Romania national rugby sevens team
{{About|the men's 7-a-side rugby union team|the women's team|Romania women's national rugby sevens team}}
{{Infobox rugby team
| country = Romania
| nickname = Stejarii (The Oaks)
| badge =
| badge_size =
| emblem = Oak Leaf
| union = Romanian Rugby Federation
| coach = Daniel Carpo
| captain = Marius Chiriac
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| World cup apps = 2 (first in 1993)
| best = (13th place) (1997)
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The Romania national rugby sevens team has competed in the World Rugby Sevens Series and in the Rugby World Cup Sevens, but not yet in the Summer Olympic Games. They are currently competing in the Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy Series.
Tournament history
=Summer Olympics=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | ||||||
| colspan=10|Olympic Games | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year
!Round !Position !{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}} !{{Tooltip|W|Won}} !{{Tooltip|L|Lost}} !{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}} | ||||||
| {{flagicon|BRA}} 2016
|colspan="6" rowspan=1|Did not qualify | ||||||
| colspan=1|Total | 0 Titles | 0/1 | - | - | - | - |
=Rugby World Cup Sevens=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | ||||||
| colspan=10|World Cup record | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year
!Round !Position !{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}} !{{Tooltip|W|Won}} !{{Tooltip|L|Lost}} !{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}} | ||||||
| {{flagicon|SCO}} 1993
|Group stage |17th |5 |1 |4 |0 | ||||||
| {{flagicon|Hong Kong|1959}} 1997
|Plate Quarterfinals |13st |5 |1 |4 |0 | ||||||
| {{flagicon|ARG}} 2001
|colspan=6 rowspan=4|Did not qualify | ||||||
| {{flagicon|HKG}} 2005 | ||||||
| {{flagicon|UAE}} 2009 | ||||||
| {{flagicon|RUS}} 2013 | ||||||
| {{flagicon|USA}} 2018
|colspan=6|Did not enter | ||||||
| Total | 0 Titles | 2/7 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
Recent Results
=2018 European Sevens Trophy<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/competitions/2018-men-7s-trophy|title=2018 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy|publisher=Rugby Europe|access-date=23 June 2019}}</ref>=
{{main|2018 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy}}
Zagreb
==Pool B==
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
| colspan=2|Legend |
|---|
| bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|Teams that advance to Cup Quarterfinal |
| bgcolor=feffb4
|align=left|Teams that advance to Challenge Trophy Semifinal |
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | |||||||
| width=175 |Team
!width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld !width=20 abbr="Won" |W !width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D !width=20 abbr="Lost" |L !width=20 abbr="Points for" |PF !width=20 abbr="Points against" |PA !width=25 abbr="Points difference" |PD !width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{ru7|ROU}} |3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 86 | 17 | +69 | 7 |
| style="background:#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{ru7|LTU}} |3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 83 | 31 | +52 | 7 |
| style="background:#feffb4"
|align=left|{{ru7|HUN}} |3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 57 | –31 | 5 |
| style="background:#feffb4"
|align=left|{{ru7|CYP}} |3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 109 | –90 | 3 |
{{rugbybox
|date = 7 June 2018
|time = 11:44
|home = {{ru7-rt|ROU}}
|score = 24–0
|away = {{ru7|HUN}}
|stadium =
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 7 June 2018
|time = 12:06
|home = {{ru7-rt|LTU}}
