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2003 European Sevens Championship

Field	Value
countries	Germany
date	16–17 August 2003
champions1
runnersup1
third
prevseason	2002
nextseason	2004

The 2003 European Sevens Championship was a rugby sevens competition, with the final held in Heidelberg, Germany (16 / 17 August 2003). It was the second edition of the European Sevens championship. This event was organised by rugby's European governing body, the FIRA – Association of European Rugby (FIRA-AER). In the final Portugal beat France 26 - 21.

Qualification

Nine one-day qualifying rugby sevens competitions took place in Amsterdam, Netherlands (17 May 2003), Prague, Czech Republic (24 May 2003), Lunel, France (24 May 2003), Sopot, Poland (31 May 2003), Makarska, Croatia (7 June 2003), Madrid, Spain (14 June 2003), Lisbon, Portugal (21 June 2003), Budapest, Romania (28 June 2002), and Tbilisi, Georgia (28 June 2003). Following these competitions twelve teams consisting of Georgia, France, Portugal, Germany, Scotland, Croatia, Romania, Ukraine, Poland, Spain, Czech Republic, and Netherlands were deemed to have qualified for the European Sevens Championship hosted in Heidelberg, Germany (16-17 August 2003). However, before the tournament commenced Scotland withdrew and Switzerland replaced them.

Heidelberg

Event	Score	Semifinalists
Cup	26–21	(Third)

Plate	27–7	(Seventh)

Bowl	31–24	(Eleventh)

Pool Stage

Key to colours in group tables

Pool A

Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
5	4	1	128	43	+85	13
5	4	1	137	69	+68	13
5	4	1	105	53	+52	13
5	2	3	62	86	–24	9
5	1	4	55	100	–45	7
5	0	5	34	170	–136	5

Pool B

Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
5	5	0	180	26	+154	15
5	4	1	132	46	+86	13
5	3	2	98	62	+36	11
5	2	3	67	114	–47	9
5	1	4	36	144	–108	7
5	0	5	26	147	–121	5

Knockout stage

Bowl

|17 August 2003 – 12:40 ||12||7 |17 August 2003 – 13:00 ||33||5 |17 August 2003 – 15:20 ||31||24 |17 August 2003 – 15:00 ||24||5

Plate

|17 August 2003 – 13:20 ||12||17 |17 August 2003 – 13:40 ||22||5 |17 August 2003 – 15:45 ||7||27 |17 August 2003 – 16:05 ||15||12

Cup

|17 August 2003 – 14:00 ||10||32 |17 August 2003 – 14:20 ||31||7 |17 August 2003 – 16:50 ||21||26 |17 August 2003 – 16:30 ||28||24

Standings

Rank	Team
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

References

[https://web.archive.org/web/20031211065255/http://www.fira-aer-rugby.com/7heidelberg-1-2.pdf European VII Circuit 2003 FIRA-AER: SAS European Sevens Finals Heidelberg 2003 Standings preliminary round]. Archived 11 December 2003. Retrieved via archive.org 21 September 2018
[https://web.archive.org/web/20140217222656/http://old.fira-aer-rugby.com/medias/flash30eng.pdf FIRA-AER Rugby Flash Info] (December 2002) Page 3. Archived 17 February 2014. Retrieved via archive.org on 21 September 2018)
[https://web.archive.org/web/20031220234131/http://www.fira-aer-rugby.com/eng/comp7.html Competitions Rugby VII Organised by FIRA A.E.R. Season 2002-2003]. archived on 20 December 2003. Retrieved from Archive.org on 21 September 2018
[https://web.archive.org/web/20031211071209/http://www.fira-aer-rugby.com/7heidelberg-1-1.pdf European VII Circuit 2003 FIRA-AER: SAS European Sevens Finals Heidelberg 2003 Timetable]. Archived 11 December 2003. Retrieved via archive.org 21 September 2018

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