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2002 European Sevens Championship
Host nation Germany Germany
Date17–18 August 2002
Cup
Champion  Portugal
Runner-up  Georgia
Third  Germany
Plate
Winner  Lithuania
Runner-up  Ukraine
Bowl
Winner  Denmark
Runner-up  Netherlands
2003 →

The 2002 European Sevens Championship was a rugby sevens competition, with the final held in Heidelberg, Germany. [1] [2] It was the first edition of the European Sevens championship. The event was organised by rugby's European governing body, the FIRA – Association of European Rugby (FIRA-AER). [3]

Portugal won the first edition by defeating Georgia 24-14 in the final. [4] [5]

Qualification

FIRA – Association of European Rugby (FIRA-AER) organised five preliminary rugby sevens competitions in Lunel, France (17-18 May 2002), Amsterdam, Netherlands (25 May 2002), Madrid, Spain (15-16 June), Budapest, Romania (29-30 June 2002), and Sopot, Poland (20 July 2002). [6] These competitions were intended to be applied as qualification tournaments in advance of the final in Heidelberg, Germany (17-18 August 2002). The twelve teams selected to have qualified based on points of participation and points by results in ranking order consisted of France, Portugal, Netherlands, Denmark, Georgia, Poland, Czech Republic, Croatia, Lithuania, Malta, Ukraine, and Germany. [7] Sweden was added as a reserve team in the event of a cancellation. [8] However Luxembourg was added to the tournament line-up to fill the vacancy created when Croatia pulled out and Sweden did not enter. [9]

Heidelberg

Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup   Portugal 24–14   Georgia   Germany (Third)
  France
Plate   Lithuania 24–10   Ukraine   Poland (Seventh)
  Malta
Bowl   Denmark 28–12   Netherlands   Czech Republic (Eleventh)
  Luxembourg

Pool Stage

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the Cup Semifinal
Teams advanced to the Plate Semifinal
Teams advanced to the Bowl semifinal

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  France 5 5 0 0 121 24 +97 15
  Germany 5 3 0 2 118 74 +44 11
  Lithuania 5 3 0 2 140 68 +72 11
  Poland 5 2 0 3 82 57 +25 9
  Denmark 5 2 0 3 71 118 –47 9
  Luxembourg 5 0 0 5 14 205 –191 5


17 August 2002   Poland 7–26   Germany  
17 August 2002   Denmark 7–47   Lithuania  
17 August 2002   France 35–0   Luxembourg  
17 August 2002   Lithuania 19–21   Germany  
17 August 2002   Poland 42–0   Luxembourg  
17 August 2002   France 31–0   Denmark  
17 August 2002   Luxembourg 0–45   Germany  
17 August 2002   France 19–12   Lithuania  
17 August 2002   Denmark 0–19   Poland  
17 August 2002   Lithuania 45–14   Luxembourg  
17 August 2002   Denmark 26–21   Germany  
17 August 2002   France 14–7   Poland  
18 August 2002   Denmark 38–0   Luxembourg  
18 August 2002   Poland 7–17   Lithuania  
18 August 2002   France 22–5   Germany  


Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Portugal 5 4 0 1 133 36 +97 13
  Georgia 5 4 0 1 123 38 +85 13
  Ukraine 5 4 0 1 88 31 +57 13
  Malta 5 2 0 3 53 115 –62 9
  Netherlands 5 1 0 4 64 111 –47 7
  Czech Republic 5 0 0 5 38 168 –130 5


17 August 2002   Czech Republic 0–31   Ukraine  
17 August 2002   Netherlands 7–21   Georgia  
17 August 2002   Portugal 38–0   Malta  
17 August 2002   Georgia 7–14   Ukraine  
17 August 2002   Czech Republic 12–24   Malta  
17 August 2002   Portugal 40–7   Netherlands  
17 August 2002   Malta 5–24   Ukraine  
17 August 2002   Portugal 12–15   Georgia  
17 August 2002   Netherlands 26–19   Czech Republic  
17 August 2002   Georgia 24–5   Malta  
17 August 2002   Netherlands 7–12   Ukraine  
17 August 2002   Portugal 31–7   Czech Republic  
18 August 2002   Netherlands 17–19   Malta  
18 August 2002   Czech Republic 0–56   Georgia  
18 August 2002   Portugal 12–7   Ukraine  

Knockout stage

Bowl

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
18 August 2002 – Heidelberg
 
 
  Denmark21
 
18 August 2002 – Heidelberg
 
  Czech Republic12
 
  Denmark28
 
18 August 2002 – Heidelberg
 
  Netherlands12
 
  Luxembourg7
 
 
  Netherlands28
 
Eleventh Place
 
 
18 August 2002 – Heidelberg
 
 
  Czech Republic26
 
 
  Luxembourg12

Plate

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
18 August 2002 – Heidelberg
 
 
  Lithuania43
 
18 August 2002 – Heidelberg
 
  Malta0
 
  Lithuania24
 
18 August 2002 – Heidelberg
 
  Ukraine10
 
  Poland12
 
 
  Ukraine26
 
Seventh Place
 
 
18 August 2002 – Heidelberg
 
 
  Malta7
 
 
  Poland28

Cup

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
18 August 2002 – Heidelberg
 
 
  France10
 
18 August 2002 – Heidelberg
 
  Georgia12
 
  Georgia14
 
18 August 2002 – Heidelberg
 
  Portugal24
 
  Germany7
 
 
  Portugal19
 
Third Place
 
 
18 August 2002 – Heidelberg
 
 
  France7
 
 
  Germany19

Standings

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)   Portugal
2nd place, silver medalist(s)   Georgia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)   Germany
4   France
5   Lithuania
6   Ukraine
7   Poland
8   Malta
9   Denmark
10   Netherlands
11   Czech Republic
12   Luxembourg

References

  1. ^ Rugby VII Competitions. (23 August 2002). fira-aer-rugby Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org
  2. ^ FIRA-AER Rugby Flash Info (October 2002) Page 4. Archived 17 February 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org
  3. ^ FIRA-AER Rugby Flash Info (July 2002) Page 8. Archived 17 February 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org
  4. ^ "Rugby VII Competitions". 16 March 2014. Archived from the original on August 23, 2002.
  5. ^ Results: SAS Institute Heidelberg Sevens 2002. fira-aer-rugby. (8 June 2003) Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org
  6. ^ Results: SAS Institute Heidelberg Sevens 2002. fira-aer-rugby. (8 June 2003) Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org
  7. ^ Rugby VII Competitions. (23 August 2002). fira-aer-rugby Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org
  8. ^ FIRA-AER Rugby Flash Info (October 2002) Page 4. Archived 17 February 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org
  9. ^ FIRA-AER Rugby Flash Info (October 2002) Page 4. Archived 17 February 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org
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