Rugby sevens at the 2022 South American Games

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Rugby sevens
at the 2022 South American Games
VenueEstadio Héroes de Curupayty
Dates7−9 October 2022
Competitors192 from 9 nations
Teams16 (7 men and 9 women)
Medalists
gold medal 
gold medal 
silver medal 
silver medal 
bronze medal 
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Rugby sevens competitions at the 2022 South American Games in Asuncion, Paraguay were held between 7 and 9 October 2022 at the Estadio Héroes de Curupayty located within the Parque Olímpico cluster in Luque, a sub-venue outside Asunción.

Two medal events were scheduled to be contested: a men's and women's tournament. A total of 192 athletes (84 athletes–7 teams for men and 108 athletes–9 teams for women) competed in the events. Both tournaments were open competitions, however, players must be at least 17 years old at the start of the tournament.

The top two teams in each tournament (excluding Chile (in both tournaments) and Brazil (in the women's tournament)) qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games rugby sevens competitions, plus Chile which qualified automatically as the 2023 Pan American Games hosts.

Chile and Brazil were the defending champions of the South American Games men's and women's rugby sevens events. Chile had won the men's tournament in the Cochabamba 2018 edition while Brazil had won all previous women's tournament.

Argentina and Brazil won the gold medal in the men's and women's events respectively.

Participating nations

A total of 9 ODESUR nations registered teams for the rugby sevens events. Each nation was able to enter a maximum of 24 athletes (one team of 12 players per gender). Bolivia and Venezuela competed in the women's event while the other seven nations competed in both events.

Schedule

The competition schedule is as follows:

G Group stage 12 Semi-finals B Bronze medal match F Gold medal match
Date
Event
Fri 7 Sat 8 Sun 9
Men G G G B F
Women G G 12 B F

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Paraguay)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Argentina (ARG)1001
 Brazil (BRA)1001
3 Chile (CHI)0101
 Paraguay (PAR)*0101
5 Colombia (COL)0011
 Uruguay (URU)0011
Totals (6 entries)2226

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament
 Argentina
Agustín Fraga
Benjamín Elizalde
Franco Giudice
Franco Rossetto
Joaquín Pellandini
Marcos Moneta
Matías Osadczuk
Ramiro D'Agostino
Rodrigo Isgro
Santiago Vera Feld
Tobias Wade
Tomás Lizazú
 Chile
Benjamín Videla
Clemente Armstrong
Cristóbal Game
Dante Marchesse
Diego Warnken
Ernesto Tchimino
Joaquín Huici
Julio Blanc
Lucca Avelli
Manuel Bustamante
Tomás Alvarado
Vicente Urbina
 Uruguay
Carlos Deus Lopes
Diego Ardao
Guillermo Lijtenstein
Icaro Amarillo
Ignacio Álvarez
Ignacio Facciolo
James McCubbin
Koba Brazionis
Marcos Pastore
Mateo Viñals
Tomás Etcheverry
Valentín Grille
Women's tournament
 Brazil
Aline Furtado
Andressa Alves
Anne Crystyan Santos
Bianca Silva
Camilla Carvalho
Eshyllen Cardoso
Isadora Lopes de Souza
Luiza Campos
Marcelle Souza
Mariana Nicolau
Marina Fioravanti
Thalia Costa
 Paraguay
Araceli Nicolini
Chiara Báez
Cinthia Cristaldo
Ingrid Alfonso
Liz Verónica Romero
Lucero Viveros
Maira Méndez
María Benza
María Gauto
María Ramos
Paula Denis
Romina González
 Colombia
Carmen Ibarra
Daniela Alzate
Juliana Soto
Laura Pacheco
Laura Mejía
Laura Álvarez
Madi Esther Córdoba
Camila Lopera
María Isabel Arzuaga
Maribel Mestra
Valentina Tapias
Valeria Muñoz

Men's tournament

Preliminary round

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 6 6 0 0 233 29 +204 18 Gold medal match
2  Chile 6 5 0 1 141 61 +80 16
3  Uruguay 6 4 0 2 156 74 +82 14 Bronze medal match
4  Brazil 6 3 0 3 89 74 +15 12
5  Colombia 6 2 0 4 72 134 −62 10 Fifth place match
6  Paraguay 6 1 0 5 55 141 −86 8
7  Peru 6 0 0 6 12 245 −233 6 7th place
Source: ASU2022
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Points difference; 4) Tries difference; 5) Points scored; 6) Tries scored; 7) Fewest red cards received; 8) Fewest yellow cards received; 9) Drawing of lots.

