The 2022 Rugby World Cup 7s is scheduled to take place in Cape Town, South Africa. The quadrennial rugby event is scheduled to kick off from September 9 to September 11, 2022.
The RWC7s 2022 will be played at the iconic Cape Town Stadium that was constructed for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The Cape Town Stadium is the home of the HSBC Cape Town Sevens.
40 teams – 16 women’s and 24 men’s – qualified for RWC Sevens 2022 and were seeded based on points accrued across the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2020 and 2022.
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Similar to the 2018 San Francisco Rugby World Cup, both the men’s and women’s tournaments will operate an innovative ‘winner-takes-all’ knockout format.
Those men’s teams ranked from ninth to 24th will take part in a pre-round of 16, with the winners of those ties going on to play the top eight seeds in the round of 16.
RWC 7s 2022 will get underway on September 9, when Ireland takes on Portugal for a chance to play England in the round of 16.
Canada will play Zimbabwe for a chance of playing France in the round of 16. Uganda will face Samoa for the chance to play the USA.
Scotland will play Jamaica with the winner set to face defending champions New Zealand.
Shujaa who has been drawn to play Tonga will see the winner facing Argentina in the round of 16.
Wales will play Korea for a spot in the round of 16 against Australia. The winner between Hong Kong and Uruguay will face Fiji.
Germany will be playing Chile, the winner will face hosts South Africa in the final match of day one.
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