Rugby sevens at the 2022 South American Games

Rugby sevens
at the 2022 South American Games
Rugby sevens ; at the 2022 South American Games
Venue	Estadio Héroes de Curupayty
Dates	7−9 October 2022
Competitors	192 from 9 nations
Teams	16 (7 men and 9 women)
Medalists
	Argentina (men)
	Brazil (women)
	Chile (men)
	Paraguay (women)
	Uruguay (men)
	Colombia (women)
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Rugby sevens competitions at the 2022 South American Games in Asunción, 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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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.^[3]

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.^[4]^[5]

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).^[2] Bolivia and Venezuela competed in the women's event while the other seven nations competed in both events.

Argentina (24 players)
Bolivia (12)
Brazil (24)
Chile (24)
Colombia (24)
Paraguay (24)
Peru (24)
Uruguay (24)
Venezuela (12)

Schedule

The competition schedule is as follows:^[1]

G	Group stage	1⁄2	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	1⁄2	B	F

Medal summary

Medal table

* Host nation (Paraguay)

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's tournament^[6] details	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^[7] details	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 v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	6	6	0	233	29	+204	18	Gold medal match
2	Chile	6	5	1	141	61	+80	16	Gold medal match
3	Uruguay	6	4	2	156	74	+82	14	Bronze medal match
4	Brazil	6	3	3	89	74	+15	12	Bronze medal match
5	Colombia	6	2	4	72	134	−62	10	Fifth place match
6	Paraguay	6	1	5	55	141	−86	8	Fifth place match
7	Peru	6	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

	Colombia	21

	Paraguay	10

	Bronze medal match

	9 October

	Uruguay	19

	Brazil	12

	Gold medal match

	9 October

	Argentina	19

	Chile	7

Final standings

Rank	Team v t e
	Argentina
	Chile
	Uruguay
4	Brazil
5	Colombia
6	Paraguay
7	Peru

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Women's tournament

Preliminary round

Group 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	2	2	0	71	12	+59	6	Cup groups
2	Uruguay	2	1	1	36	33	+3	4	Cup groups
3	Peru	2	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 v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colombia	2	2	0	73	7	+66	6	Cup groups
2	Chile	2	1	1	38	17	+21	4	Cup groups
3	Venezuela	2	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 v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	2	2	0	65	0	+65	6	Cup groups
2	Paraguay	2	1	1	55	15	+40	4	Cup groups
3	Bolivia	2	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 v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	2	2	0	47	0	+47	6	Semi-finals
2	Paraguay	2	1	1	19	22	−3	4	Semi-finals
3	Chile	2	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 v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	2	2	0	20	7	+13	6	Semi-finals
2	Colombia	2	1	1	26	24	+2	4	Semi-finals
3	Uruguay	2	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 v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Peru	2	2	0	69	17	+52	6	Seventh place match
2	Venezuela	2	1	1	39	29	+10	4	Seventh place match
3	Bolivia	2	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-finals		Gold medal match

9 October

Brazil	28
		9 October
Colombia	5
		Brazil	17
9 October
		Paraguay	5
Argentina	14

Paraguay	15
		Bronze medal match

		9 October

		Colombia	14

		Argentina	7

	Seventh place match

	9 October

	Peru	21

	Venezuela	12

	Fifth place match

	9 October

	Chile	15

	Uruguay	0

Final standings

Rank	Team v t e
	Brazil
	Paraguay
	Colombia
4	Argentina
5	Chile
6	Uruguay
7	Peru
8	Venezuela
9	Bolivia

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

References

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

External links

ASU2022 Rugby at ASU2022 official website.
- ASU2022 Rugby Teams Male.
- ASU2022 Rugby Teams Female.

[rugby-1] "Rugby". Asuncion Organizing Committee for the 2022 South American Games. Retrieved 9 October 2022.

[Technical_manual-2] "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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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Argentina (ARG)	1	0	0	1
1	Brazil (BRA)	1	0	0	1
3	Chile (CHI)	0	1	0	1
3	Paraguay (PAR)*	0	1	0	1
5	Colombia (COL)	0	0	1	1
5	Uruguay (URU)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		2	2	2	6