en Rugby sevens at the 2023 European Games

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
	2027 →

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

Men's

Qualification	Date	Host	Berths	Qualified team
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
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Women's

Qualification	Date	Host	Berths	Qualified team
Host nation	—	—	1	Poland
2022–23 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series	4 November 2022 – 21 May 2023	Various	32	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

^ 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

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

Medal table

* Host nation (Poland)

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
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

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
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

^ "7s Rugby to be introduced in the European Games 2023". Rugby Europe. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
^ "Participation of teams confirmed for Rugby 7s at European Games". Rugby Europe. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
^ "Participation of teams confirmed for Rugby 7s at European Games". Rugby Europe. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
^ Barker, Philip (6 July 2022). "Rugby sevens to feature on programme for 2023 European Games". insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
^ "Rugby 7s – Men's – Medallists" (PDF). european-games.org. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
^ "Rugby 7s – Women's – Medallists" (PDF). european-games.org. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.

[IRLNOR-5] 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.

[rugby7s-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.

[6] "Rugby 7s – Men's – Medallists" (PDF). european-games.org. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.

[7] "Rugby 7s – Women's – Medallists" (PDF). european-games.org. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.

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