Romania national rugby sevens team

Romania
Union	Romanian Rugby Federation
Nickname(s)	Stejarii (The Oaks)
Emblem(s)	Oak Leaf
Coach(es)	Daniel Carpo
Captain(s)	Marius Chiriac
Team kit	Change kit
World Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 1993)
Best result	(13th place) (1997)

The Romania national rugby sevens team has competed in the World Rugby Sevens Series and in the Rugby World Cup Sevens, but not yet in the Summer Olympic Games. They are currently competing in the Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy Series.

Tournament history

Summer Olympics

Olympic Games
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2016	Did not qualify
Total	0 Titles	0/1	-	-	-	-

Rugby World Cup Sevens

World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
1993	Group stage	17th	5	1	4	0
1997	Plate Quarterfinals	13st	5	1	4	0
2001	Did not qualify
2005
2009
2013
2018	Did not enter
Total	0 Titles	2/7	10	2	8	0

Recent Results

2018 European Sevens Trophy^[1]

Zagreb

Pool B

Legend
Teams that advance to Cup Quarterfinal
Teams that advance to Challenge Trophy Semifinal

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Template:Herrialde info ROU	3	2	1	0	86	17	+69	7
Template:Herrialde info LTU	3	2	1	0	83	31	+52	7
Template:Herrialde info HUN	3	1	0	2	26	57	–31	5
Template:Herrialde info CYP	3	0	0	3	19	109	–90	3

7 June 2018
11:44

Romania	24–0	Template:Herrialde info HUN

7 June 2018
12:06

Lithuania	45–7	Template:Herrialde info CYP

7 June 2018
14:29

Romania	45–0	Template:Herrialde info CYP

7 June 2018
14:51

Lithuania	21–7	Template:Herrialde info HUN

7 June 2018
17:14

Cyprus	12–19	Template:Herrialde info HUN

7 June 2018
17:36

Romania	17–17	Template:Herrialde info LTU

Knockout stage

Cup

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

9 June 2018 – 10:00

Template:Herrialde info BEL	26
		9 June 2018 – 13:59
Template:Herrialde info CRO	7
		Template:Herrialde info BEL	7
9 June 2018 – 11:06
		Template:Herrialde info LTU	17
Template:Herrialde info LTU	17
				9 June 2018 – 18:15
Template:Herrialde info UKR	7
				Template:Herrialde info LTU	26
9 June 2018 – 10:22
				Template:Herrialde info ROU	31
Template:Herrialde info ROU	27
		9 June 2018 – 14:21
Template:Herrialde info LUX	14
		Template:Herrialde info ROU	26
9 June 2018 – 10:44
		Template:Herrialde info ISR	12	Third place
Template:Herrialde info DEN	7
				9 June 2018 – 17:14
Template:Herrialde info ISR	10
				Template:Herrialde info BEL	22

				Template:Herrialde info ISR	7

Šiauliai

Pool A

Legend
Teams that advance to Cup Quarterfinal
Teams that advance to Challenge Trophy Semifinal

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Template:Herrialde info LUX	3	1	2	0	46	44	+2	7
Template:Herrialde info ROU	3	2	0	1	93	24	+69	7
Template:Herrialde info LAT	3	1	1	1	53	55	–2	6
Template:Herrialde info UKR	3	0	1	2	5	74	–69	4

30 June 2018
9:00

Romania	38–0	Template:Herrialde info LAT

30 June 2018
9:22

Ukraine	5–5	Template:Herrialde info LUX

30 June 2018
11:45

Romania	22–24	Template:Herrialde info LUX

30 June 2018
12:07

Ukraine	0–36	Template:Herrialde info LAT

30 June 2018
14:30

Romania	33–0	Template:Herrialde info UKR

30 June 2018
14:52

Luxembourg	17–17	Template:Herrialde info LAT

Knockout stage

Cup

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

1 July 2018 – 9:00

Template:Herrialde info LUX	0
		1 July 2018 – 12:59
Template:Herrialde info DEN	34
		Template:Herrialde info DEN	7
1 July 2018 – 10:06
		Template:Herrialde info BEL	14
Template:Herrialde info CRO	14
				1 July 2018 – 15:52
Template:Herrialde info BEL	17
				Template:Herrialde info BEL	5
1 July 2018 – 9:22
				Template:Herrialde info ROU	35
Template:Herrialde info LTU	12
		1 July 2018 – 13:21
Template:Herrialde info LAT	14
		Template:Herrialde info LAT	0
1 July 2018 – 9:44
		Template:Herrialde info ROU	40	Third place
Template:Herrialde info ISR	10
				1 July 2018 – 16:14
Template:Herrialde info ROU	17
				Template:Herrialde info DEN	10

