2003 European Sevens Championship

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2003 European Sevens Championship
Host nationFile:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Date16–17 August 2003
Cup
ChampionFile:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal
Runner-upFile:Flag of France.svg France
ThirdFile:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia
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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.[1]

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).[2] 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).[3] However, before the tournament commenced Scotland withdrew and Switzerland replaced them.[4]

Heidelberg

Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal 26–21 File:Flag of France.svg France File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia (Third)
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Plate File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 27–7 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain (Seventh)
File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia
Bowl File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland 31–24 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania (Eleventh)
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland

Pool Stage

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the Cup Semifinal
Teams advanced to the Plate Semifinal
Teams advanced to the Bowl semifinal

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia 5 4 0 1 128 43 +85 13
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 5 4 0 1 137 69 +68 13
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 5 4 0 1 105 53 +52 13
File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 5 2 0 3 62 86 –24 9
File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland 5 1 0 4 55 100 –45 7
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 5 0 0 5 34 170 –136 5
16 August 2003 File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 29–0 File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland  
12:00
16 August 2003 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 19–12 File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland  
12:40
16 August 2003 File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia 10–12 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain  
13:20
16 August 2003 File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland 21–17 File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland  
14:00
16 August 2003 File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 7–22 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain  
14:40
16 August 2003 File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia 26–12 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany  
15:20
16 August 2003 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 38–0 File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland  
16:00
16 August 2003 File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia 26–12 File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland  
16:40
16 August 2003 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 28–7 File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia  
17:20
16 August 2003 File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland 0–19 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain  
18:00
16 August 2003 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 42–10 File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland  
18:40
16 August 2003 File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia 26–0 File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia  
19:20
17 August 2003 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 36–14 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain  
10:00
17 August 2003 File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 19–10 File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland  
10:40
17 August 2003 File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia 40–7 File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland  
11:20

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal 5 5 0 0 180 26 +154 15
File:Flag of France.svg France 5 4 0 1 132 46 +86 13
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 5 3 0 2 98 62 +36 11
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 5 2 0 3 67 114 –47 9
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 5 1 0 4 36 144 –108 7
File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 5 0 0 5 26 147 –121 5
16 August 2003 File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 14–21 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands  
12:20
16 August 2003 File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal 24–14 File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine  
13:00
16 August 2003 File:Flag of France.svg France 35–5 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic  
13:40
16 August 2003 File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 22–12 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands  
14:20
16 August 2003 File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 7–17 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic  
15:00
16 August 2003 File:Flag of France.svg France 5–24 File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal  
15:40
16 August 2003 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 7–24 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands  
16:20
16 August 2003 File:Flag of France.svg France 21–7 File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine  
17:00
16 August 2003 File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal 38–0 File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania  
17:40
16 August 2003 File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 31–0 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic  
18:20
16 August 2003 File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal 47–0 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands  
19:00
16 August 2003 File:Flag of France.svg France 47–0 File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania  
19:40
17 August 2003 File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal 47–7 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic  
10:20
17 August 2003 File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 5–24 File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine  
11:00
17 August 2003 File:Flag of France.svg France 24–10 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands  
11:40

Knockout stage

Bowl

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
17 August 2003 – 12:40
 
 
File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland12
 
17 August 2003 – 15:20
 
File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania7
 
File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland31
 
17 August 2003 – 13:00
 
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic24
 
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic33
 
 
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland5
 
Eleventh Place
 
 
17 August 2003 – 15:00
 
 
File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania24
 
 
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland5

Plate

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
17 August 2003 – 13:20
 
 
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain12
 
17 August 2003 – 15:45
 
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands17
 
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands7
 
17 August 2003 – 13:40
 
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine27
 
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine22
 
 
File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia5
 
Seventh Place
 
 
17 August 2003 – 16:05
 
 
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain15
 
 
File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia12

Cup

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
17 August 2003 – 14:00
 
 
File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia10
 
17 August 2003 – 16:50
 
File:Flag of France.svg France32
 
File:Flag of France.svg France21
 
17 August 2003 – 14:20
 
File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal26
 
File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal31
 
 
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany7
 
Third Place
 
 
17 August 2003 – 16:30
 
 
File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia28
 
 
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany24

Standings

Rank Team
File:Gold medal icon.svg File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal
File:Silver medal icon.svg File:Flag of France.svg France
File:Bronze medal icon.svg File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia
4 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
5 File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
6 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
7 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
8 File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia
9 File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland
10 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic
11 File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania
12 File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland

References

  1. ↑ 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
  2. ↑ FIRA-AER Rugby Flash Info (December 2002) Page 3. Archived 17 February 2014. Retrieved via archive.org on 21 September 2018)
  3. ↑ 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
  4. ↑ 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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