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2008 European Sevens Championship#qualifying

{{Infobox Rugby World Cup

| logo = Hannover Sevens 2008.jpg

| datefrom = July 12

| dateto = July 13

| host = GER

| nations = 12

| champion = {{ru7|POR}}

| runnerup = {{ru7|WAL}}

| matches = 42

| attendance =

| apm =

| top_scorer = {{flagicon|POR}} Pedro Leal

| prev = 2007

| next = 2009

}}

The 2008 European Sevens Championship was a rugby sevens competition, with the final held in Hanover, Germany. It was the seventh edition of the European Sevens championship and also functioned as a qualifying tournament for the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens. The event was organised by rugby's European governing body, the FIRA – Association of European Rugby (FIRA-AER).

Outcome

{{main|2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens}}

The finals tournament held in Hanover, Germany on 12 and 13 July 2008, as well as being the European Sevens Championship, functioned as a qualifying tournament for the world cup. England, France and Scotland had already qualified through their past performance.[http://www.therugbyworldcup.co.uk/blog/portugal-take-hannover-7s-title_506 Portugal take Hannover 7's Title]{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} therugbyworldcup.co.uk, accessed: 26 January 2009 The five best nations out of the twelve participating ones qualified for the Dubai tournament. Teams finished in the following order:[http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=1042 Die Endplatzierungen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220152610/http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=1042 |date=2009-02-20 }} {{in lang|de}} Hanover Sevens website, accessed: 25 January 2009

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|width="30"|Place

|width="120"|Country

align="center"

| 1st

| {{Ru7|POR}}

align="center"

| 2nd

| {{Ru7|WAL}}

align="center"

| 3rd

| {{Ru7|GEO}}

align="center"

| 4th

| {{Ru7|IRE}}

align="center"

| 5th

| {{Ru7|ITA}}

align="center"

| 6th

| {{Ru7|ESP}}

align="center"

| 7th

| {{Ru7|GER}}

align="center"

| 8th

| {{Ru7|UKR}}

align="center"

| 9th

| {{Ru7|RUS}}

align="center"

| 10th

| {{Ru7|ROM}}

align="center"

| 11th

| {{Ru7|POL}}

align="center"

| 12th

| {{Ru7|BEL}}

Bid

On 16 June 2007, the FIRA congress in Monaco decided to award the finals tournament to Hanover, beating bids from Russia, Greece and Bosnia-Herzegovina in the process.[http://rugbyturniere.wordpress.com/2007/08/16/and-now-for-something-completely-different-enc-7s-2008-in-hannover/ And now for something completely different: ENC 7's 2008 in Hannover] accessed: 26 January 2009

Tournament history

From 2002, FIRA, the governing body of European rugby, has been organising an annual European Sevens Championship tournament. A number of qualifying tournaments lead up to a finals tournament, which functions as the European championship and, in 2008, also as the qualifying stage for the Sevens World Cup.[http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=1049 The 7s European Championship] Hanover Sevens website – History of the tournament, accessed: 25 January 2009

The first European Championship was held in 2002 in Heidelberg, Germany, and was won by Portugal, the team that won every championship since except 2007, when Russia won.

The next year, the tournament was again held in Heidelberg and in 2004, Palma de Mallorca, Spain was the host.

From 2005 to 2007, Moscow was the host of the tournament.

Hanover held the tournament for the first time in 2008 and will do so again in 2009.

Tournament

=Stadium=

The finals tournament was held at the AWD-Arena in Hanover, home ground of the football club Hannover 96. The stadium holds 50.000 spectators, 43,000 of them on seats, the rest standing.[http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=998 AWD-Arena – facts] Hanover Sevens website – stadium information, accessed: 25 January 2009

The tournament was seen by over 30,000 spectators, a good turn out in a country like Germany, where rugby is not a mainstream sport.[http://www.ur7s.com/tournaments/hannover_sevens Ultimate Sevens website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090126021838/http://ur7s.com/tournaments/hannover_sevens |date=2009-01-26 }} Article on the Hanover Sevens, accessed: 26 January 2009 After selling more than 35,000 tickets in advance, mostly within Germany, the organisers were forced to open up the upper tier of the stadium to meet demand.[https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/germans-go-sevenscrazy-864587.html Germans go sevens-crazy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025133536/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/germans-go-sevenscrazy-864587.html |date=2012-10-25 }} The Independent, accessed: 26 January 2009

