User:Antoinecautru/Centrale Sevens
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| Sport | Rugby sevens |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2004 |
| Founder | Centrale 7 (Association of CentraleSupélec) |
| Most recent champion(s) | Racing 92 (2019) and Springboks 7s (2019) |
| Official website | www.centrale7.fr |
The Centrale Sevens is an international Rugby Sevens tournament organized by the students of the engineering school CentraleSupélec, in which national teams, developing teams and high level teams play against each other. It was organized for the first time in 2004. The players are mostly accomodated by the school’s students.
History[edit]
In 2005, six students of the school Centrale Paris launched the ambitious project to bring in the school’s Campus the best university teams in the world[1]. Twelve men’s teams, which include five non-French squad, were part of the event[1].
In 2016, 22 teams representing 14 different nationalities, coming from 4 continents, took part in the event.
Editions[edit]
2019 Edition[edit]
The Centrale Sevens 2019 was played in the municipal stadium of Orsay the 8th and 9th of May. The men’s tournament was won the Racing 92, and the women’s was won by the Springbok 7's[2][3][4][5].
| Rankings | Men's teams | Description | Women's teams | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Racing 92 | Professional team from Île-de-France | Springbok 7's | National team |
| 2nd | Seventise | France champions, winners of the Circuit Elite | Ukraine | National team |
| 3rd | Belgium | National developing team | IDF U | University team from Île-de-France |
| 4th | Yamacia | Fijian team | Tuks | University from Pretoria |
| 5th | Germany | National developing team | Tunisie | National team |
| 6th | Czech republic | National team | Ocean's 7 | Parisian team |
| 7th | Ocean's 7 | Parisian team | Guanabara | Brazilian team from Jio |
| 8th | Toulon U | University team from Toulon | Georgia | National team |
| 9th | Centrale Barbarians | Parisian team | Johannesbourg | Team from Johannesburg |
Notes et références[edit]
- ^ a b "Le Centrale 7 : la référence française du rugby à 7". Monde des grandes écoles et universités (in French). 2013-05-16. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
- ^ Verscheure, Bruno. "La Belgique en préparation à Centrale 7". Sportkipik (in French). Retrieved 2019-10-24.
- ^ "Springbok Women's Sevens victorious in Paris tournament". Sport. 2019-05-09. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
- ^ à 17h39, Par Laurent DegradiLe 7 mai 2019 (2019-05-07). "Orsay : les étudiants fêtent le rugby à VII". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 2019-10-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "L'équipe de Tunisie féminine de rugby vient de remporter le trophée silver". Rugby Afrique (in French). 2019-05-10. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
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