Romania national rugby sevens team
# Romania national rugby sevens team

The Romania national rugby sevens team has competed in the World Rugby Sevens Series and in the Rugby World Cup Sevens, but not yet in the Summer Olympic Games. They are currently competing in the Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy Series.

## Tournament history

### Summer Olympics

Olympic Games :

| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2016 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| Total | 0 Titles | 0/1 | - | - | - | - |

### Rugby World Cup Sevens

World Cup record :

| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1993 | Group stage | 17th | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | Plate Quarterfinals | 13st | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2005 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2009 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2013 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2018 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| Total | 0 Titles | 2/7 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 |

## Recent Results

### 2018 European Sevens Trophy

Zagreb

**Pool B**

Legend :

* Teams that advance to Cup Quarterfinal
* Teams that advance to Challenge Trophy Semifinal

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Romania | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 86 | 17 | +69 | 7 |
| Lithuania | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 83 | 31 | +52 | 7 |
| Hungary | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 57 | –31 | 5 |
| Cyprus | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 109 | –90 | 3 |

* 7 June 2018 11:44

| Romania | 24–0 | Hungary |
| - | - | - |

* 7 June 2018 12:06

| Lithuania | 45–7 | Cyprus |
| - | - | - |

* 7 June 2018 14:29

| Romania | 45–0 | Cyprus |
| - | - | - |

* 7 June 2018 14:51

| Lithuania | 21–7 | Hungary |
| - | - | - |

* 7 June 2018 17:14

| Cyprus | 12–19 | Hungary |
| - | - | - |

* 7 June 2018 17:36

| Romania | 17–17 | Lithuania |
| - | - | - |

Knockout stage

**Cup**

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 June 2018 – 10:00 | 9 June 2018 – 10:00 | | | |
| Belgium | 26 | | | |
| Belgium | 26 | 9 June 2018 – 13:59 | 9 June 2018 – 13:59 | | |
| Croatia | 7 | 9 June 2018 – 13:59 | 9 June 2018 – 13:59 | |
| Croatia | 7 | Belgium | 7 | |
| 9 June 2018 – 11:06 | 9 June 2018 – 11:06 | | Belgium | 7 | |
| 9 June 2018 – 11:06 | 9 June 2018 – 11:06 | Lithuania | 17 | |
| Lithuania | 17 | Lithuania | 17 | |
| Lithuania | 17 | | | | 9 June 2018 – 18:15 | 9 June 2018 – 18:15 |
| Ukraine | 7 | | | | 9 June 2018 – 18:15 | 9 June 2018 – 18:15 |
| Ukraine | 7 | | | | Lithuania | 26 |
| 9 June 2018 – 10:22 | 9 June 2018 – 10:22 | | | | | Lithuania | 26 |
| 9 June 2018 – 10:22 | 9 June 2018 – 10:22 | | | | Romania | 31 |
| Romania | 27 | | | | Romania | 31 |
| Romania | 27 | 9 June 2018 – 14:21 | 9 June 2018 – 14:21 | | | |
| Luxembourg | 14 | 9 June 2018 – 14:21 | 9 June 2018 – 14:21 | | | |
| Luxembourg | 14 | Romania | 26 | | | |
| 9 June 2018 – 10:44 | 9 June 2018 – 10:44 | | Romania | 26 | | | |
| 9 June 2018 – 10:44 | 9 June 2018 – 10:44 | Israel | 12 | | Third place | Third place |
| Denmark | 7 | Israel | 12 | | Third place | Third place |
| Denmark | 7 | | | | 9 June 2018 – 17:14 | 9 June 2018 – 17:14 |
| Israel | 10 | | | | 9 June 2018 – 17:14 | 9 June 2018 – 17:14 |
| Israel | 10 | | | | Belgium | 22 |
| | | | | | Israel | 7 |

Šiauliai

**Pool A**

Legend :

* Teams that advance to Cup Quarterfinal
* Teams that advance to Challenge Trophy Semifinal

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 7 |
| Romania | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 93 | 24 | +69 | 7 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 55 | –2 | 6 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 74 | –69 | 4 |

