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European Universities Rugby 7s Championships were included in the EUSA Sports Program in 2007 and are organised annually since.
The European Universities Rugby 7s Championships are coordinated by the European University Sports Association along with the 18 other sports on the program of the European universities championships.
| Location | Nb of countries | Nb of teams | Nb of participants | Men | Women | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Finalist | Bronze Medallist | Winner | Finalist | Bronze Medallist | |||||
| 2007 | Grenoble France | 7 | 12 | 166 | University of Wales Institute Cardiff  United Kingdom | University of Leeds Met Carnegie United Kingdom | University of Pierre Mendes France of Grenoble France | * | * | * |
| 2008 | Rome Italy | 9 | 9 | 147 | University of Limoges France | University of Wales Institute Cardiff United Kingdom | University of Leeds United Kingdom | University of Northumbria United Kingdom | University of Lille France | * |
| 2009 | Bristol United Kingdom | 5 | 12 | 218 | Kuban State University of Physical Education,Sport and Tourism  Russia | University of Coimbra  Portugal | Bristol University United Kingdom | Exeter University United Kingdom | University of Lille France | Brunel University United Kingdom |
| 2010 | Cordoba Spain | 6 | 12 | 188 | University of Coimbra Portugal | University of Montpellier France | Dublin City University  Ireland | University of Bordeaux France | University of A Coruna Spain | University of Barcelona Spain |
| 2011 | Lille France | * | * | 244 | STAPS Orsay France | University of Manchester United Kingdom | University of Bristol United Kingdom | University of Coimbra Portugal | University of Paris 13 Bobigny France | University of Lille Nord de France France |
| 2012 | European Universities Games Cordoba Spain | 6 | 13 | 178 | University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour France | University of the Basque Country Spain | University of Porto Portugal | University of Paris Bobigny France | University of Coimbra Portugal | University of Barcelona Spain |
| 2013 | Sofia Bulgaria | 7 | 14 | 190 | Georgian National University  Georgia | University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour France | Moscow Aviation Institute Russia | Paul Sabatier University France | University of Coimbra Portugal | National Sports Academy Vasil Levski Bulgaria |
| 2014 | EUG,Rotterdam Netherlands | 9 | 14 | 194 | Georgian National University Georgia | Siberian Federal University Russia | Utrecht University Netherlands | University Toulouse 3 - Paul Sabatier France | National Sports Academy Vasil Levski Bulgaria | University of Porto Portugal |
| 2015 | Gödöllő Hungary | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
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