2023 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series

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]

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	Romania  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 benefited from the three British teams merging by taking up the final position in the tournament.^[3][4][5]

•  Belgium
•  Czech Republic
•  France
•  Georgia
•  Germany
•  Great Britain
•  Ireland
•  Italy
•  Lithuania
•  Portugal
•  Romania
•  Spain

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	Portugal *	12	10	22
6	Georgia *	18	4	22
7	Germany	8	12	20
8	Italy	6	8	14
9	Belgium	4	6	10
10	Lithuania *	3	2	5
11	Romania *	2	3	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, Lithuania was placed higher than Romania due to a better points difference for the series. Portugal was placed higher than Georgia due to a better 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	100	24	76	9
Portugal	3	2	0	1	95	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	45	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-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	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	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	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-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

• Sports portal

• Rugby Europe Algarve Men's 7s Championship Series 2023
• Rugby Europe Hamburg Men's 7s Championship Series 2023