=Qualifying=

Twelve teams qualified through the seven qualifying tournaments, held at the following locations:

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|width="100"|Location

|width="100"|Country

|width="100"|Date

|width="120"|Winner

|width="120"|Runner-up

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| Odense

| Denmark

| 10–11 May

| {{Ru7|WAL}}

| {{Ru7|IRE}}

align="center"

| Sopot

| Poland

| 24–25 May

| {{Ru7|IRE}}

| {{Ru7|POL}}

align="center"

| Zagreb

| Croatia

| 31 May-1 June

| {{Ru7|ITA}}

| {{Ru7|GER}}

align="center"

| Tbilisi

| Georgia

| 7–8 June

| {{Ru7|WAL}}

| {{Ru7|UKR}}

align="center"

| Ostrava

| Czech Republic

| 14–15 June

| {{Ru7|POR}}

| {{Ru7|ESP}}

align="center"

| Corfu

| Greece

| 20–21 June

| {{Ru7|ESP}}

| {{Ru7|RUS}}

align="center"

| Moscow

| Russia

| 28–29 June

| {{Ru7|POR}}

| {{Ru7|RUS}}

Source:{{Cite web

| url = http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=996

| title = Qualifying

| access-date =2009-01-25

| publisher = Hanover Sevens website

}}

=Group stage=

The tournament was divided into a group and a finals stage. In the group stage, two groups of six teams were drawn. Within each group, each team played each other once. The top two teams went to the Cup stage of the tournament while the third and fourth placed team qualified for the Plate stage. Five and six went to the Bowl finals.

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bgcolor="#ccffcc"|Qualified for the Cup stage
bgcolor="#ffffcc"|Qualified for the Plate stage
bgcolor="#ffcccc"|Qualified for the Bowl stage

==Group A==

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width="125"| width="75"| PORwidth="75"| GEOwidth="75"| ESPwidth="75"| GERwidth="75"| RUSwidth="75"| ROM
Portugal

!|–

| 26–10

| 28–5

| 14–12

| 45–5

| 38–0

Georgia

!|–

!|–

| 28–5

| 26–0

| 5–0

| 12–0

Spain

!|–

!|–

!|–

| 26–22

| 7–29

| 14–0

Germany

!|–

!|–

!|–

!|–

| 17–12

| 24–21

Russia

!|–

!|–

!|–

!|–

!|–

| 19–19

Romania

!|–

!|–

!|–

!|–

!|–

!|–

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width="200"|Team

!width="20"|Pld

!width="20"|W

!width="20"|D

!width="20"|L

!width="20"|PF

!width="20"|PA

!width="25"|+/-

!width="20"|Pts

style="background:#cfc;"

|align=left| {{Ru7|POR}}

|5

50015132+11915
style="background:#cfc;"

|align=left| {{Ru7|GEO}}

|5

4018131+5013
style="background:#ffc;"

|align=left| {{Ru7|ESP}}

|5

20357107|
509
style="background:#ffc;"

|align=left| {{Ru7|GER}}

|5

2037599|
249
bgcolor="#ffcccc"

|align=left| {{Ru7|RUS}}

|5

11374100|
268
bgcolor="#ffcccc"

|align=left| {{Ru7|ROM}}

|5

01431100|
696

==Group B==

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width="125"| width="75"| WALwidth="75"| IREwidth="75"| ITAwidth="75"| UKRwidth="75"| POLwidth="75"| Bel
Wales

