2017 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series Explained

Countries:	Poland France
Date:	3 June – 16 July
Top Point Scorer:	Billy Dardis (100)
Top Try Scorer:	Jordan Conroy (17)
Prevseason:	2016
Nextseason:	2018

The 2017 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix^[1] served as a European qualifier not only for the 2018 Hong Kong Sevens qualifier tournament, but for two bids among the teams not already qualified for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	Third
3–4 June
10–11 June
1–2 July
15–16 July

Standings

Notes	Legend
bgcolor=ffffcc	1, 2, 3	Top three qualify to 2018 Hong Kong Sevens
bgcolor=ccccff	1, 2	Top two qualify to 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens
	Relegated to Trophy for 2018

The 2017 Grand Prix Series serves as a qualifying event for two other tournaments:

• The three highest ranked European teams (other than the five teams below marked with a "C" that are not already core teams in the Sevens World Series) will qualify to the 2018 Hong Kong Sevens, with a chance to qualify for the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series.
• The top two teams (other than the three teams marked with a "Q" that already qualified) will qualify for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens.

width=40	Rank	width=180	Team	width=55	2018	width=55	2018	width=55	Moscow	width=55	Łódź	width=55	Clermont-Ferrand	width=55	Exeter	width=55	Points
	align=left		C	bgcolor=ccccff	1	16	20	18	20	74
	align=left		bgcolor=ffffcc	1	bgcolor=ccccff	2	20	16	20	16	72
	align=left		C	-	18	18	16	6	58
4	align=left		C	Q	3	14	12	18	47
5	align=left		bgcolor=ffffcc	2	-	8	12	14	8	42
6	align=left		C	Q	12	8	10	4	34
7	align=left		bgcolor=ffffcc	3	-	6	6	6	12	30
8	align=left		-	-	10	2	1	14	27
9	align=left		C	Q	4	10	3	10	27
10	align=left		-	-	14	4	4	3	25
11	align=left		-	-	2	3	8	2	15
12	align=left		-	-	1	1	2	1	5

• Poland cannot be relegated due to being a host nation.

Moscow

See main article: 2017 Moscow Sevens.

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup		12–0		(Third)
5th Place		33–21		(Seventh)
Challenge Trophy		21–17		(Eleventh)

Łódź

See main article: 2017 Łódź Sevens.

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup		24–19 a.e.t.		(Third)
5th Place		29–26		(Seventh)
Challenge Trophy		21–17		(Eleventh)

Clermont-Ferrand

See main article: 2017 Clermont-Ferrand Sevens.

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup		17–14		(Third)
5th Place		24–15		(Seventh)
Challenge Trophy		26–12		(Eleventh)

Exeter

See main article: 2017 Exeter Sevens.

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup		17–10		(Third)
5th Place		17–12		(Seventh)
Challenge Trophy		24–21		(Eleventh)

See also

• 2017 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Championships
• 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens qualifying – Men

Notes and References

1. Web site: Planning Rugby Europe Competitions 2017. Rugby Europe. https://web.archive.org/web/20161022024339/http://rugbyeurope.eu/upload/file/1476980014_161019%20RE%20Staff%20Planning%20Rugby%20Europe%20Competitions%202017%20v3.PDF. 22 October 2016.
2. Web site: Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 qualification process. World Rugby. 9 September 2016. 12 December 2016. 20 December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161220104244/http://www.worldrugby.org/text/189809. dead.