo". www.elnacional.com.py (in Spanish). El Nacional. 26 November 2020.
  9. ^ Ramalho, Victor (6 October 2022). "Brasil vai a campo no rugby sevens dos Jogos Sul-Americanos no Paraguai" [Brazil takes to the field in rugby sevens at the South American Games in Paraguay] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Brazilian Rugby Confederation.
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