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2023 Rugby Europe Sevens
2023 Rugby Europe Sevens
Series XXI
Hosts	Portugal; Germany;
Date	9 June – 9 July 2023
Nations	12
Final positions
Champions	Ireland
Runners-up	France
Third	Spain
Team changes
Relegated	Lithuania; Czech Republic
	← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series was the twenty-first edition of the continental championship for rugby sevens in Europe. The series took place over two legs, the first at Algarve in Portugal and the second at Hamburg in Germany. Ireland won the first leg of the tournament defeating Georgia in the Algarve final, 19–10.^[1] Ireland earned a third place finish at the Hamburg event, thereby clinching the Rugby Europe Sevens Championship.^[2]

Teams

The current list of teams confirmed to be participating in the Sevens Championship Series.

Poland, were relegated to the 2023 Trophy tournament after finishing last in the previous year's Championship tournament.

Participating teams increased from ten to twelve teams for this year's tournament. This enabled three groups of four teams as opposed to the two groups of five teams that participated in the 2022 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series. Both Ireland and England were promoted from the 2022 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy. However, Great Britain replaced England in the tournament following World Rugby's mandate of Olympic teams competing on the World Rugby Sevens Series from 2023 to 2024 season and the decision by the rugby authorities of England, Scotland, and Wales to merge and compete as Great Britain in advance of the 2024 Olympic games. Romania who finished fourth behind Wales in the 2022 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy benefited from the three British teams merging by taking up the final position in the tournament.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Schedule

The official schedule for the 2023 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series is:^[6]

2023 Series schedule
Leg	Stadium	City	Dates	Winners	Runners-up	Third place
Portugal	Complexo Desportivo de Vila Real de Santo António	Algarve	9–11 June	Ireland	Georgia	France
Germany	Sports Park Steinwiesenweg	Hamburg	7–9 July	Spain	France	Ireland

Standings

2023 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship
Pos	Event Team	Algarve	Hamburg	Points total
1	Ireland	20	16	36
2	France	16	18	34
3	Spain	10	20	30
4	Great Britain	14	14	28
5	Georgia^*	18	4	22
6	Portugal^*	12	10	22
7	Germany	8	12	20
8	Italy	6	8	14
9	Belgium	4	6	10
10	Romania^*	2	3	5
11	Lithuania^*	3	2	5
12	Czech Republic	1	1	2

Legend
Blue fill	Entry to World Challenger Series
Dark bar	Already a core team for the 2023–24 World Rugby Sevens Series
Red fill	Relegated to 2024 European Trophy

Notes:

^^* As per Rugby Europe rules, Romania was placed higher than Lithuania due to a better head-to-head record and superior points difference for the series. Georgia was placed higher than Portugal due to a better head-to-head record and superior points difference for the series.

First leg – Algarve

Pool stage

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	100	24	76	9
Portugal	3	2	1	95	24	71	7
Lithuania	3	1	2	31	72	–41	5
Czech Republic	3	0	3	10	116	–106	3

Spain	43–0	Czech Republic

Portugal	29–0	Lithuania

Spain	38–7	Lithuania

Portugal	49–5	Czech Republic

Lithuania	24–5	Czech Republic

Spain	19–17	Portugal

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Germany	3	3	0	64	26	38	9
Italy	3	2	1	48	33	15	7
Georgia	3	1	2	45	50	–5	5
Romania	3	0	3	26	74	–48	3

Germany	26–12	Romania

Italy	17–14	Georgia

Germany	26–7	Georgia

Italy	24–7	Romania

Georgia	24–7	Romania

Germany	12–7	Italy

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Ireland	3	3	0	77	21	56	9
France	3	2	1	41	60	–19	7
Great Britain	3	1	2	40	36	4	5
Belgium	3	0	3	26	67	–41	3

France	17–14	Great Britain

Belgium	7–31	Ireland

France	7–34	Ireland

Great Britain	19–7	Belgium

France	17–12	Belgium

Ireland	12–7	Great Britain

Knockout stage

9th Place

Semi-finals		Ninth place



Lithuania	41

Czech Republic	14
		Lithuania	5

		Belgium	26
Belgium	45

Romania	7
		Eleventh place



		Czech Republic	14

		Romania	26

5th Place

Semi-finals		Fifth place



Spain	38

Italy	21
		Spain	12

		Portugal	17
Germany	19

Portugal	21
		Seventh place



		Italy	12

		Germany	17

Cup

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



Spain	12

Georgia	24
		Georgia	14

		France	7
Italy	7

France	24
				Georgia	10

				Ireland	19
Germany	12

Great Britain	22
		Great Britain	14

		Ireland	17	Third place
Ireland	29

Portugal	10
				France	21

				Great Britain	14

Second leg – Hamburg

Pool stage

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Germany	3	2	1	84	28	56	7
Spain	3	2	1	90	38	52	7
Ireland	3	2	1	62	34	28	7
Czech Republic	3	0	3	0	136	–136	3

