The 2022 Canada Women's Sevens was rugby sevens tournament for women's national teams that took place between 30 April and 1 May 2022 at

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, Langford,

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as part of the

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. The defending champions from the 2019 Sevens Series event were

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. In their third Langford Final appearance, first-time Langford champions

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beat

21–17 in the

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, a rematch of the

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events. Hosts

beat the

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to finish fifth ( 12–7). It is their third back-to-back fifth placing at home.

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finished third, beating

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22–14. It is their first top four placing in Langford, and their first back-to-back top three placing on the

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Format

The twelve teams are drawn into three pools of four. Each team will play their other three opponents in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup bracket, with the two best third-placed teams also advancing. The remaining four teams will compete for a 9th–12th placing.

Teams

The twelve national women's teams competing in Canada were: * * * * * * * * * * * *

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returned to the 2021–22 series after their absence since the Dubai II event.

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was an invited team for the tournament and made their first appearance on the

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since the

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also returned to the World Series for the first time since the 2020 Sydney Sevens, an absence of .

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was invited to replace

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who were banned by

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. Mexico's previous World Series appearance was at the 2018 USA Sevens.

Pool stage

The final pool composition was announced on 10 March.

Pool A

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Pool B

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Pool C

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Ranking of third-placed teams

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

5th–8th playoffs

Cup playoffs

Placings

Source
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References

External links

Tournament site
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Format

Teams

Pool stage

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Ranking of third-placed teams

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

5th–8th playoffs

Cup playoffs

Placings

See also

References

External links