* 30 June 2018 9:00

| Romania | 38–0 | Latvia |
| - | - | - |

* 30 June 2018 9:22

| Ukraine | 5–5 | Luxembourg |
| - | - | - |

* 30 June 2018 11:45

| Romania | 22–24 | Luxembourg |
| - | - | - |

* 30 June 2018 12:07

| Ukraine | 0–36 | Latvia |
| - | - | - |

* 30 June 2018 14:30

| Romania | 33–0 | Ukraine |
| - | - | - |

* 30 June 2018 14:52

| Luxembourg | 17–17 | Latvia |
| - | - | - |

Knockout stage

**Cup**

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 July 2018 – 9:00 | 1 July 2018 – 9:00 | | | |
| Luxembourg | 0 | | | |
| Luxembourg | 0 | 1 July 2018 – 12:59 | 1 July 2018 – 12:59 | | |
| Denmark | 34 | 1 July 2018 – 12:59 | 1 July 2018 – 12:59 | |
| Denmark | 34 | Denmark | 7 | |
| 1 July 2018 – 10:06 | 1 July 2018 – 10:06 | | Denmark | 7 | |
| 1 July 2018 – 10:06 | 1 July 2018 – 10:06 | Belgium | 14 | |
| Croatia | 14 | Belgium | 14 | |
| Croatia | 14 | | | | 1 July 2018 – 15:52 | 1 July 2018 – 15:52 |
| Belgium | 17 | | | | 1 July 2018 – 15:52 | 1 July 2018 – 15:52 |
| Belgium | 17 | | | | Belgium | 5 |
| 1 July 2018 – 9:22 | 1 July 2018 – 9:22 | | | | | Belgium | 5 |
| 1 July 2018 – 9:22 | 1 July 2018 – 9:22 | | | | Romania | 35 |
| Lithuania | 12 | | | | Romania | 35 |
| Lithuania | 12 | 1 July 2018 – 13:21 | 1 July 2018 – 13:21 | | | |
| Latvia | 14 | 1 July 2018 – 13:21 | 1 July 2018 – 13:21 | | | |
| Latvia | 14 | Latvia | 0 | | | |
| 1 July 2018 – 9:44 | 1 July 2018 – 9:44 | | Latvia | 0 | | | |
| 1 July 2018 – 9:44 | 1 July 2018 – 9:44 | Romania | 40 | | Third place | Third place |
| Israel | 10 | Romania | 40 | | Third place | Third place |
| Israel | 10 | | | | 1 July 2018 – 16:14 | 1 July 2018 – 16:14 |
| Romania | 17 | | | | 1 July 2018 – 16:14 | 1 July 2018 – 16:14 |
| Romania | 17 | | | | Denmark | 10 |
| | | | | | Latvia | 38 |

**Standings**

* Legend
* Promoted to the 2019 Grand Prix Series
* Relegated to 2019 Rugby Europe Conference

| Rank | Team | Zagreb | Šiauliai | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Romania | 20 | 20 | 40 |
| | Belgium | 16 | 18 | 34 |
| | Lithuania | 18 | 12 | 30 |
| 4 | Denmark | 12 | 14 | 26 |
| 5 | Israel | 14 | 8 | 22 |
| 6 | Luxembourg | 8 | 10 | 18 |
| 7 | Latvia | 1 | 16 | 17 |
| 8 | Ukraine | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| 9 | Croatia | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 10 | Bulgaria | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | Hungary | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 12 | Cyprus | 3 | 1 | 4 |

### 2019 European Sevens Grand Prix

Moscow

**Pool A**

Legend :

* Teams that advance to Cup Quarterfinal
* Teams that advance to Bowl Semifinal

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 33 | +64 | 9 |
| Ireland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 52 | +17 | 7 |
| Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 66 | –21 | 5 |
| Romania | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 79 | –60 | 3 |

* 22 June 2019 11:00

| Ireland | 29–0 | Romania |
| - | - | - |

* Referee: Finlay Brown (Scotland)
* 22 June 2019 11:22

| France | 33–7 | Italy |
| - | - | - |

* Referee: Georgii Kopp (Russia)
* 22 June 2019 13:45

| Ireland | 26–14 | Italy |
| - | - | - |

* Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France)
* 22 June 2019 14:07

| France | 26–12 | Romania |
| - | - | - |

* Referee: Andrea Spadoni (Italy)
* 22 June 2019 16:30

| Ireland | 14–38 | France |
| - | - | - |

* Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)
* 22 June 2019 16:52

| Italy | 24–7 | Romania |
| - | - | - |

* Referee: George Selwood (England)

Knockout stage

**Bowl**

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 23 June 2019 – 12:28 | 23 June 2019 – 12:28 |
| Russia | 34 |
| Russia | 34 | 23 June 2019 – 16:05 | 23 June 2019 – 16:05 |
| Poland | 17 | 23 June 2019 – 16:05 | 23 June 2019 – 16:05 |
| Poland | 17 | Russia | 14 |
| 23 June 2019 – 12:50 | 23 June 2019 – 12:50 | | Russia | 14 |
| 23 June 2019 – 12:50 | 23 June 2019 – 12:50 | Georgia | 0 |
| Romania | 19 | Georgia | 0 |
| Georgia | 24 | | |
| Georgia | 24 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 23 June 2019 – 15:43 | 23 June 2019 – 15:43 |
| | | Poland | 21 |
| | | Romania | 19 |

