National Sevens Tournament

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The National Sevens Tournament is a rugby union tournament played between teams from Montenegro.

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History

2013-2014

Teams that participated: RK Mornar Bar, RFC Arsenal Tivat, RK Podgorica. [1] This was the first 15-a-side tournament with was played locally with only Montenegrin clubs. Only three teams participated with them playing each other once and the best two play in a final.

Winner: RK Arsenal Tivat Runner Up: RK Buducnost

2014-2015

Teams that participated: RK Lovcen Cetnije, RK Niksic, RK Mornar Bar, RK Arsenal Tivat, RK Buducnost [2] This was the height of participation with 5 strong teams would could all compete for the title. Each team played each other home and away twice. It was based as a league format and the top four would go into the semis play each other (1 vs 4 & 2 vs 3).

Winner: RK Niksic Runner Up: RK Lovcen

2015-2016

no tournament

2016-2017

no tournament

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