Uruguay national rugby sevens team
Union | Uruguayan Rugby Union | ||
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Nickname(s) | Teros | ||
Emblem(s) | Southern lapwing | ||
Coach(es) | Luis Pedro Achard | ||
Captain(s) | Gabriel Puig | ||
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World Cup Sevens | |||
Appearances | 4 (First in 2005) |
The Uruguay national rugby sevens team is a minor national sevens side. At the South American Sevens, Uruguay has won in 2012 and been runner-up six times. The team was fourth at both the 2011 and 2015 Pan American Games.
They participated in the 2014 Hong Kong Sevens in the World Series Qualifier, reaching the quarterfinals after finishing second in their pool, but lost to Russia 21-14.[1] At the 2015 Hong Kong Sevens, they claimed wins over Brazil and Mexico and losses to Hong Kong and Papua New Guinea. The team did not qualify to the 2016 Hong Kong Sevens.
The team will participate in the 2018 World Series Qualifier at the 2018 Hong Kong Sevens. Uruguay qualified for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens after winning the regional qualifiers at the 2018 Sudamérica Rugby Sevens.[2] They finished in 20th place after losing to Uganda.
Tournament history[]
Pan American Games[]
Pan American Games record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D | |||
2011 | Semifinals | 4th | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||
2015 | Semifinals | 4th | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||
Total | 0 Titles | 4/7 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
Rugby World Cup Sevens[]
World Cup record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D | |||
1993 | Did Not Enter | ||||||||
1997 | Did Not Qualify | ||||||||
2001 | |||||||||
2005 | Bowl Quarterfinals | 21st | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
2009 | Bowl Semifinals | 19th | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
2013 | Bowl Semifinals | 19th | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
2018 | 19th Place Playoff | 20th | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
Total | 0 Titles | 4/7 | 20 | 3 | 17 | 0 |
Players[]
Current squad[]
Squad to 2015 Hong Kong Sevens.[3]
- Gabriel Puig (C)
- Nicolás Freitas
- Leandro Leivas
- Guillermo Lijstenstein
- Rodrigo Silva
- Tomás Jolivet
- Santiago Gibernau
- Alejo Durán
- Ian Schmidt
- Joaquín Prada
- Alfonso Falcón
- Sebastián Schroeder
References[]
- ^ Series qualifying - Hong Kong[usurped!]
- ^ worldrugby.org. "Uruguay and Chile qualify for RWC Sevens 2018 - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
- ^ http://www.rugbytime.com.uy/espanol/prada-vuela-a-hong-kong-7?nid=240
- Rugby union in Uruguay
- Uruguay national rugby union team
- National rugby sevens teams