Country: | Kosovo |
Union: | Kosovo Rugby Federation |
Coach: | Mark Barrett |
Captain: | Mehdi Krasniqi |
First: | 22–5 (11 June 2022) |
Bigwin: | 38–0 (12 June 2022) |
Bigloss: | 0–48 (11 June 2022) |
Sevens: | yes |
The Kosovo national rugby sevens team is the national rugby sevens side representing Kosovo.
The Kosovo Rugby Federation was established in September 2018. A great role in its establishment has played the Rugby Community in Kosovo. Rugby community consists of people that come with different cultural backgrounds coming from different continents of the world.[1] On 3 December 2021, Kosovo was accepted in Rugby Europe during their 103rd meeting.[2]
On 8 April 2022, it was decided that Kosovo should be part of Rugby Europe Sevens in Conference 2 of the 2022 Rugby Europe Sevens Conference, together with Estonia, Malta, San Marino, Slovakia and Slovenia.[3] On 11 June 2022, Kosovo made their debut in the Rugby Europe Sevens Conference with a 22–5 away defeat against Slovenia, which match was also the team's first-ever match.[4] A day later, Kosovo achieved their first win in the Rugby Europe Sevens Conference, which was also the team's first-ever win, a 38–0 home win against Estonia.[5] Kosovo is set to participate in the 2023 Conference 2 between 17 and 18 June 2023 in Bar, Montenegro.[6]
Rugby Europe Sevens | ||||||||
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Year | Division | |||||||
before 2022 | colspan="8" | |||||||
2022 | Conf. 2 | 5th | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
2023 | Conf. 2 | |||||||
Total | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | — |
Player | Club | ||
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1 | Ramadan Elshani | Bears | |
2 | Ndrec Musolli | Bears | |
3 | Ardian Beqiri | Winterthur | |
4 | Mehdi Krasniqi | Épernay Champagne | |
5 | Kushtrim Dragusha | Bears | |
6 | Mirsad Idrizi | Bears | |
7 | Fatmir Ismajli | Bears | |
8 | Korab Sefaj | Peja Eagles | |
9 | Elton Rexhepi | Bears | |
10 | Fatos Ibrahimi | Bears | |
11 | Dardan Gashi | Peja Eagles | |
12 | Ardit Koci | Bears |