2022 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series Explained

2022 Rugby Europe Sevens
Series:	Series XX
Countries:
Date:	25 June – 3 July 2022
Nations:	10
Promoted:	,,
Prevseason:	2021
Nextseason:	2023

The 2022 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series was the twentieth edition of the annual rugby sevens series organised by Rugby Europe, the governing body of rugby union in Europe, played from June to July 2022. The first leg was played in Lisbon, Portugal, with the second leg in Krakow, Poland. Ten teams competed. There was a separate 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens European Qualifier event held in Bucharest in July.^[1] Spain were the defending champions, having won the 2021 tournament.^[2] Spain repeated as champions of the Series having finished runner-up in Lisbon and first in Krakow.^[3]

Teams

The current list of teams confirmed to be participating in the Sevens Championship Series. Russia were initially scheduled to participate, but following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the World Rugby Executive Council suspended the Rugby Union of Russia.

France, who were originally to be relegated to the 2022 Trophy tournament as punishment for not fielding a team in the previous year's Championship tournament, accepted an invitation to take Russia's place.

Belgium and the Czech Republic were promoted from the 2021 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy, as they were the two highest-ranked teams from the two-legged series.

Tour venues

The schedule for the series was:^{[4] [5]}

2022 Legs

Leg	Stadium	City	Dates	Winner
Portugal		Lisbon	25–26 June
Poland	Municipal Stadium	Kraków	1–3 July

Standings

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Lisbon	Kraków	Points total
1		18	20	38
2		20	16	36
3		12	18	30
4		14	12	26
5		16	8	24
6		10	14	24
7		4	10	14
8		8	6	14
9		6	4	10
10		3	3	6

Legend
Green fill	Champions and entry to European Games
Blue fill	Entry to European Games and World Challenger Series
No fill	Entry to European Games
Dark bar	Already a core team for the 2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series
bgcolor=#ffc	Yellow fill	Excluded from European Games
Red fill	Entry to European Games and relegated to 2023 European Trophy

First leg – Lisbon

Pool stage

Pool A

width=190	Team	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	D	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	width=20 abbr="Points for"	PF	width=20 abbr="Points against"	PA	width=25 abbr="Points difference"	PD	width=20 abbr="Points"	Pts
	4	4	0	0	136	54	+82	12
	4	3	0	1	73	55	+18	10
	4	2	0	2	69	64	+4	8
	4	1	0	3	62	110	-48	6
	4	0	0	4	38	95	-57	4

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Pool B

width=190	Team	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	D	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	width=20 abbr="Points for"	PF	width=20 abbr="Points against"	PA	width=25 abbr="Points difference"	PD	width=20 abbr="Points"	Pts
	4	4	0	0	130	19	+111	12
	4	2	1	1	66	60	+6	9
	4	2	0	2	99	70	+29	8
	4	1	1	2	47	80	-33	7
	4	0	0	4	37	150	-113	4

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Ranking Games

9th-place play-off

Results^[6]

Second leg – Kraków

Pool stage

Pool A

width=190	Team	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	D	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	width=20 abbr="Points for"	PF	width=20 abbr="Points against"	PA	width=25 abbr="Points difference"	PD	width=20 abbr="Points"	Pts
	4	4	0	0			+43	12
	4	3	0	1			+27	10
	4	2	0	2			+27	8
	4	0	1	3			-35	5
	4	0	1	3			-62	5

Pool B

width=190	Team	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	D	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	width=20 abbr="Points for"	PF	width=20 abbr="Points against"	PA	width=25 abbr="Points difference"	PD	width=20 abbr="Points"	Pts
	4	3	0	1			+9	10
	4	3	0	1			+33	10
	4	2	0	2			+18	8
	4	1	1	2			-5	7
	4	0	1	3			-55	5

Knockout stage

1st-4th playoffs

See also

• 2021–22 World Rugby Sevens Series

Notes and References

1. Web site: European Qualifiers For RWC Sevens To Be Held In Bucharest . 7 June 2022 . Irish Rugby.
2. Web site: Men's 7s Championship 2021 . 2021 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20220316195316/https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/men-s-7s-championship-2021/ . 16 March 2022 . live.
3. Web site: Men's 7s Championship 2022 . Rugby Europe . 11 July 2022.
4. Web site: Rugby Europe Sevens Series 2022 calendar confirmed . rugbyeurope.eu . .
5. News: Żukowski . Jacek . 5 May 2022 . Kraków przejął kolejną sportową imprezę od Rosji. Mistrzostwa Europy w rugby odbędą się w lipcu . . Polish . Krakow has taken over another sporting event from Russia. The European Rugby Championship will take place in July .
6. Web site: Men's 7s Championship - Leg 1 - Lisbon. 2022-06-25. Rugby Europe. en.