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Rugby sevens at the 2023 European Games – Women's tournament

Tournament details
Host	Poland
Venue	Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana
Date	25–27 June
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Great Britain (1st title)
Runner-up	Poland
Third place	Czech Republic
Fourth place	Belgium
Tournament statistics
Matches played	34
Tries scored	212 (6.24 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Julie Doležilová (55 points)
Most tries	Małgorzata Kołdej (8 tries)
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The women's rugby sevens tournament at the 2023 European Games was held from 25 to 27 June at the Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana in Kraków.

Seeding

Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to results of first leg of the 2023 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Championship Series and 2023 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Trophy.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
Great Britain (2)	Poland (4)	Spain (5)
Czechia (8)	Germany (7)	Belgium (6)
Italy (9)	Portugal (10)	Sweden (11)
Norway (11)	Turkey (2)	Romania (12)

Pool stage

All times are local (UTC+2).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Great Britain	3	3	0	0	128	10	+118	9	Quarterfinals
2	Czechia	3	2	0	1	64	42	+22	7
3	Italy	3	1	0	2	67	64	+3	5
4	Norway	3	0	0	3	0	143	−143	3

Czechia	28–5	Italy
	Report

Great Britain	55–0	Norway
	Report

Czechia	31–0	Norway
	Report

Great Britain	36–5	Italy
	Report

Italy	57–0	Norway
	Report

Great Britain	37–5	Czechia
	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland (H)	3	3	0	0	119	7	+112	9	Quarterfinals
2	Portugal	3	2	0	1	55	48	+7	7
3	Germany	3	1	0	2	55	67	−12	5
4	Turkey	3	0	0	3	10	117	−107	3

Germany	17–19	Portugal
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Poland	50–0	Turkey
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Germany	31–5	Turkey
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Poland	26–0	Portugal
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Portugal	36–5	Turkey
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Poland	43–7	Germany
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Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	106	7	+99	9	Quarterfinals
2	Belgium	3	2	0	1	86	29	+57	7
3	Romania	3	1	0	2	19	92	−73	5
4	Sweden	3	0	0	3	12	95	−83	3

Belgium	40–0	Sweden
	Report

Spain	41–0	Romania
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Belgium	39–0	Romania
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Spain	36–0	Sweden
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Sweden	12–19	Romania
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Spain	29–7	Belgium
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Ranking of third-placed teams

The top two of the third-placed teams advance to the knockout rounds.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	A	Italy	3	1	0	2	67	64	+3	5	Quarterfinals
2	B	Germany	3	1	0	2	55	67	−12	5
3	C	Romania	3	1	0	2	19	92	−73	5

Knockout stage

9–12th place playoff

	9–12th place semifinals				Ninth place match
	26 June
	Romania	33
					27 June
	Norway	0
					Romania	5
	26 June
					Sweden	25
	Sweden	10
	Turkey	7
					Eleventh place match
					27 June
					Norway	10
					Turkey	5

Romania	33–0	Norway
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Sweden	10–7	Turkey
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Norway	10–5	Turkey
	Report

Romania	5–25	Sweden
	Report

5–8th place playoff

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place match
	27 June
	Germany	22
					27 June
	Portugal	7
					Germany	5
	27 June
					Spain	26
	Italy	0
	Spain	38
					Seventh place match
					27 June
					Portugal	7
					Italy	34

Germany	22–7	Portugal
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Italy	0–38	Spain
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Portugal	7–34	Italy
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Germany	5–26	Spain
	Report

Medal playoff

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold medal match
	26 June
	Great Britain	53
					27 June
	Germany	0
					Great Britain	36
	26 June
					Belgium	12
	Portugal	5
									27 June
	Belgium	22
									Great Britain	33
	26 June
									Poland	0
	Poland	33
					27 June
	Italy	15
					Poland	29
	26 June
					Czechia	7			Bronze medal match
	Spain	12
									27 June
	Czechia	17
									Belgium	17
									Czechia	24

Quarterfinals

Great Britain	53–0	Germany
Try: Joyce (2) 1' c, 7' c Boatman (3) 2' m, 4' c, 14' m Thomson 5' c Torley 8' m Lloyd 10' m Jones 12' m Con: Thomson (4/5) 1', 4', 6', 7+1' Jones (0/4)	Report

Poland	33–15	Italy
Try: Kołdej (2) 3' c, 8' c Pamięta (2) 5' c, 7+2' m Schuster 11' c Con: Pamięta (4/5) 4', 6', 9', 12'	Report	Try: Locatelli (2) 7' m, 14' m Stefan 13' m Con: Rigoni (0/1) Stefan (0/1) Paganini (0/1)

Spain	12–17	Czechia
Try: López 2' m Domínguez 14+1' c Con: López (1/2) 14+1'	Report	Try: Riegertová (2) 4' c, 5' m Doležilová 7+1' m Con: Doležilová (1/3) 4' Cards: Vacková  14+1'

Portugal	5–22	Belgium
Try: Santos 14+2' m Con: Marques (0/1)	Report	Try: Blondiau 7' m Van de Poele (2) 7+1' m, 8' c Pien 11' m Con: Pien (1/3) 9' Stévins (0/1)

Semifinals

Great Britain	36–12	Belgium
Try: Jones 3' m Campbell (2) 7' c, 13' m Uren 8' c Brown 11' c Norman-Bell 14+1' m Con: Jones (2/4) 8', 11' Thomson (1/1) 7+1' Norman-Bell (0/1)	Report	Try: Blondiau 2' m Lalli 6' c Con: Amory (0/1) Pien (1/1) 6'

Poland	29–7	Czechia
Try: Kołdej 3' m Klichowska (2) 4' m, 14' c Witkowska (2) 6' m, 13' c Con: Pamięta (1/4) 13' Druzgała (1/1) 14'	Report	Try: Sládková 7' c Con: Doležilová (1/1) 7+1'

Bronze medal match

Belgium	17–24	Czechia
Try: Musch 4' c Blondiau (2) 14' m, 14+1' m Con: Stevens (1/1) 4' Amory (0/2)	Report	Try: Sládková 2' m Doležilová 7' c Riegertová (2) 9' c, 12 m Con: Doležilová (2/4) 7+1', 10'

Gold medal match

Great Britain	33–0	Poland
Try: Uren (2) 3' c, 7' c Jones 7+1' m Lloyd 11' c Wilson-Hardy 12' c Con: Norman-Bell (1/2) 3' Jones (3/3) 7', 11', 13'	Report	Cards: Paszczyk  11'

Final standings

Rank	Team	Matches	W	D	L	Points	Tries
	Great Britain	6	6	0	0	250	42
	Poland	6	5	0	1	181	29
	Czechia	6	4	0	2	112	18
4	Belgium	6	3	0	3	137	23
5	Spain	6	5	0	1	182	30
6	Germany	6	2	0	4	82	14
7	Italy	6	2	0	4	116	20
8	Portugal	6	2	0	4	74	12
9	Sweden	5	2	0	3	47	9
10	Romania	5	2	0	3	57	9
11	Norway	5	1	0	4	10	2
12	Turkey	5	0	0	5	22	4

See also

• Rugby sevens at the 2023 European Games – Men's tournament

References

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2. "Rugby 7s – Women's – Competition Schedule" (PDF). european-games.org. 26 June 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
3. "Three days of exciting action to come at the 2023 European Games". Rugby Europe. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
4. "Qualification System – 3rd European Games – Rugby Sevens" (PDF). EOC. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
5. "Rugby 7s – Women's – Final Results Table" (PDF). european-games.org. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
6. "Rugby 7s – Women's – Cumulative Team Statistics" (PDF). european-games.org. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.

• Rugby sevens at the 2023 European Games
• Rugby sevens at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification