2022 Rugby Europe Sevens
Series XX
Hosts	Portugal Poland
Date	25 June – 3 July 2022
Nations	10
Final positions
Champions	Spain
Runners-up	Germany
Third	France
Team changes
Promoted	Ireland,  Great Britain,  Romania
Relegated	Poland
← 2021 2023 →

The 2022 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series was the twentieth edition of the annual rugby sevens series organised by Rugby Europe, the governing body of rugby union in Europe, played from June to July 2022. The first leg was played in Lisbon, Portugal, with the second leg in Krakow, Poland. Ten teams competed. There was a separate 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens European Qualifier event held in Bucharest in July.^[1] Spain were the defending champions, having won the 2021 tournament.^[2] Spain repeated as champions of the Series having finished runner-up in Lisbon and first in Krakow.^[3]

The current list of teams confirmed to be participating in the Sevens Championship Series. Russia were initially scheduled to participate, but following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the World Rugby Executive Council suspended the Rugby Union of Russia.

France, who were originally to be relegated to the 2022 Trophy tournament as punishment for not fielding a team in the previous year's Championship tournament, accepted an invitation to take Russia's place.

Belgium and the Czech Republic were promoted from the 2021 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy, as they were the two highest-ranked teams from the two-legged series.

The schedule for the series was:^[4][5]

2022 Legs

Leg	Stadium	City	Dates	Winner
Portugal	Estádio Nacional	Lisbon	25–26 June	Germany
Poland	Municipal Stadium	Kraków	1–3 July	Spain

2022 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship

Pos	Event  Team	Lisbon	Kraków	Points total
1	Spain	18	20	38
2	Germany	20	16	36
3	France	12	18	30
4	Belgium	14	12	26
5	Italy	16	8	24
6	Portugal	10	14	24
7	Georgia	4	10	14
8	Lithuania	8	6	14
9	Czech Republic	6	4	10
10	Poland	3	3	6

Legend
Green fill	Champions and entry to European Games
Blue fill	Entry to European Games and World Challenger Series
No fill	Entry to European Games
Dark bar	Already a core team for the 2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series
Yellow fill	Excluded from European Games
Red fill	Entry to European Games and relegated to 2023 European Trophy

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Spain	4	4	0	0	136	54	+82	12
Belgium	4	3	0	1	73	55	+18	10
Portugal	4	2	0	2	69	64	+4	8
Czech Republic	4	1	0	3	62	110	-48	6
Georgia	4	0	0	4	38	95	-57	4

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Germany	4	4	0	0	130	19	+111	12
Italy	4	2	1	1	66	60	+6	9
France	4	2	0	2	99	70	+29	8
Lithuania	4	1	1	2	47	80	-33	7
Poland	4	0	0	4	37	150	-113	4

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Results^[6]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Germany	4	4	0	0			+43	12
France	4	3	0	1			+27	10
Belgium	4	2	0	2			+27	8
Georgia	4	0	1	3			-35	5
Czech Republic	4	0	1	3			-62	5

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Portugal	4	3	0	1			+9	10
Spain	4	3	0	1			+33	10
Italy	4	2	0	2			+18	8
Lithuania	4	1	1	2			-5	7
Poland	4	0	1	3			-55	5

	9th place final
	3 July
	Czech Republic	21
	Poland	19

	5th place semi finals				5th place final
	3 July
	Belgium	34
					3 July
	Lithuania	0
					Belgium	24
	3 July
					Georgia	7
	Georgia	19
	Italy	12
					7th place final
					3 July
					Lithuania	19
					Italy	31

	Semi finals				Final
	3 July
	Germany	10
					3 July
	Spain	31
					Spain	29
	3 July
					France	7
	France	26
	Portugal	14
					Third
					3 July
					Germany	24
					Portugal	14

• 2021–22 World Rugby Sevens Series
• 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens