Portugal national rugby sevens team

This article is about the 7-a-side rugby union team. For the 15-a-side rugby union team, see Portugal national rugby union team.

Portugal

Union

Federação Portuguesa de Rugby

Nickname(s)

The Lobos (The Wolves)

Coach(es)

Frederico Sousa

Team kit

Change kit

First international

Portugal 6 - 24 Namibia

(Catania, Italy; 1992-05-27)

Largest win

Hungary 0 - 82 Portugal

(Sopot, Poland; 2009-05-16)

Largest defeat

Fiji 59 - 0 Portugal

(Hong Kong, China; 1997-03-21)

World Cup Sevens

Appearances

5 (First in 1997)

Best result

10th place, 2005

The Portugal national rugby sevens team represents Portugal in international rugby sevens. The team played for the first time in 1992, at the Catania Sevens, World Cup 1993 European Qualifier. The team plays in competitions such as the World Sevens Series, the European Rugby Cup Sevens and the Rugby World Cup Sevens. Portugal has a record of eight European titles out of ten editions disputed, in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2011. Pedro Leal and Gonçalo Foro are two notable sevens players.

Sevens World Series

Main article: Sevens World Series

Portugal has been a core team at the World Rugby Sevens World Series each year since the 2012–13 season.

Tournament history

Summer Olympics

Olympics Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2016	Did Not Qualify
Total	0 Titles	0/1	-	-	-	-

World Games

Main article: Rugby sevens at the World Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2001 Akita^[1]	Fiji	Australia	New Zealand
2005 Duisburg	Fiji	South Africa	Argentina
2009 Kaohsiung^[2]	Fiji	Portugal	South Africa

Sevens Grand Prix Series

Portugal playing Romania, 2008

Grand Prix record
Year	Round	Position
2002	Champions	1st
2003	Champions	1st
2004	Champions	1st
2005	Champions	1st
2006	Champions	1st
2007	Sixth Place	6th
2008	Champions	1st
2009	Fifth Place	5th
2010	Champions	1st
2011	Champions	1st
2012	Runners-up	2nd
2013	Fifth Place	5th
2014	Ninth Place	9th
2015	Sixth Place	6th
Total	8 Titles	14/14

Current squad

Squad to 2016 Sydney Sevens:^[3]

Adérito Esteves (vc)
Vasco Ribeiro
Miguel Lucas
Pedro Leal (c)
João Dias
Vasco Poppe
Pedro Silvério
Diogo Ribeiro
João Belo
Tiago Fernandes
António Ferrador
Fábio Conceição

References

↑ "Archived copy". Retrieved February 13, 2012.
↑ "World Games Day 2: Fiji cruise to Gold Medal | Ultimate Rugby Sevens - The Online Home for Everything Rugby 7s". Ur7s.com. 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
↑ 2014 London Sevens

External links

Awards
Preceded by Portugal national rugby union team	Portuguese Team of the Year 2008	Succeeded by Portugal national under-23 triathlon team

Rugby union in Portugal

Governing body

Portuguese Rugby Federation

National teams

Men's	Portugal Sevens U-21 U-20 U-19 Universitária

Women's	Portugal Sevens

Competitions

Men's	Campeonato Português de Rugby I Divisão II Divisão Taça de Portugal Supertaça de Portugal Taça Ibérica

Women's	Campeonato Feminino Taça de Portugal Feminina Supertaça de Portugal Feminina

National sports teams of Portugal

A1 GP Baseball Basketball M W M U-19 M U-17 W U-19 W U-17 M 3X3 W 3X3 Beach handball Beach soccer M W Cricket M W Field hockey M W Football M W M U-23 M U-21 M U-20 M U-19 M U-18 M U-17 M U-16 CP Futsal M W Handball M W Ice hockey Korfball Roller hockey M W Rugby league Rugby union M W M U-20 M7 W7 Table tennis M W Tennis M W Volleyball M W Water polo M W

Olympic Games Paralympic Games European Games Lusophony Games

World Rugby Sevens Series

Seasons	1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

2016–17 events	Dubai South Africa New Zealand Australia USA Canada Hong Kong Singapore France London

Former events	Cardiff China Japan Kuala Lumpur Mar del Plata Punta del Este Scotland Fiji

Current stadiums	Allianz Stadium BC Place The Sevens Stade Jean-Bouin Hong Kong Stadium Twickenham Westpac Stadium Singapore National Stadium Cape Town Stadium Sam Boyd Stadium

National rugby sevens teams

World Rugby Sevens Series core teams	Argentina Australia Canada England Fiji France Kenya New Zealand Portugal Russia Samoa Scotland South Africa United States Wales

Other teams (Tier 1 & 2 nations in bold)	American Samoa Andorra Bahamas Bahrain Barbados Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Brunei Cayman Islands Chile China Chinese Taipei Cook Islands Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Georgia Germany Great Britain Guam Guyana Hong Kong Hungary India Indonesia Iran Ireland Israel Italy Japan Kazakhstan Latvia Lithuania Madagascar Malaysia Mexico Moldova Monaco Montenegro Morocco Nauru Namibia Netherlands New Caledonia Niue Norway Paraguay Pakistan Papua New Guinea Peru Philippines Poland Qatar Romania Serbia Singapore Solomon Islands South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Swaziland Sweden Swaziland Switzerland Tahiti Thailand Tokelau Tonga Trinidad & Tobago Tunisia Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Wallis and Futuna West Indies Zimbabwe

Defunct	Arabian Gulf Czechoslovakia East Germany West Germany USSR Yugoslavia

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