2022 Hong Kong Sevens


The 2022 Hong Kong Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament that took place at the Hong Kong Stadium from 5–6 November 2022. It was the 45th edition of the Hong Kong Sevens, and the first tournament of the 2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series. Sixteen teams competed in the tournament.
Australia were the champions after beating the defending champions of the past five events in Hong Kong Fiji in the cup final. Australia was also the first team since the 2014 Hong Kong Sevens to beat Fiji in Hong Kong.

Background

The 2022 Hong Kong Sevens is the first 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 —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.

Cup

Tournament placings

PlaceTeamPoints
22
19
17
415
513
612
710
710

PlaceTeamPoints
98
107
115
115
133
142
151
151

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Players

Dream team

The following seven players were selected to the tournament dream team at the conclusion of the tournament: