rugby sevens at the 2022 South American Games
{{Short description|Rugby sevens competitions at the 2022 South American Games}}
{{Infobox multi-sport competition event
|games = 2022 South American Games
|event = Rugby sevens
|image = Rugby sevens pictogram.svg
|image_size =
|caption =
|venue = Estadio Héroes de Curupayty
|dates = 7−9 October 2022
|competitors = 192
|nations = 9
|teams = 16 (7 men and 9 women)
|gold={{ru7|ARG}} (men)
|gold2={{ru7w|BRA}} (women)
|silver={{ru7|CHI}} (men)
|silver2={{ru7w|PAR}} (women)
|bronze={{ru7|URU}} (men)
|bronze2={{ru7w|COL}} (women)
|prev = 2018
|next = 2026
}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.asu2022.org.py/en/deporte/esquema/4/deporte/106|title=Rugby|publisher=Asuncion Organizing Committee for the 2022 South American Games|access-date=9 October 2022}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.asu2022.org.py/uploads/item/989c0ad35ee867ca8706cf8df3cdcb5ba32a9e09.pdf|title=RUGBY 7'S MANUAL TÉCNICO|publisher=XII Juegos Surámericanos ASU2022|website=www.asu2022.org.py|date=5 August 2022|language=es}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.santiago2023.org/descargas/en/Rugby.pdf|title=Santiago 2023 Qualification Systems Manual – Rugby|publisher=Santiago 2023|website=www.santiago2023.org|date=5 July 2022|access-date=24 October 2022}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.elciudadanoweb.com/los-pumas-7-lograron-nuevamente-el-oro-en-los-juegos-sudamericanos-con-aporte-rosarino/|title=Los Pumas 7 lograron nuevamente el Oro en los Juegos Sudamericanos con aporte rosarino|publisher=El Ciudadano|date=10 October 2022|language=es}}{{cite web|url=https://www.olimpiadatododia.com.br/assuncao-2022/471643-yaras-ouro-assuncao/|title=Yaras mantêm domínio sul-americano e levam ouro|publisher=Olimpiada Todo Dia|date=9 October 2022|language=pt-br}}
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.
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- {{flagIOC2|ARG|2022 South American Games|24 players}}
- {{flagIOC2|BOL|2022 South American Games|12}}
- {{flagIOC2|BRA|2022 South American Games|24}}
- {{flagIOC2|CHI|2022 South American Games|24}}
- {{flagIOC2|COL|2022 South American Games|24}}
- {{flagIOC2|PAR|2022 South American Games|24}}
- {{flagIOC2|PER|2022 South American Games|24}}
- {{flagIOC2|URU|2022 South American Games|24}}
- {{flagIOC2|VEN|2022 South American Games|12}}
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Schedule
The competition schedule is as follows:
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| style="background-color:#FFBBBB;"|G | Group stage
|style="background-color:#BBF3BB;"|{{frac|1|2}} | Semi-finals
|style="background-color:#FEDCBA;"|B | Bronze medal match
|style="background-color:#FFCC00;"|F | Gold medal match |
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| {{diagonal split header|Event|Date}} || Fri 7 || Sat 8 ||colspan=3|Sun 9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:left;" | Men | style="background-color:#FFBBBB;" |G | style="background-color:#FFBBBB;" |G | style="background-color:#FFBBBB;" |G | style="background-color:#FEDCBA;"|B | style="background-color:#FFCC00;"|F |
| style="text-align:left;" | Women | style="background-color:#FFBBBB;" |G | style="background-color:#FFBBBB;" |G | style="background-color:#BBF3BB;"|{{frac|1|2}} | style="background-color:#FEDCBA;"|B | style="background-color:#FFCC00;"|F |
Medal summary
=Medal table=
{{Medals table
| caption =
| host = PAR
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| gold_BRA = 1 | silver_BRA = 0 | bronze_BRA = 0
| gold_ARG = 1 | silver_ARG = 0 | bronze_ARG = 0
| gold_COL = 0 | silver_COL = 0 | bronze_COL = 1
| gold_CHI = 0 | silver_CHI = 1 | bronze_CHI = 0
| gold_URU = 0 | silver_URU = 0 | bronze_URU = 1
| gold_PAR = 0 | silver_PAR = 1 | bronze_PAR = 0 | host_PAR = yes
}}
=Medalists=
Men's tournament
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=Preliminary round=
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=Final stage=
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=Final standings=
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Women's tournament
{{main|Rugby sevens at the 2022 South American Games – Women's tournament}}
=Preliminary round=
==Group 1==
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==Group 2==
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==Group 3==
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=Cup & Challenge stage=
==Cup group 1==
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==Cup group 2==
{{:Rugby sevens at the 2022 South American Games – Women's tournament|transcludesection=CG2}}
==Challenge group==
{{:Rugby sevens at the 2022 South American Games – Women's tournament|transcludesection=CH}}
=Final stage=
{{:Rugby sevens at the 2022 South American Games – Women's tournament|transcludesection=finalstage}}
=Final standings=
{{:Rugby sevens at the 2022 South American Games – Women's tournament|transcludesection=finalrank}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.asu2022.org.py/en/deporte/esquema/4/deporte/106 ASU2022 Rugby] at ASU2022 official website.
- [https://www.asu2022.org.py/en/torneo/esquema/1/torneo/2211 ASU2022 Rugby Teams Male].
- [https://www.asu2022.org.py/en/torneo/esquema/1/torneo/2208 ASU2022 Rugby Teams Female].
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