|score = 45–7
|away = {{ru7|CYP}}
|stadium =
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 7 June 2018
|time = 14:29
|home = {{ru7-rt|ROU}}
|score = 45–0
|away = {{ru7|CYP}}
|stadium =
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 7 June 2018
|time = 14:51
|home = {{ru7-rt|LTU}}
|score = 21–7
|away = {{ru7|HUN}}
|stadium =
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 7 June 2018
|time = 17:14
|home = {{ru7-rt|CYP}}
|score = 12–19
|away = {{ru7|HUN}}
|stadium =
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 7 June 2018
|time = 17:36
|home = {{ru7-rt|ROU}}
|score = 17–17
|away = {{ru7|LTU}}
|stadium =
}}
Knockout stage
==Cup==
{{Round8-with third
|9 June 2018 – 10:00
|{{ru7|BEL}}|26|{{ru7|CRO}}|7
|9 June 2018 – 11:06
|{{ru7|LTU}}|17|{{ru7|UKR}}|7
|9 June 2018 – 10:22
|{{ru7|ROU}}|27|{{ru7|LUX}}|14
|9 June 2018 – 10:44
|{{ru7|DEN}}|7|{{ru7|ISR}}|10
|9 June 2018 – 13:59
|{{ru7|BEL}}|7|{{ru7|LTU}}|17
|9 June 2018 – 14:21
|{{ru7|ROU}}|26|{{ru7|ISR}}|12
|9 June 2018 – 18:15
|{{ru7|LTU}}|26|{{ru7|ROU}}|31
|9 June 2018 – 17:14
|{{ru7|BEL}}|22|{{ru7|ISR}}|7
}}
Šiauliai
==Pool A==
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
| colspan=2|Legend |
|---|
| bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|Teams that advance to Cup Quarterfinal |
| bgcolor=feffb4
|align=left|Teams that advance to Challenge Trophy Semifinal |
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | |||||||
| width=175 |Team
!width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld !width=20 abbr="Won" |W !width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D !width=20 abbr="Lost" |L !width=20 abbr="Points for" |PF !width=20 abbr="Points against" |PA !width=25 abbr="Points difference" |PD !width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{ru7|LUX}} |3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 7 |
| style="background:#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{ru7|ROU}} |3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 93 | 24 | +69 | 7 |
| style="background:#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{ru7|LAT}} |3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 55 | –2 | 6 |
| style="background:#feffb4"
|align=left|{{ru7|UKR}} |3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 74 | –69 | 4 |
{{rugbybox
|date = 30 June 2018
|time = 9:00
|home = {{ru7-rt|ROU}}
|score = 38–0
|away = {{ru7|LAT}}
|stadium =
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 30 June 2018
|time = 9:22
|home = {{ru7-rt|UKR}}
|score = 5–5
|away = {{ru7|LUX}}
|stadium =
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 30 June 2018
|time = 11:45
|home = {{ru7-rt|ROU}}
|score = 22–24
|away = {{ru7|LUX}}
|stadium =
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 30 June 2018
|time = 12:07
|home = {{ru7-rt|UKR}}
|score = 0–36
|away = {{ru7|LAT}}
|stadium =
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 30 June 2018
|time = 14:30
|home = {{ru7-rt|ROU}}
|score = 33–0
|away = {{ru7|UKR}}
|stadium =
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 30 June 2018
|time = 14:52
|home = {{ru7-rt|LUX}}
|score = 17–17
|away = {{ru7|LAT}}
|stadium =
}}
Knockout stage
==Cup==
{{Round8-with third
|1 July 2018 – 9:00
|{{ru7|LUX}}|0|{{ru7|DEN}}|34
|1 July 2018 – 10:06
|{{ru7|CRO}}|14|{{ru7|BEL}}|17
|1 July 2018 – 9:22
|{{ru7|LTU}}|12|{{ru7|LAT}}|14
|1 July 2018 – 9:44
|{{ru7|ISR}}|10|{{ru7|ROU}}|17
|1 July 2018 – 12:59
|{{ru7|DEN}}|7|{{ru7|BEL}}|14
|1 July 2018 – 13:21
|{{ru7|LAT}}|0|{{ru7|ROU}}|40
|1 July 2018 – 15:52
|{{ru7|BEL}}|5|{{ru7|ROU}}|35
|1 July 2018 – 16:14
|{{ru7|DEN}}|10|{{ru7|LAT}}|38
}}
==Standings==
| class="wikitable" |
| Legend |
|---|
| bgcolor=ccffcc
|Promoted to the 2019 Grand Prix Series |
| bgcolor=ffcccc
|Relegated to 2019 Rugby Europe Conference |
