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2022 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy
2022 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy
Hosts	Croatia; Hungary
Date	11–19 June 2022
Nations	12
Final positions
Champions	Ireland
Runners-up	England
Third	Wales
Series details
Matches played	68
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The 2022 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy was the second division of Rugby Europe's 2022 sevens season. This edition was hosted by the cities of Zagreb and Budapest on 11–12 June and 18–19 June. The two highest-placed teams were promoted to the 2023 Championship series. The two teams with the fewest points were relegated to the 2023 Conference.

Ukraine was due to participate in this competition but withdrew following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Denmark who had been relegated in the 2021 Trophy tournament were awarded their place. Additionally, England, Ireland, and Wales participated in this tournament following their relegation from the Championship Series due to their failing to field teams in the 2021 Championship competition and instead participating in the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics which took place from 26 July to 31 July 2021.^[1]

The best team in the rankings at the end of the series that had not already qualified for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens European Qualifier was added to that event to be held in Bucharest in July.^[2]

Ireland won the competition and were promoted to the Championship along with second-place finishers England. Latvia and Bulgaria were relegated to the Conference.

Schedule[edit]

Date	Venue	Stadium	Winner
11–12 June	Zagreb	NŠC Stjepan Spajić^[3]	Ireland
18–19 June	Budapest	Budapest Rugby Centre	Ireland

Standings[edit]

Legend
Promoted to 2023 Championship
Relegated to 2023 Conference
Qualification to the 2022 European World Cup Qualifier

2022 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy
Pos	Event Team	Zagreb	Budapest	Points total
1	Ireland	20	20	40
2	England	18	18	36
3	Wales	16	16	32
4	Romania	12	14	26
5	Hungary	14	8	22
6	Sweden	8	10	18
7	Croatia	3	12	15
8	Israel	10	4	14
9	Luxembourg	6	6	12
10	Denmark	4	1	5^[a]
11	Latvia	2	3	5^[a]
12	Bulgaria	1	2	3

First leg – Zagreb[edit]

All times in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

First leg – Pool Stage[edit]

First leg – Pool A[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Ireland	3	3	0	144	7	+137	9
Romania	3	2	1	57	58	–1	7
Denmark	3	1	2	41	79	–38	5
Latvia	3	0	3	0	98	–98	3

11 June 2022
10:30

Ireland	53–0 Report	Denmark

11 June 2022
10:52

Romania	24–0 Report	Latvia

11 June 2022
13:30

Ireland	48–0 Report	Latvia

11 June 2022
13:52

Romania	26–15 Report	Denmark

11 June 2022
16:30

Ireland	43–7 Report	Romania

11 June 2022
16:52

Latvia	0–26 Report	Denmark

First leg – Pool B[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Wales	3	3	0	123	19	+104	9
Hungary	3	2	1	68	76	–8	7
Israel	3	1	2	43	67	–24	5
Croatia	3	0	3	34	106	–72	3

11 June 2022
11:14

Wales	40–7 Report	Hungary

11 June 2022
11:36

Israel	19–10 Report	Croatia

11 June 2022
14:14

Wales	59–7 Report	Croatia

11 June 2022
14:36

Israel	19–33 Report	Hungary

11 June 2022
17:14

Wales	24–5 Report	Israel

11 June 2022
17:36

Croatia	17–28 Report	Hungary

First leg – Pool C[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
England	3	3	0	154	26	+128	9
Luxembourg	3	2	1	61	80	–19	7
Sweden	3	1	2	71	94	–23	5
Bulgaria	3	0	3	35	121	–86	3

11 June 2022
11:58

England	57–7 Report	Bulgaria

11 June 2022
12:20

Sweden	21–28 Report	Luxembourg

11 June 2022
14:58

England	45–0 Report	Luxembourg

11 June 2022
15:20

Sweden	31–14 Report	Bulgaria

11 June 2022
17:58

England	52–19 Report	Sweden

11 June 2022
18:20

Luxembourg	33–14 Report	Bulgaria

First leg – Ranking of third-placed teams[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Sweden	3	1	2	71	94	–23	5
Israel	3	1	2	43	67	–24	5
Denmark	3	1	2	41	79	–38	5

First leg – Knockout stage[edit]

First leg – 9th–12th place playoff[edit]

Semi-finals		Ninth place

12 June – Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić

Denmark	24
		12 June – Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić
Latvia	10
		Denmark	29
12 June – Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić
		Croatia	12
Croatia	26

Bulgaria	21
		Eleventh place

		12 June – Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić

		Latvia	10

		Bulgaria	5

First leg – 5th–8th place playoff[edit]

Semi-finals		Fifth place

12 June – Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić

Israel	17
		12 June – Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić
Luxembourg	10
		Israel	7
12 June – Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić
		Romania	12
Sweden	12

Romania	40
		Seventh place

		12 June – Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić

		Luxembourg	12

		Sweden	26

First leg – Cup finals[edit]

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

12 June – Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić

Ireland	36
		12 June – Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić
Israel	7
		Ireland	52
12 June – Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić
		Hungary	0
Hungary	26
				12 June – Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić
Luxembourg	0
				Ireland	27
12 June – Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić
				England	0
Wales	33
		12 June – Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić
Sweden	21
		Wales	12
12 June – Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić
		England	28	Third place
England	19
				12 June – Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić
Romania	10
				Hungary	7

				Wales	39

Second Leg – Budapest[edit]

All times in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

Second Leg – Pool Stage[edit]

Second Leg – Pool A[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Ireland	3	3	0	128	7	+121	9
Sweden	3	2	1	46	81	–35	7
Bulgaria	3	1	2	34	77	–43	5
Israel	3	0	3	31	74	–43	3

18 June 2022
9:00

Ireland	38–0 Report	Bulgaria

18 June 2022
9:22

Israel	14–17 Report	Sweden

18 June 2022
13:24

Ireland	57–0 Report	Sweden

18 June 2022
13:46

Israel	10–24 Report	Bulgaria

18 June 2022
17:48

Ireland	33–7 Report	Israel

18 June 2022
18:10

Sweden	29–10 Report	Bulgaria

Second Leg – Pool B[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
England	3	3	0	143	0	+143	9
Romania	3	2	1	62	69	–7	7
Luxembourg	3	1	2	43	75	–32	5
Latvia	3	0	3	10	114	–104	3

18 June 2022
9:44

England	40–0 Report	Latvia

18 June 2022
10:06

Romania	24–7 Report	Luxembourg

18 June 2022
14:08

England	46–0 Report	Luxembourg

18 June 2022
14:30

Romania	38–5 Report	Latvia

18 June 2022
18:32

England	57–0 Report	Romania

18 June 2022
18:54

Luxembourg	36–5 Report	Latvia

Second Leg – Pool C[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Wales	3	3	0	141	5	+136	9
Hungary	3	1	2	53	84	–31	5
Croatia	3	1	2	48	86	–38	5
Denmark	3	1	2	24	91	–67	5

18 June 2022
10:28

Wales	50–5 Report	Croatia

18 June 2022
10:50

Hungary	36–5 Report	Denmark

18 June 2022
14:52

Wales	41–0 Report	Denmark

18 June 2022
15:14

Hungary	17–29 Report	Croatia

18 June 2022
19:16

Wales	50–0 Report	Hungary

18 June 2022
19:38

Denmark	19–14 Report	Croatia

Second Leg – Ranking of third-placed teams[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Luxembourg	3	1	2	43	75	–32	5
Croatia	3	1	2	48	86	–38	5
Bulgaria	3	1	2	34	77	–43	5

Second Leg – Knockout stage[edit]

Second Leg – 9th–12th place playoff[edit]

Semi-finals		Ninth place

19 June – Budapest Rugby Centre

Bulgaria	14
		19 June – Budapest Rugby Centre
Latvia	19
		Latvia	7
19 June – Budapest Rugby Centre
		Israel	10
Denmark	7

Israel	40
		Eleventh place

		19 June – Budapest Rugby Centre

		Bulgaria	31

		Denmark	17

Second Leg – 5th–8th place playoff[edit]

Semi-finals		Fifth place

19 June – Budapest Rugby Centre

Croatia	24
		19 June – Budapest Rugby Centre
Hungary	19
		Croatia	26
19 June – Budapest Rugby Centre
		Sweden	21
Luxembourg	17

Sweden	21
		Seventh place

		19 June – Budapest Rugby Centre

		Hungary	17

		Luxembourg	0

Second Leg – Cup finals[edit]

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

19 June – Budapest Rugby Centre

Ireland	57
		19 June – Budapest Rugby Centre
Croatia	0
		Ireland	54
19 June – Budapest Rugby Centre
		Romania	0
Romania	26
				19 June – Budapest Rugby Centre
Hungary	17
				Ireland	35
19 June – Budapest Rugby Centre
				England	14
England	33
		19 June – Budapest Rugby Centre
Luxembourg	10
		England	24
19 June – Budapest Rugby Centre
		Wales	5	Third place
Wales	36
				19 June – Budapest Rugby Centre
Sweden	7
				Romania	14

				Wales	31

Notes[edit]

^ ^a ^b Tie-breaker margin of points scored for and against in all matches: Denmark –121, Latvia –209.

External links[edit]

References[edit]

^ Gillespie, Graeme (10 June 2022). "Promotion the aim for Wales in Rugby Europe". Wales Rugby Union. Archived from the original on 10 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
^ "European Qualifiers For RWC Sevens To Be Held In Bucharest". Irish Rugby. 7 June 2022.
^ "Europsko prvenstvo u ragbi 'sedmici' ovoga vikenda u Zagrebu: Otočani nam stoje na putu do medalje" [European Rugby Championship in Rugby Sevens this weekend in Zagreb: Islanders stand in the way of a medal]. Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). 11 June 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.

[tb1-4] Tie-breaker margin of points scored for and against in all matches: Denmark –121, Latvia –209.

[1] Gillespie, Graeme (10 June 2022). "Promotion the aim for Wales in Rugby Europe". Wales Rugby Union. Archived from the original on 10 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.

[2] "European Qualifiers For RWC Sevens To Be Held In Bucharest". Irish Rugby. 7 June 2022.

[3] "Europsko prvenstvo u ragbi 'sedmici' ovoga vikenda u Zagrebu: Otočani nam stoje na putu do medalje" [European Rugby Championship in Rugby Sevens this weekend in Zagreb: Islanders stand in the way of a medal]. Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). 11 June 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.

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