2022 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series
# 2022 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series

The 2022 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series was the twentieth edition of the annual rugby sevens series organised by Rugby Europe, the governing body of rugby union in Europe, played from June to July 2022. The first leg was played in Lisbon, Portugal, with the second leg in Krakow, Poland. Ten teams competed. There was a separate 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens European Qualifier event held in Bucharest in July. Spain were the defending champions, having won the 2021 tournament. Spain repeated as champions of the Series having finished runner-up in Lisbon and first in Krakow.

## Teams

The current list of teams confirmed to be participating in the Sevens Championship Series. Russia were initially scheduled to participate, but following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the World Rugby Executive Council suspended the Rugby Union of Russia.

France, who were originally to be relegated to the 2022 Trophy tournament as punishment for not fielding a team in the previous year's Championship tournament, accepted an invitation to take Russia's place.

Belgium and the Czech Republic were promoted from the 2021 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy, as they were the two highest-ranked teams from the two-legged series.

* Belgium
* Czech Republic
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Italy
* Lithuania
* Poland
* Portugal
* Spain

## Tour venues

The schedule for the series was:

2022 Legs :

| Leg | Stadium | City | Dates | Winner |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Portugal | Estádio Nacional | Lisbon | 25–26 June | Germany |
| Poland | Municipal Stadium | Kraków | 1–3 July | Spain |

## Standings

2022 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship :

| Pos | Event Team | Lisbon | Kraków | Points total |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Spain | 18 | 20 | 38 |
| 2 | Germany | 20 | 16 | 36 |
| 3 | France | 12 | 18 | 30 |
| 4 | Belgium | 14 | 12 | 26 |
| 5 | Italy | 16 | 8 | 24 |
| 6 | Portugal | 10 | 14 | 24 |
| 7 | Georgia | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| 8 | Lithuania | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| 9 | Czech Republic | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 10 | Poland | 3 | 3 | 6 |

Legend :

| Green fill | Champions and entry to European Games |
| - | - |
| Blue fill | Entry to European Games and World Challenger Series |
| No fill | Entry to European Games |
| Dark bar | Already a core team for the 2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series |
| Yellow fill | Excluded from European Games |
| Red fill | Entry to European Games and relegated to 2023 European Trophy |

## First leg – Lisbon

### Pool stage

**Pool A**

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Spain | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 54 | +82 | 12 |
| Belgium | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 55 | +18 | 10 |
| Portugal | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 69 | 64 | +4 | 8 |
| Czech Republic | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 62 | 110 | -48 | 6 |
| Georgia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 95 | -57 | 4 |

* 25 June 9:00 WEST (UTC+1)

| Spain | 19–14 Report | Belgium |
| - | - | - |

* Estádio Nacional
* 25 June 10:44 WEST (UTC+1)

| Georgia | 12–19 Report | Portugal |
| - | - | - |

* Estádio Nacional
* 25 June 12:30 WEST (UTC+1)

| Spain | 48–21 Report | Czech Republic |
| - | - | - |

* Estádio Nacional
* 25 June 13:14 WEST (UTC+1)

| Georgia | 7–14 Report | Belgium |
| - | - | - |

* Estádio Nacional
* 25 June 15:00 WEST (UTC+1)

| Portugal | 26–0 Report | Czech Republic |
| - | - | - |

* Estádio Nacional
* 25 June 15:44 WEST (UTC+1)

| Spain | 38–7 Report | Georgia |
| - | - | - |

* Estádio Nacional
* 25 June 17:22 WEST (UTC+1)

| Portugal | 12–21 Report | Belgium |
| - | - | - |

* Estádio Nacional
* 26 June 9:00 WEST (UTC+1)

| Georgia | 12–24 Report | Czech Republic |
| - | - | - |

* Estádio Nacional
* 26 June 9:44 WEST (UTC+1)

| Spain | 31–12 Report | Portugal |
| - | - | - |

* Estádio Nacional
* 26 June 11:00 WEST (UTC+1)

| Czech Republic | 17–24 Report | Belgium |
| - | - | - |

* Estádio Nacional

**Pool B**

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Germany | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 19 | +111 | 12 |
| Italy | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 66 | 60 | +6 | 9 |
| France | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 99 | 70 | +29 | 8 |
| Lithuania | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 47 | 80 | -33 | 7 |
| Poland | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 37 | 150 | -113 | 4 |

