2023 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Championship Series
Hosts Portugal
 Germany
Date9 June – 9 July
Nations12
Final positions
Champions France
Runners-up Spain
Third Great Britain
Team changes
Relegated Sweden
 Romania
← 2022
2024 →

The 2023 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Championship Series was the 2023 edition of the continental championship for rugby sevens in Europe. The series took place over two legs, the first at Algarve in Portugal and the second at Hamburg in Germany.

France were crowned Series champions after winning both tournaments in Algrave and Hamburg.[1]

Teams

The current list of teams confirmed to be participating in the Women's Sevens Championship Series.

Great Britain, will participate after England, Scotland and Wales decided to combine.[2]

Italy, Portugal and Sweden were promoted from the 2022 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Trophy, as they were the three highest-ranked teams from the two-legged series.

Schedule

The official schedule for the 2023 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series was:[3]

2023 Series schedule
Leg Stadium City Dates Winners Runners-up Third place
Portugal Complexo Desportivo de
Vila Real de Santo António		 Algarve 9–11 June  France  Great Britain  Ireland
Germany Sports Park Steinwiesenweg Hamburg 7–9 July  France  Spain  Belgium

Standings

2023 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship
 
Pos
Event 
Team
Algarve
Hamburg		 Points
total
1  France 20 20 40
2  Spain 12 18 30
3  Great Britain 18 12 30
4  Poland 14 14 28
5  Belgium 10 16 26
6  Ireland 16 6 22
7  Czech Republic 6 10 16
8  Germany 8 8 16
9  Italy 4 4 8
10  Portugal 3 3 6
11  Sweden 2 2 4
12  Romania 1 1 2
Legend
Blue fill Entry to World Challenger Series
Dark bar Already a core team for the 2023–24 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
Red fill Relegated to 2024 European Trophy

First leg – Algarve

Pool stage

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Poland 3 3 0 0 77 24 +53 9
 Belgium 3 2 0 1 44 36 +8 7
 Czech Republic 3 1 0 2 53 46 +9 5
 Romania 3 0 0 3 22 92 -70 3
Poland 43–5 Romania
Belgium 15–12 Romania
Poland 17–7 Belgium

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Ireland 3 2 1 0 82 17 +65 8
 Spain 3 2 1 0 60 17 +43 8
 Germany 3 1 0 2 38 70 -32 5
 Sweden 3 0 0 3 5 81 -76 3
Ireland 27–0 Sweden
Spain 22–5 Germany
Ireland 43–5 Germany
Spain 26–0 Sweden
Spain 12–12 Ireland
Germany 28–5 Sweden

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 France 3 3 0 0 111 12 +99 9
 Great Britain 3 2 0 1 86 43 +43 7
 Portugal 3 1 0 2 24 90 -66 5
 Italy 3 0 0 3 17 93 -76 3
France 31–0 Italy
France 47–0 Portugal
Italy 12–19 Portugal

Knockout stage

9th Place

 
Semi-finalsNinth place
 
      
 
 
 
 Portugal22
 
 
 Sweden7
 
 Portugal14
 
 
 Italy34
 
 Romania0
 
 
 Italy20
 
Eleventh place
 
 
 
 
 Sweden (aet)17
 
 
 Romania12

5th Place

 
Semi-finalsFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 Spain38
 
 
 Germany14
 
 Spain12
 
 
 Belgium0
 
 Czech Republic7
 
 
 Belgium12
 
Seventh place
 
 
 
 
 Germany (aet)17
 
 
 Czech Republic12

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 Poland31
 
 
 Germany0
 
 Poland7
 
 
 Great Britain31
 
 Spain10
 
 
 Great Britain14
 
 Great Britain7
 
 
 France19
 
 Ireland22
 
 
 Czech Republic5
 
 Ireland0
 
 
 France29 Third place
 
 France36
 
 
 Belgium0
 
 Poland7
 
 
 Ireland20
 

Second leg – Hamburg

Pool stage

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 France 3 3 0 0 129 5 +134 9
 Belgium 3 2 0 1 43 72 -29 7
 Germany 3 1 0 2 29 62 -33 5
 Romania 3 0 0 3 12 84 -72 3
France 41–0 Romania
Belgium 14–10 Germany
Belgium 24–12 Romania
France 48–0 Germany
France 50–5 Belgium
Germany 19–0 Romania

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Spain 3 3 0 0 95 26 +69 9
 Great Britain 3 2 0 1 52 47 +5 7
 Czech Republic 3 1 0 2 39 58 -19 5
 Sweden 3 0 0 3 22 77 -55 3
Spain 41–5 Sweden

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Ireland 3 2 0 1 68 41 +27 7
 Poland 3 2 0 1 86 36 +50 7
 Italy 3 1 0 2 34 74 -40 5
 Portugal 3 1 0 2 41 78 -37 5
Ireland 32–5 Portugal
Poland 38–0 Italy
Ireland 19–24 Italy
Poland 36–19 Portugal
Italy 10–17 Portugal
Ireland 17–12 Poland

Knockout stage

9th Place

 
Semi-finalsNinth place
 
      
 
 
 
 Portugal27
 
 
 Romania0
 
 Portugal19
 
 
 Italy28
 
 Italy29
 
 
 Sweden7
 
Eleventh place
 
 
 
 
 Romania5
 
 
 Sweden15

5th Place

 
Semi-finalsFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 Germany12
 
 
 Great Britain22
 
 Great Britain19
 
 
 Czech Republic12
 
 Czech Republic29
 
 
 Ireland12
 
Seventh place
 
 
 
 
 Germany15
 
 
 Ireland5

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 France52
 
 
 Germany0
 
 France49
 
 
 Poland7
 
 Great Britain10
 
 
 Poland17
 
 France26
 
 
 Spain7
 
 Spain12
 
 
 Czech Republic10
 
 Spain17
 
 
 Belgium12 Third place
 
 Ireland19
 
 
 Belgium22
 
 Poland14
 
 
 Belgium20
 

References

  1. ↑ Heatly, Gary. "France and Ireland become 2023 7s European Champions". Rugby Europe. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
  2. ↑ Heagney, Liam (2022-07-20). "World Rugby statement: England, Scotland and Wales' GB 7s decision". www.rugbypass.com. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
  3. ↑ "Algarve and Hamburg to host 7s Championship this summer". Rugby Europe. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
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