2021–22 World Rugby Sevens Series

The 2021–22 World Rugby Sevens Series is the 23rd annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for national men's rugby sevens teams. The Sevens Series has been run by World Rugby since 1999.

2021–22 World Rugby Sevens
Series XXIII
Hosts
Date26 November 2021 – 29 May 2022
← 2021

Core teams

The core teams remained unchanged from the previous series due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic which curtailed the last two seasons.[1][2] The sixteen core teams qualified to participate in all 2021–22 tournaments are:

Notes
  1. Japan did not compete in the 2021 series, but had core team status for it after winning the Challenger Series in 2020 [3] and kept that status for 2021–22.
  2. As there was no relegation in the previous two seasons, Wales retained core status despite being the lowest-placed core team in 2019–20.[4]

Tour venues

The schedule for the series is:[5][6]

2021–22 Itinerary
Leg Stadium City Dates Winner
Dubai (2 events) The SevensDubai 26–27 November 2021 South Africa
3–4 December 2021 South Africa
Spain (2 events) Estadio Ciudad de MálagaMálaga 21–23 January 2022
Estadio de La CartujaSeville 28–30 January 2022
Canada BC PlaceVancouver 26–27 February 2022
United States Dignity Health Sports ParkLos Angeles 5–6 March 2022
Singapore National StadiumSingapore 9–10 April 2022
France Stade Ernest-Wallon [7]Toulouse 20–22 May 2022
England Twickenham StadiumLondon 28–29 May 2022

Standings
For the tie-breaker rules, see World Rugby Sevens Series § Tiebreakers.

Due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, World Rugby revised the method used for the series standings in the interest of fairness to teams not able to participate in all rounds of the 2021–22 season.[8]

  • This system excludes the two lowest-scored rounds from each team in the overall standings.
  • So, with nine tournaments in the series, only the best seven results for each team will contribute to the final standings.[8]

The points awarded to teams at each event, as well as the overall season totals, are shown in the table below. Points for the event winners are indicated in bold. An asterisk (*) indicates a tied placing. An obelisk () is recorded in the event column where a low-scoring round is excluded from a team's overall points total. A dash (—) is recorded in the event column if a team did not compete at a tournament.

2021–22 World Rugby Sevens – Series XXIII
 
Pos
Event 
Team
Dubai I
Dubai II
Má­laga
Se­ville
Van­couver
Los Angeles
Singa­pore
Tou­louse
Lon­don		 Points
total 
1 South Africa 222244
2 Argentina 171734
3 Australia 131932
4 United States 191130
5 Great Britain[lower-alpha 1] 1213———————25
6 Fiji 15823[lower-alpha 2]
7 France 81523[lower-alpha 2]
8 Kenya 101222
9 Ireland 111021
10 Spain 7714
11 Canada 6511[lower-alpha 3]
12 Japan 5611[lower-alpha 3]
13* England[lower-alpha 1] —4—59[lower-alpha 4]
13* Scotland[lower-alpha 1] —4—59[lower-alpha 4]
13* Wales[lower-alpha 1] —4—59[lower-alpha 4]

Source: World Rugby

Legend
No colour Core team in 2021–22 and in position to re-qualify as a core team for the following season
Pink Relegation positions for the two lowest-placed core teams at the end of the 2021–22 series [8]
Yellow Invited team
Notes
  1. For the first two events held in Dubai, Great Britain represented England, Scotland and Wales. For the remaining events, England, Scotland and Wales will compete as separate national unions.[6]
  2. Point differential: Fiji +84, France +41.
  3. Point differential: Canada –132, Japan –247.
  4. England, Scotland and Wales, being core teams for the last seven series events, were given points accumulated by Great Britain in Dubai I and Dubai II. The methodology used is yet to be clarified, however all three unions share nine points: four points each for Dubai I, five points each for Dubai II.[9]

Placings summary

Tallies of top four tournament placings during the 2021–22 series, by team:

Team Gold Silver Bronze Fourth Total
 South Africa 2———2
 Australia —1——1
 United States —1——1
 Argentina ——2—2
 Fiji ———11
 France ———11

See also

References
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  2. "HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series to double-up in Canada and Dubai". World Rugby. 3 September 2021. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021.
  3. "Plans revised for HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2021". World Rugby. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  4. "New Zealand awarded titles as HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2020 concluded". World.Rugby. Archived from the original on 7 March 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  5. "HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series". World.Rugby. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  6. "HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2022 schedule unveiled". World Rugby. 12 October 2021.
  7. "Toulouse to host World Rugby Sevens date". Barrons. 12 October 2021.
  8. "Everything you need to know about the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2022". World Rugby. 1 December 2021. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021.
  9. "Men's Standings". world.rugby. World Rugby.
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