Portugal national rugby sevens team

This article is about the men's 7-a-side rugby union team. For the women's team, see Portugal women's national rugby sevens team. For the men's 15-a-side rugby union team, see Portugal national rugby union team.

The Portugal national rugby sevens team played for the first time in 1992, at the Catania Sevens, World Cup 1993 European Qualifier.^{[citation needed]} The team plays in competitions such as the World Sevens Series, the European Sevens Grand Prix Series and the Rugby World Cup Sevens. Portugal has a record of eight European titles—in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2011—although Portugal has not made the semifinals since 2012.^{[citation needed]} Pedro Leal and Gonçalo Foro are two notable sevens players.

Portugal

Union	Federação Portuguesa de Rugby
Nickname(s)	The Lobos (The Wolves)
Coach(es)	Frederico Sousa
Team kit Change kit
First international
Portugal 6 - 24 Namibia  (Catania, Italy; 1992-05-27)
Largest win
Hungary 0 - 82 Portugal  (Sopot, Poland; 2009-05-16)
Largest defeat
Fiji 59 - 0 Portugal  (Hong Kong, China; 1997-03-21)
World Cup Sevens
Appearances	6 (First in 1997)
Best result	10th place, 2005

World Rugby Sevens Series

Main article: World Rugby Sevens Series

Portugal were a core team at the World Rugby Sevens Series beginning with the 2012–13 season, but finished last among core teams in the 2015-16 World Series and were relegated. Since then, Portugal has not been in contention for promotion back to the World Series; their performance in the Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix has not been sufficiently strong for Portugal to reach the Hong Kong Sevens qualifying tournament.

Portugal competed at the 2024 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series in Dubai. They finished tenth after losing to Uganda in the ninth place playoff.^[1][2] They finished tenth in the overall Challenger Series.^[3]

Tournament history

Summer Olympics

Portugal has not qualified for the Summer Olympics.

Rugby World Cup Sevens

Rugby World Cup Sevens Record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
1993	Did not qualify
1997	Bowl Quarterfinalist	21st	5	0	5	0
2001	Bowl Finalist	18th	8	3	4	1
2005	Plate Finalist	10th	8	4	4	0
2009	Plate Semifinalist	11th	5	2	3	0
2013	Plate Quarterfinalist	13th	4	1	3	0
2018	Did not qualify
2022	21st Place Final	22nd	4	1	3	0
Total	0 Titles	6/8	34	11	22	1

World Rugby Sevens Series

• 1999–00: did not compete
• 2000–01: 14th
• 2001–02: 16th
• 2002–03: 20th
• 2003–04: 15th
• 2004–05: 13th
• 2005–06: 13th
• 2006–07: 15th
• 2007–08: 14th
• 2008–09: 12th
• 2009–10: did not compete
• 2010–11: 13th
• 2011–12: 15th
• 2012–13: 14th
• 2013–14: 14th
• 2014–15: 14th
• 2015–16: 16th (relegated)
• 2016–17: did not compete

World Games

Main article: Rugby sevens at the World Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2001 Akita[4]	Fiji	Australia	New Zealand
2005 Duisburg	Fiji	South Africa	Argentina
2009 Kaohsiung[5]	Fiji	Portugal	South Africa

Sevens Grand Prix Series

Portugal playing Romania, 2008

Grand Prix record
Year	Round	Position
2002	Champions	1st
2003	Champions	1st
2004	Champions	1st
2005	Champions	1st
2006	Champions	1st
2007	Sixth Place	6th
2008	Champions	1st
2009	Fifth Place	5th
2010	Champions	1st
2011	Champions	1st
2012	Runners-up	2nd
2013	Fifth Place	5th
2014	Ninth Place	9th
2015	Sixth Place	6th
2016
2017
Total	8 Titles	14/14

Players

Squad for the 2024 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series in Dubai.^[6]

No.	Players
1	Duarte Moreira
6	Manuel Fati
7	Diogo Rodrigues
8	José Lima
9	Guilherme Vasconcelos
10	José Santos
11	João Vaz Antunes
12	Fábio Conceição
15	Antonio Monteiro
19	Vasco Silva
20	Frederico Couto
23	Vasco Correia

Notable players

• Adérito Esteves
• Pedro Leal

See also

• Rugby World Cup Sevens