2022 Spain Women's Sevens

The 2022 Spain Women's Sevens is a dual rugby sevens tournament that will take place at Estadio Ciudad de Málaga, Málaga and Estadio de La Cartuja, Isla de La Cartuja, Seville between 21–23 January and 28–30 January 2022. It is the first time the series will be held in Spain which followed the dual Dubai Sevens events, and will be followed by the Langford event in Canada.

2022 Spain Women's Sevens
Women's Sevens Series IX
Host nation	Spain
Málaga
Date	21–23 January 2022
Third
Seville
Date	28–30 January 2022

The series leaders before the event is Australia. New Zealand will make their return to the World Series for the first time since 2019–20 event in Sydney, having missed Dubai I and Dubai II.[1] Poland make their World Series debut as an invited team.[2]

Format

The twelve teams are drawn into three pools of four. Each team will play their other three opponents in their pool once. Points are awarded in each pool on the standard schedule for rugby sevens tournaments: Win – 3 points, Draw – 2 points, Loss – 1 point. The top two teams from each pool automatically advance to the Cup bracket, with the two best third-placed teams also advancing. The remaining four teams will compete in for a 9th–12th placing.

Teams

The twelve national women's teams the will be competing at both tournaments in Spain are:

England, who were represented by Great Britain for the first two tournaments of the 2021–22 Series have returned to compete as a separate national union for the series.[3]

New Zealand, who did not participate in Dubai due to the challenges of COVID-19 travel logistics also returned as a core team.[4]

Poland, whom have never qualified for or attended the Women's Rugby Sevens Series, were invited to participate in, at least, one of the two Spain Sevens events.[5]

Pool stage – Málaga

The pool stage for the Málaga event was announced on 5 December 2021:[6]

Pool A – Málaga

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Australia	0	0	0	0	0	0	–0	0
Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	–0	0
Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0	–0	0
Poland	0	0	0	0	0	0	–0	0

	v

Estadio Ciudad de Málaga, Málaga

	v

Estadio Ciudad de Málaga, Málaga

	v

Estadio Ciudad de Málaga, Málaga

	v

Estadio Ciudad de Málaga, Málaga

	v

Estadio Ciudad de Málaga, Málaga

	v

Estadio Ciudad de Málaga, Málaga

Pool B – Málaga

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Fiji	0	0	0	0	0	0	–0	0
United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	–0	0
Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	–0	0
New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0	–0	0

	v

Estadio Ciudad de Málaga, Málaga

	v

Estadio Ciudad de Málaga, Málaga

	v

Estadio Ciudad de Málaga, Málaga

	v

Estadio Ciudad de Málaga, Málaga

	v

Estadio Ciudad de Málaga, Málaga

	v

Estadio Ciudad de Málaga, Málaga

Pool C – Málaga

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
France	0	0	0	0	0	0	–0	0
Russia	0	0	0	0	0	0	–0	0
Brazil	0	0	0	0	0	0	–0	0
England	0	0	0	0	0	0	–0	0

	v

Estadio Ciudad de Málaga, Málaga

	v

Estadio Ciudad de Málaga, Málaga

	v

Estadio Ciudad de Málaga, Málaga

	v

Estadio Ciudad de Málaga, Málaga

	v

Estadio Ciudad de Málaga, Málaga

	v

Estadio Ciudad de Málaga, Málaga

Ranking of third-placed teams – Málaga

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
	0	0	0	0	0	0	–0	0
	0	0	0	0	0	0	–0	0
	0	0	0	0	0	0	–0	0

Knockout stage – Málaga

9th–12th playoffs – Málaga

	9th place Semi-finals				9th place Final

	23 January 2022 – Estadio Ciudad de Málaga


					23 January 2022 – Estadio Ciudad de Málaga


	23 January 2022 – Estadio Ciudad de Málaga




					11th place Final

					23 January 2022 – Estadio Ciudad de Málaga

Matches

Semi-finals

		v		Estadio Ciudad de Málaga, Málaga

		v		Estadio Ciudad de Málaga, Málaga

11th place Final

		v		Estadio Ciudad de Málaga, Málaga

9th place Final

		v		Estadio Ciudad de Málaga, Málaga

5th–8th playoffs – Málaga

	5th place Semi-finals				5th place Final

	22 January 2022 – Estadio Ciudad de Málaga


					23 January 2022 – Estadio Ciudad de Málaga


	22 January 2022 – Estadio Ciudad de Málaga




					7th place Final

					23 January 2022 – Estadio Ciudad de Málaga

Matches

Semi-finals

		v		Estadio Ciudad de Málaga, Málaga

		v		Estadio Ciudad de Málaga, Málaga

Seventh place

		v		Estadio Ciudad de Málaga, Málaga

Fifth place

		v		Estadio Ciudad de Málaga, Málaga

Cup playoffs – Málaga

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Cup Final

	22 January 2022 – Estadio Ciudad de Málaga


					23 January 2022 – Estadio Ciudad de Málaga


	22 January 2022 – Estadio Ciudad de Málaga


									23 January 2022 – Estadio Ciudad de Málaga


	22 January 2022 – Estadio Ciudad de Málaga


					23 January 2022 – Estadio Ciudad de Málaga


	22 January 2022 – Estadio Ciudad de Málaga
									Third place

									23 January 2022 – Estadio Ciudad de Málaga

Matches

Quarter-finals

		v		Estadio Ciudad de Málaga, Málaga

		v		Estadio Ciudad de Málaga, Málaga

		v		Estadio Ciudad de Málaga, Málaga

		v		Estadio Ciudad de Málaga, Málaga

Semi-finals

		v		Estadio Ciudad de Málaga, Málaga

		v		Estadio Ciudad de Málaga, Málaga

Third place

		v		Estadio Ciudad de Málaga, Málaga

Cup Final

		v		Estadio Ciudad de Málaga, Málaga

Tournament placings

Place	Team	Points
		20
		18
		16
4		14
5		12
6		10

Place	Team	Points
7		8
8		6
9		4
10		3
11		2
12		1

Source: World Rugby

Seville

The pool stage and schedule for the Seville event is yet to be announced.

See also

World Rugby Sevens Series (for men) – Spain Sevens (for men)
World Rugby

References

Notes

Unknown as to whether Poland will compete at both Málaga and Seville.

Citations

"Everything you need to know about the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2022". world.rugby. World Rugby. 1 December 2021.
"South Africa men and Australia women complete Dubai double". world.rugby. World Rugby. 4 December 2021.
"HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2022 schedule unveiled". World Rugby. 12 October 2021. Archived from the original on 12 October 2021.
"HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2022 preview". Dubai Rugby Sevens. 16 November 2021. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021.
"South Africa men and Australia women complete Dubai double". World Rugby. 4 December 2021.
@WorldRugby7s (December 4, 2021). "The women's pools are all set too #HSBC7s" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

External links

Tournament site

2021–22 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
Tournaments	Dubai (2 events) Málaga · Seville Langford Toulouse
Core teams	Australia Brazil Canada England Fiji France Ireland New Zealand Russia Spain United States
Invited teams	Great Britain
0Related articles	2020 Olympic Sevens
World Rugby Women's Sevens Series

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