Portugal national rugby sevens team

This article is about the men's 7-a-side rugby union team. For the women's team, see Portugal women's national rugby sevens team. For the men's 15-a-side rugby union team, see Portugal national rugby union team.

Rugby team

PortugalUnion| Federação Portuguesa de Rugby

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Nickname(s)| The Lobos (The Wolves)
Coach(es)| Frederico Sousa

Team kit

Change kit

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First international
Portugal 6 - 24 Namibia
(Catania, Italy; 1992-05-27)
Largest win
Hungary 0 - 82 Portugal
(Sopot, Poland; 2009-05-16)
Largest defeat
Fiji 59 - 0 Portugal
(Hong Kong, China; 1997-03-21)
World Cup Sevens
Appearances| 6 (First in 1997)
Best result| 10th place, 2005

The Portugal national rugby sevens team played for the first time in 1992, at the Catania Sevens, World Cup 1993 European Qualifier.[citation needed] The team plays in competitions such as the World Sevens Series, the European Sevens Grand Prix Series and the Rugby World Cup Sevens. Portugal has a record of eight European titles—in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2011—although Portugal has not made the semifinals since 2012.[citation needed] Pedro Leal and Gonçalo Foro are two notable sevens players.

## World Rugby Sevens Series

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Main article: World Rugby Sevens Series

Portugal were a core team at the World Rugby Sevens Series beginning with the 2012–13 season, but finished last among core teams in the 2015-16 World Series and were relegated. Since then, Portugal has not been in contention for promotion back to the World Series; their performance in the Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix has not been sufficiently strong for Portugal to reach the Hong Kong Sevens qualifying tournament.

Portugal competed at the 2024 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series in Dubai. They finished tenth after losing to Uganda in the ninth place playoff.[1][2] They finished tenth in the overall Challenger Series.[3]

## Tournament history

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### Summer Olympics

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Portugal has not qualified for the Summer Olympics.

### Rugby World Cup Sevens

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Rugby World Cup Sevens Record

Year  | Round  | Position  | Pld | W | L | D
1993 | Did not qualify
1997 | Bowl Quarterfinalist  | 21st  | 5  | 0  | 5  | 0
2001 | Bowl Finalist  | 18th  | 8  | 3  | 4  | 1
2005 | Plate Finalist  | 10th  | 8  | 4  | 4  | 0
2009 | Plate Semifinalist  | 11th  | 5  | 2  | 3  | 0
2013 | Plate Quarterfinalist  | 13th  | 4  | 1  | 3  | 0
2018 | Did not qualify
2022 | 21st Place Final  | 22nd  | 4  | 1  | 3  | 0
Total | 0 Titles | 6/8 | 34 | 11 | 22 | 1

### World Rugby Sevens Series

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* 1999–00: did not compete
* 2000–01: 14th
* 2001–02: 16th
* 2002–03: 20th
* 2003–04: 15th
* 2004–05: 13th
* 2005–06: 13th
* 2006–07: 15th
* 2007–08: 14th
* 2008–09: 12th
* 2009–10: did not compete
* 2010–11: 13th
* 2011–12: 15th
* 2012–13: 14th
* 2013–14: 14th
* 2014–15: 14th
* 2015–16: 16th (relegated)
* 2016–17: did not compete

### World Games

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Main article: Rugby sevens at the World Games

Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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2001 Akita[4] |  Fiji |  Australia |  New Zealand
2005 Duisburg |  Fiji |  South Africa |  Argentina
2009 Kaohsiung[5] |  Fiji |  Portugal |  South Africa

### Sevens Grand Prix Series

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Portugal playing Romania, 2008 Grand Prix record

Year  | Round  | Position
2002 | Champions | 1st
2003 | Champions | 1st
2004 | Champions | 1st
2005 | Champions | 1st
2006 | Champions | 1st
2007 | Sixth Place  | 6th
2008 | Champions | 1st
2009 | Fifth Place  | 5th
2010 | Champions | 1st
2011 | Champions | 1st
2012 | Runners-up | 2nd
2013 | Fifth Place  | 5th
2014 | Ninth Place  | 9th
2015 | Sixth Place  | 6th
2016 |  |
2017 |  |
Total | 8 Titles | 14/14

