The 2022 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series was the twentieth edition of the annual rugby sevens series organised by Rugby Europe, the governing body of rugby union in Europe, played from June to July 2022. The first leg was played in Lisbon, Portugal, with the second leg in Krakow, Poland. Ten teams competed. There was a separate 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens European Qualifier event held in Bucharest in July. Spain were the defending champions, having won the 2021 tournament. Spain repeated as champions of the Series having finished runner-up in Lisbon and first in Krakow.
Teams The current list of teams confirmed to be participating in the Sevens Championship Series. Russia were initially scheduled to participate, but following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the World Rugby Executive Council suspended the Rugby Union of Russia.
France, who were originally to be relegated to the 2022 Trophy tournament as punishment for not fielding a team in the previous year's Championship tournament, accepted an invitation to take Russia's place.
Belgium and the Czech Republic were promoted from the 2021 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy, as they were the two highest-ranked teams from the two-legged series.
Tour venues The schedule for the series was:
+ 2022 Legs Leg Stadium City DatesWinner Portugal Estádio Nacional Lisbon 25–26 June Poland Municipal Stadium Kraków 1–3 July
Standings + 2022 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Pos Lisbon Kraków Pointstotal1 18 20 382 20 16 363 12 18 304 14 12 265 16 8 246 10 14 247 4 10 148 8 6 149 6 4 1010 3 3 6 LegendGreen fillChampions and entry to European GamesBlue fillEntry to European Games and World Challenger SeriesNo fillEntry to European GamesDark barAlready a core team for the 2022–23 World Rugby Sevens SeriesYellow fillExcluded from European GamesRed fillEntry to European Games and relegated to 2023 European Trophy
First leg – Lisbon Pool stage Pool A TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts440013654+821243017355+181042026964+48410362110-48640043895-574
Pool B TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts440013019+1111242116660+6942029970+29841124780-337400437150-1134
Ranking Games
Final
3rd-place play-off
5th-place play-off
7th-place play-off
9th-place play-off
Results
Second leg – Kraków Pool stage Pool A TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts4400+43124301+27104202+2784013-3554013-625
Pool B TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts4301+9104301+33104202+1884112-574013-555
Knockout stage 9th-10th playoff
5th–8th playoffs
1st-4th playoffs
See also 2021–22 World Rugby Sevens Series 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens
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