!|–

| 26–14

| 33–12

| 21–17

| 38–7

| 33–12

Ireland

!|–

!|–

| 17–12

| 26–7

| 17–7

| 31–0

Italy

!|–

!|–

!|–

| 31–15

| 40–0

| 17–10

Ukraine

!|–

!|–

!|–

!|–

| 21–14

| 22–12

Poland

!|–

!|–

!|–

!|–

!|–

| 21–19

Belgium

!|–

!|–

!|–

!|–

!|–

!|–

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width="200"|Team

!width="20"|Pld

!width="20"|W

!width="20"|D

!width="20"|L

!width="20"|PF

!width="20"|PA

!width="25"|+/-

!width="20"|Pts

style="background:#cfc;"

|align=left| {{Ru7|WAL}}

|5

50015164+8715
style="background:#cfc;"

|align=left| {{Ru7|IRE}}

|5

40110552+5313
style="background:#ffc;"

|align=left| {{Ru7|ITA}}

|5

30211475+3911
style="background:#ffc;"

|align=left| {{Ru7|UKR}}

|5

20384104|
209
bgcolor="#ffcccc"

|align=left| {{Ru7|POL}}

|5

10449135|
867
bgcolor="#ffcccc"

|align=left| {{Ru7|BEL}}

|5

00553124|
715

=Finals=

Three separate rounds of finals were held, Bowl, the lowest, Plate and Cup. The semi final winners of each group went on to the final while the losers played each other. All teams from the Cup stage were qualified for the next sevens world cup and also the Plate winner.

==Bowl==

Winner: Russia

{{Round4-with third

| |{{Ru7|RUS}}|27|{{Ru7|BEL}}|0

| |{{Ru7|POL}}|7|{{Ru7|ROM}}|21

| |{{Ru7|RUS}}|29|{{Ru7|ROM}}|12

| |{{Ru7|BEL}}|0|{{Ru7|POL}}|26

|Consol=3rd place}}

==Plate==

Winner: Italy (qualified for the 2009 Sevens world cup)

{{Round4-with third

| |{{Ru7|ESP}}|22|{{Ru7|UKR}}|10

| |{{Ru7|ITA}}|21|{{Ru7|GER}}|19

| |{{Ru7|ESP}}|17|{{Ru7|ITA}}|24

| |{{Ru7|UKR}}|14|{{Ru7|GER}}|35

|Consol=3rd place}}

==Cup==

Winner: Portugal (all four teams qualified for the 2009 Sevens world cup)

{{Round4-with third

| |{{Ru7|POR}}|14|{{Ru7|IRE}}|12

| |{{Ru7|WAL}}|19|{{Ru7|GEO}}|14

| |{{Ru7|POR}}|26|{{Ru7|WAL}}|12

| |{{Ru7|IRE}}|7|{{Ru7|GEO}}|26

|Consol=3rd place}}

Top point scorers

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PointsNameTeamTriesConPenDrop
{{sort| 740| 74}}

|align="left"| Pedro Leal

|align="left"|{{Ru7|POR}}|| 6|| 22|| 0|| 0

{{sort| 520| 52}}

|align="left"| Merab Kvirikashvili

|align="left"|{{Ru7|GEO}}|| 6|| 11|| 0|| 0

{{sort| 450| 45}}

|align="left"| Martin Roberts

|align="left"|{{Ru7|WAL}}|| 5|| 10|| 0|| 0

{{sort| 380| 38}}

|align="left"| Ian Keatley

|align="left"|{{Ru7|IRE}}|| 4|| 9|| 0|| 0

{{sort| 360| 36}}

|align="left"| Mustafa Güngör

|align="left"|{{Ru7|GER}}|| 4|| 8|| 0|| 0

{{sort| 350| 35}}

|align="left"| Oleh Kvasnytsya

|align="left"|{{Ru7|UKR}}|| 7|| 0|| 0|| 0

{{sort| 310| 31}}

|align="left"| Andrew Maxwell

|align="left"|{{Ru7|IRE}}|| 5|| 3|| 0|| 0

{{sort| 310| 31}}

|align="left"| Alexander Gvozdovskiy

|align="left"|{{Ru7|RUS}}|| 3|| 8|| 0|| 0

{{sort| 300| 30}}

|align="left"| Juan Cano

|align="left"|{{Ru7|ESP}}|| 6|| 0|| 0|| 0

{{sort| 290| 29}}

|align="left"| César Sempere

|align="left"|{{Ru7|ESP}}|| 3|| 7|| 0|| 0

{{sort| 280| 28}}

|align="left"| Matthieu Franke

|align="left"|{{Ru7|GER}}|| 4|| 4|| 0|| 0

Key: Con = conversions; Pen = penalties; Drop = drop goals

Teams

=Belgium=

Head coach: Neil Massinon

Manager: Thierry Massinon

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|width="160"|Player

|width="160"|Club

align="left"

| Mathieu Verschelden

| {{flagicon|BEL}} ASUB Waterloo

align="left"

| Alexandre Van Pestel

| {{flagicon|BEL}} R.S.C. Anderlecht

align="left"

| Johann Bombaerts

| {{flagicon|BEL}} ROC Ottignies

align="left"

| Jérémy Maes

| {{flagicon|BEL}} ASUB Waterloo

align="left"

| Kevin Williams

| {{flagicon|IRE}} Seapoint

align="left"

| David Nemsadze

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Domont

align="left"
align="left"

| Morgan Croisy

| {{flagicon|BEL}} ASUB Waterloo

align="left"

| Jérôme Cauwe

| {{flagicon|BEL}} ASUB Waterloo

align="left"

| Simon Marote

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Arras

align="left"

| Neil Massinon

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Brussels Barbarians

align="left"

| Jerôme Bize

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Tours

Source:{{Cite web

| url = http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=1318

| title = Team Belgium

| access-date = 2009-01-26

| publisher = Hanover Sevens website

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080809151855/http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=1318

| archive-date = 2008-08-09

| url-status = dead

}}

=Georgia=

Head coach: Kakhaber Alania

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|width="120"|Player

|width="120"|Club

align="left"

| Shalva Sutiashvili

| {{flagicon|FRA}} AC Bobigny 93 Rugby

align="left"

| Simon Maisuradze

| {{flagicon|FRA}} ASM Clermont Auvergne

align="left"

| Giorgi Chkhaidze

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Massy

align="left"

| Bidzina Samkharadze

| {{flagicon|ROM}} FC Farul Constanţa

align="left"

| Merab Kvirikashvili

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Section Paloise

align="left"

| Alexander Todua

| {{flagicon|GEO}} Lelo

align="left"

| Giorgi Shkinini

| {{flagicon|GEO}} Hooligana

align="left"

| Jaba Bregvadze

| {{flagicon|GEO}} Kochebi

align="left"

| Lasha Khmaladze

| {{flagicon|GEO}} Lelo

align="left"

| Alexander Nizharadze

| {{flagicon|GEO}} Kochebi

align="left"

| Beka Tsiklauri

|

align="left"

| Irakli Gundishvili

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Périgueux

Source:{{Cite web

| url = http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=1314

| title = Team Georgia

| access-date =2009-01-26

| publisher = Hanover Sevens website

}}

=Germany=

Head coach: {{flagicon|NZ}} Lofty Stevenson

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align="center" bgcolor="#dfdfdf"

|width="120"|Player

|width="120"|Club

align="left"

| Franck Moutsinga

| {{flagicon|GER}} Berliner RC

align="left"

| Mustafa Güngör

| {{flagicon|GER}} RG Heidelberg

align="left"

| Tim Kasten

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Southend RFC

align="left"

| Markus Walger

| {{flagicon|GER}} RK Heusenstamm

align="left"

| Clemens von Grumbkow

| {{flagicon|FRA}} RC Orléans

align="left"

| Christopher Weselek

| {{flagicon|GER}} RG Heidelberg

align="left"

| Matthieu Franke

| {{flagicon|FRA}} RC Orléans

align="left"

| Alexander Pipa

| {{flagicon|GER}} TSV Handschuhsheim

align="left"

| Benjamin Simm

| {{flagicon|GER}} DSV 78/08 Ricklingen

align="left"

| Mike Härtel

| {{flagicon|GER}} TSV Victoria Linden

align="left"

| Stefan Kunde

| {{flagicon|GER}} SC 1880 Frankfurt

align="left"

