2015 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series Explained

Countries:
France
Date:6 June – 12 July
Nations:12
Matches:102
Tries:525
Top Point Scorer: Terry Bouhraoua (184)
Top Try Scorer: Julien Candelon (17)
Denis Simplikevich (17)
Prevseason:2014
Nextseason:2015 (July)

The 2015 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series was an Olympic qualification tournament for rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics which was held over three legs in the cities of Moscow, Lyon and Exeter.[1]

The top team qualified directly to the Olympic Games, whereas the runner-up qualified to the Final Olympic Qualification Tournament in 2016. France won the 2015 Rugby Europe Men's Sevens Championship, and qualified directly to the 2016 Summer Olympics. Spain finished second and qualified directly to the Final 2016 Men's Olympic Qualification Tournament, avoiding the Rugby Europe Repechage Tournament.[2] [3]

This was the final time that the Rugby Europe Grand Prix Series acted as an olympic qualifying tournament. Qualification for the 2020 Summer Olympics consisted of a separate Stand-alone Olympic Qualifying tournament organised by Rugby Europe.[4] Rugby sevens at the 2023 European Games acted as the 2024 Olympic Qualifying tournament[5] following Rugby Sevens debut within the European Games.[6]

Schedule

Date Venue Winner Runner-up Third
6–7 June
13–14 June
11–12 July

Standings

Legend
Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Qualified for the Final Olympic Qualification Tournament.
Qualified for the Rugby Europe Repechage Tournament
Qualified for the Repechage Tournament and relegated to Division A for 2016.
Ineligible for Olympic Qualification – Already Qualified for Olympics
[7]
width=40Rankwidth=180Teamwidth=40Moscowwidth=40Lyonwidth=40Exeterwidth=40Points
align=left 20 20 20 60
align=left 16 18 16 50
align=left 14 12 18 44
4 align=left 18 10 10 38
5 align=left 10 14 14 38
6 align=left 12 8 4 24
7 align=left 8 212 22
8 align=left 3 16 1 20
9 align=left 6 3 8 17
10 align=left 4 4 6 14
11 align=left 2 6 3 11
12 align=left 1 1 2 4

Note Russia finishes above Germany due to tiebreaker of highest single tournament finish.

Moscow

See main article: article and 2015 Moscow Sevens.

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalists
Cup40–17 (Third)
Plate35–7 (Seventh)
Bowl14–12 (Eleventh)

Lyon

See main article: article and 2015 Lyon Sevens.

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalists
Cup20–7 (Third)
Plate26–14 (Seventh)
Bowl20–17 (Eleventh)

Exeter

See main article: article and 2015 Exeter Sevens.

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalists
Cup14–5 (Third)
Plate14–10 (Seventh)
Bowl26–12 (Eleventh)

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rugby Europe Grand Prix Series 7s final at Exeter . 2015-06-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150604185632/http://www.rugbyeurope.eu/article-707.htm . 2015-06-04 . dead .
  2. Web site: Rugby Europe official website . 2015-07-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150713083635/http://www.rugbyeurope.eu/article-792.htm . 2015-07-13 . dead .
  3. Web site: Ireland keep Rio dream alive on two fronts. World Rugby. 20 July 2015. 3 April 2018.
  4. Web site: Sevens Olympic pathway confirmed for 2020 . England Rugby . 17 September 2018 . 12 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181012214610/https://www.englandrugby.com/news/sevens-olympic-pathway-confirmed-for-2020/.
  5. Web site: Participation of teams confirmed for Rugby 7s at European Games . 2023-03-01 . Rugby Europe . en-GB.
  6. Web site: Barker. Philip. Rugby sevens to feature on programme for 2023 European Games. insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. 25 June 2023. 6 July 2022.
  7. Web site: Rugby Europe official website . 2015-06-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150607194206/http://www.rugbyeurope.eu//article-775.htm . 2015-06-07 . dead .