Portugal national rugby sevens team
Union | Federação Portuguesa de Rugby | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Lobos (The Wolves) | ||
Coach(es) | Frederico Sousa | ||
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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 | 5 (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[]
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.
Tournament history[]
Summer Olympics[]
Portugal has not qualified for the Summer Olympics.
Rugby World Cup Sevens[]
Rugby World Cup Sevens Record | |||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
Total | 0 Titles | 5/7 | 30 | 10 | 19 | 1 |
World Rugby Sevens Series[]
- 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[]
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2001 Akita[1] | Fiji | Australia | New Zealand |
2005 Duisburg | Fiji | South Africa | Argentina |
2009 Kaohsiung[2] | Fiji | Portugal | South Africa |
Sevens Grand Prix Series[]
Grand Prix record | |||||||||
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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 |
Current squad[]
Squad to 2016 Sydney Sevens:[3]
- Adérito Esteves (vc)
- Pedro Leal (c)
See also[]
- Rugby World Cup Sevens
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 17, 2007. Retrieved February 13, 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "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.
- ^ 2014 London Sevens Archived May 12, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
External links[]
- National rugby sevens teams
- Portugal national rugby union team