Uruguay national rugby sevens team
| Union | Uruguayan Rugby Union | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Teros | ||
| Emblem(s) | Southern lapwing | ||
| Coach(es) | Luis Pedro Achard | ||
| Captain(s) | Gabriel Puig | ||
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| World Cup Sevens | |||
| Appearances | 5 (First in 2005) | ||
| Best result | 10th (2022) | ||
The Uruguay national rugby sevens team represents Uruguay at the World Rugby and Sudamérica Rugby tournaments for rugby sevens national teams.
Uruguay won the Sudamérica Rugby Sevens in 2012, and was runner-up six times. The team was fourth at both the 2011 and 2015 Pan American Games.
Uruguay played six rounds of the inaugural 1999–2000 World Sevens Series, scoring series points at the 2000 Punta del Este Sevens and 2000 Fiji Sevens.
They participated in the 2014 Hong Kong Sevens World Series Qualifier, reaching the quarterfinals after finishing second in their pool, but lost to Russia 21-14.[1] At the 2015 Hong Kong Sevens World Series Qualifier, they claimed wins over Brazil and Mexico and losses to Hong Kong and Papua New Guinea. The team did not qualify to the 2016 Hong Kong Sevens. The team participated in the 2018 World Series Qualifier at the 2018 Hong Kong Sevens.
Uruguay qualified for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens after winning the regional qualifiers at the 2018 Sudamérica Rugby Sevens.[2] They finished in 20th place after losing to Uganda.
They became a core team for the 2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series having qualified after winning the 2022 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series in Chile.[3]
Tournament history
Pan American Games
| Pan American Games record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D | |||
 2011
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Semifinals | 4th | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||
 2015
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Semifinals | 4th | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||
 2019
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7th | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 0 Titles | 4/7 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 0 | |||
Rugby World Cup Sevens
| World Cup record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D | |||
 1993
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Did Not Enter | ||||||||
 1997
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Did Not Qualify | ||||||||
 2001
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 2005
|
Bowl Quarterfinals | 21st | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
 2009
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Bowl Semifinals | 19th | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
 2013
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Bowl Semifinals | 19th | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
 2018
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19th Place Playoff | 20th | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
 2022 |
Challenge Trophy Final | 10th | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 Titles | 5/8 | 24 | 5 | 19 | 0 | |||
World Rugby Series
World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series
| Season | Position | Results |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5th | Did not qualify |
| 2021 | N/A | Competition not held due to covid |
| 2022 | 1st | Qualified to 2022–23 World Series as core team |
Players
Current squad
Squad to 2015 Hong Kong Sevens.[4]
- Gabriel Puig (C)
- Nicolás Freitas
- Leandro Leivas
- Guillermo Lijstenstein
- Rodrigo Silva
- Tomás Jolivet
- Santiago Gibernau
- Alejo Durán
- Ian Schmidt
- Joaquín Prada
- Alfonso Falcón
- Sebastián Schroeder
References
- ^ Series qualifying - Hong Kong[usurped]
- ^ worldrugby.org. "Uruguay and Chile qualify for RWC Sevens 2018 - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
- ^ "Uruguay and Japan win promotion to World Rugby Sevens Series".
- ^ http://www.rugbytime.com.uy/espanol/prada-vuela-a-hong-kong-7?nid=240 [dead link]
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