The Lithuania national rugby sevens team is a minor national sevens side. [1] They won the Bowl in the 2005 FIRA European Sevens in Moscow.
The Lithuania national rugby sevens team is a minor national sevens side. [1] They won the Bowl in the 2005 FIRA European Sevens in Moscow.
| Olympic Games record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D | |||
 2016 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
 2020 | To be determinated | ||||||||
| Total | 0 Titles | 0/2 | - | - | - | - | |||
| World Cup record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D | |||
 1993 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
 1997 | |||||||||
 2001 | |||||||||
| 2005 | |||||||||
 2009 | |||||||||
 2013 | |||||||||
 2018 | |||||||||
| Total | 0 Titles | 2/7 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | |||
| Sevens Grand Prix Series record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Position | Pld | W | L | D | ||
| 2011 | Did not qualify | ||||||
| 2012 | 15th | ||||||
| 2013 | Did not qualify | ||||||
| 2014 | |||||||
| 2015 | 9th | ||||||
| 2016 | 10th | ||||||
| 2017 | Did not qualify | ||||||
| 2018 | |||||||
| Total | 3/8 | ||||||
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