2022 Singapore Sevens

The 2022 Singapore Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament played on 9–10 April 2022 at the National Stadium in Singapore. It was the ninth edition of the Singapore Sevens and the fifth tournament of the 2021–22 World Rugby Sevens Series. This was the first event in the series for which no invited teams featured in tournament, and all core teams were available.

2022 Singapore Sevens
Sevens World Series XXIII
Host nation Singapore
Date9–10 April 2022
Cup
Champion Fiji
Runner-up New Zealand
Third Australia
Tournament details
Matches played45
Tries scored275 (average 6.11 per match)
Most points Dietrich Roache (52 points)
Most tries Vuiviawa Naduvalo (10 tries)
2019
2023

In the cup final, it was Fiji who took out their record third Singapore title after they defeated New Zealand by 28–17. Australia narrowly defeated Ireland by 21–19 to finish in third place. The defending tournament champions from 2019, South Africa, finished in equal-seventh place, and also lost their thirty-six match win streak in the pool stage against the United States by 7–12. Following South Africa's loss in the pool stage, they lost back-to-back in the knockout stage to Fiji (19–14) and Argentina (22–15), respectively.

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