Final stage

 
Fifth place match
 
  
 
9 October
 
 
 Colombia21
 
 
 Paraguay10
 
 
Bronze medal match
 
  
 
9 October
 
 
 Uruguay19
 
 
 Brazil12
 
 
Gold medal match
 
  
 
9 October
 
 
 Argentina19
 
 
 Chile7
 

Final standings

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Argentina
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Chile
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Uruguay
4  Brazil
5  Colombia
6  Paraguay
7  Peru
Source: [citation needed]

Women's tournament

Preliminary round

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 2 2 0 0 71 12 +59 6 Cup groups
2  Uruguay 2 1 0 1 36 33 +3 4
3  Peru 2 0 0 2 0 62 −62 2 Challenge group
Source: ASU2022
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Points difference; 4) Tries difference; 5) Points scored; 6) Tries scored; 7) Fewest red cards received; 8) Fewest yellow cards received; 9) Drawing of lots.

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Colombia 2 2 0 0 73 7 +66 6 Cup groups
2  Chile 2 1 0 1 38 17 +21 4
3  Venezuela 2 0 0 2 7 94 −87 2 Challenge group
Source: ASU2022
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Points difference; 4) Tries difference; 5) Points scored; 6) Tries scored; 7) Fewest red cards received; 8) Fewest yellow cards received; 9) Drawing of lots.

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 2 2 0 0 65 0 +65 6 Cup groups
2  Paraguay 2 1 0 1 55 15 +40 4
3  Bolivia 2 0 0 2 0 105 −105 2 Challenge group
Source: ASU2022
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Points difference; 4) Tries difference; 5) Points scored; 6) Tries scored; 7) Fewest red cards received; 8) Fewest yellow cards received; 9) Drawing of lots.

Cup & Challenge stage

Cup group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 2 2 0 0 47 0 +47 6 Semi-finals
2  Paraguay 2 1 0 1 19 22 −3 4
3  Chile 2 0 0 2 0 44 −44 2 Fifth place match
Source: ASU2022
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Points difference; 4) Tries difference; 5) Points scored; 6) Tries scored; 7) Fewest red cards received; 8) Fewest yellow cards received; 9) Drawing of lots.

Cup group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 2 2 0 0 20 7 +13 6 Semi-finals
2  Colombia 2 1 0 1 26 24 +2 4
3  Uruguay 2 0 0 2 14 29 −15 2 Fifth place match
Source: ASU2022
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Points difference; 4) Tries difference; 5) Points scored; 6) Tries scored; 7) Fewest red cards received; 8) Fewest yellow cards received; 9) Drawing of lots.

Challenge group

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Peru 2 2 0 0 69 17 +52 6 Seventh place match
2  Venezuela 2 1 0 1 39 29 +10 4
3  Bolivia 2 0 0 2 5 67 −62 2 9th place
Source: ASU2022
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Points difference; 4) Tries difference; 5) Points scored; 6) Tries scored; 7) Fewest red cards received; 8) Fewest yellow cards received; 9) Drawing of lots.

Final stage

 
Semi-finalsGold medal match
 
      
 
9 October
 
 
 Brazil28
 
9 October
 
 Colombia5
 
 Brazil17
 
9 October
 
 Paraguay5
 
 Argentina14
 
 
 Paraguay15
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
9 October
 
 
 Colombia14
 
 
 Argentina7
 
Seventh place match
 
  
 
9 October
 
 
 Peru21
 
 
 Venezuela12
 
 
Fifth place match
 
  
 
9 October
 
 
 Chile15
 
 
 Uruguay0
 

Final standings

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Brazil
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Paraguay
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Colombia
4  Argentina
5  Chile
6  Uruguay
7  Peru
8  Venezuela
9  Bolivia
Source: [citation needed]

References

  1. ^ a b "Rugby". Asuncion Organizing Committee for the 2022 South American Games. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b "RUGBY 7'S MANUAL TÉCNICO" (PDF). www.asu2022.org.py (in Spanish). XII Juegos Surámericanos ASU2022. 5 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Santiago 2023 Qualification Systems Manual – Rugby" (PDF). www.santiago2023.org. Santiago 2023. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Los Pumas 7 lograron nuevamente el Oro en los Juegos Sudamericanos con aporte rosarino" (in Spanish). El Ciudadano. 10 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Yaras mantêm domínio sul-americano e levam ouro" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Olimpiada Todo Dia. 9 October 2022.
  6. ^ Teams Male
  7. ^ Teams Female

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