Rugby sevens at the 2023 European Games – Women's tournament

Rugby sevens at the 2023 European Games – Women's tournament
Tournament details
Host	Poland
Venue	Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana
Date	25–27 June
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Great Britain (1st title)
Runner-up	Poland
Third place	Czech Republic
Fourth place	Belgium
Tournament statistics
Matches played	34
Tries scored	212 (6.24 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Julie Doležilová; (55 points)
Most tries	Małgorzata Kołdej; (8 tries)
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The women's rugby sevens tournament at the 2023 European Games was held from 25 to 27 June at the Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana in Kraków.^[2]^[3]

Seeding

Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to results of first leg of the 2023 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Championship Series and 2023 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Trophy.^[4]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
Great Britain (2^CS)	Poland (4^CS)	Spain (5^CS)
Czechia (8^CS)	Germany (7^CS)	Belgium (6^CS)
Italy (9^CS)	Portugal (10^CS)	Sweden (11^CS)
Norway (11^TR)	Turkey (2^TR)	Romania (12^CS)

Pool stage

All times are local (UTC+2).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Great Britain	3	3	0	128	10	+118	9	Quarterfinals
2	Czechia	3	2	1	64	42	+22	7
3	Italy	3	1	2	67	64	+3	5
4	Norway	3	0	3	0	143	−143	3

Source: EG2023
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

25 June
10:44

Czechia	28–5	Italy
	Report

Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana, Kraków

25 June
11:06

Great Britain	55–0	Norway
	Report

Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana, Kraków

25 June
16:44

Czechia	31–0	Norway
	Report

Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana, Kraków

25 June
17:06

Great Britain	36–5	Italy
	Report

Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana, Kraków

26 June
10:44

Italy	57–0	Norway
	Report

Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana, Kraków

26 June
11:06

Great Britain	37–5	Czechia
	Report

Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana, Kraków

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland (H)	3	3	0	119	7	+112	9	Quarterfinals
2	Portugal	3	2	1	55	48	+7	7
3	Germany	3	1	2	55	67	−12	5
4	Turkey	3	0	3	10	117	−107	3

Source: EG2023
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts

25 June
11:28

Germany	17–19	Portugal
	Report

Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana, Kraków

25 June
11:50

Poland	50–0	Turkey
	Report

Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana, Kraków

25 June
17:28

Germany	31–5	Turkey
	Report

Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana, Kraków

25 June
17:50

Poland	26–0	Portugal
	Report

Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana, Kraków

26 June
11:28

Portugal	36–5	Turkey
	Report

Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana, Kraków

26 June
11:50

Poland	43–7	Germany
	Report

Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana, Kraków

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	106	7	+99	9	Quarterfinals
2	Belgium	3	2	1	86	29	+57	7	Quarterfinals
3	Romania	3	1	2	19	92	−73	5
4	Sweden	3	0	3	12	95	−83	3

Source: EG2023
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

25 June
10:00

Belgium	40–0	Sweden
	Report

Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana, Kraków

25 June
10:22

Spain	41–0	Romania
	Report

Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana, Kraków

25 June
16:00

Belgium	39–0	Romania
	Report

Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana, Kraków

25 June
16:22

Spain	36–0	Sweden
	Report

Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana, Kraków

26 June
10:00

Sweden	12–19	Romania
	Report

Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana, Kraków

26 June
10:22

Spain	29–7	Belgium
	Report

Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana, Kraków

Ranking of third-placed teams

The top two of the third-placed teams advance to the knockout rounds.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	A	Italy	3	1	2	67	64	+3	5	Quarterfinals
2	B	Germany	3	1	2	55	67	−12	5	Quarterfinals
3	C	Romania	3	1	2	19	92	−73	5

Source: EG2023
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Point difference; 3) Points scored.

Knockout stage

9–12th place playoff

9–12th place semifinals		Ninth place match

26 June

Romania	33
		27 June
Norway	0
		Romania	5
26 June
		Sweden	25
Sweden	10

Turkey	7
		Eleventh place match

		27 June

		Norway	10

		Turkey	5

26 June
16:00

Romania	33–0	Norway
	Report

Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana, Kraków

26 June
16:22

Sweden	10–7	Turkey
	Report

Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana, Kraków

27 June
10:00

Norway	10–5	Turkey
	Report

Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana, Kraków

27 June
10:22

Romania	5–25	Sweden
	Report

Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana, Kraków

5–8th place playoff

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place match

27 June

Germany	22
		27 June
Portugal	7
		Germany	5
27 June
		Spain	26
Italy	0

Spain	38
		Seventh place match

		27 June

		Portugal	7

		Italy	34

27 June
10:44

Germany	22–7	Portugal
	Report

Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana, Kraków

27 June
11:06

Italy	0–38	Spain
	Report

Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana, Kraków

27 June
18:45

Portugal	7–34	Italy
	Report

Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana, Kraków

27 June
19:29

Germany	5–26	Spain
	Report

Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana, Kraków

Medal playoff

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Gold medal match

26 June

Great Britain	53
		27 June
Germany	0
		Great Britain	36
26 June
		Belgium	12
Portugal	5
				27 June
Belgium	22
				Great Britain	33
26 June
				Poland	0
Poland	33
		27 June
Italy	15
		Poland	29
26 June
		Czechia	7	Bronze medal match
Spain	12
				27 June
Czechia	17
				Belgium	17