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!width=40|Rank !width=180|Team !width=40|Zagreb !width=40|Šiauliai !width=40|Points | ||||
| bgcolor=ccffcc
| {{Gold1}} | align=left|{{ru7|ROU}} | 20 | 20 | 40 |
| {{Silver2}} | align=left|{{ru7|BEL}} | 16 | 18 | 34 |
| | {{Bronze3}} | align=left|{{ru7|LTU}} | 18 | 12 | 30 |
| 4 | align=left|{{ru7|DEN}} | 12 | 14 | 26 |
| 5 | align=left|{{ru7|ISR}} | 14 | 8 | 22 |
| 6 | align=left|{{ru7|LUX}} | 8 | 10 | 18 |
| 7 | align=left|{{ru7|LAT}} | 1 | 16 | 17 |
| 8 | align=left|{{ru7|UKR}} | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| 9 | align=left|{{ru7|CRO}} | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 10 | align=left|{{ru7|BUL}} | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| bgcolor=ffcccc
| 11 | align=left|{{ru7|HUN}} | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| bgcolor=ffcccc
| 12 | align=left|{{ru7|CYP}} | 3 | 1 | 4 |
=2019 European Sevens Grand Prix<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/competitions/2019-men7s-grand-prix-series|title=2019 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series|publisher=Rugby Europe|access-date=23 June 2019}}</ref>=
{{main|2019 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series}}
Moscow
==Pool A==
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
| colspan=2|Legend |
|---|
| bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|Teams that advance to Cup Quarterfinal |
| bgcolor=feffb4
|align=left|Teams that advance to Bowl Semifinal |
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | |||||||
| width=190 |Team
!width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld !width=20 abbr="Won" |W !width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D !width=20 abbr="Lost" |L !width=20 abbr="Points for" |PF !width=20 abbr="Points against" |PA !width=25 abbr="Points difference" |PD !width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{ru7|FRA}} |3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 33 | +64 | 9 |
| style="background:#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{ru7|IRE}} |3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 52 | +17 | 7 |
| style="background:#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{ru7|ITA}} |3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 66 | –21 | 5 |
| style="background:#feffb4"
|align=left|{{ru7|ROU}} |3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 79 | –60 | 3 |
{{rugbybox
|date = 22 June 2019
|time = 11:00
|home = {{ru7-rt|IRE}}
|score = 29–0
|away = {{ru7|ROU}}
|stadium =
|referee = Finlay Brown (Scotland)
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 22 June 2019
|time = 11:22
|home = {{ru7-rt|FRA}}
|score = 33–7
|away = {{ru7|ITA}}
|stadium =
|referee = Georgii Kopp (Russia)
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 22 June 2019
|time = 13:45
|home = {{ru7-rt|IRE}}
|score = 26–14
|away = {{ru7|ITA}}
|stadium =
|referee = Jérémy Rozier (France)
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 22 June 2019
|time = 14:07
|home = {{ru7-rt|FRA}}
|score = 26–12
|away = {{ru7|ROU}}
|stadium =
|referee = Andrea Spadoni (Italy)
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 22 June 2019
|time = 16:30
|home = {{ru7-rt|IRE}}
|score = 14–38
|away = {{ru7|FRA}}
|stadium =
|referee = Paulo Duarte (Portugal)
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 22 June 2019
|time = 16:52
|home = {{ru7-rt|ITA}}
|score = 24–7
|away = {{ru7|ROU}}
|stadium =
|referee = George Selwood (England)
}}
Knockout stage
==Bowl==
{{Round4-with third|team-width=190|Consol=Third place|RD2=Final|bold_winner=high
|23 June 2019 – 12:28
|{{ru7|RUS}}|34|{{ru7|POL}}|17
|23 June 2019 – 12:50
|{{ru7|ROU}}|19|{{ru7|GEO}}|24
|23 June 2019 – 16:05
|{{ru7|RUS}}|14|{{ru7|GEO}}|0
|23 June 2019 – 15:43
|{{ru7|POL}}|21|{{ru7|ROU}}|19
}}
Łódź
==Pool A==
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
| colspan=2|Legend |
|---|
| bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|Teams that advance to Cup Quarterfinal |
| bgcolor=feffb4
|align=left|Teams that advance to Bowl Semifinal |
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | |||||||
| width=190 |Team
!width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld !width=20 abbr="Won" |W !width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D !width=20 abbr="Lost" |L !width=20 abbr="Points for" |PF !width=20 abbr="Points against" |PA !width=25 abbr="Points difference" |PD !width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{ru7|ESP}} |3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 45 | +24 | 9 |
| style="background:#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{ru7|FRA}} |3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 59 | +5 | 7 |
| style="background:#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{ru7|POR}} |3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 71 | 57 | +14 | 5 |
| style="background:#feffb4"
|align=left|{{ru7|ROU}} |3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 83 | –43 | 3 |
{{rugbybox
|date = 20 July 2019
|time = 11:00
|home = {{ru7-rt|ESP}}
|score = 26–19
|away = {{ru7|POR}}
|stadium =
|referee = Finlay Brown (Scotland)
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 20 July 2019
|time = 11:22
|home = {{ru7-rt|FRA}}
|score = 26–21
|away = {{ru7|ROU}}
|stadium =
|referee = Paulo Duarte (Portugal)
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 20 July 2019
|time = 13:45
|home = {{ru7-rt|FRA}}
|score = 24–14
|away = {{ru7|POR}}
|stadium =
|referee = Inigo Atorrasagasti (Spain)
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 20 July 2019
|time = 14:07
|home = {{ru7-rt|ESP}}
|score = 19–12
|away = {{ru7|ROU}}
|stadium =
|referee = Thibault Santamaria (France)
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 20 July 2019
|time = 16:30
|home = {{ru7-rt|FRA}}
|score = 14–24
|away = {{ru7|ESP}}
|stadium =
|referee = Adam Jones (Wales)
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 20 July 2019
|time = 16:52
|home = {{ru7-rt|POR}}
|score = 38–7
|away = {{ru7|ROU}}
|stadium =
|referee = George Kopp (Russia)
}}
Knockout stage
==Bowl==
{{Round4-with third|team-width=190|Consol=Third place|RD2=Final|bold_winner=high
|21 July 2019 – 12:28
|{{ru7|ENG}}| 26 |{{ru7|POL}}| 17
|21 July 2019 – 12:50
|{{ru7|RUS}}|19|{{ru7|ROU}}|0
|21 July 2019 – 16:40
|{{ru7|ENG}}|12|{{ru7|RUS}}|21
|21 July 2019 – 16:18
|{{ru7|POL}}|26|{{ru7|ROU}}|12
}}
==Standings==
| class="wikitable" |
| Legend |
|---|
| bgcolor=ccffcc
|Champions |
| bgcolor=ffcccc
|Relegated to 2020 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy |
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!width=40|Rank !width=180|Team !width=40|Moscow !width=40|Łódź !width=40|Points | ||||
| bgcolor=ccffcc
| {{Gold1}} | align=left|{{ru7|GER}} | 14 | 20 | 34 |
| {{Silver2}} | align=left|{{ru7|FRA}} | 20 | 12 | 32 |
| | {{Bronze3}} | align=left|{{ru7|IRE}} | 18 | 14 | 32 |
| 4 | align=left|{{ru7|ESP}} | 10 | 18 | 28 |
| 5 | align=left|{{ru7|ITA}} | 6 | 16 | 22 |
| 6 | align=left|{{ru7|WAL}} | 12 | 10 | 22 |
| 7 | align=left|{{ru7|ENG}} | 16 | 3 | 19 |
| 8 | align=left|{{ru7|POR}} | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 9 | align=left|{{ru7|GEO}} | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 10 | align=left|{{ru7|RUS}} | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 11 | align=left|{{ru7|POL}} | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| bgcolor=ffcccc
| 12 | align=left|{{ru7|ROU}} | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Players
=Current squad=
The following 12 players were called up for the 2021 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy Series on the 9th of July 2021.{{cite web|url=https://rugbyromania.ro/romania-7s-pregatita-pentru-budapesta-trophy-series-vezi-cei-12-jucatori-selectionati/|date=9 July 2021|website=rugbyromania.ro|publisher=Romania Rugby|title=Romania Rugby Sevens` Squad for the 2021 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy Series.}}
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| scope="col"|Player
!scope="col"|Date of birth (age) !scope="col"|{{{clubheading|Club/province}}} |
|---|
| style="text-align:left; border:0" | Alexandre Crețu
| style="text-align:left; border:0" | {{birth date and age|2000|5|4|df=y}} | style="text-align:left; border:0" | {{flagicon|FRA}} Carcassonne Espoirs |
| style="text-align:left; border:0" | Alexander Dinu
| style="text-align:left; border:0" | {{Birth date and age|2001|11|19|df=y}} | style="text-align:left; border:0" | {{flagicon|FRA}} Massy Espoirs |
| style="text-align:left; border:0" | Andrei Homiuc
| style="text-align:left; border:0" | {{birth date and age|1998|10|9|df=y}} | style="text-align:left; border:0" | {{flagicon|ROU}} Grivița București |
| style="text-align:left; border:0" | Codrin Bercu
| style="text-align:left; border:0" | {{birth date and age|1998|1|27|df=y}} | style="text-align:left; border:0" | {{flagicon|ROU}} Năvodari |
| style="text-align:left; border:0" | Silviu Mircea
| style="text-align:left; border:0" | {{birth date and age|2001|4|2|df=y}} | style="text-align:left; border:0" | {{flagicon|ROU}} Grivița București |
| style="text-align:left; border:0" | Marius Chiriac (c)
| style="text-align:left; border:0" | {{birth date and age|1998|3|7|df=y}} | style="text-align:left; border:0" | {{flagicon|ROU}} Dinamo București |
| style="text-align:left; border:0" | Alexandru Tudose
| style="text-align:left; border:0" | {{birth date and age|1998|12|23|df=y}} | style="text-align:left; border:0" | {{flagicon|ROU}} Dinamo București |
| style="text-align:left; border:0" | Cristian Zamfir
| style="text-align:left; border:0" | {{birth date and age|2000|6|26|df=y}} | style="text-align:left; border:0" | {{flagicon|ROU}} Ştiinţa Petroșani |
| style="text-align:left; border:0" | David Jilăveanu
| style="text-align:left; border:0" | {{birth date and age|2002|4|2|df=y}} | style="text-align:left; border:0" | {{flagicon|ROU}} Dinamo București |
| style="text-align:left; border:0" | Ovidiu Neagu
| style="text-align:left; border:0" | {{birth date and age|2001|7|30|df=y}} | style="text-align:left; border:0" | {{flagicon|ROU}} Bârlad |
| style="text-align:left; border:0" | Lama Sioeli
| style="text-align:left; border:0" | {{birth date and age|1995|10|12|df=y}} | style="text-align:left; border:0" | {{flagicon|ROU}} Steaua București |
| style="text-align:left; border:0" | Julien Bartoli
| style="text-align:left; border:0" | {{birth date and age|1999|9|21|df=y}} | style="text-align:left; border:0" | {{flagicon|FRA}} Hyères |
Coaches
=Current coaching staff=
The current coaching staff of the Romanian national sevens team:{{cite web|url=https://rugbyromania.ro/romania-7s-pregatita-pentru-budapesta-trophy-series-vezi-cei-12-jucatori-selectionati/|date=9 July 2021|website=rugbyromania.ro|publisher=Romania Rugby|title=Romania Rugby Sevens` Coaching Staff}}
| class="wikitable" | ||
| Name
!Nationality !Role | ||
|---|---|---|
| Marius Raczek | {{Flag|ROU}} | Head coach |
| Alexandru Marin Jr. | {{Flag|ROU}} | Assistant coach |
| Dr. Ilie Vlad | {{Flag|ROU}} | Team doctor |
See also
External links
- [https://rugbyromania.ro/ Official website] {{in lang|ro}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Rugby union in Romania}}
{{Romania national rugby union team}}
{{National rugby union teams (sevens)}}
{{National sports teams of Romania}}