2016 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series Explained

Countries:	Poland
Date:	4 June - 17 July
Nations:	12
Champions:	Royals
Third:	Lions
Top Point Scorer:	Luke Treharne
Top Try Scorer:	Szymon Sirocki
Prevseason:	2015 (July)
Nextseason:	2017

The 2016 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series competition was restructured from the previous year, now with four divisions: Sevens Grand Prix Series, the Trophy, Conference 1, and Conference 2.

In preparation for the 2016 Olympics, instead of England, Scotland, and Wales fielding their own teams, two unified teams, the Great Britain Royals and the Great Britain Lions, took part in the Grand Prix.^{[1] [2]}

Grand Prix series

Schedule

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	Third
4–5 June				Lions
9–10 July		Royals
16–17 July		Royals	Lions

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Standings

The two highest teams who did not already have "core status" on the World Rugby Sevens Series—Spain and Germany—qualified for the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens qualifier, which in turn was a qualifying event for promotion to core team status on the 2017-18 World Rugby Sevens Series.

Legend
Winner
Qualified to 2017 Hong Kong Sevens qualifier
Relegated to Trophy for 2017

width=40	Rank	width=180	Team	width=40	Moscow	width=40	Exeter	width=40	Gdynia	width=40	Points
-	align=left	Royals	12	20	20	52
	align=left		20	14	16	50
-	align=left	Lions	16	12	18	46
	align=left		18	18	8	44
	align=left		8	16	14	38
4	align=left		14	10	6	30
5	align=left		10	6	10	26
6	align=left		4	8	12	24
7	align=left		6	4	3	13
8	align=left		3	3	4	10
9	align=left		2	2	2	6
10	align=left		1	1	1	3

• The GB teams were not included in the final ranking

Moscow

See main article: 2016 Moscow Sevens.

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup		24–7		Lions (Third)
Plate	Royals	15–12		(Seventh)
Bowl		14–12		(Eleventh)

Exeter leg

See main article: 2016 Exeter Sevens.

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Royals	33–17		(Third)
Plate	Lions	31–19		(Seventh)
Bowl		31–5		(Eleventh)

Gdynia leg

See main article: 2016 Gdynia Sevens.

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Royals	26-14	Lions	(Third)
Plate		26-0		(Seventh)
Bowl		14-0		(Eleventh)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rugby Europe official website . www.rugbyeurope.eu . 6 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160409115941/http://www.rugbyeurope.eu/group-290.htm . 9 April 2016 . dead.
2. Web site: limited . https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/1967347856738643/2273731132766979 . 2022-04-26. Rugby Europe on Facebook . Facebook.
3. Web site: GB Sevens fixtures unveiled.