2023 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series

The 2023 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series was be 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]

2023 Rugby Europe Sevens
Series XXI
Hosts
Date9 June – 9 July 2023
Nations12
Final positions
Champions Ireland
Runners-up France
Third Spain
Team changes
Relegated Lithuania
 Czech Republic
← 2022
2024 →

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 benifited 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 D L PF PA PD Pts
 Spain 3 3 0 0 102 24 76 9
 Portugal 3 2 0 1 96 24 71 7
 Lithuania 3 1 0 2 31 72 –41 5
 Czech Republic 3 0 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 D L PF PA PD Pts
 Germany 3 3 0 0 64 26 38 9
 Italy 3 2 0 1 48 33 15 7
 Georgia 3 1 0 2 53 50 –5 5
 Romania 3 0 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 D L PF PA PD Pts
 Ireland 3 3 0 0 77 21 56 9
 France 3 2 0 1 41 60 –19 7
 Great Britain 3 1 0 2 40 36 4 5
 Belgium 3 0 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-finalsNinth place
 
      
 
 
 
 Lithuania41
 
 
 Czech Republic14
 
 Lithuania5
 
 
 Belgium26
 
 Belgium45
 
 
 Romania7
 
Eleventh place
 
 
 
 
 Czech Republic14
 
 
 Romania26

5th Place

 
Semi-finalsFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 Spain38
 
 
 Italy21
 
 Spain12
 
 
 Portugal17
 
 Germany19
 
 
 Portugal21
 
Seventh place
 
 
 
 
 Italy12
 
 
 Germany17

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 Spain12
 
 
 Georgia24
 
 Georgia14
 
 
 France7
 
 Italy7
 
 
 France24
 
 Georgia10
 
 
 Ireland19
 
 Germany12
 
 
 Great Britain22
 
 Great Britain14
 
 
 Ireland17 Third place
 
 Ireland29
 
 
 Portugal10
 
 France21
 
 
 Great Britain14
 

Second leg – Hamburg

Pool stage

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Germany 3 2 0 1 84 28 56 7
 Spain 3 2 0 1 90 38 52 7
 Ireland 3 2 0 1 62 34 28 7
 Czech Republic 3 0 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 2 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 D L PF PA PD Pts
 Belgium 3 2 0 1 64 36 28 7
 France 3 2 0 1 72 44 28 7
 Great Britain 3 2 0 1 43 41 2 7
 Lithuania 3 0 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-finalsNinth place
 
      
 
8 July 2023 16:18 UTC
 
 
 Georgia14
 
9 July 2023 11:12 UTC
 
 Czech Republic7
 
 Georgia17
 
8 July 2023 16:40 UTC
 
 Romania12
 
 Romania20
 
 
 Lithuania0
 
Eleventh place
 
 
9 July 2023 10:50 UTC
 
 
 Czech Republic19
 
 
 Lithuania24

5th Place

 
Semi-finalsFifth place
 
      
 
9 July 2023 09:22 UTC
 
 
 Germany31
 
9 July 2023 12:50 UTC
 
 Italy5
 
 Germany26
 
9 July 2023 09:44 UTC
 
 Portugal12
 
 Portugal28
 
 
 Belgium10
 
Seventh place
 
 
9 July 2023 12:28 UTC
 
 
 Italy28
 
 
 Belgium0

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
8 July 2023 17:02 UTC
 
 
 Germany19
 
9 July 2023 10:06 UTC
 
 Great Britain21
 
 Great Britain7
 
8 July 2023 18:08 UTC
 
 France33
 
 Italy7
 
9 July 2023 14:47 UTC
 
 France33
 
 France19
 
8 July 17:24 UTC
 
 Spain21
 
 Portugal12
 
9 July 2023 10:28 UTC
 
 Ireland19
 
 Ireland19
 
8 July 2023 17:46 UTC
 
 Spain24Third place
 
 Belgium0
 
9 July 2023 13:47 UTC
 
 Spain19
 
 Great Britain7
 
 
 Ireland12
 

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