The Portugal national rugby sevens 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 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. 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. They finished tenth in the overall Challenger Series.
Tournament history
Summer Olympics Portugal has not qualified for the Summer Olympics.
Rugby World Cup Sevens Rugby World Cup Sevens RecordYearRoundPosition 1993 Did not qualify 1997Bowl Quarterfinalist 21st 5 0 5 0 2001Bowl Finalist 18th 8 3 4 1 2005Plate Finalist 10th 8 4 4 0 2009Plate Semifinalist 11th 5 2 3 0 2013Plate Quarterfinalist 13th 4 1 3 0 2018 Did not qualify 202221st Place Final22nd4130Total 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 Akita2005 Duisburg2009 Kaohsiung
Sevens Grand Prix Series
Grand Prix recordYearRoundPosition 2002Champions1st 2003Champions1st 2004Champions1st 2005Champions1st 2006Champions1st 2007Sixth Place6th 2008Champions1st 2009Fifth Place5th 2010Champions1st 2011Champions1st 2012Runners-up2nd 2013Fifth Place5th 2014Ninth Place9th 2015Sixth Place6th 2016 Seventh Place 7th 2017 Eighth Place 8th 2018 Fifth Place 5th 2019 Eighth Place 8th 2020 Not played 2021 Sixth Place 6th 2022 Sixth Place 6th 2023 Fifth Place 5th 2024 Fourth Place 4th 2025 Sixth Place 6thTotal 8 Titles 22/22
Players Squad for the 2024 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series in Dubai. No.Players1Duarte Moreira6Manuel Fati7Diogo Rodrigues8José Lima9Guilherme Vasconcelos10José Santos11João Vaz Antunes12Fábio Conceição15Antonio Monteiro19Vasco Silva20Frederico Couto23Vasco Correia
Notable players Adérito Esteves Pedro Leal
See also Rugby World Cup Sevens
References
External links
Rugby Portugal Rugby7.com Portugal 7's results