2022 RAN Sevens Qualifiers

2022 RAN Sevens Qualifiers
Hosts Bahamas
DateApril 23–24, 2022
Nations13
Final positions
Champions Canada
Runners-up Jamaica
Third Mexico
Series details
Matches played35
← 2021

The 2022 RAN Sevens Qualifiers are a North American rugby sevens tournament that took place at the Thomas Robinson Stadium, Nassau on 23 and 24 April 2022; they were held in The Bahamas for the third time. The defending champions from the 2021 event are Jamaica.[1]

Thirteen teams were involved in the tournament, though the United States were notable absentees. Nonetheless, three former winners participated at the event – Jamaica, Guyana, and Canada. Owing to the postponement of the 2022 RAN Super Sevens (originally scheduled to be held in Mexico City during February 2022), this event was created specifically to maintain qualification pathways to the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens (top two teams), 2022 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series and 2022 Commonwealth Games (top team not already qualified via the World Rugby Sevens Series).[2][3]

Format

The teams are divided into four round-robin pools and each play two matches against their pool opponents (Pool C teams play three matches). The top two sides in each pool advance to the Cup quarter-finals, from which the winners advance to the semi-finals (and final / third-place matches beyond those), while the losing quarter-finalists contest the Plate semi-finals and finals for fifth to eighth place.

The remaining teams that did not qualify for the Cup rounds compete in a Shield round-robin pool for ninth to thirteenth place.

Teams

The thirteen teams competing in the Bahamas were:[4]

Pool stage

The final pool arrangements were announced on 22 April.[4]

All times in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00)

Legend
Advanced to Cup quarter-finals
Relegated to Shield round-robin

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Canada 2 2 0 0 69 5 +64 6
 Trinidad and Tobago 2 1 0 2 46 38 +8 4
 British Virgin Islands 2 0 0 2 5 77 –72 2
April 23, 2022 Canada  36–0  British Virgin Islands Thomas Robinson Stadium  
10:06
April 23, 2022 Canada  33–5  Trinidad and Tobago Thomas Robinson Stadium  
12:44
April 23, 2022 Trinidad and Tobago  41–5  British Virgin Islands Thomas Robinson Stadium  
15:00

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Jamaica 2 2 0 0 68 7 +61 6
 Curaçao 2 1 0 1 28 39 –11 4
 Guyana 2 0 0 2 5 55 –50 2
April 23, 2022 Jamaica  34–7  Curaçao Thomas Robinson Stadium  
9:00
April 23, 2022 Guyana  0–34  Jamaica Thomas Robinson Stadium  
13:06
April 23, 2022 Guyana  5–21  Curaçao Thomas Robinson Stadium  
15:22

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Mexico 3 3 0 0 119 7 +112 9
 Cayman Islands 3 2 0 1 83 31 +52 7
 Turks and Caicos Islands 3 1 0 2 25 125 –100 5
 Bahamas 3 0 0 3 26 90 –64 3
April 23, 2022 Mexico  57–0  Turks and Caicos Islands Thomas Robinson Stadium  
9:22
April 23, 2022 Cayman Islands  34–0  Bahamas Thomas Robinson Stadium  
9:44
April 23, 2022 Mexico  26–0  Cayman Islands Thomas Robinson Stadium  
12:00
April 23, 2022 Turks and Caicos Islands  20–19  Bahamas Thomas Robinson Stadium  
12:22
April 23, 2022 Mexico  36–7  Bahamas Thomas Robinson Stadium  
15:44
April 23, 2022 Cayman Islands  49–5  Turks and Caicos Islands Thomas Robinson Stadium  
16:06

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Bermuda 2 2 0 0 76 10 +66 6
 Barbados 2 1 0 1 52 24 +28 4
 Belize 2 0 0 2 0 94 –94 2
April 23, 2022 Barbados  42–0  Belize Thomas Robinson Stadium  
10:28
April 23, 2022 Barbados  10–24  Bermuda Thomas Robinson Stadium  
13:28
April 23, 2022 Bermuda  52–0  Belize Thomas Robinson Stadium  
16:28

Knockout stage

Shield competition (9th–13th place round-robin)

Plate competition (5th–8th place playoffs)

 
Classification semi-finalsFifth place
 
      
 
April 24, 2022 – Thomas Robinson Stadium
 
 
 Barbados17
 
April 24, 2022 – Thomas Robinson Stadium
 
 Curaçao14
 
 Barbados14
 
April 24, 2022 – Thomas Robinson Stadium
 
 Cayman Islands10
 
 Trinidad and Tobago7
 
 
 Cayman Islands25
 
Seventh place
 
 
April 24, 2022 – Thomas Robinson Stadium
 
 
 Curaçao7
 
 
 Trinidad and Tobago29

Cup competition

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
April 24, 2022 – Thomas Robinson Stadium
 
 
 Canada38
 
April 24, 2022 – Thomas Robinson Stadium
 
 Barbados14
 
 Canada41
 
April 24, 2022 – Thomas Robinson Stadium
 
 Mexico0
 
 Mexico27
 
April 24, 2022 – Thomas Robinson Stadium
 
 Curaçao7
 
 Canada29
 
April 24, 2022 – Thomas Robinson Stadium
 
 Jamaica12
 
 Bermuda7
 
April 24, 2022 – Thomas Robinson Stadium
 
 Trinidad and Tobago5
 
 Bermuda5
 
April 24, 2022 – Thomas Robinson Stadium
 
 Jamaica24 Third place
 
 Jamaica22
 
April 24, 2022 – Thomas Robinson Stadium
 
 Cayman Islands14
 
 Mexico21
 
 
 Bermuda5
 

Final standings

Legend
Green fill Qualified for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens
Blue bar Qualified for the 2022 Commonwealth Games
and 2022 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series
Pos Team
1  Canada[a]
2  Jamaica
3  Mexico
4  Bermuda
5  Barbados
6  Cayman Islands
7  Trinidad and Tobago
8  Curaçao
9  Guyana
10  British Virgin Islands
11  Bahamas
12  Turks and Caicos Islands
13  Belize
Note
  1. ^ Already qualified for the 2022 Commonwealth Games via the 2018–19 / 2019–20 World Rugby Sevens Series.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Jamaica win Rugby Americas North 7s". americasrugbynews.com. October 17, 2021.
  2. ^ "INTERNATIONAL RUGBY SEVENS IS BACK WITH A BANG IN APRIL". world.rugby. World Rugby. March 31, 2022.
  3. ^ Kelly, Bryan (February 28, 2022). "RAN SEVENS QUALIFIERS SET FOR APRIL 23-24 IN BAHAMAS". RAN. Archived from the original on February 28, 2022. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
  4. ^ a b Kelly, Bryan (April 20, 2022). "FINAL SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED FOR RAN SEVENS QUALIFIERS". rugbyamericasnorth.com. RAN.
  5. ^ "CANADA'S SENIOR MEN'S SEVENS SQUAD READY FOR INTENSE PERIOD AS RAN QUALIFIERS ARE ADDED TO SCHEDULE". rugbycanada.ca. Rugby Canada. March 7, 2022.
Rugby Americas North Sevens
Preceded by 2022 RAN Sevens Qualifiers Succeeded by
2022 Mexico City