| Rugby sevens at the 2022 South American Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Estadio Héroes de Curupayty | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 7−9 October 2022 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 192 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 16 (7 men and 9 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]
- ^ "Rugby". Asuncion Organizing Committee for the 2022 South American Games. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
- ^ "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.