2019 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series

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2019 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series

Hosts|  Russia
Poland
Date| 22 June – 20 July
Nations| 12
Final positions
Champions|  Germany
Runners-up|  France
Third|  Ireland
Series details
Matches played| 68

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The 2019 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series was the eighteenth edition of the continental championship for rugby sevens in Europe. The series took place over two legs, the first at Moscow in Russia and the second at Łódź in Poland.

France won in Moscow but Germany won the Łódź tournament to take out the series championship title for the first time.

Germany, Italy and Portugal, as the three highest-placed nations without core team status on the World Rugby Sevens Series, gained entry to the inaugural World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series for a chance to qualify to the World Sevens Series in 2020–21.[1]

The Moscow leg of the tournament also served as a pre-qualifier for the 2020 Summer Olympics. The nine highest-placed eligible European teams from that tournament advanced to the Olympic regional qualifier held in Colomiers, France.[2]

## Schedule

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The official schedule for the 2019 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series was:[3]

2019 Series schedule  Leg  | Stadium  | City  | Dates  | Winner

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Russia  | Luzhniki Stadium | Moscow | 22–23 June |  France
Poland  | Miejski Stadium | Łódź | 20–21 July |  Germany

## Series standings

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Final standings over the two legs of the Grand Prix series:

Pos | Team  | Moscow  | Łódź  | Total points  | Qualification or relegation

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1  |  Germany | 14 | 20 | 34 | Advanced to Olympic qualifier and Challenger Series for 2020
2  |  France * | 20 | 12 | 32 |
3  |  Ireland * | 18 | 14 | 32 |
4  |  Spain | 10 | 18 | 28 |
5  |  Italy * | 6 | 16 | 22 | Advanced to Olympic qualifier and Challenger Series for 2020
6  |  Wales GB * | 12 | 10 | 22 | Excluded from Olympic qualifier
7  |  England GB | 16 | 3 | 19 |
8  |  Portugal | 8 | 8 | 16 | Advanced to Olympic qualifier and Challenger Series for 2020
9  |  Georgia | 3 | 6 | 9 |
10  |  Russia | 4 | 4 | 8 |
11  |  Poland | 2 | 2 | 4 | Excluded from Olympic qualifier
12  |  Romania | 1 | 1 | 2 | Excluded from Olympic qualifier, relegated to 2020 Trophy

Legend

Blue fill  | Entry to Olympic regional qualifier and World Challenger Series
No fill  | Entry to Olympic regional qualifier
Dark bar  | Already a core team for the 2019–20 World Rugby Sevens Series
Pink fill  | Excluded from Olympic regional qualifier
Red fill  | Excluded from Olympic regional qualifier and relegated to 2020 European Trophy

Notes:

^* As per Rugby Europe rules, France was placed higher than Ireland due to a better head-to-head record and superior points difference for the series. Italy was placed higher than Wales due to a superior points difference for the series.

^GB By agreement between the three unions on the island of Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales), England, as highest finisher among those nations in the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series, represented Great Britain in qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Sevens.[4] The final make-up of the Great Britain men's team was determined by the British Olympic Association.

## Moscow

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All times in Moscow Time (UTC+03:00)

Event  | Winners  | Score  | Finalists  | Semifinalists

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Cup  |  France | 31–26  |  Ireland |  England (3rd)
Germany
Plate  |  Wales | 28–5  |  Spain |  Portugal (7th)
Italy
Bowl  |  Russia | 14–0  |  Georgia |  Poland (11th)
Romania

### Pool stage

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#### Pool A

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Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | PF  | PA  | PD  | Pts

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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

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Referee: Finlay Brown (Scotland)

22 June 2019
11:22

France | 33–7|  Italy

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Referee: Georgii Kopp (Russia)

22 June 2019
13:45

Ireland | 26–14|  Italy

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Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France)

22 June 2019
14:07

France | 26–12|  Romania

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Referee: Andrea Spadoni (Italy)

22 June 2019
16:30

Ireland | 14–38|  France

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Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)

22 June 2019
16:52

Italy | 24–7|  Romania

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Referee: George Selwood (England)

