The Russia national rugby sevens team competed in the World Rugby Sevens Series and the Rugby World Cup Sevens. After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, World Rugby and Rugby Europe suspended Russia from international and European continental rugby union competition. In addition, the Rugby Union of Russia was suspended from World Rugby and Rugby Europe.
Rugby World Cup Sevens Russia has competed at the 2001, 2005 and 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens. The team won the Plate final in 2001 to end 9th, with wins over Kenya, Spain and Georgia. In 2005 they finished 11th, collecting wins over Kenya, Uruguay and Japan. As hosts of the 2013 World Cup, Russia claimed the Bowl final to take 17th place, after beating Spain, Uruguay and Japan.
Sevens World Series The first appearance of Russia at the Sevens World Series was at the 2011 Hong Kong Sevens. The team lost to Wales, tied versus Fiji and defeated West Indies to reach Plate quarterfinals, where they lost to France to take 13th place. At the 2006 London Sevens, Russia defeated Canada, Tunisia and Australia to reach the Bowl final, where they lost to Portugal to finish 10th. The team resulted ninth at the 2007 Hong Kong Sevens, after defeating Italy, Korea, Kenya and France.
At the 2009 South Africa Sevens, Russia tied Australia and defeated Zimbabwe and the United States to reach the Cup final, where they were defeated by Wales to result 10th. At the 2010 South Africa Sevens, they defeated Kenya, Zimbabwe and France to reach the Cup final, where they lost to Scotland to end tenth. At the 2011 Hong Kong Sevens, Russia defeated Kenya and Malaysia to advance to Cup quarterfinals. After losing to England and Australia, the team resulted seventh. At the 2012 Scotland Sevens they won the Cup final to result ninth, after beating United States, France and Spain.
Russia played the 2013 Sevens World Series qualifier at Hong Kong. They defeated Cook Islands, Mexico and Zimbabwe to win they group. Later they defeated Uruguay but lost to Zimbabwe in the semifinals. In the 2014 qualifier, they defeated Chile and Barbados and lost to Zimbabwe in the group phase. Next they defeated Uruguay to reach semifinal, where they were beaten by Japan.
Core status 2015 Russia returned to the Sevens World Series qualifier at the 2015 Hong Kong Sevens, where they defeated South Korea and Tunisia and lost to Papua New Guinea in the group phase. Later they defeated Hong Kong, Papua New Guinea and Zimbabwe to win the tournament and claim core status for the 2015-16 Sevens World Series. In the 2015-16 Series, Russia finished second last and managed to maintain core status, ahead of last-placed Portugal who were relegated.
Players Current squad Squad current through 8 July 2017Состав сборной России по регби-7
Denis Simplikevich Ramil Gaysin Alexey Kapalin German Davydov Vladislav Sozonov Vitaly Zhivatov Vladislav Lazarenko Dmitry Perov Ivan Korotkov
Ilya Babaev Mikhail Babaev Kevin Akuabu Vladimir Ostroushko Ivan Kotov Roman Roshchin Patris Peki Eduard Filatov Yuri Gostyuzhev
Tournament history
World Cup Sevens record Rugby World Cup Sevens RecordYearRoundPosition 1993Did not qualify 1997 2001Plate Winner9th8530 2005Plate Semifinalist11th7340 2009Did not qualify 2013Bowl Winner17th6321 2018 14th 5 2 3 0 2022Suspended from qualificationTotal0 Titles3/6211191
Summer Olympics record Olympic GamesYearRoundPosition 2016Not Qualified 2020Not QualifiedTotal0 Titles0/00000
Summer Universiade record Summer UniversiadeYearRound 2013 6 6 0 0 2019 4th place 5 2 0 3 Total1 Title11803
European Sevens results European Men's SevensYearPosition 20042004 7th 6 3 3 0 20052005 7 6 1 0 20062006 7 5 2 0 20072007 5 1 3 1 20082008 9th 5 1 3 1 20092009 6 5 1 0 20102010 7 6 1 0 2011 4th 26 18 8 2 2012 6th 20 14 5 1 2013 12 10 2 0 2014 4th 24 13 11 0 2015 4th 24 15 8 1 2016 18 11 5 2 2017 24 20 4 0 2018 24 18 6 0 2019 10th 10 5 5 0 2021 11 6 5 0 2022Suspended 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027Total18/23217157738
See also World Sevens Series Rugby World Cup Sevens
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