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Rugby sevens at the 2023 European Games

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Rugby sevens
at the 2023 European Games
VenueStadion Miejski
LocationKraków, Poland
Dates25–27 June
Competitors312 from 15 nations
2027 →

Rugby sevens at the 2023 European Games was held in Kraków, Poland.[1][2] The gold medalists in the men's and women's tournaments qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[3]

The sport was making its European Games debut after making its successful debut at the 2016 Rio Olympics.[4]

In both events, the World Series teams of Great Britain and Spain (and Ireland in the men's tournament) were the top seeds. Other seedings were made following the end of the first round of the Rugby Europe Championship Sevens.

Qualification

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Men's

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Qualification Date Host Berths Qualified team
Host nation 1  Poland
2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series 4 November 2022 – 21 May 2023 Various 3  Great Britain
 Ireland
 Spain
2022 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series 25 June – 3 July 2022 Portugal Lisbon
Poland Kraków
7  Germany
 Belgium
 Italy
 Portugal
 Georgia
 Lithuania
 Czech Republic
2022 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy 11–19 June 2022 Croatia Zagreb
Hungary Budapest
1  Romania
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Women's

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Qualification Date Host Berths Qualified team
Host nation 1  Poland
2022–23 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series 4 November 2022 – 21 May 2023 Various 32  Great Britain
 Ireland
 Spain
2022 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Championship Series 25 June – 3 July 2022 Portugal Lisbon
Poland Kraków
4  Belgium
 Czech Republic
 Germany
 Romania
2022 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Trophy 11–19 June 2022 Croatia Zagreb
Hungary Budapest
4  Italy
 Portugal
 Sweden
 Turkey
Replacing Ireland following their qualification for Paris 2024[a] 1  Norway
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  1. ^ As Ireland have already secured their place in the women's Olympic event with a top four placement in the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, the Irish women's team vacated their European Games quota, which was subsequently awarded to Norway.

Participating NOCs

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The following National Olympic Committees (NOCs), as per the outcome of qualification events, will participate (the number of participating athletes of each NOC are shown in parentheses).

Medal summary

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Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Poland)

RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Great Britain1102
2 Ireland1001
3 Poland*0101
4 Czech Republic0011
 Spain0011
Totals (5 entries)2226

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men[5]
details
 Ireland
Jack Kelly
Andrew Smith
Harry McNulty
Zac Ward
Niall Comerford
Billy Dardis
Jordan Conroy
Liam McNamara
Dylan O'Grady
Terry Kennedy
Mark Roche
Sean Cribbin
Bryan Mollen
 Great Britain
Jamie Farndale
Thomas Glyn Williams
Alexander Davis
Kaleem Barreto
Ross McCann
James Barden
Olufemi Sofolarin
Frederick Roddick
Morgan Williams
Robbie Fergusson
Thomas Emery
Will Homer
Max McFarland
 Spain
Tobias Sainz-Trápaga
Josep Serres
Asier Pérez
Juan Ramos
Nicolás Nieto
Jaime Mata
Pol Pla
Miguel Reina
Alejandro Laforga
Manuel Moreno
Tiago Romero
Eduardo López
Jaime Manteca
Women[6]
details
 Great Britain
Lisa Thomson
Abbie Brown
Rhona Lloyd
Jade Shekells
Shona Campbell
Lauren Torley
Emma Uren
Heather Cowell
Isla Norman-Bell
Megan Jones
Jasmine Joyce
Amy Wilson-Hardy
Ellie Boatman
 Poland
Patrycja Zawadzka
Julianna Schuster
Tamara Czumer-Iwin
Małgorzata Kołdej
Marta Morus
Katarzyna Paszczyk
Anna Klichowska
Hanna Maliszewska
Julia Druzgała
Natalia Pamięta
Sylwia Witkowska
Klaudia Respondek
Martyna Wardaszka
 Czech Republic
Julie Doležilová
Pavlína Čuprová
Kristýna Plevová
Christine Tesařová
Kristýna Riegertová
Julie Petříková
Anežka Sládková
Vera Gärtnerová
Petra Vacková
Jana Urbanová
Tereza Baťhová
Veronika Bolfová
Veronika Oupicová

Paris 2024 qualification

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The rugby sevens tournament at the 2023 European Games is a direct qualification event for the rugby sevens program in Paris 2024. A total of 2 (team) quota places will be awarded in two events:

Event Qualification path Quotas NOCS
Men's tournament: The winner of the European Games rugby sevens tournament will earn one team quota place 1  Ireland
Women's tournament The winner of the European Games rugby sevens tournament will earn one team quota place 1  Great Britain
Total quota places 2

Teams finishing second and third will progress to the final Paris 2024 qualifier.

References

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  1. ^ "7s Rugby to be introduced in the European Games 2023". Rugby Europe. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Participation of teams confirmed for Rugby 7s at European Games". Rugby Europe. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
  3. ^ "Participation of teams confirmed for Rugby 7s at European Games". Rugby Europe. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  4. ^ Barker, Philip (6 July 2022). "Rugby sevens to feature on programme for 2023 European Games". insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Rugby 7s – Men's – Medallists" (PDF). european-games.org. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Rugby 7s – Women's – Medallists" (PDF). european-games.org. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.