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Union | Kosovo Rugby Federation |
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Nickname(s) | Dardanët (Dardanians) |
Coach(es) | Mark Barrett |
Captain(s) | Mehdi Krasniqi |
First international | |
![]() ![]() (11 June 2022) | |
Largest win | |
![]() ![]() (12 June 2022) | |
Largest defeat | |
![]() ![]() (15 March 2025) |
The Kosovo national rugby sevens team is the national rugby sevens side representing Kosovo.
The Kosovo Rugby Federation was established in September 2018. A great role in its establishment has played the Rugby Community in Kosovo. Rugby community consists of people that come with different cultural backgrounds coming from different continents of the world. [1] On 3 December 2021, Kosovo was accepted in Rugby Europe during their 103rd meeting. [2]
On 8 April 2022, it was decided that Kosovo should be part of Rugby Europe Sevens in Conference 2 of the 2022 Rugby Europe Sevens Conference, together with Estonia, Malta, San Marino, Slovakia and Slovenia. [3] On 11 June 2022, Kosovo made their debut in the Rugby Europe Sevens Conference with a 22–5 away defeat against Slovenia, which match was also the team's first-ever match. [4] A day later, Kosovo achieved their first win in the Rugby Europe Sevens Conference, which was also the team's first-ever win, a 38–0 home win against Estonia. [5] Kosovo is set to participate in the 2023 Conference 2 between 17 and 18 June 2023 in Bar, Montenegro. [6]
Rugby Europe Sevens | |||||||||||
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Year | Division | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | P/R | ||||
before 2022 | Team did not exist | ||||||||||
![]() | Conf. 2 | 5th | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Conf. 2 | ||||||||||
Total | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | — |
11 June | Slovenia ![]() | 22–5 | ![]() | Hibernians Stadium, Paola, Malta | ||
10:00 | Report |
11 June | Slovakia ![]() | 22–12 | ![]() | Hibernians Stadium, Paola, Malta | ||
16:44 | Report |
11 June | Kosovo ![]() | 0–48 | ![]() | Hibernians Stadium, Paola, Malta | ||
19:14 | Report |
12 June | San Marino ![]() | 30–0 | ![]() | Hibernians Stadium, Paola, Malta | ||
14:44 | Report |
12 June | Kosovo ![]() | 38–0 | ![]() | Hibernians Stadium, Paola, Malta | ||
17:14 | Report |
Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | Win % |
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![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
5 countries | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20.00 |