Rugby sevens at the 2023 European Games – Men's tournament explained

Type:sevens
Rugby sevens at the 2023 European Games – Men's tournament
Host:Poland
Venue:Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana
Date:25–27 June
Nations:12
Champion:IRL
Runnerup:GBR
Third:ESP
Fourth:POR
Count:1
Matches:34
Tries:203
Top Scorer: Juan Ramos[1]
(55 points)
Most Tries: Pol Pla
(8 tries)
Succeeded By:2027

The men's rugby sevens tournament at the 2023 European Games was held from 25 to 27 June at the Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana in Kraków.[2] [3] This was the first time Rugby Sevens participated within the European Games[4] and it also served as a qulification tournament for the 2024 Summer Olympics, with the winner of the tournament qualifying.[5]

Seeding

Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to results of first leg of the 2023 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series.[6]

width=33%Pool Awidth=33%Pool Bwidth=33%Pool C
(1) (2) (4)
(7) (6) (5)
(8) (9) (10)
(–) (12) (11)

Pool stage

All times are local (UTC+2).

Pool A

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Pool B

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Pool C

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Ranking of third-placed teams

The top two of the third-placed teams advance to the knockout rounds.

Knockout stage

9–12th place playoff

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5–8th place playoff

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Medal playoff

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Gold medal match

Final standings

Rank[7] Team Matches WDLPoints Tries[8]
6 600199 31
6 501145 23
6 501186 28
4 6 303119 19
5 6 303116 18
6 6 213102 16
7 6 30367 11
8 6 114109 17
9 5 30293 15
10 5 10475 11
11 5 10431 5
12 5 00551 9

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rugby 7s – Men's – Leading Player Statistics. 27 June 2023. 31 July 2023. european-games.org.
  2. Web site: Rugby 7s – Men's – Competition Schedule. 26 June 2023. 31 July 2023. european-games.org.
  3. News: Three days of exciting action to come at the 2023 European Games. 23 June 2023. 31 July 2023. Rugby Europe.
  4. Web site: Barker. Philip. Rugby sevens to feature on programme for 2023 European Games. insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. 25 June 2023. 6 July 2022.
  5. Web site: Participation of teams confirmed for Rugby 7s at European Games . 2023-03-01 . Rugby Europe . en-GB.
  6. Web site: Qualification System – 3rd European Games – Rugby Sevens. 22 July 2022. 7 August 2023. EOC.
  7. Web site: Rugby 7s – Men's – Final Results Table. 27 June 2023. 31 July 2023. european-games.org.
  8. Web site: Rugby 7s – Men's – Cumulative Team Statistics. 27 June 2023. 31 July 2023. european-games.org.