* 25 June 10:22 WEST (UTC+1)

| Germany | 35–7 Report | France |
| - | - | - |

* Estádio Nacional
* 25 June 11:06 WEST (UTC+1)

| Lithuania | 12–12 Report | Italy |
| - | - | - |

* Estádio Nacional
* 25 June 12:52 WEST (UTC+1)

| Germany | 40–5 Report | Poland |
| - | - | - |

* Estádio Nacional
* 25 June 13:36 WEST (UTC+1)

| Lithuania | 7–17 Report | France |
| - | - | - |

* Estádio Nacional
* 25 June 15:22 WEST (UTC+1)

| Italy | 33–5 Report | Poland |
| - | - | - |

* Estádio Nacional
* 25 June 16:06 WEST (UTC+1)

| Germany | 31–7 Report | Lithuania |
| - | - | - |

* Estádio Nacional
* 25 June 18:00 WEST (UTC+1)

| Italy | 21–19 Report | France |
| - | - | - |

* Estádio Nacional
* 26 June 9:22 WEST (UTC+1)

| Lithuania | 21–20 Report | Poland |
| - | - | - |

* Estádio Nacional
* 26 June 10:06 WEST (UTC+1)

| Germany | 24–0 Report | Italy |
| - | - | - |

* Estádio Nacional
* 26 June 11:22 WEST (UTC+1)

| Poland | 7–56 Report | France |
| - | - | - |

* Estádio Nacional

### Ranking Games

**Final**

* 26 June 15:25 WEST (UTC+1)

| Spain | 7-21 Report | Germany |
| - | - | - |

* Estádio Nacional

**3rd-place play-off**

* 26 June 14:55 WEST (UTC+1)

| Belgium | 14-21 Report | Italy |
| - | - | - |

* Estádio Nacional

**5th-place play-off**

* 26 June 14:35 WEST (UTC+1)

| Portugal | 12-43 Report | France |
| - | - | - |

* Estádio Nacional

**7th-place play-off**

* 26 June 15:10 WEST (UTC+1)

| Czech Republic | 5-24 Report | Lithuania |
| - | - | - |

* Estádio Nacional

**9th-place play-off**

* 26 June 14:42 WEST (UTC+1)

| Georgia | 27-12 Report | Poland |
| - | - | - |

* Estádio Nacional

Results

## Second leg – Kraków

### Pool stage

**Pool A**

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Germany | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +43 | 12 |
| France | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | +27 | 10 |
| Belgium | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +27 | 8 |
| Georgia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -35 | 5 |
| Czech Republic | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -62 | 5 |

**Pool B**

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Portugal | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | +9 | 10 |
| Spain | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | +33 | 10 |
| Italy | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +18 | 8 |
| Lithuania | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 7 |
| Poland | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -55 | 5 |

### Knockout stage

**9th-10th playoff**

| 9th place final | 9th place final |
| - | - |
| 3 July | 3 July |
| Czech Republic | 21 |
| Poland | 19 |

**5th–8th playoffs**

| 5th place semi finals | 5th place semi finals | 5th place final | 5th place final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 3 July | 3 July |
| Belgium | 34 |
| Belgium | 34 | 3 July | 3 July |
| Lithuania | 0 | 3 July | 3 July |
| Lithuania | 0 | Belgium | 24 |
| 3 July | 3 July | | Belgium | 24 |
| 3 July | 3 July | Georgia | 7 |
| Georgia | 19 | Georgia | 7 |
| Italy | 12 | | |
| Italy | 12 | 7th place final | 7th place final |
| | | 3 July | 3 July |
| | | Lithuania | 19 |
| | | Italy | 31 |

**1st-4th playoffs**

| Semi finals | Semi finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 3 July | 3 July |
| Germany | 10 |
| Germany | 10 | 3 July | 3 July |
| Spain | 31 | 3 July | 3 July |
| Spain | 31 | Spain | 29 |
| 3 July | 3 July | | Spain | 29 |
| 3 July | 3 July | France | 7 |
| France | 26 | France | 7 |
| Portugal | 14 | | |
| Portugal | 14 | Third | Third |
| | | 3 July | 3 July |
| | | Germany | 24 |
| | | Portugal | 14 |
