Rugby Sevens At The 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's Tournament
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rugby sevens Rugby sevens (commonly known simply as sevens, and originally seven-a-side rugby) is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven players playing seven-minute halves, instead of the usual 15 players playing 40-minute halves. R ...
at the
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– Men's tournament was the men's event of the Commonwealth Games rugby sevens competition held every four years. It was held at the Coventry Stadium from 29 to 31 July 2022.


Venue

The rugby sevens tournaments were originally scheduled to take place at
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, but instead took place at the Coventry Stadium in
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. The adjacent Coventry Arena was used for judo and wrestling.


Qualification

England qualified as host nation, nine nations qualified via the
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, and six nations booked their places in regional qualification tournaments. ;Notes


Competition format

On 8 July 2022, the pools' formation was announced. The top two teams in each pool will advance to the
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, and the remaining teams will compete for a ninth to sixteenth place.


Officials

A total of 8 Referees, 3 Assistants and 3 Television Match Officials (TMOs) were selected for the tournament.


Pool stage


Pool A


Pool B


Pool C


Pool D


Knockout stage


Medal place matches


Quarter–finals


Semi–finals


Bronze medal match


Gold medal match


5th–8th placed matches


5–8 Semi-finals


5th Place playoff


Classification bracket


9–16 Quarter-finals


9–12 Semi-finals


9th Place playoff


13th–16th placed matches


=13th–16th Semi-finals

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=13th Place playoff

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Final standing


Player statistics


Most points


Most tries


See also

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Rugby sevens at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament The rugby sevens at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament was the women's event of the Commonwealth Games rugby sevens competition held every four years. It was held at the Coventry Stadium from 29 to 31 July 2022. Venue The rugb ...


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Commonwealth Rugby sevens competitions in England International rugby union competitions hosted by England