2023 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Championship Series

2023 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Championship Series
Hosts	Portugal Germany
Date	9 June – 9 July
Nations	12
Final positions
Champions	France
Runners-up	Spain
Third	Great Britain
Team changes
Relegated	Sweden   Romania
← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Championship Series was the 2023 edition of the continental championship for rugby sevens in Europe. The series took place over two legs, the first at Algarve in Portugal and the second at Hamburg in Germany.

France were crowned Series champions after winning both tournaments in Algrave and Hamburg. ^[1]

Teams

The current list of teams confirmed to be participating in the Women's Sevens Championship Series.

Great Britain, will participate after England, Scotland and Wales decided to combine. ^[2]

Italy, Portugal and Sweden were promoted from the 2022 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Trophy, as they were the three highest-ranked teams from the two-legged series.

•   Belgium
•   Czech Republic
•   France
•   Germany
•   Great Britain
•   Ireland
•   Italy
•   Poland
•   Portugal
•   Romania
•   Spain
•   Sweden

Schedule

The official schedule for the 2023 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series was: ^[3]

2023 Series schedule

Leg	Stadium	City	Dates	Winners	Runners-up	Third place
Portugal	Complexo Desportivo de Vila Real de Santo António	Algarve	9–11 June	France	Great Britain	Ireland
Germany	Sports Park Steinwiesenweg	Hamburg	7–9 July	France	Spain	Belgium

Standings

2023 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship

Pos	Event  Team	Algarve	Hamburg	Points total
1	France	20	20	40
2	Spain	12	18	30
3	Great Britain	18	12	30
4	Poland	14	14	28
5	Belgium	10	16	26
6	Ireland	16	6	22
7	Czech Republic	6	10	16
8	Germany	8	8	16
9	Italy	4	4	8
10	Portugal	3	3	6
11	Sweden	2	2	4
12	Romania	1	1	2

Legend
Blue fill	Entry to World Challenger Series
Dark bar	Already a core team for the 2023–24 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
Red fill	Relegated to 2024 European Trophy

First leg – Algarve

Pool stage

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Poland	3	3	0	0	77	24	+53	9
Belgium	3	2	0	1	44	36	+8	7
Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	53	46	+9	5
Romania	3	0	0	3	22	92	-70	3

Poland	43–5	Romania

Belgium	22–7	Czech Republic

Poland	17–12	Czech Republic

Belgium	15–12	Romania

Poland	17–7	Belgium

Czech Republic	34–5	Romania

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Ireland	3	2	1	0	82	17	+65	8
Spain	3	2	1	0	60	17	+43	8
Germany	3	1	0	2	38	70	-32	5
Sweden	3	0	0	3	5	81	-76	3

Ireland	27–0	Sweden

Spain	22–5	Germany

Ireland	43–5	Germany

Spain	26–0	Sweden

Spain	12–12	Ireland

Germany	28–5	Sweden

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
France	3	3	0	0	111	12	+99	9
Great Britain	3	2	0	1	86	43	+43	7
Portugal	3	1	0	2	24	90	-66	5
Italy	3	0	0	3	17	93	-76	3

France	31–0	Italy

Great Britain	31–5	Portugal

Great Britain	43–5	Italy

France	47–0	Portugal

Great Britain	12–33	France

Italy	12–19	Portugal

Knockout stage

9th Place

	Semi-finals				Ninth place
	Portugal	22
	Sweden	7
					Portugal	14
					Italy	34
	Romania	0
	Italy	20
					Eleventh place
					Sweden (aet)	17
					Romania	12

5th Place

	Semi-finals				Fifth place
	Spain	38
	Germany	14
					Spain	12
					Belgium	0
	Czech Republic	7
	Belgium	12
					Seventh place
					Germany (aet)	17
					Czech Republic	12

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Poland	31
	Germany	0
					Poland	7
					Great Britain	31
	Spain	10
	Great Britain	14
									Great Britain	7
									France	19
	Ireland	22
	Czech Republic	5
					Ireland	0
					France	29			Third place
	France	36
	Belgium	0
									Poland	7
									Ireland	20

Second leg – Hamburg

Pool stage

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
France	3	3	0	0	129	5	+134	9
Belgium	3	2	0	1	43	72	-29	7
Germany	3	1	0	2	29	62	-33	5
Romania	3	0	0	3	12	84	-72	3

France	41–0	Romania

Belgium	14–10	Germany

Belgium	24–12	Romania

France	48–0	Germany

France	50–5	Belgium

Germany	19–0	Romania

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	0	95	26	+69	9
Great Britain	3	2	0	1	52	47	+5	7
Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	39	58	-19	5
Sweden	3	0	0	3	22	77	-55	3

Great Britain	19–10	Sweden

Spain	32–7	Czech Republic

Great Britain	19–15	Czech Republic

Spain	41–5	Sweden

Czech Republic	17–7	Sweden

Great Britain	14–22	Spain

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Ireland	3	2	0	1	68	41	+27	7
Poland	3	2	0	1	86	36	+50	7
Italy	3	1	0	2	34	74	-40	5
Portugal	3	1	0	2	41	78	-37	5

Ireland	32–5	Portugal

Poland	38–0	Italy

Ireland	19–24	Italy

Poland	36–19	Portugal

Italy	10–17	Portugal

Ireland	17–12	Poland

Knockout stage

9th Place

	Semi-finals				Ninth place
	Portugal	27
	Romania	0
					Portugal	19
					Italy	28
	Italy	29
	Sweden	7
					Eleventh place
					Romania	5
					Sweden	15

5th Place

	Semi-finals				Fifth place
	Germany	12
	Great Britain	22
					Great Britain	19
					Czech Republic	12
	Czech Republic	29
	Ireland	12
					Seventh place
					Germany	15
					Ireland	5

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	France	52
	Germany	0
					France	49
					Poland	7
	Great Britain	10
	Poland	17
									France	26
									Spain	7
	Spain	12
	Czech Republic	10
					Spain	17
					Belgium	12			Third place
	Ireland	19
	Belgium	22
									Poland	14
									Belgium	20

References

1. Heatly, Gary. "France and Ireland become 2023 7s European Champions". Rugby Europe. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
2. Heagney, Liam (2022-07-20). "World Rugby statement: England, Scotland and Wales' GB 7s decision". www.rugbypass.com. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
3. "Algarve and Hamburg to host 7s Championship this summer". Rugby Europe. Retrieved 2023-04-26.