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2017 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series

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The 2017 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix[1] served as a European qualifier not only for the 2018 Hong Kong Sevens qualifier tournament, but for two bids among the teams not already qualified for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens.[2]

2017 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series
Hosts Russia
 Poland
 France
 England
Date3 June – 16 July
Final positions
Champions Russia
Runners-up Ireland
Third Spain
Series details
Top try scorerIreland Jordan Conroy (17)
Top point scorerIreland Billy Dardis (100)
← 2016
2018 →

Schedule

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Date Venue Winner Runner-up Third
3–4 June   Moscow   Ireland   Spain   Russia
10–11 June   Łódź   Russia   Spain   Ireland
1–2 July   Clermont-Ferrand   Ireland   Russia   Spain
15–16 July   Exeter   Russia   Wales   Ireland

Standings

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Notes Legend
1, 2, 3 Top three qualify to 2018 Hong Kong Sevens
1, 2 Top two qualify to 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens
Relegated to Trophy for 2018

The 2017 Grand Prix Series serves as a qualifying event for two other tournaments:

  • The three highest ranked European teams (other than the five teams below marked with a "C" that are not already core teams in the Sevens World Series) will qualify to the 2018 Hong Kong Sevens, with a chance to qualify for the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series.
  • The top two teams (other than the three teams marked with a "Q" that already qualified) will qualify for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens.[2]
Rank Team 2018 HK 7s 2018 RWC 7s Moscow Łódź Clermont-Ferrand Exeter Points
    Russia C 1 16 20 18 20 74
    Ireland 1 2 20 16 20 16 72
    Spain C - 18 18 16 6 58
4   Wales C Q 3 14 12 18 47
5   Germany 2 - 8 12 14 8 42
6   France C Q 12 8 10 4 34
7   Georgia 3 - 6 6 6 12 30
8   Portugal - - 10 2 1 14 27
9   England C Q 4 10 3 10 27
10   Italy - - 14 4 4 3 25
11   Belgium - - 2 3 8 2 15
12   Poland* - - 1 1 2 1 5
  • Poland cannot be relegated due to being a host nation.

Moscow

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Main article: 2017 Moscow Sevens
Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup   Ireland 12–0   Spain   Russia (Third)
  Italy
5th Place   France 33–21   Portugal   Germany (Seventh)
  Georgia
Challenge Trophy   England 21–17   Wales   Belgium (Eleventh)
  Poland

Łódź

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Main article: 2017 Łódź Sevens
Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup   Russia 24–19
a.e.t. 		  Spain   Ireland (Third)
  Wales
5th Place   Germany 29–26   England   France (Seventh)
  Georgia
Challenge Trophy   Italy 21–17   Belgium   Portugal (Eleventh)
  Poland

Clermont-Ferrand

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Main article: 2017 Clermont-Ferrand Sevens
Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup   Ireland 17–14   Russia   Spain (Third)
  Germany
5th Place   Wales 24–15   France   Belgium (Seventh)
  Georgia
Challenge Trophy   Italy 26–12   England   Poland (Eleventh)
  Portugal

Exeter

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Main article: 2017 Exeter Sevens
Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup   Russia 17–10   Wales   Ireland (Third)
  Portugal
5th Place   Georgia 17–12   England   Germany (Seventh)
  Spain
Challenge Trophy   France 24–21   Italy   Belgium (Eleventh)
  Poland

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Planning Rugby Europe Competitions 2017" (PDF). Rugby Europe. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 qualification process". World Rugby. 9 September 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
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