## Players

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Squad for the 2024 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series in Dubai.[6]

No.  | Players

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1  | Duarte Moreira
6  | Manuel Fati
7  | Diogo Rodrigues
8  | José Lima
9  | Guilherme Vasconcelos
10  | José Santos
11  | João Vaz Antunes
12  | Fábio Conceição
15  | Antonio Monteiro
19  | Vasco Silva
20  | Frederico Couto
23  | Vasco Correia

### Notable players

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* Adérito Esteves
* Pedro Leal

## See also

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* Rugby World Cup Sevens

## References

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1. ^ "Sevens captains ready for the challenge in Dubai". www.world.rugby. 2024-01-10. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
2. ^ "China and Kenya celebrate Challenger 2024 success in Dubai". www.world.rugby. 2024-01-14. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
3. ^ "Uruguay, Kenya, Chile and Germany qualify for men's HSBC SVNS Play-Off in Madrid". www.world.rugby. 2024-05-19. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
4. ^ "International World Games Association : Rugby". Archived from the original on May 17, 2007. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
5. ^ "World Games Day 2: Fiji cruise to Gold Medal | Ultimate Rugby Sevens - The Online Home for Everything Rugby 7s". Ur7s.com. 2012-04-14. Archived from the original on 2009-07-27. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
6. ^ "2024 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series squad list" (PDF). World Rugby. p. 9. Retrieved 2024-01-17.

## External links

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* IRB Sevens[usurped]
* Rugby Portugal
* Rugby7.com
* Portugal 7's results

Awards

Preceded by

Portugal national rugby union team

|  Portuguese Team of the Year
2008  | Succeeded by

Portugal national under-23 triathlon team

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Rugby union in Portugal

Governing body|

* Portuguese Rugby Federation

National teams|

| Men's|

* Portugal
* Sevens
* U-21
* U-20
* U-19
* Universitária

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Women's|

* Portugal
* Sevens

Competitions|

| Men's|

* Campeonato Português de Rugby
* I Divisão
* II Divisão
* Taça de Portugal
* Supertaça de Portugal
* Taça Ibérica

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Women's|

* Campeonato Feminino
* Taça de Portugal Feminina
* Supertaça de Portugal Feminina

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Seasons|

* 1999–2000
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* 2016–17
* 2017–18
* 2018–19
* 2019–20
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* 2022–23
* 2023–24
* 2024–25

2023–24 events|

* Dubai
* Cape Town
* Perth
* Vancouver
* Los Angeles
* Hong Kong
* Singapore
* Madrid (Grand Final)

Former events|

* Argentina
* Chile
* China
* Fiji
* France
* Japan
* London (England)
* Malaysia
* New Zealand
* Scotland
* Uruguay
* Wales

Current stadiums|

* BC Place
* Cape Town Stadium
* Dignity Health Sports Park
* Hong Kong Stadium
* Metropolitano Stadium
* National Stadium, Singapore
* Perth Rectangular Stadium
* The Sevens

Related articles|

* Sevens Challenger Series
* Olympic Sevens
* Rugby World Cup Sevens

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National rugby sevens teams

World Rugby Sevens Series
core teams|

* Argentina
* Australia
* Canada
* Fiji
* France
* Great Britain
* Ireland
* New Zealand
* Samoa
* South Africa
* Spain
* United States

Teams with
Rugby World Cup Sevens
experience|

* Chile
* Chinese Taipei
* Cook Islands
* England
* Georgia
* Germany
* Hong Kong
* Italy
* Jamaica
* Japan
* Kenya
* Latvia
* Morocco
* Namibia
* Netherlands
* Papua New Guinea
* Philippines
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* Scotland
* South Korea
* Tonga
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Uruguay
* Wales
* Zimbabwe

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* Vanuatu
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* Arabian Gulf
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* East Germany
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