The 2022 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series was the twentieth edition of the annual rugby sevens series organised by

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, the governing body of

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, played from June to July 2022. The first leg was played in

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, with the second leg in Krakow,

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. Ten teams competed. There was a separate

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event held in

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in July.

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were the defending champions, having won the 2021 tournament. Spain repeated as champions of the Series having finished runner-up in Lisbon and first in Krakow.

Teams

The current list of teams confirmed to be participating in the ''Sevens Championship Series''.

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were initially scheduled to participate, but following the

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, the

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Executive Council suspended the

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, who were originally to be relegated to the 2022 Trophy tournament as punishment for not fielding a team in the previous year's Championship tournament, accepted an invitation to take Russia's place.

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and the

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were promoted from the

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, as they were the two highest-ranked teams from the two-legged series. * * * * * * * * * *

Tour venues

The schedule for the series was:

Standings

First leg – Lisbon

Pool stage

Pool A

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Pool B

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Ranking Games

Final

3rd-place play-off

5th-place play-off

7th-place play-off

9th-place play-off

Results

Second leg – Kraków

Pool stage

Pool A

Pool B

Knockout stage

9th-10th playoff

5th–8th playoffs

1st-4th playoffs

References

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Teams

Tour venues

Standings

First leg – Lisbon

Pool stage

Pool A

Pool B

Ranking Games

Final

3rd-place play-off

5th-place play-off

7th-place play-off

9th-place play-off

Second leg – Kraków

Pool stage

Pool A

Pool B

Knockout stage

9th-10th playoff

5th–8th playoffs

1st-4th playoffs

See also

References