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.

This article is about the men's 7-a-side rugby union team. For the women's team, see Portugal women's national rugby sevens team. For the men's 15-a-side rugby union team, see Portugal national rugby union team.
Portugal
UnionFederação Portuguesa de Rugby
Nickname(s)The Lobos (The Wolves)
Coach(es)Frederico Sousa
Team kit
Change kit
First international
 Portugal 6 - 24 Namibia 
(Catania, Italy; 1992-05-27)
Largest win
 Hungary 0 - 82 Portugal 
(Sopot, Poland; 2009-05-16)
Largest defeat
 Fiji 59 - 0 Portugal 
(Hong Kong, China; 1997-03-21)
World Cup Sevens
Appearances5 (First in 1997)
Best result10th place, 2005

World Rugby Sevens Series
Main article: 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
Rugby World Cup Sevens Record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
1993 Did Not Qualify
1997 Bowl Quarterfinalist 21st 5 0 5 0
2001 Bowl Finalist 18th 8 3 4 1
2005 Plate Finalist 10th 8 4 4 0
2009 Plate Semifinalist 11th 5 2 3 0
2013 Plate Quarterfinalist 13th 4 1 3 0
2018 Did Not Qualify
Total0 Titles5/73010191

World Rugby Sevens Series

World Games
Main article: Rugby sevens at the World Games
Games Gold Silver Bronze
2001 Akita[1]  Fiji  Australia  New Zealand
2005 Duisburg  Fiji  South Africa  Argentina
2009 Kaohsiung[2]  Fiji  Portugal  South Africa

Sevens Grand Prix Series
Portugal playing Romania, 2008
Grand Prix record
Year Round Position
2002 Champions 1st
2003 Champions 1st
2004 Champions 1st
2005 Champions 1st
2006 Champions 1st
2007 Sixth Place 6th
2008 Champions 1st
2009 Fifth Place 5th
2010 Champions 1st
2011 Champions 1st
2012 Runners-up 2nd
2013 Fifth Place 5th
2014 Ninth Place 9th
2015 Sixth Place 6th
2016
2017
Total8 Titles14/14

Current squad

Squad to 2016 Sydney Sevens:[3]

  • Adérito Esteves (vc)
  • Vasco Ribeiro
  • Miguel Lucas
  • Pedro Leal (c)
  • João Dias
  • Vasco Poppe
  • Pedro Silvério
  • Diogo Ribeiro
  • João Belo
  • Tiago Fernandes
  • António Ferrador
  • Fábio Conceição

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 17, 2007. Retrieved February 13, 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "World Games Day 2: Fiji cruise to Gold Medal | Ultimate Rugby Sevens - The Online Home for Everything Rugby 7s". Ur7s.com. 2012-04-14. Archived from the original on 2009-07-27. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
  3. 2014 London Sevens Archived May 12, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
Awards
Preceded by
Portugal national rugby union team		 Portuguese Team of the Year
2008		 Succeeded by
Portugal national under-23 triathlon team
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