Rugby sevens at the 2022 Commonwealth Games was held at the
Coventry Stadium
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from 29 to 31 July 2022.
A total of 16 teams competed in the
men's tournament, while eight contested the
women's tournament
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. South Africa won the men's tournament, while Australia won the women's.
Schedule
The competition schedule was as follows:
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Venue
The tournaments were originally scheduled to take place at Villa Park
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, but instead took place at the Coventry Stadium
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in Coventry
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. The venue was moved because there were concerns with Villa Park
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being available. The football season was anticipated to start earlier because of the 2022 FIFA World Cup
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scheduling.
The adjacent Coventry Arena will play host to judo
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and wrestling
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.
Medal summary
Medal table
Medallists
Qualification
Summary
Men
Sixteen nations qualified for the men's tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games:
* The host nation.
* The top nine nations in combined standings from the 2018–19 and 2019–20 World Rugby Sevens Series
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, excluding the host nation.
* The top nation not yet qualified from each of the four regional qualifiers, plus the second nation from the Africa and Asia qualifiers.
Women
Eight nations qualified for the women's tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games:[
* The host nation.
* The top two nations in combined standings from the 2018–19 and 2019–20 ]World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
The World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, is a series of international rugby sevens tournaments for women's national teams run by World Rugby. The inaugural series was held in 2012–13 as the successor to the IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup held ...
, excluding the host nation.
* The top North American nation in the aforementioned standings, or the second nation if the former makes the top two outright (excluding the host nation).
* The top nation not yet qualified from each of the four regional qualifiers.