				Czechia	24

Quarterfinals

26 June
16:44

Great Britain	53–0	Germany
Try: Joyce (2) 1' c, 7' c Boatman (3) 2' m, 4' c, 14' m Thomson 5' c Torley 8' m Lloyd 10' m Jones 12' m Con: Thomson (4/5) 1', 4', 6', 7+1' Jones (0/4)	Report

Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana, Kraków
Referee: Eki Fanlo (Spain)

26 June
17:06

Poland	33–15	Italy
Try: Kołdej (2) 3' c, 8' c Pamięta (2) 5' c, 7+2' m Schuster 11' c Con: Pamięta (4/5) 4', 6', 9', 12'	Report	Try: Locatelli (2) 7' m, 14' m Stefan 13' m Con: Rigoni (0/1) Stefan (0/1) Paganini (0/1)

Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana, Kraków
Referee: George Selwood (England)

26 June
17:28

Spain	12–17	Czechia
Try: López 2' m Domínguez 14+1' c Con: López (1/2) 14+1'	Report	Try: Riegertová (2) 4' c, 5' m Doležilová 7+1' m Con: Doležilová (1/3) 4' Cards: Vacková 14+1'

Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana, Kraków
Referee: Maria Latos (Germany)

26 June
17:50

Portugal	5–22	Belgium
Try: Santos 14+2' m Con: Marques (0/1)	Report	Try: Blondiau 7' m Van de Poele (2) 7+1' m, 8' c Pien 11' m Con: Pien (1/3) 9' Stévins (0/1)

Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana, Kraków
Referee: Lauren Jenner (Italy)

Semifinals

27 June
12:15

Great Britain	36–12	Belgium
Try: Jones 3' m Campbell (2) 7' c, 13' m Uren 8' c Brown 11' c Norman-Bell 14+1' m Con: Jones (2/4) 8', 11' Thomson (1/1) 7+1' Norman-Bell (0/1)	Report	Try: Blondiau 2' m Lalli 6' c Con: Amory (0/1) Pien (1/1) 6'

Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana, Kraków
Referee: Lauren Jenner (Italy)

27 June
13:10

Poland	29–7	Czechia
Try: Kołdej 3' m Klichowska (2) 4' m, 14' c Witkowska (2) 6' m, 13' c Con: Pamięta (1/4) 13' Druzgała (1/1) 14'	Report	Try: Sládková 7' c Con: Doležilová (1/1) 7+1'

Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana, Kraków
Referee: George Selwood (England)

Bronze medal match

27 June
20:13

Belgium	17–24	Czechia
Try: Musch 4' c Blondiau (2) 14' m, 14+1' m Con: Stevens (1/1) 4' Amory (0/2)	Report	Try: Sládková 2' m Doležilová 7' c Riegertová (2) 9' c, 12 m Con: Doležilová (2/4) 7+1', 10'

Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana, Kraków
Referee: George Selwood (England)

Gold medal match

27 June
21:05

Great Britain	33–0	Poland
Try: Uren (2) 3' c, 7' c Jones 7+1' m Lloyd 11' c Wilson-Hardy 12' c Con: Norman-Bell (1/2) 3' Jones (3/3) 7', 11', 13'	Report	Cards: Paszczyk 11'

Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana, Kraków
Referee: Lauren Jenner (Italy)

Final standings

Rank^[5]	Team	Matches	W	L	Points	Tries^[6]
	Great Britain	6	6	0	250	42
	Poland	6	5	1	181	29
	Czechia	6	4	2	112	18
4	Belgium	6	3	3	137	23
5	Spain	6	5	1	182	30
6	Germany	6	2	4	82	14
7	Italy	6	2	4	116	20
8	Portugal	6	2	4	74	12
9	Sweden	5	2	3	47	9
10	Romania	5	2	3	57	9
11	Norway	5	1	4	10	2
12	Turkey	5	0	5	22	4

References

^ "Rugby 7s – Women's – Leading Player Statistics" (PDF). european-games.org. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
^ "Rugby 7s – Women's – Competition Schedule" (PDF). european-games.org. 26 June 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
^ "Three days of exciting action to come at the 2023 European Games". Rugby Europe. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
^ "Qualification System – 3rd European Games – Rugby Sevens" (PDF). EOC. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
^ "Rugby 7s – Women's – Final Results Table" (PDF). european-games.org. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
^ "Rugby 7s – Women's – Cumulative Team Statistics" (PDF). european-games.org. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.

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

[2] "Rugby 7s – Women's – Competition Schedule" (PDF). european-games.org. 26 June 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.

[3] "Three days of exciting action to come at the 2023 European Games". Rugby Europe. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.

[4] "Qualification System – 3rd European Games – Rugby Sevens" (PDF). EOC. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2023.

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

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

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Seeding

Pool stage

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Ranking of third-placed teams

Knockout stage

9–12th place playoff

5–8th place playoff

Medal playoff

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final standings

See also

References