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2002 European Sevens Championship

FieldValue
countriesGermany
date17–18 August 2002
champions1
runnersup1
third
champions2
runnersup2
champions3
runnersup3
nextseason2003

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

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalists
Cup24–14(Third)
Plate24–10(Seventh)
Bowl28–12(Eleventh)

Pool Stage

Key to colours in group tables

Pool A

TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
550012124+9715
530211874+4411
530214068+7211
52038257+259
520371118–479
500514205–1915

Pool B

TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
540113336+9713
540112338+8513
54018831+5713
520353115–629
510464111–477
500538168–1305

Knockout stage

Bowl

|18 August 2002 – Heidelberg ||21||12 |18 August 2002 – Heidelberg ||7||28 |18 August 2002 – Heidelberg ||28||12 |18 August 2002 – Heidelberg ||26||12

Plate

|18 August 2002 – Heidelberg ||43||0 |18 August 2002 – Heidelberg ||12||26 |18 August 2002 – Heidelberg ||24||10 |18 August 2002 – Heidelberg ||7||28

Cup

|18 August 2002 – Heidelberg ||10||12 |18 August 2002 – Heidelberg ||7||19 |18 August 2002 – Heidelberg ||14||24 |18 August 2002 – Heidelberg ||7||19

Standings

RankTeam
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

References

References

  1. [https://web.archive.org/web/20020823181205/http://www.fira-aer-rugby.com/eng/comp7.html Rugby VII Competitions]. (23 August 2002). fira-aer-rugby Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org
  2. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140217222858/http://old.fira-aer-rugby.com/medias/flash28eng.pdf FIRA-AER Rugby Flash Info] (October 2002) Page 4. Archived 17 February 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org
  3. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140217222700/http://old.fira-aer-rugby.com/medias/flash27eng.pdf FIRA-AER Rugby Flash Info] (July 2002) Page 8. Archived 17 February 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org
  4. (16 March 2014). "Rugby VII Competitions".
  5. [https://web.archive.org/web/20030608071443/http://www.fira-aer-rugby.com/eng/7.html Results: SAS Institute Heidelberg Sevens 2002. fira-aer-rugby]. (8 June 2003) Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org
  6. [https://web.archive.org/web/20030608071443/http://www.fira-aer-rugby.com/eng/7.html Results: SAS Institute Heidelberg Sevens 2002. fira-aer-rugby]. (8 June 2003) Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org
  7. [https://web.archive.org/web/20020823181205/http://www.fira-aer-rugby.com/eng/comp7.html Rugby VII Competitions]. (23 August 2002). fira-aer-rugby Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org
  8. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140217222858/http://old.fira-aer-rugby.com/medias/flash28eng.pdf FIRA-AER Rugby Flash Info] (October 2002) Page 4. Archived 17 February 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org
  9. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140217222858/http://old.fira-aer-rugby.com/medias/flash28eng.pdf FIRA-AER Rugby Flash Info] (October 2002) Page 4. Archived 17 February 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org
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