2022 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series – Women's tour
# 2022 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series – Women's tour

The 2022 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series – Women's tour was the inaugural season of the second-tier global competition for women's national rugby sevens teams. It was played as a single tournament on 12–14 August 2022 in Santiago, Chile at the Estadio Santa Laura with twelve teams competing. The tournament was the qualifying event for the World Rugby Sevens Series, with the winner gaining promotion as a core team for the 2022–23 season. The tournament was won by Japan 7s, defeating Poland 7s by 17–0 in the final, with China 7s finishing in third place.

## Teams

Twelve national women's teams qualified for the Challenger Series tournament in 2022.

| Nation | Means of qualification | Date qualified |
| - | - | - |
| Chile | Host | 13 July 2022 |
| Mexico | 2022 RAN Women's Sevens Qualifiers | 24 April 2022 |
| Poland Belgium | 2021 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Championship Series | 26 June 2021 |
| Japan China Kazakhstan | 2021 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series | 20 November 2021 |
| South Africa Kenya | 2019 Africa Women's Sevens | 13 October 2019 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2019 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship | 9 November 2019 |
| Argentina Colombia | 2021 Sudamerica Rugby Women's Sevens | 12 November 2021 |
| Total | Total | 12 |

## Pool stage

All times are CLST, Chile Summer Time: (UTC-3).

Key: Team advanced to the quarterfinals

### Pool D

| Team | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kenya | 3 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 25 | +38 | 9 |
| China | 2 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 24 | +44 | 7 |
| South Africa | 1 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 58 | −24 | 4 |
| Chile | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 73 | −58 | 2 |

### Pool E

| Team | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Poland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 17 | +126 | 9 |
| Argentina | 2 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 53 | +1 | 7 |
| Belgium | 1 | 0 | 2 | 63 | 51 | +12 | 5 |
| Papua New Guinea | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 146 | −139 | 3 |

### Pool F

| Team | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 22 | +69 | 9 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 36 | +15 | 7 |
| Colombia | 1 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 50 | −5 | 5 |
| Mexico | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 96 | −79 | 3 |

### Ranking of third-placed teams

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Belgium | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 63 | 51 | +12 | 5 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 50 | −5 | 5 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 3 | South Africa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 58 | −24 | 5 | |

## Knockout stage

### 9th–12th place bracket

| 9th place semifinals | 9th place semifinals | 9th place final | 9th place final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 13 August – Estadio Santa Laura | 13 August – Estadio Santa Laura |
| South Africa | 29 |
| South Africa | 29 | 14 August – Estadio Santa Laura | 14 August – Estadio Santa Laura |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 14 August – Estadio Santa Laura | 14 August – Estadio Santa Laura |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | South Africa | 29 |
| 13 August – Estadio Santa Laura | 13 August – Estadio Santa Laura | | South Africa | 29 |
| 13 August – Estadio Santa Laura | 13 August – Estadio Santa Laura | Chile | 10 |
| Chile | 12 | Chile | 10 |
| Mexico | 5 | | |
| Mexico | 5 | 11th place final | 11th place final |
| | | 14 August – Estadio Santa Laura | 14 August – Estadio Santa Laura |
| | | Papua New Guinea | 29 |
| | | Mexico | 12 |

### 5th–8th place bracket

| 5th place semifinals | 5th place semifinals | 5th place final | 5th place final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 14 August – Estadio Santa Laura | 14 August – Estadio Santa Laura |
| Kazakhstan | 12 |
| Kazakhstan | 12 | 14 August – Estadio Santa Laura | 14 August – Estadio Santa Laura |
| Colombia | 10 | 14 August – Estadio Santa Laura | 14 August – Estadio Santa Laura |
| Colombia | 10 | Kazakhstan | 17 |
| 14 August – Estadio Santa Laura | 14 August – Estadio Santa Laura | | Kazakhstan | 17 |
| 14 August – Estadio Santa Laura | 14 August – Estadio Santa Laura | Belgium | 5 |
| Argentina | 10 | Belgium | 5 |
| Belgium | 12 | | |
| Belgium | 12 | 7th place final | 7th place final |
| | | 14 August – Estadio Santa Laura | 14 August – Estadio Santa Laura |
| | | Colombia | 12 |
| | | Argentina | 17 |

### Cup bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 13 August – Estadio Santa Laura | 13 August – Estadio Santa Laura | | | |
| Poland | 36 | | | |
| Poland | 36 | 14 August – Estadio Santa Laura | 14 August – Estadio Santa Laura | | |
| Colombia | 0 | 14 August – Estadio Santa Laura | 14 August – Estadio Santa Laura | |
| Colombia | 0 | Poland | 22 | |
| 13 August – Estadio Santa Laura | 13 August – Estadio Santa Laura | | Poland | 22 | |
| 13 August – Estadio Santa Laura | 13 August – Estadio Santa Laura | China | 15 | |
| Kazakhstan | 7 | China | 15 | |
| Kazakhstan | 7 | | | | 14 August – Estadio Santa Laura | 14 August – Estadio Santa Laura |
| China | 21 | | | | 14 August – Estadio Santa Laura | 14 August – Estadio Santa Laura |
| China | 21 | | | | Poland | 0 |
| 13 August – Estadio Santa Laura | 13 August – Estadio Santa Laura | | | | | Poland | 0 |
| 13 August – Estadio Santa Laura | 13 August – Estadio Santa Laura | | | | Japan | 17 |
| Kenya | 24 | | | | Japan | 17 |
| Kenya | 24 | 14 August – Estadio Santa Laura | 14 August – Estadio Santa Laura | | | |
| Argentina | 7 | 14 August – Estadio Santa Laura | 14 August – Estadio Santa Laura | | | |
| Argentina | 7 | Kenya | 15 | | | |
| 13 August – Estadio Santa Laura | 13 August – Estadio Santa Laura | | Kenya | 15 | | | |
| 13 August – Estadio Santa Laura | 13 August – Estadio Santa Laura | Japan | 22 | | Third place | Third place |
| Belgium | 0 | Japan | 22 | | Third place | Third place |
| Belgium | 0 | | | | 14 August – Estadio Santa Laura | 14 August – Estadio Santa Laura |
| Japan | 31 | | | | 14 August – Estadio Santa Laura | 14 August – Estadio Santa Laura |
| Japan | 31 | | | | China | 31 |
| | | | | | Kenya | 5 |

## Placings

The final placings are listed below, the winner being promoted as a core team for the 2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series:

| Pos | Team |
| - | - |
| 1 | Japan |
| 2 | Poland |
| 3 | China |
| 4 | Kenya |
| 5 | Kazakhstan |
| 6 | Belgium |
| 7 | Argentina |
| 8 | Colombia |
| 9 | South Africa |
| 10 | Chile |
| 11 | Papua New Guinea |
| 12 | Mexico |

Key:  Core team for the World Rugby Sevens Series in 2022–23.

