Russia national rugby sevens team

The Russia national rugby sevens team competes in the World Rugby Sevens Series and the Rugby World Cup Sevens.

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Russia women's national rugby sevens team.
Russia
UnionRugby Union of Russia
Nickname(s)Bears
Coach(es)Alexander Yanyushkin
World Cup Sevens
Appearances3 (First in 2001)
Best result9th (2001)
International medals
Men's rugby sevens
Representing  Russia
European Championship
2007
2009
2016
2017
2005
2006
2010
2013
2018
Universiade
2013 Kazan

Rugby World Cup Sevens

Russia has competed at the 2001, 2005 and 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens. The team won the Plate final in 2001 to end 9th, with wins over Kenya, Spain and Georgia. In 2005 they finished 11th, collecting wins over Kenya, Uruguay and Japan. As hosts of the 2013 World Cup, Russia claimed the Bowl final to take 17th place, after beating Spain, Uruguay and Japan.

Sevens World Series

The first appearance of Russia at the Sevens World Series was at the 2011 Hong Kong Sevens. The team lost to Wales, tied versus Fiji and defeated West Indies to reach Plate quarterfinals, where they lost to France to take 13th place.

At the 2006 London Sevens, Russia defeated Canada, Tunisia and Australia to reach the Bowl final, where they lost to Portugal to finish 10th. The team resulted ninth at the 2007 Hong Kong Sevens, after defeating Italy, Korea, Kenya and France.

At the 2009 South Africa Sevens, Russia tied Australia and defeated Zimbabwe and the United States to reach the Cup final, where they were defeated by Wales to result 10th. At the 2010 South Africa Sevens, they defeated Kenya, Zimbabwe and France to reach the Cup final, where they lost to Scotland to end tenth.

At the 2011 Hong Kong Sevens, Russia defeated Kenya and Malaysia to advance to Cup quarterfinals. After losing to England and Australia, the team resulted seventh. At the 2012 Scotland Sevens they won the Cup final to result ninth, after beating United States, France and Spain.

Russia played the 2013 Sevens World Series qualifier at Hong Kong. They defeated Cook Islands, Mexico and Zimbabwe to win they group. Later they defeated Uruguay but lost to Zimbabwe in the semifinals. In the 2014 qualifier, they defeated Chile and Barbados and lost to Zimbabwe in the group phase. Next they defeated Uruguay to reach semifinal, where they were beaten by Japan.

Core status 2015

Russia returned to the Sevens World Series qualifier at the 2015 Hong Kong Sevens, where they defeated South Korea and Tunisia and lost to Papua New Guinea in the group phase. Later they defeated Hong Kong, Papua New Guinea and Zimbabwe to win the tournament and claim core status for the 2015-16 Sevens World Series. In the 2015-16 Series, Russia finished second last and managed to maintain core status, ahead of last-placed Portugal who were relegated.

Current squad

Squad current through 8 July 2017[1]

Tournament history

World Cup Sevens record
Rugby World Cup Sevens Record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
1993 Did Not Qualify
1997
2001 Plate Winner 9th 8 5 3 0
2005 Plate Semifinalist 11th 7 3 4 0
2009 Did Not Qualify
2013 Bowl Winner 17th 6 3 2 1
2018 14th5230
Total0 Titles3/6211191

Summer Olympics record
Olympic Games
Year Round Position Pld W L D
2016 Not Qualified
2020 Not Qualified
Total0 Titles0/00000

Summer Universiade record
Summer Universiade
Year Round Pld W L D
2013 6600
2019 4th place 5203
Total1 Title11803

European Sevens results
European Men's Sevens
Year Position Pld W L D
2004[2] 7th 6330
2005[3] 7610
2006[4] 7520
2007[5] 5131
2008[6] 9th 5131
2009[7] 6510
2010[8] 7610
2011 4th 261882
2012 6th 201451
2013 121020
2014 4th 2413110
2015 4th 241581
2016 181152
2017 242040
2018 241860
2019 10th 10550
Total17/19206151688
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See also

References
  1. Состав сборной России по регби-7
  2. 2004
  3. 2005
  4. 2006
  5. 2007
  6. 2008
  7. 2009
  8. 2010
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