Portugal national rugby sevens team

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{{Infobox rugby team

| country = Portugal

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| union = Federação Portuguesa de Rugby

| nickname = The Lobos (The Wolves)

| coach = Frederico Sousa

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| first = {{ru7|POR}} 6 - 24 {{ru7-rt|NAM}}
(Catania, Italy; 1992-05-27)

| bigwin = {{ru7|HUN}} 0 - 82 {{ru7-rt|POR}}
(Sopot, Poland; 2009-05-16)

| bigloss = {{ru7|FIJ}} 59 - 0 {{ru7-rt|POR}}
(Hong Kong, China; 1997-03-21)

| World cup apps = 6

| sevens = yes

| year = 1997

| best = 10th place, 2005

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The Portugal national rugby sevens team played for the first time in 1992, at the Catania Sevens, World Cup 1993 European Qualifier.{{citation needed|date=February 2015}} The team plays in competitions such as the World Sevens Series, the European Sevens Grand Prix Series and the Rugby World Cup Sevens.

Portugal has a record of eight European titles—in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2011—although Portugal has not made the semifinals since 2012.{{citation needed|date=February 2015}}

Pedro Leal and Gonçalo Foro are two notable sevens players.

World Rugby Sevens Series

Portugal were a core team at the World Rugby Sevens Series beginning with the 2012–13 season, but finished last among core teams in the 2015-16 World Series and were relegated. Since then, Portugal has not been in contention for promotion back to the World Series; their performance in the Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix has not been sufficiently strong for Portugal to reach the Hong Kong Sevens qualifying tournament.

Portugal competed at the 2024 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series in Dubai. They finished tenth after losing to Uganda in the ninth place playoff.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-10 |title=Sevens captains ready for the challenge in Dubai |url=https://www.world.rugby/news/901010?lang=en |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=www.world.rugby}}{{Cite web |date=2024-01-14 |title=China and Kenya celebrate Challenger 2024 success in Dubai |url=https://www.world.rugby/news/901400?lang=en |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=www.world.rugby}} They finished tenth in the overall Challenger Series.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-19 |title=Uruguay, Kenya, Chile and Germany qualify for men's HSBC SVNS Play-Off in Madrid |url=https://www.world.rugby/news/930498?lang=en |access-date=2024-05-31 |website=www.world.rugby}}

Tournament history

=Summer Olympics=

Portugal has not qualified for the Summer Olympics.

=Rugby World Cup Sevens=

colspan=7\|Rugby World Cup Sevens Record
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
Year !Round !Position !{{Tooltip\|Pld\|Games played}} !{{Tooltip\|W\|Won}} !{{Tooltip\|L\|Lost}} !{{Tooltip\|D\|Drawn}}
{{flagicon\|SCO}} 1993 \|colspan=6\| Did not qualify
{{flagicon\|HKG\|1959}} 1997 \|Bowl Quarterfinalist \| 21st \| 5 \| 0 \| 5 \| 0
{{flagicon\|ARG}} 2001 \|Bowl Finalist \| 18th \| 8 \| 3 \| 4 \| 1
{{flagicon\|HKG}} 2005 \|Plate Finalist \| 10th \| 8 \| 4 \| 4 \| 0
{{flagicon\|UAE}} 2009 \|Plate Semifinalist \| 11th \| 5 \| 2 \| 3 \| 0
{{flagicon\|RUS}} 2013 \|Plate Quarterfinalist \| 13th \| 4 \| 1 \| 3 \| 0
{{flagicon\|USA}} 2018 \|colspan=6\| Did not qualify
{{flagicon\|RSA}} 2022 \|21st Place Final \|22nd \|4 \|1 \|3 \|0
Total	0 Titles	6/8	34	11	22	1

=World Rugby Sevens Series=

1999–00: did not compete
2000–01: 14th
2001–02: 16th
2002–03: 20th
2003–04: 15th
2004–05: 13th
2005–06: 13th
2006–07: 15th
2007–08: 14th
2008–09: 12th
2009–10: did not compete
2010–11: 13th
2011–12: 15th
2012–13: 14th
2013–14: 14th
2014–15: 14th
2015–16: 16th (relegated)
2016–17: did not compete

=World Games=

2001 Akita{{cite web|url=http://www.worldgames-iwga.org/vsite/vcontent/page/custom/0,8510,1044-167462-184680-18021-62213-custom-item,00.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070517220211/http://www.worldgames-iwga.org/vsite/vcontent/page/custom/0,8510,1044-167462-184680-18021-62213-custom-item,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 17, 2007 |title=International World Games Association : Rugby |access-date=February 13, 2012 }}

|{{ru7|FIJ}}

|{{ru7|AUS}}

|{{ru7|NZL}}

2005 Duisburg

|{{ru7|FIJ}}

|{{ru7|RSA}}

|{{ru7|ARG}}

2009 Kaohsiung{{cite web |url=http://ur7s.com/news/354/world_games_day_2_fiji_cruise_to_gold_medal |title=World Games Day 2: Fiji cruise to Gold Medal | Ultimate Rugby Sevens - The Online Home for Everything Rugby 7s |publisher=Ur7s.com |date=2012-04-14 |access-date=2012-07-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090727155147/http://ur7s.com/news/354/world_games_day_2_fiji_cruise_to_gold_medal |archive-date=2009-07-27 |url-status=dead }}

