2015 Rugby Europe Men's Sevens Championships

2015 Rugby Europe Men's Sevens Championships
Host nations	Russia; France; England
Date	6 June - 12 July
Nations	12
Final positions
Champions	France
Runners-up	Spain
Third	England
Series details
Matches played	102
Tries scored	525 (average 5.147 per match)
Top point scorer	Terry, Bouhraoua France - 184
Top try scorer	Julien, Candelon France; Denis, Simplikevich Russia - 17
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The 2015 Rugby Europe Men's Sevens Championships, also known as the 2015 Sevens Grand Prix Series, is an Olympic qualification tournament for Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics which will be held over three legs in the cities of Moscow, Lyon and Exeter.^[1] The top team will qualify directly to the Olympic Games, whereas the runner-up will qualify to the Final Olympic Qualification Tournament in 2016.

France won the 2015 Rugby Europe Men's Sevens Championship, and qualified directly to the 2016 Summer Olympics. Spain finished second and qualified directly to the Final 2016 Men's Olympic Qualification Tournament avoiding the Rugby Europe Repechage Tournament^[2]

Poland won the A Division Tournament and was promoted to the Top Division for the 2016 Competition. They will replace Romania who was Relegated from the Top Division to Division A for the 2016 Competition.

Ireland won the B Division Tournament and was promoted to Division A along with runner-up Serbia for the 2016 Competition.^[3] They will replace Hungary and either Denmark or Sweeden (Tiebreaker TBD) who were both Relegated from Division A to Division B for the 2016 Competition.

Due to Olympic Qualification procedures, Relegation for Division C will be determined prior to next year based on the number of countries who enter.

Russia won the European repechage tournament and qualified for the Final Olympic Qualification Tournament in 2016 along with runner-up Germany and third place Ireland.^[4]

Grand Prix series

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	Third
6–7 June	Moscow	France	Russia	Spain
13–14 June	Lyon	France	Spain	Belgium
11–12 July	Exeter	France	England	Spain

Moscow

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	France	40–17	Russia	Spain (Third) England
Plate	Portugal	35–7	Germany	Wales (Seventh) Lithuania
Bowl	Georgia	14-12	Belgium	Italy (Eleventh) Romania

Lyon leg

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	France	20–7	Spain	Belgium (Third) Germany
Plate	England	26–14	Russia	Portugal (Seventh) Italy
Bowl	Georgia	20-17	Lithuania	Wales (Eleventh) Romania

Exeter leg

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	France	14-5	England	Spain (Third) Germany
Plate	Wales	14-10	Russia	Lithuania (Seventh) Georgia
Bowl	Portugal	26-12	Italy	Romania (Eleventh) Belgium

Grand Prix standings

Legend
Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Qualified for the Final Olympic Qualification Tournament.
Qualified for the Rugby Europe Repechage Tournament
Qualified for the Rugby Europe Repechage Tournament and relegated to Division A for 2016.
Ineligible for Olympic Qualification – Already Qualified for Olympics

^[5]

Rank	Team	Moscow	Lyon	Exeter	Points
	France	20	20	20	60
	Spain	16	18	16	50
	England	14	12	18	44
4	Russia	18	10	10	38
5	Germany	10	14	14	38
6	Portugal	12	8	4	24
7	Wales	8	2	12	22
8	Belgium	3	16	1	20
9	Lithuania	6	3	8	17
10	Georgia	4	4	6	14
11	Italy	2	6	3	11
12	Romania	1	1	2	4

Note Russia finishes above Germany due to tiebreaker of highest single tournament finish.

Division A tournament

Esztergom leg

Pool stage

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advance to Cup Semifinal
Teams that advance to Plate Semifinal

Pool A

Teams	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Ukraine	4	3	1	119	22	+97	10
Poland	4	3	1	114	40	+74	10
Israel	4	3	1	89	24	+65	10
Moldova	4	1	3	33	129	-96	6
Hungary	4	0	4	7	147	-140	4

6 June 2015
10:00

Hungary	0 – 45	Poland
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Esztergom

6 June 2015
10:44

Ukraine	10 – 5	Israel
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Esztergom

6 June 2015
11:28

Poland	38 – 7	Moldova
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Esztergom

6 June 2015
12:12

Ukraine	38 – 0	Hungary
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Esztergom

6 June 2015

Israel	27 – 0	Moldova
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Esztergom

6 June 2015
15:30

Poland	17 – 14	Ukraine
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Esztergom

6 June 2015
16:14

Israel	38 – 0	Hungary
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Esztergom

6 June 2015
16:58

Ukraine	57 – 0	Moldova
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Esztergom

6 June 2015
17:42

Poland	14 – 19	Israel
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Esztergom

6 June 2015
18:26

Moldova	26 - 7	Hungary
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Esztergom

Pool B

Teams	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Czech Republic	4	4	0	111	55	+56	12
Latvia	4	3	1	96	47	+49	10
Denmark	4	2	2	88	85	+3	8
Sweden	4	1	3	52	62	-10	6
Cyprus	4	0	4	19	117	-98	4

6 June 2015
10:22

Czech Republic	33 – 7	Cyprus
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Esztergom

6 June 2015
11:06

Sweden	5 – 14	Latvia
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Esztergom

6 June 2015
11:50

Cyprus	12 – 26	Denmark
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Esztergom

6 June 2015
12:34

Sweden	17 – 19	Czech Republic
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Esztergom

6 June 2015
13:18

Latvia	27 – 14	Denmark
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Esztergom

6 June 2015
15:52

Cyprus	0 – 15	Sweden
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Esztergom

6 June 2015
16:36

Latvia	12 – 28	Czech Republic
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Esztergom

6 June 2015
17:20

Sweden	15 – 29	Denmark
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Esztergom

6 June 2015
18:04

Cyprus	0 – 43	Latvia
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Esztergom

6 June 2015
18:48

Denmark	19 - 31	Czech Republic
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Esztergom

Knockout stage

Bowl

	Final

	7 June 2015 – 13:42 – Esztergom
	Hungary	14
	Cyprus	10

Plate

Semi-finals			Final

7 June 2015 – 11:00 – Esztergom
Israel	22
Sweden	0

			7 June 2015 – 14:36 – Esztergom
			Israel	19
			Moldova	21


			Third place
7 June 2015 – 11:22 – Esztergom		7 June 2015 – 14:09 – Esztergom
Moldova	28	Sweden	0
Denmark	26		Denmark	33

Cup

Semi-finals			Final

7 June 2015 – 11:44 – Esztergom
Ukraine	12
Latvia	0

			7 June 2015 – 15:30 – Esztergom
			Ukraine	10
			Poland	14


			Third place
7 June 2015 – 12:06 – Esztergom		7 June 2015 – 15:03 – Esztergom
Poland	36	Latvia	5
Czech Republic	0		Czech Republic	17