| Benjamin Krause

| {{flagicon|GER}} DSV 78/08 Ricklingen

Source:{{Cite web

| url = http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=1104

| title = Team Germany

| access-date = 2009-01-26

| publisher = Hanover Sevens website

}}{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

=Ireland=

Head coach: Jon Skurr

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align="center" bgcolor="#dfdfdf"

|width="120"|Player

|width="120"|Club

align="left"

| Cian Aherne

| {{flagicon|IRE}} Leinster

align="left"

| Richard Briggs

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Esher RFC

align="left"

| Kieran Campbell

| {{flagicon|IRE}} Connacht

align="left"

| Darren Cave

| {{flagicon|IRE}} Ulster

align="left"

| James Coughlan

| {{flagicon|IRE}} Munster

align="left"

| Eoghan Grace

|

align="left"

| Chris Henry

| {{flagicon|IRE}} Ulster

align="left"

| Ian Keatley

| {{flagicon|IRE}} Connacht

align="left"

| Seamus Mallon

| {{flagicon|IRE}} Ulster

align="left"

| Conor McPhillips

| {{flagicon|IRE}} Connacht

align="left"

| Andrew Maxwell

| {{flagicon|SCO}} Edinburgh

align="left"

| Brian Tuohy

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Cornish Pirates

Source:{{Cite web

| url = http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=1312

| title = Team Ireland

| access-date =2009-01-26

| publisher = Hanover Sevens website

}}

=Italy=

Head coach:

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align="center" bgcolor="#dfdfdf"

|width="120"|Player

|width="120"|Club

align="left"

| Kris Burton

| {{flagicon|FRA}} RC Orléans

align="left"

| Benjamin De Jager

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Benetton Treviso

align="left"

| Gabriele Gentile

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Unione Rugby Capitolina

align="left"

| Alvaro Lopez-Gonzalez

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Petrarca Padova Rugby

align="left"

| Antonio Mannato

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Gran Parma Rugby

align="left"

| Roberto Mariani

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Rugby Viadana

align="left"

| Alessandro Onori

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Gran Parma Rugby

align="left"

| Davide Pastormerlo

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Rugby Rovigo

align="left"

| Tomas Pucciariello

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Rouen

align="left"

| Michele Sepe

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Unione Rugby Capitolina

align="left"

| Marko Stanojevic

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Rugby Calvisano

align="left"

| Benjamin Tomaghelli

| {{flagicon|ITA}} US Rugby Brescia

Source:{{Cite web

| url = http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=1316

| title = Team Italy

| access-date =2009-01-26

| publisher = Hanover Sevens website

}}

=Poland=

Head coach:

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align="center" bgcolor="#dfdfdf"

|width="120"|Player

|width="120"|Club

align="left"

| Tomasz Grodecki

| {{flagicon|POL}} Budowlani Łódź

align="left"

| Maciej Maciejewski

| {{flagicon|POL}} Budowlani Łódź

align="left"

| Artur Maros

| {{flagicon|POL}} Budowlani Łódź

align="left"

| Tomasz Kozakiewicz

| {{flagicon|POL}} Budowlani Łódź

align="left"

| Rafał Janeczko

| {{flagicon|POL}} Folc AZS Warszawa

align="left"

| Wojciech Łukasiewicz

| {{flagicon|POL}} Folc AZS Warszawa

align="left"

| Jakub Lisiewski

| {{flagicon|POL}} Folc AZS Warszawa

align="left"

| Mariusz Motyl

| {{flagicon|POL}} Arka Gdynia

align="left"

| Marek Płonka

| {{flagicon|POL}} Lechia Gdańsk

align="left"

| Patryk Narwojsz

| {{flagicon|POL}} Czarni Pruszcz Gdański

align="left"

| Dawid Banaszek

| {{flagicon|FRA}} CS Bourgoin-Jallieu

align="left"

| Donald Gargasson

| {{flagicon|FRA}} ASM Clermont Auvergne

Source:{{Cite web

| url = http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=1317

| title = Team Poland

| access-date =2009-01-26

| publisher = Hanover Sevens website

}}

=Portugal=

Head coach: {{flagicon|POR}} Tomaz Morais

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|width="120"|Player

|width="120"|Club

align="left"

