The Italy national rugby sevens team has occasionally competed in the IRB Sevens World Series since the series' was introduced in 1999, although they do not participate in every leg. Their first (and currently only) ever points in the World Series came in 2003, when they scored four points in the Cardiff leg of the series. Italy also competes in the Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series each summer.
Italy also plays qualifying matches for two quadrennial tournaments—the Rugby World Cup Sevens and the Summer Olympics. Italy has participated in the Sevens World Cup multiple times, but has not qualified for the Olympics.
Tournament history
Rugby World Cup Sevens Rugby World Cup Sevens RecordYearRoundPosition 1993Pool Stage17th 5 1 4 01997Did not qualify 2001 2005Bowl Winner17th 8 3 4 1 2009Bowl Quarter-Finals21st 4 1 3 0 2013Did not qualify 2018Total0 Titles3/7175111
Sevens Grand Prix Series Rugby Europe Sevens RecordYearRoundPosition 2002Not played 2003Pool StageN.C. 2004Runners-Up2nd 2005Third Place3rd 2006Third Place3rd 2007Sixth Place6th 2008Fifth Place5th 2009Third Place3rd 2010Seventh Place7th 2011Seventh Place7th 2012Ninth Place9th 2013Fifth Place5th 2014Eleventh Place11th 2015Eleventh Place11th 2016Sixth Place6th 2017Tenth Place10th 2018Seventh Place7th 2019Fifth Place5th 2020Not played 2021Seventh Place7th 2022Fifth Place5th 2023Eighth Place8th 2024Sixth Place6th 2025Third Place3rd
World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series RecordYearRoundPosition 2020Ninth Place 9th 2022did not Qualify 2023Seventh Place 7th
Current squad Squad to the 2026 Rugby Europe Sevens:
Luca Belloni (Rovigo Delta) Filippo Bozzoni (Calvisano) Simone Brisighella (Valorugby Emilia) Lorenzo Maria Bruno (Rovigo Delta)** Fabrizio Daniel CIiardullo Oro (Viadana)** Massimo Cioffi (Civitavecchia Rugby Centumcellae)* Rocco Del Bono (Livorno Rugby) Simone Gesi (Zebre Parma)** Dene Inza (Piacenza Rugby Club) Francesco Krsul (Rugby Rovigo Delta) Christian Lai (Fiamme Oro) Michael Mba (Fiamme Oro) Andrea Leon Momicchioli (CUS Torino) Giacomo Ndoumbe (Rugby Paese) Marco Scalabrin (Petrarca Padova) Leonardo Antonio Sodo Migliori (Fiamme Oro)
Only for Hamburg Round Only for Split Round
Squad to the 2023 European Games:
Francesco Bonavolontà (Lazio) Lorenzo Maria Bruno (Lyons Piacenza) Massimo Cioffi (Petrarca Padova) Federico Cuminetti (Lyons Piacenza) Paul Marie Forncelli (Rangers Vicenza) Alessandro Fusco (Zebre Parma) Alessandro Garbisi (Benetton) Riccardo Ghelli (Rovigo Delta) Christian Lai (Fiamme Oro) Matteo Meggiato (Benetton) Lorenzo Pani (Zebre Parma) Tito Tebaldi (Petrarca Padova) Flavio Pio Vaccari (Calvisano)
See also Italy national rugby union team Italy women's national rugby sevens team Rugby World Cup Sevens World Rugby Sevens Series Sevens Grand Prix Series
References
External links Federazione Italiana Rugby official site