2018 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy

The 2018 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy is the second division of Rugby Europe's 2018 sevens season. This edition was hosted by the cities of Zagreb and Šiauliai from 7 June to 1 July, with the winner promoted to the 2019 Grand Prix and the two teams with the fewest points relegated to 2019 Conference 1.^[1]

2018 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy
Hosts	Croatia Lithuania
Date	8 June – 1 July
Final positions
Champions	Romania
Runners-up	Belgium
Third	Lithuania
← 2017 2019 →

Schedule

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	Third
8–9 June	Zagreb	Romania	Lithuania	Belgium
30 June – 1 July	Šiauliai	Romania	Belgium	Latvia

Standings

Legend
Promoted to the 2019 Grand Prix series
Relegated to 2019 Conference 1

Rank	Team	Zagreb	Šiauliai	Points
	Romania	20	20	40
	Belgium	16	18	34
	Lithuania	18	12	30
4	Denmark	12	14	26
5	Israel	14	8	22
6	Luxembourg	8	10	18
7	Latvia	1	16	17
8	Ukraine	10	3	13
9	Croatia	6	6	12
10	Bulgaria	4	2	6
11	Hungary	2	4	6
12	Cyprus	3	1	4

Zagreb

Was held 8–9 June.

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Romania	31–26	Lithuania	Belgium (Third)  Israel
5th Place	Denmark	12–10	Ukraine	Luxembourg (Seventh)  Croatia
Challenge Trophy	Bulgaria	43–17	Cyprus	Hungary (Eleventh)  Latvia

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advance to Cup Quarterfinal
Teams that advance to Challenge Trophy Semifinals

Pool Stage

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Belgium	3	3	0	0	67	12	+55	9
Israel	3	2	0	1	48	29	+19	7
Croatia	3	1	0	2	38	60	–22	5
Bulgaria	3	0	0	3	29	81	–52	3

7 June 2018	Belgium	33–7	Bulgaria
12:28

7 June 2018	Croatia	7–26	Israel
12:50

7 June 2018	Belgium	12–5	Israel
15:13

7 June 2018	Croatia	31–12	Bulgaria
15:35

7 June 2018	Israel	17–10	Bulgaria
17:58

7 June 2018	Belgium	22–0	Croatia
18:20

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Romania	3	2	1	0	86	17	+69	7
Lithuania	3	2	1	0	83	31	+52	7
Hungary	3	1	0	2	26	57	–31	5
Cyprus	3	0	0	3	19	109	–90	3

7 June 2018	Romania	24–0	Hungary
11:44

7 June 2018	Lithuania	45–7	Cyprus
12:06

7 June 2018	Romania	45–0	Cyprus
14:29

7 June 2018	Lithuania	21–7	Hungary
14:51

7 June 2018	Cyprus	12–19	Hungary
17:14

7 June 2018	Romania	17–17	Lithuania
17:36

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Denmark	3	3	0	0	77	24	+53	9
Ukraine	3	2	0	1	65	41	+24	7
Luxembourg	3	1	0	2	36	49	-13	5
Latvia	3	0	0	3	12	76	-64	3

7 June 2018	Luxembourg	17–5	Latvia
11:00

7 June 2018	Ukraine	17–22	Denmark
11:22

7 June 2018	Luxembourg	7–24	Denmark
13:45

7 June 2018	Ukraine	28–7	Latvia
14:07

7 June 2018	Denmark	31–0	Latvia
16:30

7 June 2018	Luxembourg	12–20	Ukraine
16:52

Knockout stage

Challenge Trophy

	Semi-finals				Final
	9 June 2018 – 11:28
	Hungary	19
					9 June 2018 – 15:05
	Cyprus	20
					Cyprus	17
	9 June 2018 – 11:50
					Bulgaria	43
	Bulgaria	21
	Latvia	14
					Eleventh Place
					9 June 2018 – 14:43
					Hungary	21
					Latvia	12

5th Place

	Semi-finals				Final
	9 June 2018 – 13:15
	Croatia	5
					9 June 2018 – 16:26
	Ukraine	12
					Ukraine	10
	9 June 2018 – 13:37
					Denmark	12
	Luxembourg	7
	Denmark	17
					Seventh Place
					9 June 2018 – 16:02
					Croatia	7
					Luxembourg	14