| Aderito Esteves

|

align="left"

| David Mateus

| {{flagicon|POR}} C.F. Os Belenenses

align="left"

| Goncalo Foro

|

align="left"

| Vasco Uva

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Montpellier Hérault RC

align="left"

| Pedro Silva

|

align="left"

| Pedro Leal

|

align="left"

| Antonio Pinto

|

align="left"

| Diogo Mateus

| {{flagicon|POR}} C.F. Os Belenenses

align="left"

| Frederico Oliveira

|

align="left"

| Pedro Cabral

| {{flagicon|POR}} CDUL

align="left"

| Sebastiao Cunha

|

align="left"

| Antonio Aguilar

|

Source:{{Cite web

| url = http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=1320

| title = Team Portugal

| access-date =2009-01-26

| publisher = Hanover Sevens website

}}

=Romania=

Head coach:

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align="center" bgcolor="#dfdfdf"

|width="120"|Player

|width="120"|Club

align="left"

| Carl Cimpoias

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Henley Hawks

align="left"

| Florin Vlaicu

| {{flagicon|ROM}} Steaua Bucuresti

align="left"

| Bogdan Bradu

| {{flagicon|ROM}} RC Timișoara

align="left"

| Florin Surugiu

| {{flagicon|ROM}} Olimpia Bucuresti

align="left"

| Andrei Filip

| {{flagicon|ROM}} Dinamo București

align="left"

| Ionut Florea

| {{flagicon|ROM}} FC Farul Constanta

align="left"

| Mădălin Lemnaru

| {{flagicon|ROM}} RC Brasov

align="left"

| Viorel Lucaci

| {{flagicon|ROM}} U. Baia Mare

align="left"

| Valentin Ivan

| {{flagicon|ROM}} Dinamo București

align="left"

| Marian Dumitru

| {{flagicon|ROM}} FC Farul Constanta

align="left"

| Daniel Nainer

| {{flagicon|ROM}} Steaua Bucuresti

align="left"

| Razvan Suteu

| {{flagicon|ROM}} Grivita Bucuresti

Source:{{Cite web

| url = http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=1315

| title = Team Romania

| access-date =2009-01-26

| publisher = Hanover Sevens website

}}

=Russia=

Head coach: {{flagicon|FRA}} Claude Saurel

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align="center" bgcolor="#dfdfdf"

|width="120"|Player

|width="120"|Club

align="left"

| Evgeny Bystryakov

| "Slava" Moscow

align="left"

| Igor Galinovskiy

| "Krasniy Yar" Krasnoyarsk

align="left"

| Andrey Kuzin

| "VVA-Podmoskovje" Moscow region

align="left"

| Andrey Garbuzov

| "Krasniy Yar" Krasnoyarsk

align="left"

| Evgeny Matveev

| "VVA-Podmoskovje" Moscow region

align="left"

| Alexey Panasenko

| "VVA-Podmoskovje" Moscow region

align="left"

| Yuri Kushnarev

| "VVA-Podmoskovje" Moscow region

align="left"

| Alexander Shakirov

| "VVA-Podmoskovje" Moscow region

align="left"

| Alexander Gvozdovskiy

| "Krasniy Yar" Krasnoyarsk

align="left"

| Oleg Kobzev

| "VVA-Podmoskovje" Moscow region

align="left"

| Victor Gresev

| "VVA-Podmoskovje" Moscow region

align="left"

| Sergey Gavryushin

| "VVA-Podmoskovje" Moscow region

Source:{{Cite web

| url = http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=1326

| title = Team Russia

| access-date =2009-01-26

| publisher = Hanover Sevens website

}}

=Spain=

Head coach: José Ignacio Inchausti

class="wikitable"
align="center" bgcolor="#dfdfdf"

|width="120"|Player

|width="120"|Club

align="left"

| Jaime Nava

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Club Alcobendas Rugby

align="left"

| Diego Á. Gorosito

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Valladolid RAC

align="left"

| Rafael Camacho

| {{flagicon|ESP}} CAR Inés Rosales

align="left"

| Juan Cano

| {{flagicon|ESP}} CR Cisneros

align="left"

