The 2016 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series competition was restructured from the previous year, now with four divisions:
Sevens Grand Prix Series
The Rugby Europe Sevens are a series of rugby sevens tournaments held by Rugby Europe. It was formerly known as the FIRA-AER Sevens until 2013, and the Sevens Grand Prix Series until 2021. Only one annual tournament existed prior to 2011, when ...
, the Trophy, Conference 1, and Conference 2.
In preparation for
the 2016 Olympics, instead of England, Scotland, and Wales fielding their own teams, two unified teams, the Great Britain Royals and the Great Britain Lions, took part in the Grand Prix.
Grand Prix series
Schedule
Standings
The two highest teams who did not already have "core status" on the World Rugby Sevens Series—Spain and Germany—qualified for the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens qualifier, which in turn was a qualifying event for promotion to core team status on the 2017-18 World Rugby Sevens Series.
*The GB teams were not included in the final ranking
Moscow
Exeter Leg
Gdynia leg
References
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Grand Prix
2016
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