2022 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series

Last updated
2022 Rugby Europe Sevens
Series XX
Hosts
Date25 June – 3 July 2022
Nations10
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Runners-upFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
ThirdFlag of France.svg  France
Team changes
PromotedIRFU flag.svg  Ireland, Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain, Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
RelegatedFlag of Poland.svg  Poland
2021
2023

The 2022 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series was the twentieth edition of the annual rugby sevens series organised by Rugby Europe, the governing body of rugby union in Europe, played from June to July 2022. The first leg was played in Lisbon, Portugal, with the second leg in Krakow, Poland. Ten teams competed. There was a separate 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens European Qualifier event held in Bucharest in July. [1] Spain were the defending champions, having won the 2021 tournament. [2] Spain repeated as champions of the Series having finished runner-up in Lisbon and first in Krakow. [3]

Contents

Teams

The current list of teams confirmed to be participating in the Sevens Championship Series. Russia were initially scheduled to participate, but following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the World Rugby Executive Council suspended the Rugby Union of Russia.

France, who were originally to be relegated to the 2022 Trophy tournament as punishment for not fielding a team in the previous year's Championship tournament, accepted an invitation to take Russia's place.

Belgium and the Czech Republic were promoted from the 2021 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy, as they were the two highest-ranked teams from the two-legged series.

Tour venues

The schedule for the series was: [4] [5]

2022 Legs
LegStadiumCityDatesWinner
Portugal Estádio Nacional Lisbon 25–26 JuneFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Poland Municipal Stadium Kraków 1–3 JulyFlag of Spain.svg  Spain

Standings

2022 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship
 
Pos
Event 
Team
Flag of Portugal.svg
Lisbon
Flag of Poland.svg
Kraków
Points
total
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 182038
2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 201636
3Flag of France.svg  France 121830
4Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 141226
5Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 16824
6Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 101424
7Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 41014
8Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 8614
9Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 6410
10Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 336
Legend
Green fillChampions and entry to European Games
Blue fillEntry to European Games and World Challenger Series
No fillEntry to European Games
Dark barAlready a core team for the 2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series
Yellow fillExcluded from European Games
Red fillEntry to European Games and relegated to 2023 European Trophy

First leg – Lisbon

Pool stage

Pool A

TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 440013654+8212
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 43017355+1810
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 42026964+48
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 410362110-486
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 40043895-574
25 June
9:00 WEST (UTC+1)
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg19–14
Report
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Estádio Nacional
25 June
10:44 WEST (UTC+1)
Georgia  Flag of Georgia.svg12–19
Report
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Estádio Nacional

25 June
12:30 WEST (UTC+1)
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg48–21
Report
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Estádio Nacional
25 June
13:14 WEST (UTC+1)
Georgia  Flag of Georgia.svg7–14
Report
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Estádio Nacional

25 June
15:00 WEST (UTC+1)
Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svg26–0
Report
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Estádio Nacional
25 June
15:44 WEST (UTC+1)
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg38–7
Report
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
Estádio Nacional

25 June
17:22 WEST (UTC+1)
Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svg12–21
Report
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Estádio Nacional
26 June
9:00 WEST (UTC+1)
Georgia  Flag of Georgia.svg12–24
Report
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Estádio Nacional

26 June
9:44 WEST (UTC+1)
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg31–12
Report
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Estádio Nacional
26 June
11:00 WEST (UTC+1)
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg17–24
Report
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Estádio Nacional

Pool B

TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 440013019+11112
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 42116660+69
Flag of France.svg  France 42029970+298
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 41124780-337
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 400437150-1134
25 June
10:22 WEST (UTC+1)
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg35–7
Report
Flag of France.svg  France
Estádio Nacional
25 June
11:06 WEST (UTC+1)
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg12–12
Report
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Estádio Nacional

25 June
12:52 WEST (UTC+1)
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg40–5
Report
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Estádio Nacional
25 June
13:36 WEST (UTC+1)
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg7–17
Report
Flag of France.svg  France
Estádio Nacional

25 June
15:22 WEST (UTC+1)
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg33–5
Report
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Estádio Nacional
25 June
16:06 WEST (UTC+1)
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg31–7
Report
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Estádio Nacional

25 June
18:00 WEST (UTC+1)
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg21–19
Report
Flag of France.svg  France
Estádio Nacional
26 June
9:22 WEST (UTC+1)
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg21–20
Report
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Estádio Nacional

26 June
10:06 WEST (UTC+1)
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg24–0
Report
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Estádio Nacional
26 June
11:22 WEST (UTC+1)
Poland  Flag of Poland.svg7–56
Report
Flag of France.svg  France
Estádio Nacional

Ranking Games

Final

26 June
15:25 WEST (UTC+1)
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg7-21
Report
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Estádio Nacional

3rd-place play-off

26 June
14:55 WEST (UTC+1)
Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg14-21
Report
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Estádio Nacional

5th-place play-off

26 June
14:35 WEST (UTC+1)
Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svg12-43
Report
Flag of France.svg  France
Estádio Nacional

7th-place play-off

9th-place play-off

26 June
14:42 WEST (UTC+1)
Georgia  Flag of Georgia.svg27-12
Report
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Estádio Nacional

Results [6]

Second leg – Kraków

Pool stage

Pool A

TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4400+4312
Flag of France.svg  France 4301+2710
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 4202+278
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 4013-355
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 4013-625

Pool B

TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 4301+910
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4301+3310
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4202+188
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 4112-57
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 4013-555

Knockout stage

9th-10th playoff

 
9th place final
 
  
 
3 July
 
 
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 21
 
 
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 19
 

5th–8th playoffs

 
5th place semi finals5th place final
 
      
 
3 July
 
 
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 34
 
3 July
 
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 0
 
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 24
 
3 July
 
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 7
 
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 19
 
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 12
 
7th place final
 
 
3 July
 
 
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 19
 
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 31

1st-4th playoffs

 
Semi finalsFinal
 
      
 
3 July
 
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 10
 
3 July
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 31
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 29
 
3 July
 
Flag of France.svg  France 7
 
Flag of France.svg  France 26
 
 
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 14
 
Third
 
 
3 July
 
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 24
 
 
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 14

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