It was held on 13–15 December 2019 at Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa.

[1][2][3] Fiji, the United States and South Africa – three of the top four teams from the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series – were all drawn into Pool A.

The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup playoffs and compete for gold, silver and bronze medals.

The other teams from each pool go to the classification playoffs for 9th to 16th placings.

All times in South African Standard Time (UTC+2:00) Runners-up and host team South Africa contributed three players to the tournament Dream Team.