2002 European Sevens Championship

The 2002 European Sevens Championship was a rugby sevens competition, with the final held in Heidelberg, Germany.[1][2] It was the first edition of the European Sevens championship. The event was organised by rugby's European governing body, the FIRA – Association of European Rugby (FIRA-AER).[3]

2002 European Sevens Championship
Host nation Germany
Date17–18 August 2002
Cup
Champion Portugal
Runner-up Georgia
Third Germany
Plate
Winner Lithuania
Runner-up Ukraine
Bowl
Winner Denmark
Runner-up Netherlands
2003 →

Portugal won the first edition by defeating Georgia 24-14 in the final.[4][5]

Qualification

FIRA – Association of European Rugby (FIRA-AER) organised five preliminary rugby sevens competitions in Lunel, France (17-18 May 2002), Amsterdam, Netherlands (25 May 2002), Madrid, Spain (15-16 June), Budapest, Romania (29-30 June 2002), and Sopot, Poland (20 July 2002).[6] These competitions were intended to be applied as qualification tournaments in advance of the final in Heidelberg, Germany (17-18 August 2002). The twelve teams selected to have qualified based on points of participation and points by results in ranking order consisted of France, Portugal, Netherlands, Denmark, Georgia, Poland, Czech Republic, Croatia, Lithuania, Malta, Ukraine, and Germany.[7] Sweden was added as a reserve team in the event of a cancellation.[8] However Luxembourg was added to the tournament line-up to fill the vacancy created when Croatia pulled out and Sweden did not enter.[9]

Heidelberg


Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  Portugal 24–14  Georgia  Germany (Third)
 France
Plate  Lithuania 24–10  Ukraine  Poland (Seventh)
 Malta
Bowl  Denmark 28–12  Netherlands  Czech Republic (Eleventh)
 Luxembourg

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
 France 550012124+9715
 Germany 530211874+4411
 Lithuania 530214068+7211
 Poland 52038257+259
 Denmark 520371118–479
 Luxembourg 500514205–1915



Pool B
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Portugal 540113336+9713
 Georgia 540112338+8513
 Ukraine 54018831+5713
 Malta 520353115–629
 Netherlands 510464111–477
 Czech Republic 500538168–1305


Knockout stage

Bowl
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
18 August 2002 – Heidelberg
 
 
 Denmark21
 
18 August 2002 – Heidelberg
 
 Czech Republic12
 
 Denmark28
 
18 August 2002 – Heidelberg
 
 Netherlands12
 
 Luxembourg7
 
 
 Netherlands28
 
Eleventh Place
 
 
18 August 2002 – Heidelberg
 
 
 Czech Republic26
 
 
 Luxembourg12

Plate
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
18 August 2002 – Heidelberg
 
 
 Lithuania43
 
18 August 2002 – Heidelberg
 
 Malta0
 
 Lithuania24
 
18 August 2002 – Heidelberg
 
 Ukraine10
 
 Poland12
 
 
 Ukraine26
 
Seventh Place
 
 
18 August 2002 – Heidelberg
 
 
 Malta7
 
 
 Poland28

Cup
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
18 August 2002 – Heidelberg
 
 
 France10
 
18 August 2002 – Heidelberg
 
 Georgia12
 
 Georgia14
 
18 August 2002 – Heidelberg
 
 Portugal24
 
 Germany7
 
 
 Portugal19
 
Third Place
 
 
18 August 2002 – Heidelberg
 
 
 France7
 
 
 Germany19

Standings
Rank Team
 Portugal
 Georgia
 Germany
4 France
5 Lithuania
6 Ukraine
7 Poland
8 Malta
9 Denmark
10 Netherlands
11 Czech Republic
12 Luxembourg

References
  1. Rugby VII Competitions. (23 August 2002). fira-aer-rugby Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org
  2. FIRA-AER Rugby Flash Info (October 2002) Page 4. Archived 17 February 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org
  3. FIRA-AER Rugby Flash Info (July 2002) Page 8. Archived 17 February 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org
  4. "Rugby VII Competitions". 16 March 2014. Archived from the original on August 23, 2002.
  5. Results: SAS Institute Heidelberg Sevens 2002. fira-aer-rugby. (8 June 2003) Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org
  6. Results: SAS Institute Heidelberg Sevens 2002. fira-aer-rugby. (8 June 2003) Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org
  7. Rugby VII Competitions. (23 August 2002). fira-aer-rugby Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org
  8. FIRA-AER Rugby Flash Info (October 2002) Page 4. Archived 17 February 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org
  9. FIRA-AER Rugby Flash Info (October 2002) Page 4. Archived 17 February 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org
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