#### Pool B

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Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | PF  | PA  | PD  | Pts

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Portugal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 44 | +34 | 9
Wales | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 93 | 40 | +53 | 7
Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 67 | 47 | +20 | 5
Poland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 131 | –107 | 3

22 June 2019
11:44

Germany | 45–14|  Poland

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Referee: Andrea Spadoni (Italy)

22 June 2019
12:06

Portugal | 28–24|  Wales

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Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France)

22 June 2019
14:29

Germany | 12–21|  Wales

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Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)

22 June 2019
14:51

Portugal | 38–10|  Poland

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Referee: George Selwood (England)

22 June 2019
17:14

Germany | 10–12|  Portugal

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Referee: Finlay Brown (Scotland)

22 June 2019
17:36

Wales | 48–0|  Poland

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Referee: Georgii Kopp (Russia)

#### Pool C

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Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | PF  | PA  | PD  | Pts

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Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 22 | +57 | 9
England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 126 | 26 | +100 | 7
Russia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 108 | –94 | 5
Georgia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 97 | –63 | 3

22 June 2019
12:28

England | 5–21|  Spain

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Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)

22 June 2019
12:50

Russia | 14–12|  Georgia

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Referee: George Selwood (England)

22 June 2019
15:13

England | 59–5|  Georgia

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Referee: Georgii Kopp (Russia)

22 June 2019
15:35

Russia | 0–34|  Spain

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Referee: Finlay Brown (Scotland)

22 June 2019
17:58

Spain | 24–17|  Georgia

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Referee: Andrea Spadoni (Italy)

22 June 2019
18:20

Russia | 0–62|  England

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Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France)

### Knockout stage

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#### 9th Place

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| Semi-finals| | Ninth place

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| 23 June 2019 – 11:28 | |

|  Russia| 34

| 23 June 2019 – 15:05

|  Poland| 17 |

|  Russia| 14

| 23 June 2019 – 11:50

| |  Georgia| 0

|  Romania| 19

|  Georgia| 24 |

| Eleventh place

| 23 June 2019 – 14:43

|  Poland| 21

|  Romania| 19

#### 5th Place

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| Semi-finals| | Fifth place

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| 23 June 2019 – 13:15 | |

|  Italy| 24

| 23 June 2019 – 16:24

|  Wales| 29 |

|  Wales|  28

| 23 June 2019 – 13:37

| |  Spain|  5

|  Portugal| 10

|  Spain| 14 |

| Seventh place

| 23 June 2019 – 16:02

|  Italy|  17

|  Portugal|  22

#### Cup

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| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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| 23 June 2019 – 09:57 | | | | |

|  France| 53

| 23 June 2019 – 13:59

|  Italy| 0 |

|  France| 24

| 23 June 2019 – 11:06

| |  England| 19 |

|  Wales| 14

| | 23 June 2019 – 17:12

|  England| 45 |

|  France|  31

| 23 June 2019 – 10:22

| |  Ireland|  26

|  Portugal| 0

| 23 June 2019 – 14:21 |

|  Germany| 45 |

|  Germany| 10

| 23 June 2019 – 10:44

| |  Ireland| 17 | | Third place

|  Spain| 12

| | 23 June 2019 – 16:46

|  Ireland| 17 |

|  England|  24

|  Germany|  14

## Łódź

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

Event  | Winners  | Score  | Finalists  | Semifinalists

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Cup  |  Germany | 28–14  |  Spain |  Italy (3rd)
Ireland
Plate  |  France | 29–19  |  Wales |  Portugal (7th)
Georgia
Bowl  |  Russia | 21–12  |  England |  Poland (11th)
Romania

### Pool stage

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#### Pool A

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Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | PF  | PA  | PD  | Pts

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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

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Referee: Finlay Brown (Scotland)

20 July 2019
11:22

France| 26–21|  Romania

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Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)

20 July 2019
13:45

France| 24–14|  Portugal

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Referee: Inigo Atorrasagasti (Spain)

20 July 2019
14:07

Spain| 19–12|  Romania

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Referee: Thibault Santamaria (France)

