Portugal National Rugby Sevens Team

The Portugal national rugby sevens team played for the first time in 1992, at the Catania Sevens, World Cup 1993 European Qualifier. The team plays in competitions such as the World Sevens Series, the European Sevens Grand Prix Series and the Rugby World Cup Sevens.
Portugal has a record of eight European titles—in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2011—although Portugal has not made the semifinals since 2012.
Pedro Leal and Gonçalo Foro are two notable sevens players.

World Rugby Sevens Series

Portugal were a core team at the World Rugby Sevens Series beginning with the 2012–13 season, but finished last among core teams in the 2015-16 World Series and were relegated. Since then, Portugal has not been in contention for promotion back to the World Series; their performance in the Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix has not been sufficiently strong for Portugal to reach the Hong Kong Sevens qualifying tournament.

Tournament history

Summer Olympics

Portugal has not qualified for the Summer Olympics.

Rugby World Cup Sevens

World Rugby Sevens Series

* 1999–00: did not compete
* 2000–01: 14th
* 2001–02: 16th
* 2002–03: 20th
* 2003–04: 15th
* 2004–05: 13th
* 2005–06: 13th
* 2006–07: 15th
* 2007–08: 14th
* 2008–09: 12th
* 2009–10: did not compete
* 2010–11: 13th
* 2011–12: 15th
* 2012–13: 14th
* 2013–14: 14th
* 2014–15: 14th
* 2015–16: 16th (relegated)
* 2016–17: did not compete

World Games

Sevens Grand Prix Series

Players

Notable players

* Adérito Esteves
* Pedro Leal
* Gonçalo Foro

See also

* Rugby World Cup Sevens

References

External links

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Rugby Portugal

Rugby7.com

Portugal 7's results

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