2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Men's tournament
The men's tournament in the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens was held at AT&T Park in San Francisco. New Zealand won the tournament and took home the Melrose Cup by defeating England 33–12 in the final; South Africa won the bronze by deafeating Fiji 24—19. The tournament was dominated by the World Series core teams, which accounted for all eight of the teams that reached the quarterfinals. Ireland was the highest placed non core team in ninth, notching wins against core teams Kenya, Wales, and Australia.
The top point scorer was Papua New Guinea’s Emmanuel Guise with 37 points. The joint top try scorers were New Zealand’s Joe Ravouvou and South Africa’s Siviwe Soyizwapi with 6 each.
Format
Unlike previous editions, the tournament will be played for the first time in a knock-out only format.- Teams in the Championship Cup will compete for the Melrose Cup and Bronze medals.
- Losing teams in the Championship Cup Quarter-finals will compete for 5th Place.
- Losing teams in the Championship Cup Round of 16 will compete for the Challenge Trophy.
- Losing teams in the Championship Cup Pre-round of 16 will compete for the Bowl.
- Losing teams in the Challenge Trophy Quarter-finals will compete for 13th Place.
- Losing teams in the Bowl Quarter-finals will compete for 21st Place.
- Teams entering in the Pre-round of 16 in the Championship Cup will play a minimum of four matches and a maximum of five matches.
- Teams entering in the Round of 16 in the Championship Cup will play four matches.
Teams
Squads
Draw
The twenty-four teams are seeded as follows:- The fourteen core teams of the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series who qualified are ranked as the first fourteen teams. These teams are seeded according to combined rankings derived from the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series, and the first seven rounds of the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series.
- Places 15–24 are allocated to teams that qualified by way of the regional tournaments. These teams are seeded based on their rankings from the 2018 Hong Kong Sevens qualifier.
- Teams ranked 1-8 receive byes and enter the Championship Cup in the Round of 16.
- Teams ranked 9-24 enter the Championship Cup in the Pre-round of 16.
Match officials
- Rasta Rasivhenge
- Richard Kelly
- Craig Evans
- Sam Grove-White
- Damon Murphy
- Jérémy Rozier
- Matt Rodden
- Richard Haughton
- Damián Schneider
- Mike O'Brien
Tournament
Championship Cup Qualifying Round
21st Place
| Matches |
Semi-finals 23rd Place 21st Place Final |
Bowl
| Matches |
Quarter-finals Semi-finals 19th Place Bowl Final |
13th Place
| Matches |
Semi-finals 15th Place 13th Place Final |
Challenge Trophy
| Matches |
Quarter-finals Semi-finals 11th Place Challenge Trophy Final |
5th Place
| Matches |
Semi-finals 7th Place 5th Place Final |
Championship Cup
| Matches |
Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Bronze Medal Match Championship Cup Final |
Tournament placings
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Player scoring
| Rank | Player | Tries |
| 1 | Joe Ravouvou | 6 |
| 1 | Siviwe Soyizwapi | 6 |
| 3 | Justin Geduld | 5 |
| 3 | Luke Morgan | 5 |
| 5 | 14 players | 4 |
| Rank | Player | Points |
| 1 | Emmanuel Guise | 37 |
| 2 | Billy Dardis | 32 |
| 2 | Madison Hughes | 32 |
| 4 | John Porch | 30 |
| 4 | Joe Ravouvou | 30 |
| 4 | Siviwe Soyizwapi | 30 |
| 4 | Philip Wokorach | 30 |
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