Italy national rugby sevens team
| Union | Italian Rugby Federation | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Gli Azzurri (The Blues) | ||
| Coach(es) | Andrew Vilk | ||
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| World Cup Sevens | |||
| Appearances | 3 (First in 1993) | ||
| Best result | 17th 1993, 2005 | ||
The Italy national rugby sevens team has occasionally competed in the IRB Sevens World Series since the series' was introduced in 1999, although they do not participate in every leg. Their first (and currently only) ever points in the World Series came in 2003, when they scored four points in the Cardiff leg of the series. Italy also competes in the Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series each summer.
Italy also plays qualifying matches for two quadrennial tournaments—the Rugby World Cup Sevens and the Summer Olympics. Italy has participated in the Sevens World Cup multiple times, but has not qualified for the Olympics.
Tournament history
Rugby World Cup Sevens
| Rugby World Cup Sevens Record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D | |||
 1993
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Pool Stage | 17th | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
 1997
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Did Not Qualify | ||||||||
 2001
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 2005
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Bowl Winner | 17th | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |||
 2009
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Bowl Quarter-Finals | 21st | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
 2013
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Did Not Qualify | ||||||||
 2018
| |||||||||
| Total | 0 Titles | 3/7 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 1 | |||
Sevens Grand Prix Series
| Sevens Grand Prix Series Record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | |||||||
 2002
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Not played | ||||||||
| 2003
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Pool Stage | N.C. | |||||||
 2004
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Runners-Up | 2nd | |||||||
| 2005
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Third Place | 3rd | |||||||
| 2006
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Third Place | 3rd | |||||||
| 2007
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Sixth Place | 6th | |||||||
| 2008
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Fifth Place | 5th | |||||||
| 2009
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Third Place | 3rd | |||||||
| 2010
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Seventh Place | 7th | |||||||
 2011
|
Seventh Place | 7th | |||||||
| 2012
|
Ninth Place | 9th | |||||||
  2013
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Fifth Place | 5th | |||||||
| 2014
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Eleventh Place | 11th | |||||||
| 2015
|
Eleventh Place | 11th | |||||||
| 2016
|
Sixth Place | 6th | |||||||
| 2017
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Tenth Place | 10th | |||||||
| 2018
|
Seventh Place | 7th | |||||||
 2019
|
Fifth Place | 5th | |||||||
World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series
| World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series Record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | |||||||
  2020
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Ninth Place | 9th | |||||||
Current squad
Squad to the 2020 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series:[1]
- Francesco Bonavolontà (Valorugby Emilia)
- Lorenzo Maria Bruno (Lyons Piacenza)
- Massimo Cioffi (Rovigo Delta)*
- Mattia D'Anna (Mogliano)
- Giovanni D'Onofrio (Fiamme Oro)*
- Rocco Del Bono (I Medicei)
- Daniele Di Giulio (Colorno)
- Niccolò Fadalti (Petrarca Padova)
- Federico Gubana (Mogliano)
- Tommaso Jannelli (Parabiago)
- Jona Motta (ASR Milano)
- Andrea Pratichetti (Mogliano)*
- Gianmarco Vian (Rovigo Delta)*
- Juan Alejandro Wagenpfeil (Viadana)
*Member of F.I.R. Academy
See also
- Italy national rugby union team
- Italy women's national rugby sevens team
- Rugby World Cup Sevens
- World Rugby Sevens Series
- Sevens Grand Prix Series
References
External links
- Federazione Italiana Rugby official site
- "France and Italy win in Europe". irbsevens.com. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-05-28.
