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2017 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series

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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

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]

Schedule

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Date Venue Winner Runner-up Third
3–4 June Russia Moscow  Ireland  Spain  Russia
10–11 June Poland Łódź  Russia  Spain  Ireland
1–2 July France Clermont-Ferrand  Ireland  Russia  Spain
15–16 July England 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
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Russia C 1 16 20 18 20 74
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Ireland 1 2 20 16 20 16 72
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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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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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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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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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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.