Portugal national rugby sevens team
Appearance
Union | Federação Portuguesa de Rugby | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Lobos (The Wolves) | ||
Coach(es) | Frederico Sousa | ||
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First international | |||
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Largest win | |||
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Largest defeat | |||
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World Cup Sevens | |||
Appearances | 5 (First in 1997) | ||
Best result | 10th place, 2005 |
The Portugal national rugby sevens team represents Portugal in international rugby sevens. The team played for the first time in 1992, at the Catania Sevens, World Cup 1993 European Qualifier.[citation needed] The team plays in competitions such as the World Sevens Series, the European Rugby Cup Sevens and the Rugby World Cup Sevens. Portugal has a record of eight European titles out of ten editions disputed, in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2011.[citation needed] Pedro Leal and Gonçalo Foro are two notable sevens players.
Sevens World Series
Portugal has been a core team at the World Rugby Sevens World Series each year since the 2012–13 season.
Tournament history
Summer Olympics
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Did Not Qualify | ||||||||
Total | 0 Titles | 0/1 | - | - | - | - |
World Games
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2005 Duisburg | ![]() |
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2009 Kaohsiung[2] | ![]() |
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Sevens Grand Prix Series
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Champions | 1st | |||||||
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Champions | 1st | |||||||
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Champions | 1st | |||||||
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Sixth Place | 6th | |||||||
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Champions | 1st | |||||||
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Fifth Place | 5th | |||||||
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Champions | 1st | |||||||
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Champions | 1st | |||||||
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Runners-up | 2nd | |||||||
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Fifth Place | 5th | |||||||
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Ninth Place | 9th | |||||||
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Sixth Place | 6th | |||||||
Total | 8 Titles | 14/14 |
Current squad
Squad to 2016 Sydney Sevens:[3]
- Adérito Esteves (vc)
- Vasco Ribeiro
- Miguel Lucas
- Pedro Leal (c)
- João Dias
- Vasco Poppe
- Pedro Silvério
- Diogo Ribeiro
- João Belo
- Tiago Fernandes
- António Ferrador
- Fábio Conceição
See also
- World Sevens Series
- Rugby World Cup Sevens
- European Sevens Championship
- Portugal national rugby union team
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Retrieved February 13, 2012.[dead link]
- ^ "World Games Day 2: Fiji cruise to Gold Medal | Ultimate Rugby Sevens - The Online Home for Everything Rugby 7s". Ur7s.com. 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
- ^ 2014 London Sevens