2023 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Championship Series

2023 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Championship Series
2023 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Championship Series
Hosts	Portugal; Germany
Date	9 June – 9 July
Nations	12
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	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Poland	3	3	0	77	24	+53	9
Belgium	3	2	1	44	36	+8	7
Czech Republic	3	1	2	53	46	+9	5
Romania	3	0	3	22	92	-70	3

Poland	43–5	Romania

Belgium	22–7	Czech Republic

Poland	17–12	Czech Republic

Belgium	15–12	Romania

Poland	17–7	Belgium

Czech Republic	34–5	Romania

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	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
France	3	3	0	111	12	+99	9
Great Britain	3	2	1	86	43	+43	7
Portugal	3	1	2	24	90	-66	5
Italy	3	0	3	17	93	-76	3

France	31–0	Italy

Great Britain	31–5	Portugal

Great Britain	43–5	Italy

France	47–0	Portugal

Great Britain	12–33	France

Italy	12–19	Portugal

Knockout stage

9th Place

Semi-finals		Ninth place



Portugal	22

Sweden	7
		Portugal	14

		Italy	34
Romania	0

Italy	20
		Eleventh place



		Sweden (aet)	17

		Romania	12

5th Place

Semi-finals		Fifth place



Spain	38

Germany	14
		Spain	12

		Belgium	0
Czech Republic	7

Belgium	12
		Seventh place



		Germany (aet)	17

		Czech Republic	12

Cup

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



Poland	31

Germany	0
		Poland	7

		Great Britain	31
Spain	10

Great Britain	14
				Great Britain	7

				France	19
Ireland	22

Czech Republic	5
		Ireland	0

		France	29	Third place
France	36

Belgium	0
				Poland	7

				Ireland	20

Second leg – Hamburg