The 2002 European Sevens Championship was a rugby sevens competition, with the final held in Heidelberg, Germany.[1][2] It was the first edition of the European Sevens championship. The event was organised by rugby's European governing body, the FIRA – Association of European Rugby (FIRA-AER).[3]
2002 European Sevens Championship | |
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Host nation | Germany |
Date | 17–18 August 2002 |
Cup | |
Champion | Portugal |
Runner-up | Georgia |
Third | Germany |
Plate | |
Winner | Lithuania |
Runner-up | Ukraine |
Bowl | |
Winner | Denmark |
Runner-up | Netherlands |
2003 → |
Portugal won the first edition by defeating Georgia 24-14 in the final.[4][5]
Qualification edit
FIRA – Association of European Rugby (FIRA-AER) organised five preliminary rugby sevens competitions in Lunel, France (17-18 May 2002), Amsterdam, Netherlands (25 May 2002), Madrid, Spain (15-16 June), Budapest, Romania (29-30 June 2002), and Sopot, Poland (20 July 2002).[6] These competitions were intended to be applied as qualification tournaments in advance of the final in Heidelberg, Germany (17-18 August 2002). The twelve teams selected to have qualified based on points of participation and points by results in ranking order consisted of France, Portugal, Netherlands, Denmark, Georgia, Poland, Czech Republic, Croatia, Lithuania, Malta, Ukraine, and Germany.[7] Sweden was added as a reserve team in the event of a cancellation.[8] However Luxembourg was added to the tournament line-up to fill the vacancy created when Croatia pulled out and Sweden did not enter.[9]
Heidelberg edit
Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semifinalists |
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Cup | Portugal | 24–14 | Georgia | Germany (Third) France |
Plate | Lithuania | 24–10 | Ukraine | Poland (Seventh) Malta |
Bowl | Denmark | 28–12 | Netherlands | Czech Republic (Eleventh) Luxembourg |
Pool Stage edit
Key to colours in group tables | |
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Teams that advanced to the Cup Semifinal | |
Teams advanced to the Plate Semifinal | |
Teams advanced to the Bowl semifinal |
Pool A edit
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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France | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 24 | +97 | 15 |
Germany | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 118 | 74 | +44 | 11 |
Lithuania | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 140 | 68 | +72 | 11 |
Poland | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 82 | 57 | +25 | 9 |
Denmark | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 71 | 118 | –47 | 9 |
Luxembourg | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 205 | –191 | 5 |
17 August 2002 | Poland | 7–26 | Germany | ||
17 August 2002 | Denmark | 7–47 | Lithuania | ||
17 August 2002 | France | 35–0 | Luxembourg | ||
17 August 2002 | Lithuania | 19–21 | Germany | ||
17 August 2002 | Poland | 42–0 | Luxembourg | ||
17 August 2002 | France | 31–0 | Denmark | ||
17 August 2002 | Luxembourg | 0–45 | Germany | ||
17 August 2002 | France | 19–12 | Lithuania | ||
17 August 2002 | Denmark | 0–19 | Poland | ||
17 August 2002 | Lithuania | 45–14 | Luxembourg | ||
17 August 2002 | Denmark | 26–21 | Germany | ||
17 August 2002 | France | 14–7 | Poland | ||
18 August 2002 | Denmark | 38–0 | Luxembourg | ||
18 August 2002 | Poland | 7–17 | Lithuania | ||
18 August 2002 | France | 22–5 | Germany | ||
Pool B edit
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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Portugal | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 133 | 36 | +97 | 13 |
Georgia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 123 | 38 | +85 | 13 |
Ukraine | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 88 | 31 | +57 | 13 |
Malta | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 115 | –62 | 9 |
Netherlands | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 64 | 111 | –47 | 7 |
Czech Republic | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 38 | 168 | –130 | 5 |
17 August 2002 | Czech Republic | 0–31 | Ukraine | ||
17 August 2002 | Netherlands | 7–21 | Georgia | ||
17 August 2002 | Portugal | 38–0 | Malta | ||
17 August 2002 | Georgia | 7–14 | Ukraine | ||
17 August 2002 | Czech Republic | 12–24 | Malta | ||
17 August 2002 | Portugal | 40–7 | Netherlands | ||
17 August 2002 | Malta | 5–24 | Ukraine | ||
17 August 2002 | Portugal | 12–15 | Georgia | ||
17 August 2002 | Netherlands | 26–19 | Czech Republic | ||
17 August 2002 | Georgia | 24–5 | Malta | ||
17 August 2002 | Netherlands | 7–12 | Ukraine | ||
17 August 2002 | Portugal | 31–7 | Czech Republic | ||
18 August 2002 | Netherlands | 17–19 | Malta | ||
18 August 2002 | Czech Republic | 0–56 | Georgia | ||
18 August 2002 | Portugal | 12–7 | Ukraine | ||
Knockout stage edit
Bowl edit
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
18 August 2002 – Heidelberg | ||||||
Denmark | 21 | |||||
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Czech Republic | 12 | |||||
Denmark | 28 | |||||
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Netherlands | 12 | |||||
Luxembourg | 7 | |||||
Netherlands | 28 | |||||
Eleventh Place | ||||||
18 August 2002 – Heidelberg | ||||||
Czech Republic | 26 | |||||
Luxembourg | 12 |
Plate edit
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
18 August 2002 – Heidelberg | ||||||
Lithuania | 43 | |||||
18 August 2002 – Heidelberg | ||||||
Malta | 0 | |||||
Lithuania | 24 | |||||
18 August 2002 – Heidelberg | ||||||
Ukraine | 10 | |||||
Poland | 12 | |||||
Ukraine | 26 | |||||
Seventh Place | ||||||
18 August 2002 – Heidelberg | ||||||
Malta | 7 | |||||
Poland | 28 |
Cup edit
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
18 August 2002 – Heidelberg | ||||||
France | 10 | |||||
18 August 2002 – Heidelberg | ||||||
Georgia | 12 | |||||
Georgia | 14 | |||||
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Portugal | 24 | |||||
Germany | 7 | |||||
Portugal | 19 | |||||
Third Place | ||||||
18 August 2002 – Heidelberg | ||||||
France | 7 | |||||
Germany | 19 |
Standings edit
Rank | Team |
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Portugal | |
Georgia | |
Germany | |
4 | France |
5 | Lithuania |
6 | Ukraine |
7 | Poland |
8 | Malta |
9 | Denmark |
10 | Netherlands |
11 | Czech Republic |
12 | Luxembourg |
References edit
- ^ Rugby VII Competitions. (23 August 2002). fira-aer-rugby Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org
- ^ FIRA-AER Rugby Flash Info (October 2002) Page 4. Archived 17 February 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org
- ^ FIRA-AER Rugby Flash Info (July 2002) Page 8. Archived 17 February 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org
- ^ "Rugby VII Competitions". 16 March 2014. Archived from the original on August 23, 2002.
- ^ Results: SAS Institute Heidelberg Sevens 2002. fira-aer-rugby. (8 June 2003) Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org
- ^ Results: SAS Institute Heidelberg Sevens 2002. fira-aer-rugby. (8 June 2003) Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org
- ^ Rugby VII Competitions. (23 August 2002). fira-aer-rugby Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org
- ^ FIRA-AER Rugby Flash Info (October 2002) Page 4. Archived 17 February 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org
- ^ FIRA-AER Rugby Flash Info (October 2002) Page 4. Archived 17 February 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org