Rugby sevens at the 2023 European Games

Rugby sevens
at the 2023 European Games

Venue| Stadion Miejski
Location| Kraków, Poland
Dates| 25–27 June
Competitors| 312 from 15 nations

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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

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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  |  Lisbon
Kraków | 7  |  Germany
Belgium
Italy
Portugal
Georgia
Lithuania
Czech Republic
2022 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy | 11–19 June 2022  |  Zagreb
Budapest | 1  |  Romania
| 12  |

### Women's

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Qualification | Date | Host | Berths | Qualified team

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Host nation  | —  | —  | 1  |  Poland
2022–23 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series | 4 November 2022 – 21 May 2023  | Various  | ~~3~~ 2  |  Great Britain
~~Ireland~~
Spain
2022 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Championship Series | 25 June – 3 July 2022  |  Lisbon
Kraków | 4  |  Belgium
Czech Republic
Germany
Romania
2022 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Trophy | 11–19 June 2022  |  Zagreb
Budapest | 4  |  Italy
Portugal
Sweden
Turkey
Replacing Ireland following their qualification for Paris 2024[a] | —  | 1  |  Norway
| 12  |

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).

* Belgium (26)
* Czech Republic (26)
* Georgia (13)
* Germany (26)
* Great Britain (26)
* Ireland (13)
* Italy (26)
* Lithuania (13)
* Norway (13)
* Poland (26)
* Portugal (26)
* Romania (26)
* Spain (26)
* Sweden (13)
* Turkey (13)

## Medal summary

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### Medal table

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* Host nation (Poland)

Rank| NOC| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Great Britain| 1| 1| 0| 2
2|  Ireland| 1| 0| 0| 1
3|  Poland*| 0| 1| 0| 1
4|  Czech Republic| 0| 0| 1| 1
Spain| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (5 entries)| 2| 2| 2| 6

### Medalists

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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

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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.

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