7 July 2023
14:35 UTC

Ireland	50–0	Czech Republic

Sports Park Steinwiesenweg

7 July 2023
14:57 UTC

Spain	28–26	Germany

Sports Park Steinwiesenweg

8 July 2023
10:40 UTC

Spain	52–0	Czech Republic

Sports Park Steinwiesenweg

8 July 2023
11:02 UTC

Ireland	0–24	Germany

Sports Park Steinwiesenweg

8 July 2023
13:56 UTC

Ireland	12–10	Spain

Sports Park Steinwiesenweg

8 July 2023
14:18 UTC

Germany	34–0	Czech Republic

Sports Park Steinwiesenweg

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Portugal	3	2	0	1	71	45	26	7
Italy	3	2	0	1	87	64	23	7
Georgia	3	1	1	1	55	52	3	6
Romania	3	0	1	2	38	90	–52	4

7 JUly 2023
13:51 UTC

Georgia	19–19	Romania

Sports Park Steinwiesenweg

7 July 2023
14:13 UTC

Portugal	33–21	Italy

Sports Park Steinwiesenweg

8 July 2023
09:56 UTC

Georgia	17–21	Italy

Sports Park Steinwiesenweg

8 July 2023
10:18 UTC

Portugal	26–5	Romania

Sports Park Steinwiesenweg

8 July 2023
13:12 UTC

Italy	45–14	Romania

Sports Park Steinwiesenweg

8 July 2023
13:34 UTC

Georgia	19–12	Portugal

Sports Park Steinwiesenweg

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Belgium	3	2	1	64	36	28	7
France	3	2	1	72	44	28	7
Great Britain	3	2	1	43	41	2	7
Lithuania	3	0	3	17	75	–58	3

7 July 2023
13:07 UTC

France	38–10	Lithuania

Sports Park Steinwiesenweg

7 July 2023
13:29 UTC

Great Britain	14–22	Belgium

Sports Park Steinwiesenweg

8 July 2023
09:12 UTC

France	22–15	Belgium

Sports Park Steinwiesenweg

8 July 2023
09:34 UTC

Great Britain	10–7	Lithuania

Sports Park Steinwiesenweg

8 July 2023
12:28 UTC

Belgium	27–0	Lithuania

Sports Park Steinwiesenweg

8 July 2023
12:50 UTC

France	12–19	Great Britain

Sports Park Steinwiesenweg

Knockout stage

9th Place

Semi-finals		Ninth place

8 July 2023 16:18 UTC

Georgia	14
		9 July 2023 11:12 UTC
Czech Republic	7
		Georgia	17
8 July 2023 16:40 UTC
		Romania	12
Romania	20

Lithuania	0
		Eleventh place

		9 July 2023 10:50 UTC

		Czech Republic	19

		Lithuania	24

5th Place

Semi-finals		Fifth place

9 July 2023 09:22 UTC

Germany	31
		9 July 2023 12:50 UTC
Italy	5
		Germany	26
9 July 2023 09:44 UTC
		Portugal	12
Portugal	28

Belgium	10
		Seventh place

		9 July 2023 12:28 UTC

		Italy	28

		Belgium	0

Cup

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

8 July 2023 17:02 UTC

Germany	19
		9 July 2023 10:06 UTC
Great Britain	21
		Great Britain	7
8 July 2023 18:08 UTC
		France	33
Italy	7
				9 July 2023 14:47 UTC
France	33
				France	19
8 July 17:24 UTC
				Spain	21
Portugal	12
		9 July 2023 10:28 UTC
Ireland	19
		Ireland	19
8 July 2023 17:46 UTC
		Spain	24	Third place
Belgium	0
				9 July 2023 13:47 UTC
Spain	19
				Great Britain	7

				Ireland	12

External links

References

^ "Ireland Men ramp up for Olympic qualifier by winning Rugby Europe Championship 7s". the42. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
^ "Ireland Men Finish Season As Rugby Europe Sevens Champions". Irish Rugby. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
^ Heagney, Liam (20 July 2022). "World Rugby statement: England, Scotland and Wales' GB 7s decision". RugbyPass. Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
^ Shepard, Kit (20 July 2022). "Great Britain to join World Sevens Series". Rugby World. Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
^ Joyce, Jasmine (20 July 2022). "Great Britain Model Announced for 2023 World Sevens Series". Team GB. Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
^ "Algarve and Hamburg to host 7s Championship this summer". Rugby Europe. Retrieved 2023-04-26.

[1] "Ireland Men ramp up for Olympic qualifier by winning Rugby Europe Championship 7s". the42. Retrieved 11 June 2023.

[2] "Ireland Men Finish Season As Rugby Europe Sevens Champions". Irish Rugby. Retrieved 12 July 2023.

[3] Heagney, Liam (20 July 2022). "World Rugby statement: England, Scotland and Wales' GB 7s decision". RugbyPass. Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.

[4] Shepard, Kit (20 July 2022). "Great Britain to join World Sevens Series". Rugby World. Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.

[5] Joyce, Jasmine (20 July 2022). "Great Britain Model Announced for 2023 World Sevens Series". Team GB. Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.

[6] "Algarve and Hamburg to host 7s Championship this summer". Rugby Europe. Retrieved 2023-04-26.

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2023 Rugby Europe Sevens
Series XXI
Hosts	Portugal Germany
Date	9 June – 9 July 2023
Nations	12
Final positions
Champions	Ireland
Runners-up	France
Third	Spain
Team changes
Relegated	Lithuania Czech Republic
← 2022 2024 →