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2002 European Sevens Championship
Host nationGermany Germany
Date17–18 August 2002
Cup
Champion Portugal
Runner-up Georgia
Third Germany
Plate
Winner Lithuania
Runner-up Ukraine
Bowl
Winner Denmark
Runner-up Netherlands
2003 →

The 2002 European Sevens Championship was a rugby sevens competition, with the final held in Heidelberg, Germany. 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).

Portugal won the first edition by defeating Georgia 24-14 in the final.

Qualification

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). 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. Sweden was added as a reserve team in the event of a cancellation. However Luxembourg was added to the tournament line-up to fill the vacancy created when Croatia pulled out and Sweden did not enter.

Heidelberg

Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
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

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the Cup Semifinal
Teams advanced to the Plate Semifinal
Teams advanced to the Bowl semifinal

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 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

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 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

Bowl

 Semi-finalsFinal
       
 18 August 2002 – Heidelberg
 
  Denmark21
 18 August 2002 – Heidelberg
  Czech Republic12
  Denmark28
 18 August 2002 – Heidelberg
  Netherlands12
  Luxembourg7
 
  Netherlands28
 Eleventh Place
 
 18 August 2002 – Heidelberg
 
  Czech Republic26
 
  Luxembourg12

Plate

 Semi-finalsFinal
       
 18 August 2002 – Heidelberg
 
  Lithuania43
 18 August 2002 – Heidelberg
  Malta0
  Lithuania24
 18 August 2002 – Heidelberg
  Ukraine10
  Poland12
 
  Ukraine26
 Seventh Place
 
 18 August 2002 – Heidelberg
 
  Malta7
 
  Poland28

Cup

 Semi-finalsFinal
       
 18 August 2002 – Heidelberg
 
  France10
 18 August 2002 – Heidelberg
  Georgia12
  Georgia14
 18 August 2002 – Heidelberg
  Portugal24
  Germany7
 
  Portugal19
 Third Place
 
 18 August 2002 – Heidelberg
 
  France7
 
  Germany19

Standings

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Portugal
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Georgia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Germany
4  France
5  Lithuania
6  Ukraine
7  Poland
8  Malta
9  Denmark
10  Netherlands
11  Czech Republic
12  Luxembourg

References

  1. Rugby VII Competitions. (23 August 2002). fira-aer-rugby Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org
  2. FIRA-AER Rugby Flash Info (October 2002) Page 4. Archived 17 February 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org
  3. FIRA-AER Rugby Flash Info (July 2002) Page 8. Archived 17 February 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org
  4. "Rugby VII Competitions". 16 March 2014. Archived from the original on August 23, 2002.
  5. Results: SAS Institute Heidelberg Sevens 2002. fira-aer-rugby. (8 June 2003) Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org
  6. Results: SAS Institute Heidelberg Sevens 2002. fira-aer-rugby. (8 June 2003) Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org
  7. Rugby VII Competitions. (23 August 2002). fira-aer-rugby Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org
  8. FIRA-AER Rugby Flash Info (October 2002) Page 4. Archived 17 February 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org
  9. FIRA-AER Rugby Flash Info (October 2002) Page 4. Archived 17 February 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org
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