2015 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series

2015 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series
Hosts Russia
 France
 England
Date6 June – 12 July
Nations12
Final positions
Champions France
Runners-up Spain
Third England
Series details
Matches played102
Tries scored525 (average 5.147 per match)
Top try scorerFrance Julien Candelon (17)
Russia Denis Simplikevich (17)
Top point scorerFrance Terry Bouhraoua (184)
← 2014

The 2015 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series was an Olympic qualification tournament for rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics which was held over three legs in the cities of Moscow, Lyon and Exeter.[1]

The top team qualified directly to the Olympic Games, whereas the runner-up qualified to the Final Olympic Qualification Tournament in 2016. France won the 2015 Rugby Europe Men's Sevens Championship, and qualified directly to the 2016 Summer Olympics. Spain finished second and qualified directly to the Final 2016 Men's Olympic Qualification Tournament, avoiding the Rugby Europe Repechage Tournament.[2][3]

This was the final time that the Rugby Europe Grand Prix Series acted as an olympic qualifying tournament. Qualification for the 2020 Summer Olympics consisted of a separate Stand-alone Olympic Qualifying tournament organised by Rugby Europe.[4] Rugby sevens at the 2023 European Games acted as the 2024 Olympic Qualifying tournament[5] following Rugby Sevens debut within the European Games.[6]

Schedule

Date Venue Winner Runner-up Third
6–7 June Russia Moscow  France  Russia  Spain
13–14 June France Lyon  France  Spain  Belgium
11–12 July England Exeter  France  England  Spain

Standings

Legend
Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Qualified for the Final Olympic Qualification Tournament.
Qualified for the Rugby Europe Repechage Tournament
Qualified for the Repechage Tournament and relegated to Division A for 2016.
Ineligible for Olympic Qualification – Already Qualified for Olympics

[7]

Rank Team Moscow Lyon Exeter Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  France 20 20 20 60
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Spain 16 18 16 50
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  England 14 12 18 44
4  Russia 18 10 10 38
5  Germany 10 14 14 38
6  Portugal 12 8 4 24
7  Wales 8 2 12 22
8  Belgium 3 16 1 20
9  Lithuania 6 3 8 17
10  Georgia 4 4 6 14
11  Italy 2 6 3 11
12  Romania 1 1 2 4

Note Russia finishes above Germany due to tiebreaker of highest single tournament finish.

Moscow

Main article: 2015 Moscow Sevens
Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  France 40–17  Russia  Spain (Third)
 England
Plate  Portugal 35–7  Germany  Wales (Seventh)
 Lithuania
Bowl  Georgia 14–12  Belgium  Italy (Eleventh)
 Romania

Lyon

Main article: 2015 Lyon Sevens
Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  France 20–7  Spain  Belgium (Third)
 Germany
Plate  England 26–14  Russia  Portugal (Seventh)
 Italy
Bowl  Georgia 20–17  Lithuania  Wales (Eleventh)
 Romania

Exeter

Main article: 2015 Exeter Sevens
Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  France 14–5  England  Spain (Third)
 Germany
Plate  Wales 14–10  Russia  Lithuania (Seventh)
 Georgia
Bowl  Portugal 26–12  Italy  Romania (Eleventh)
 Belgium

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Rugby Europe official website". Archived from the original on 2015-07-13. Retrieved 2015-07-13.
  3. ^ "Ireland keep Rio dream alive on two fronts". World Rugby. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Sevens Olympic pathway confirmed for 2020". England Rugby. 17 September 2018. Archived from the original on 12 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Participation of teams confirmed for Rugby 7s at European Games". Rugby Europe. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  6. ^ Barker, Philip (6 July 2022). "Rugby sevens to feature on programme for 2023 European Games". insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Rugby Europe official website". Archived from the original on 2015-06-07. Retrieved 2015-06-08.