				Template:Herrialde info LAT	38

Standings

Legend
Promoted to the 2019 Grand Prix Series
Relegated to 2019 Rugby Europe Conference

Rank	Team	Zagreb	Šiauliai	Points
	Template:Herrialde info ROU	20	20	40
	Template:Herrialde info BEL	16	18	34
	Template:Herrialde info LTU	18	12	30
4	Template:Herrialde info DEN	12	14	26
5	Template:Herrialde info ISR	14	8	22
6	Template:Herrialde info LUX	8	10	18
7	Template:Herrialde info LAT	1	16	17
8	Template:Herrialde info UKR	10	3	13
9	Template:Herrialde info CRO	6	6	12
10	Template:Herrialde info BUL	4	2	6
11	Template:Herrialde info HUN	2	4	6
12	Template:Herrialde info CYP	3	1	4

2019 European Sevens Grand Prix^[2]

Moscow

Pool A

Legend
Teams that advance to Cup Quarterfinal
Teams that advance to Bowl Semifinal

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Template:Herrialde info FRA	3	3	0	97	33	+64	9
Template:Herrialde info IRE	3	2	1	69	52	+17	7
Template:Herrialde info ITA	3	1	2	45	66	–21	5
Template:Herrialde info ROU	3	0	3	19	79	–60	3

22 June 2019
11:00

Ireland	29–0	Template:Herrialde info ROU

Referee: Finlay Brown (Scotland)

22 June 2019
11:22

France	33–7	Template:Herrialde info ITA

Referee: Georgii Kopp (Russia)

22 June 2019
13:45

Ireland	26–14	Template:Herrialde info ITA

Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France)

22 June 2019
14:07

France	26–12	Template:Herrialde info ROU

Referee: Andrea Spadoni (Italy)

22 June 2019
16:30

Ireland	14–38	Template:Herrialde info FRA

Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)

22 June 2019
16:52

Italy	24–7	Template:Herrialde info ROU

Referee: George Selwood (England)

Knockout stage

Bowl

Semi-finals		Final

23 June 2019 – 12:28

Template:Herrialde info RUS	34
		23 June 2019 – 16:05
Template:Herrialde info POL	17
		Template:Herrialde info RUS	14
23 June 2019 – 12:50
		Template:Herrialde info GEO	0
Template:Herrialde info ROU	19

Template:Herrialde info GEO	24
		Third place

		23 June 2019 – 15:43

		Template:Herrialde info POL	21

		Template:Herrialde info ROU	19

Łódź

Pool A

Legend
Teams that advance to Cup Quarterfinal
Teams that advance to Bowl Semifinal

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Template:Herrialde info ESP	3	3	0	69	45	+24	9
Template:Herrialde info FRA	3	2	1	64	59	+5	7
Template:Herrialde info POR	3	1	2	71	57	+14	5
Template:Herrialde info ROU	3	0	3	40	83	–43	3

20 July 2019
11:00

Spain	26–19	Template:Herrialde info POR

Referee: Finlay Brown (Scotland)

20 July 2019
11:22

France	26–21	Template:Herrialde info ROU

Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)

20 July 2019
13:45

France	24–14	Template:Herrialde info POR

Referee: Inigo Atorrasagasti (Spain)

20 July 2019
14:07

Spain	19–12	Template:Herrialde info ROU

Referee: Thibault Santamaria (France)

20 July 2019
16:30

France	14–24	Template:Herrialde info ESP

Referee: Adam Jones (Wales)

20 July 2019
16:52

Portugal	38–7	Template:Herrialde info ROU

Referee: George Kopp (Russia)

