Andorra
UnionFederació Andorrana de Rugby
Nickname(s)Els Isards
Coach(es)Josep Marticella
Captain(s)Jonathan Garcia
Team kit
First international
Andorra Andorra 0 – 74 Romania 
(1 June 1996)
Largest win
Andorra Andorra 68 – 0 Norway 
(9 June 2006)
Largest defeat
Andorra Andorra 0 – 74 Romania 
(1 June 1996)

The Andorra national rugby sevens team is the official Andorra representative in international competitions of Rugby sevens. The team has played in fourteen International Sevens Tournaments (WC Qualifier 1996 (1 round), WC Qualifier 2000 (1 round), FIRA-AER 2003 Qualifiers (1 round), FIRA-AER 2004 Qualifiers (2 rounds), FIRA-AER 2005 Qualifiers (2 rounds), FIRA-AER 2006 Qualifiers (2 rounds) and Finals, FIRA-AER 2007 Qualifiers (2 rounds) and Finals, FIRA-AER 2008 Qualifiers). In FIRA-AER, each year a number of tournaments take place across Europe and each nation takes part in two tournaments to decide on a final 12. In 2007, Andorra were joint 12th with Croatia but qualified on a points difference. The FIRA-AER qualifiers have seen placings of 5th (5 times), 4th (1 time) and 3rd (2 times). Both appearances in the finals have seen 12th (last) but notable teams have failed to qualify.

Tournament history

Rugby World Cup Sevens

Andorra did not qualify for the 1997 and 2001 Rugby World Cup Sevens.

Rugby Europe Sevens

FIRA-AER Qualifiers
YearPosition
Spain 20035th
France 20045th
Georgia (country) 20048th
France 20055th
Andorra 20055th
Netherlands 20063rd
Spain 20063rd
Netherlands 20074th
Croatia 20075th
Greece 20084th
FIRA-AER Finals
Russia 200612th
Russia 200712th

See also

Sources

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