| Javier Canosa

| {{flagicon|ESP}} CRC Madrid Noroeste

align="left"

| Pablo Feijoo

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Leicester Tigers

align="left"

| Sergi Guerrero

| {{flagicon|ESP}} UE Santboiana

align="left"

| Facundo Lavino

| {{flagicon|ESP}} CRC Madrid Noroeste

align="left"

| Víctor Marlet

| {{flagicon|ESP}} UE Santboiana

align="left"

| Ignacio Martín

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Bera Bera RT

align="left"

| Pedro Martín

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Valladolid RAC

align="left"

| Cesar Sempere

| {{flagicon|ESP}} CRC Madrid Noroeste

Source:{{Cite web

| url = http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=1319

| title = Team Spain

| access-date =2009-01-26

| publisher = Hanover Sevens website

}}

=Ukraine=

Head coach: Michel Bishop

class="wikitable"
align="center" bgcolor="#dfdfdf"

|width="120"|Player

|width="120"|Club

align="left"

| Ruslan Tserkovnyy

| {{flagicon|UKR}} Kredo-63 Odesa

align="left"

| Vitaly Orlov

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Enisey-STM

align="left"

| Maksim Kravchenko

| {{flagicon|UKR}} Olimp Kharkiv

align="left"

| Sergey Tserkovnyy

| {{flagicon|UKR}} Olimp Kharkiv

align="left"

| George Gegidze

| {{flagicon|UKR}} Kredo-63 Odesa

align="left"

| Oleg Kvasnitsa

| {{flagicon|UKR}} Obolon-Universitet Khmelnytskyi

align="left"

| Jaba Malaguradze

| {{flagicon|UKR}} Kredo-63 Odesa

align="left"

| Vyacheslav Ponamorenko

| {{flagicon|UKR}} Olimp Kharkiv

align="left"

| Alexandr Lubyy

| {{flagicon|UKR}} Olimp Kharkiv

align="left"

| Giorgi Todradze

| {{flagicon|UKR}} Kredo-63 Odesa

align="left"

| Bogdan Zhulavskyi

| {{flagicon|UKR}} Kredo-63 Odesa

Source:{{Cite web

| url = http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=1327

| title = Team Ukraine

| access-date =2009-01-26

| publisher = Hanover Sevens website

}}

=Wales=

Head coach: {{flagicon|WAL}} Gareth Baber

class="wikitable"
align="center" bgcolor="#dfdfdf"

|width="120"|Player

|width="120"|Club

align="left"

| Johnathan Edwards

| {{flagicon|WAL}} Scarlets

align="left"

| Lee Beach

| {{flagicon|WAL}} Neath RFC

align="left"

| Rhodri McAtee

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Cornish Pirates

align="left"

| Lee Williams

| {{flagicon|WAL}} Scarlets

align="left"

| Martin Roberts

| {{flagicon|WAL}} Scarlets

align="left"

| James Lewis

| {{flagicon|WAL}} Newport Gwent Dragons

align="left"

| Gareth Chapman

| {{flagicon|WAL}} Cardiff RFC

align="left"

| Alec Jenkins

| {{flagicon|ENG}} London Welsh RFC

align="left"

| James Merriman

| {{flagicon|WAL}} Neath RFC

align="left"

| Dafydd Hewitt

| {{flagicon|WAL}} Cardiff Blues

align="left"

| Andy Powell

| {{flagicon|WAL}} Cardiff Blues

align="left"

| Richie Pugh

| {{flagicon|WAL}} Cardiff RFC

Source:{{Cite web

| url = http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=1313

| title = Team Wales

| access-date =2009-01-26

| publisher = Hanover Sevens website

}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

{{Commons category|European Sevens 2008}}

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110527124241/http://www.rwcsevens.com/men/news/newsid=2026129.html Portugal lead Euro charge to 2009 RWC Sevens] IRB website – Article on the 2009 Sevens world cup qualifying
  • [http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=843 Hannover sevens website] {{in lang|en|fr|de}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110825205045/http://www.fira-aer-rugby.com/ FIRA-AER official website]

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