Knockout stage

Bowl

Semi-finals		Final

21 July 2019 – 12:28

Template:Herrialde info ENG	26
		21 July 2019 – 16:40
Template:Herrialde info POL	17
		Template:Herrialde info ENG	12
21 July 2019 – 12:50
		Template:Herrialde info RUS	21
Template:Herrialde info RUS	19

Template:Herrialde info ROU	0
		Third place

		21 July 2019 – 16:18

		Template:Herrialde info POL	26

		Template:Herrialde info ROU	12

Standings

Legend
Champions
Relegated to 2020 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy

Rank	Team	Moscow	Łódź	Points
	Template:Herrialde info GER	14	20	34
	Template:Herrialde info FRA	20	12	32
	Template:Herrialde info IRE	18	14	32
4	Template:Herrialde info ESP	10	18	28
5	Template:Herrialde info ITA	6	16	22
6	Template:Herrialde info WAL	12	10	22
7	Template:Herrialde info ENG	16	3	19
8	Template:Herrialde info POR	8	8	16
9	Template:Herrialde info GEO	3	6	9
10	Template:Herrialde info RUS	4	4	8
11	Template:Herrialde info POL	2	2	4
12	Template:Herrialde info ROU	1	1	2

Players

Current squad

The following 12 players were called up for the 2021 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy Series on the 9th of July 2021.^[3]

Player	Date of birth (age)	Club/province
Alexandre Crețu	(2000-05-04) 4 May 2000 (age 24)	Carcassonne Espoirs
Alexander Dinu	(2001-11-19) 19 November 2001 (age 22)	Massy Espoirs
Andrei Homiuc	(1998-10-09) 9 October 1998 (age 25)	Grivița București
Codrin Bercu	(1998-01-27) 27 January 1998 (age 26)	Năvodari
Silviu Mircea	(2001-04-02) 2 April 2001 (age 23)	Grivița București
Marius Chiriac (c)	(1998-03-07) 7 March 1998 (age 26)	Dinamo București
Alexandru Tudose	(1998-12-23) 23 December 1998 (age 25)	Dinamo București
Cristian Zamfir	(2000-06-26) 26 June 2000 (age 24)	Ştiinţa Petroșani
David Jilăveanu	(2002-04-02) 2 April 2002 (age 22)	Dinamo București
Ovidiu Neagu	(2001-07-30) 30 July 2001 (age 22)	Bârlad
Lama Sioeli	(1995-10-12) 12 October 1995 (age 28)	Steaua București
Julien Bartoli	(1999-09-21) 21 September 1999 (age 24)	Hyères

Coaches

Current coaching staff

The current coaching staff of the Romanian national sevens team:^[4]

Name	Nationality	Role
Marius Raczek	ROU	Head coach
Alexandru Marin Jr.	ROU	Assistant coach
Dr. Ilie Vlad	ROU	Team doctor

External links

Official website (in Romanian)

References

^ "2018 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy". Rugby Europe. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
^ "2019 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series". Rugby Europe. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
^ "Romania Rugby Sevens` Squad for the 2021 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy Series". rugbyromania.ro. Romania Rugby. 9 July 2021.
^ "Romania Rugby Sevens` Coaching Staff". rugbyromania.ro. Romania Rugby. 9 July 2021.

[1] "2018 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy". Rugby Europe. Retrieved 23 June 2019.

[2] "2019 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series". Rugby Europe. Retrieved 23 June 2019.

[3] "Romania Rugby Sevens` Squad for the 2021 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy Series". rugbyromania.ro. Romania Rugby. 9 July 2021.

[4] "Romania Rugby Sevens` Coaching Staff". rugbyromania.ro. Romania Rugby. 9 July 2021.

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Tournament history

Summer Olympics

Rugby World Cup Sevens

Recent Results

2018 European Sevens Trophy[1]

Pool B

Cup

Pool A

Cup

Standings

2019 European Sevens Grand Prix[2]

Pool A

Bowl

Pool A

Bowl

Standings

Players

Current squad

Coaches

Current coaching staff

See also

External links

References

2018 European Sevens Trophy^[1]

2019 European Sevens Grand Prix^[2]