20 July 2019
16:30

France| 14–24|  Spain

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Referee: Adam Jones (Wales)

20 July 2019
16:52

Portugal| 38–7|  Romania

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Referee: George Kopp (Russia)

#### Pool B

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Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | PF  | PA  | PD  | Pts

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Ireland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 24 | +78 | 9
Italy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 69 | –3 | 7
Wales | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 74 | 73 | +1 | 5
Poland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 102 | –76 | 3

20 July 2019
12:28

Wales| 19–33|  Italy

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Referee: George Kopp (Russia)

20 July 2019
12:50

Ireland| 33–5|  Poland

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Referee: Adam Jones (Wales)

20 July 2019
15:13

Ireland| 43–0|  Italy

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Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)

20 July 2019
15:35

Wales| 36–14|  Poland

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Referee: Finlay Brown (Scotland)

20 July 2019
17:58

Ireland| 26–19|  Wales

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Referee: Inigo Atorrasagasti (Spain)

20 July 2019
18:20

Italy| 33–7|  Poland

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Referee: Thibault Santamaria (France)

#### Pool C

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Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | PF  | PA  | PD  | Pts

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Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 41 | +21 | 9
Georgia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 44 | +11 | 7
England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 66 | –18 | 5
Russia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 51 | 65 | –14 | 3

20 July 2019
11:44

Germany| 19–17|  Russia

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Referee: Inigo Atorrasagasti (Spain)

20 July 2019
12:06

England| 12–21|  Georgia

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Referee: Thibault Santamaria (France)

20 July 2019
14:29

England| 24–17|  Russia

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Referee: Adam Jones (Wales)

20 July 2019
14:51

Germany| 15–12|  Georgia

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Referee: George Kopp (Russia)

20 July 2019
17:14

England| 12–28|  Germany

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Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)

20 July 2019
17:36

Russia| 17–22|  Georgia

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Referee: Finlay Brown (Scotland)

### Knockout stage

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#### 9th Place

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| Semi-finals| | Ninth place

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| 21 July 2019 – 12:28 | |

|  England|  26

| 21 July 2019 – 16:40

|  Poland|  17 |

|  England| 12

| 21 July 2019 – 12:50

| |  Russia| 21

|  Russia| 19

|  Romania| 0 |

| Eleventh place

| 21 July 2019 – 16:18

|  Poland| 26

|  Romania| 12

#### 5th Place

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| Semi-finals| | Fifth place

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| 21 July 2019 – 14:15 | |

|  Wales|  17

| 21 July 2019 – 17:24

|  Georgia|  14 |

|  Wales | 19

| 21 July 2019 – 14:37

| |  France | 29

|  Portugal|  10

|  France|  31 |

| Seventh place

| 21 July 2019 – 17:02

|  Georgia| 19

|  Portugal| 40

#### Cup

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| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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| 21 July 2019 – 11:00 | | | | |

|  Spain| 21

| 21 July 2019 – 14:59

|  Wales| 12 |

|  Spain| 12

| 21 July 2019 – 12:06

| |  Italy|  7 |

|  Italy| 12

| | 21 July 2019 – 18:09

|  Georgia| 7 |

|  Spain| 14

| 21 July 2019 – 11:22

| |  Germany | 28

|  Ireland| 26

| 21 July 2019 – 15:21 |

|  Portugal| 19 |

|  Ireland|  7

| 21 July 2019 – 11:44

| |  Germany| 17 | | Third place

|  Germany| 26

| | 21 July 2019 – 17:46

|  France| 19 |

|  Italy| 21

|  Ireland | 12

## External links

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* Sports portal

* Tournament page

## References

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1. ^ "New Challenger Series to boost rugby sevens' expansion". World Rugby. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
2. ^ "2019 - Men7s - Grand Prix Series". Rugby Europe. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019.
3. ^ "Calendar for 2018-19" (PDF). Rugby Europe. 15 March 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2019.
4. ^ "Sevens Olympic pathway confirmed for 2020". England Rugby. 17 September 2018. Archived from the original on 12 October 2018.

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