|{{ru7|FIJ}}

|{{ru7|POR}}

|{{ru7|RSA}}

=Sevens Grand Prix Series=

File:European Sevens 2008, Portugal vs Romania, David Mateus tackle.jpg

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
colspan=3\|Grand Prix record
Year !Round !Position
style="background:gold;" \|{{flagicon\|GER}} 2002 \|Champions \|1st
style="background:gold" \|{{flagicon\|GER}} 2003 \|Champions \|1st
style="background:gold" \|{{flagicon\|ESP}} 2004 \|Champions \|1st
style="background:gold;" \|{{flagicon\|RUS}} 2005 \|Champions \|1st
style="background:gold;" \|{{flagicon\|RUS}} 2006 \|Champions \|1st
{{flagicon\|GER}} 2007 \|Sixth Place \|6th
style="background:gold;" \|{{flagicon\|GER}} 2008 \|Champions \|1st
{{flagicon\|GER}} 2009 \|Fifth Place \|5th
style="background:gold" \|{{flagicon\|RUS}} 2010 \|Champions \|1st
style="background:gold" \|{{flagicon\|EU}} 2011 \|Champions \|1st
style="background:silver" \|{{flagicon\|EU}} 2012 \|Runners-up \|2nd
{{flagicon\|FRA}} {{flagicon\|ROM}} 2013 \|Fifth Place \|5th
{{flagicon\|EU}} 2014 \|Ninth Place \|9th
{{flagicon\|EU}} 2015 \|Sixth Place \|6th
2016
2017
Total	8 Titles	14/14

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colspan=3|Grand Prix record

Year

!Round

!Position

style="background:gold;"

|{{flagicon|GER}} 2002

|Champions

|1st

style="background:gold"

|{{flagicon|GER}} 2003

|Champions

|1st

style="background:gold"

|{{flagicon|ESP}} 2004

|Champions

|1st

style="background:gold;"

|{{flagicon|RUS}} 2005

|Champions

|1st

style="background:gold;"

|{{flagicon|RUS}} 2006

|Champions

|1st

{{flagicon|GER}} 2007

|Sixth Place

|6th

style="background:gold;"

|{{flagicon|GER}} 2008

|Champions

|1st

{{flagicon|GER}} 2009

|Fifth Place

|5th

style="background:gold"

|{{flagicon|RUS}} 2010

|Champions

|1st

style="background:gold"

|{{flagicon|EU}} 2011

|Champions

|1st

style="background:silver"

|{{flagicon|EU}} 2012

|Runners-up

|2nd

{{flagicon|FRA}} {{flagicon|ROM}} 2013

|Fifth Place

|5th

{{flagicon|EU}} 2014

|Ninth Place

|9th

{{flagicon|EU}} 2015

|Sixth Place

|6th

2016

2017

Total

8 Titles

14/14

Players

Squad for the 2024 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series in Dubai.{{Cite web |title=2024 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series squad list |url=https://resources.worldrugby-rims.pulselive.com/worldrugby/document/2024/01/11/03d9dda7-39e1-45dd-b021-cd60c1db4c71/M2024CS001_Dubai_Match_Decs_240111_2308.pdf |access-date=2024-01-17 |publisher=World Rugby |page=9}}

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!No.

!Players

| align="left" |Duarte Moreira

| align="left" |Manuel Fati

| align="left" |Diogo Rodrigues

| align="left" |José Lima

| align="left" |Guilherme Vasconcelos

| align="left" |José Santos

| align="left" |João Vaz Antunes

| align="left" |Fábio Conceição

| align="left" |Antonio Monteiro

| align="left" |Vasco Silva

| align="left" |Frederico Couto

| align="left" |Vasco Correia

=Notable players=

References

External links

{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20061205031302/http://www.irbsevens.com/EN/Home/ IRB Sevens]}}
[http://www.fpr.pt/ Rugby Portugal]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20091231034104/http://02d4131.netsolhost.com/r7/juegos.asp Rugby7.com]
[http://www.portugalsevens.maodemestre.com/ Portugal 7's results]

{{succession box

| before = Portugal national rugby union team

| after = Portugal national under-23 triathlon team

| title = Portuguese Team of the Year

| years = 2008

}}

Category:National rugby sevens teams

sevens

colspan=7\|Rugby World Cup Sevens Record
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
Year !Round !Position !{{Tooltip\|Pld\|Games played}} !{{Tooltip\|W\|Won}} !{{Tooltip\|L\|Lost}} !{{Tooltip\|D\|Drawn}}
{{flagicon\|SCO}} 1993 \|colspan=6\| Did not qualify
{{flagicon\|HKG\|1959}} 1997 \|Bowl Quarterfinalist \| 21st \| 5 \| 0 \| 5 \| 0
{{flagicon\|ARG}} 2001 \|Bowl Finalist \| 18th \| 8 \| 3 \| 4 \| 1
{{flagicon\|HKG}} 2005 \|Plate Finalist \| 10th \| 8 \| 4 \| 4 \| 0
{{flagicon\|UAE}} 2009 \|Plate Semifinalist \| 11th \| 5 \| 2 \| 3 \| 0
{{flagicon\|RUS}} 2013 \|Plate Quarterfinalist \| 13th \| 4 \| 1 \| 3 \| 0
{{flagicon\|USA}} 2018 \|colspan=6\| Did not qualify
{{flagicon\|RSA}} 2022 \|21st Place Final \|22nd \|4 \|1 \|3 \|0
Total	0 Titles	6/8	34	11	22	1

Portugal national rugby sevens team

World Rugby Sevens Series

Tournament history

=Summer Olympics=

=Rugby World Cup Sevens=

=World Rugby Sevens Series=

=World Games=

=Sevens Grand Prix Series=

Players

=Notable players=

See also

References

External links