Łódź

**Pool A**

Legend :

* Teams that advance to Cup Quarterfinal
* Teams that advance to Bowl Semifinal

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 45 | +24 | 9 |
| France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 59 | +5 | 7 |
| Portugal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 71 | 57 | +14 | 5 |
| Romania | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 83 | –43 | 3 |

* 20 July 2019 11:00

| Spain | 26–19 | Portugal |
| - | - | - |

* Referee: Finlay Brown (Scotland)
* 20 July 2019 11:22

| France | 26–21 | Romania |
| - | - | - |

* Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)
* 20 July 2019 13:45

| France | 24–14 | Portugal |
| - | - | - |

* Referee: Inigo Atorrasagasti (Spain)
* 20 July 2019 14:07

| Spain | 19–12 | Romania |
| - | - | - |

* Referee: Thibault Santamaria (France)
* 20 July 2019 16:30

| France | 14–24 | Spain |
| - | - | - |

* Referee: Adam Jones (Wales)
* 20 July 2019 16:52

| Portugal | 38–7 | Romania |
| - | - | - |

* Referee: George Kopp (Russia)

Knockout stage

**Bowl**

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 21 July 2019 – 12:28 | 21 July 2019 – 12:28 |
| England | 26 |
| England | 26 | 21 July 2019 – 16:40 | 21 July 2019 – 16:40 |
| Poland | 17 | 21 July 2019 – 16:40 | 21 July 2019 – 16:40 |
| Poland | 17 | England | 12 |
| 21 July 2019 – 12:50 | 21 July 2019 – 12:50 | | England | 12 |
| 21 July 2019 – 12:50 | 21 July 2019 – 12:50 | Russia | 21 |
| Russia | 19 | Russia | 21 |
| Romania | 0 | | |
| Romania | 0 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 21 July 2019 – 16:18 | 21 July 2019 – 16:18 |
| | | Poland | 26 |
| | | Romania | 12 |

**Standings**

* Legend
* Champions
* Relegated to 2020 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy

| Rank | Team | Moscow | Łódź | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Germany | 14 | 20 | 34 |
| | France | 20 | 12 | 32 |
| | Ireland | 18 | 14 | 32 |
| 4 | Spain | 10 | 18 | 28 |
| 5 | Italy | 6 | 16 | 22 |
| 6 | Wales | 12 | 10 | 22 |
| 7 | England | 16 | 3 | 19 |
| 8 | Portugal | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 9 | Georgia | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 10 | Russia | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 11 | Poland | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | Romania | 1 | 1 | 2 |

## Players

### Current squad

The following 12 players were called up for the 2021 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy Series on the 9th of July 2021.

| Player | Date of birth (age) | Club/province |
| - | - | - |
| Alexandre Crețu | (2000-05-04) 4 May 2000 (age 23) | Carcassonne Espoirs |
| Alexander Dinu | (2001-11-19) 19 November 2001 (age 21) | Massy Espoirs |
| Andrei Homiuc | (1998-10-09) 9 October 1998 (age 24) | Grivița București |
| Codrin Bercu | (1998-01-27) 27 January 1998 (age 25) | Năvodari |
| Silviu Mircea | (2001-04-02) 2 April 2001 (age 22) | Grivița București |
| Marius Chiriac (c) | (1998-03-07) 7 March 1998 (age 25) | Dinamo București |
| Alexandru Tudose | (1998-12-23) 23 December 1998 (age 24) | Dinamo București |
| Cristian Zamfir | (2000-06-26) 26 June 2000 (age 23) | Ştiinţa Petroșani |
| David Jilăveanu | (2002-04-02) 2 April 2002 (age 21) | Dinamo București |
| Ovidiu Neagu | (2001-07-30) 30 July 2001 (age 21) | Bârlad |
| Lama Sioeli | (1995-10-12) 12 October 1995 (age 27) | Steaua București |
| Julien Bartoli | (1999-09-21) 21 September 1999 (age 23) | Hyères |

## Coaches

### Current coaching staff

The current coaching staff of the Romanian national sevens team:

| Name | Nationality | Role |
| - | - | - |
| Marius Raczek | ROU | Head coach |
| Alexandru Marin Jr. | ROU | Assistant coach |
| Dr. Ilie Vlad | ROU | Team doctor |