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	9 June 2018 – 10:00
	Belgium	26
					9 June 2018 – 13:59
	Croatia	7
					Belgium	7
	9 June 2018 – 11:06
					Lithuania	17
	Lithuania	17
									9 June 2018 – 18:15
	Ukraine	7
									Lithuania	26
	9 June 2018 – 10:22
									Romania	31
	Romania	27
					9 June 2018 – 14:21
	Luxembourg	14
					Romania	26
	9 June 2018 – 10:44
					Israel	12			Third place
	Denmark	7
									9 June 2018 – 17:14
	Israel	10
									Belgium	22
									Israel	7

Šiauliai

Will be held 30 June – 1 July.

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Romania	35–5	Belgium	Latvia (Third)  Denmark
5th place	Lithuania	22–5	Luxembourg	Israel (Seventh)  Croatia
Challenge Trophy	Hungary	17–14	Ukraine	Bulgaria (Eleventh)  Cyprus

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advance to Cup Quarterfinal
Teams that advance to Challenge Trophy Semifinals

Pool Stage

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Luxembourg	3	1	2	0	46	44	+2	7
Romania	3	2	0	1	93	24	+69	7
Latvia	3	1	1	1	53	55	–2	6
Ukraine	3	0	1	2	5	74	–69	4

30 June 2018	Romania	38–0	Latvia
9:00

30 June 2018	Ukraine	5–5	Luxembourg
9:22

30 June 2018	Romania	22–24	Luxembourg
11:45

30 June 2018	Ukraine	0–36	Latvia
12:07

30 June 2018	Romania	33–0	Ukraine
14:30

30 June 2018	Luxembourg	17–17	Latvia
14:52

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Lithuania	3	3	0	0	99	33	+66	0
Croatia	3	2	0	1	90	66	+24	0
Denmark	3	1	0	2	69	81	–12	5
Hungary	3	0	0	3	33	111	–78	3

30 June 2018	Denmark	14–43	Croatia
10:28

30 June 2018	Lithuania	42–0	Hungary
10:50

30 June 2018	Denmark	36–14	Hungary
13:13

30 June 2018	Lithuania	33–14	Croatia
13:35

30 June 2018	Croatia	33–19	Hungary
15:58

30 June 2018	Lithuania	24–19	Denmark
16:20

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Israel	3	3	0	0	102	26	+76	9
Belgium	3	2	0	1	78	52	+26	7
Bulgaria	3	1	0	2	33	95	–62	5
Cyprus	3	0	0	3	50	90	–40	3

30 June 2018	Belgium	26–12	Cyprus
9:44

30 June 2018	Israel	31–7	Bulgaria
10:06

30 June 2018	Belgium	40–7	Bulgaria
12:29

30 June 2018	Israel	38–14	Cyprus
12:51

30 June 2018	Belgium	12–33	Israel
15:14

30 June 2018	Bulgaria	26–24	Cyprus
15:36

Knockout stage

Challenge Trophy

	Semi-finals				Final
	1 July 2018 – 10:28
	Bulgaria	7
					1 July 2018 – 14:05
	Hungary	14
					Hungary	17
	1 July 2018 – 10:50
					Ukraine	14
	Cyprus	14
	Ukraine	31
					Eleventh Place
					1 July 2018 – 13:43
					Bulgaria	24
					Cyprus	12

5th Place

	Semi-finals				Final
	1 July 2018 – 12:15
	Luxembourg	24
					1 July 2018 – 15:24
	Croatia	21
					Luxembourg	5
	1 July 2018 – 12:37
					Lithuania	22
	Lithuania	28
	Israel	0
					Seventh Place
					1 July 2018 – 15:02
					Croatia	19
					Israel	35

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	1 July 2018 – 9:00
	Luxembourg	0
					1 July 2018 – 12:59
	Denmark	34
					Denmark	7
	1 July 2018 – 10:06
					Belgium	14
	Croatia	14
									1 July 2018 – 15:52
	Belgium	17
									Belgium	5
	1 July 2018 – 9:22
									Romania	35
	Lithuania	12
					1 July 2018 – 13:21
	Latvia	14
					Latvia	0
	1 July 2018 – 9:44
					Romania	40			Third place
	Israel	10
									1 July 2018 – 16:14
	Romania	17
									Denmark	10
									Latvia	38

External links

• Tournament page