The Italy national rugby sevens team has occasionally competed in the IRB Sevens World Series since the series' was introduced in 1999, although they do not participate in every leg. Their first (and currently only) ever points in the World Series came in 2003, when they scored four points in the Cardiff leg of the series. Italy also competes in the Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series each summer.
Union | Italian Rugby Federation | ||
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Nickname(s) | Gli Azzurri (The Blues) | ||
Coach(es) | Matteo Mazzantini | ||
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World Cup Sevens | |||
Appearances | 3 (First in 1993) | ||
Best result | 17th 1993, 2005 |
Italy also plays qualifying matches for two quadrennial tournaments—the Rugby World Cup Sevens and the Summer Olympics. Italy has participated in the Sevens World Cup multiple times, but has not qualified for the Olympics.
Tournament historyEdit
Rugby World Cup SevensEdit
Rugby World Cup Sevens Record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D | |||
1993 | Pool Stage | 17th | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
1997 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
2001 | |||||||||
2005 | Bowl Winner | 17th | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |||
2009 | Bowl Quarter-Finals | 21st | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
2013 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
2018 | |||||||||
Total | 0 Titles | 3/7 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 1 |
Sevens Grand Prix SeriesEdit
Rugby Europe Sevens Record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | |||||||
2002 | Not played | ||||||||
2003 | Pool Stage | N.C. | |||||||
2004 | Runners-Up | 2nd | |||||||
2005 | Third Place | 3rd | |||||||
2006 | Third Place | 3rd | |||||||
2007 | Sixth Place | 6th | |||||||
2008 | Fifth Place | 5th | |||||||
2009 | Third Place | 3rd | |||||||
2010 | Seventh Place | 7th | |||||||
2011 | Seventh Place | 7th | |||||||
2012 | Ninth Place | 9th | |||||||
2013 | Fifth Place | 5th | |||||||
2014 | Eleventh Place | 11th | |||||||
2015 | Eleventh Place | 11th | |||||||
2016 | Sixth Place | 6th | |||||||
2017 | Tenth Place | 10th | |||||||
2018 | Seventh Place | 7th | |||||||
2019 | Fifth Place | 5th | |||||||
2020 | Not played | ||||||||
2021 | Seventh Place | 7th | |||||||
2022 | Fifth Place | 5th |
World Rugby Sevens Challenger SeriesEdit
World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series Record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | |||||||
2020 | Ninth Place | 9th | |||||||
2022 | did not Qualify | ||||||||
2023 | Seventh Place | 7th |
Current squadEdit
Squad to the 2023 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series:[1]
- Francesco Bonavolontà (Lazio)
- Nicholas Bordin (Rugby Badia 1981)
- Filippo Bozzoni (Calvisano)
- Lorenzo Maria Bruno (Lyons Piacenza)
- Massimo Cioffi (Petrarca Padova)
- Federico Cuminetti (Lyons Piacenza)
- Matthias Douglas (Mogliano)
- Riccardo Ghelli (Rovigo Delta)
- Alessandro Izekor (Benetton)
- Christian Lai (Fiamme Oro)
- Matteo Meggiato (Benetton/Mogliano)
- Dewi Passarella (Benetton)
- Leonardo Quinteri (Verona Rugby)
- Nicolò Teneggi (Zebre Parma)
- Flavio Pio Vaccari (Calvisano)
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
- Federazione Italiana Rugby official site
- "France and Italy win in Europe". irbsevens.com. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-05-28.
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