The 2016 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series competition was restructured from the previous year, now with four divisions: Sevens Grand Prix Series, the Trophy, Conference 1, and Conference 2.
In preparation for the 2016 Olympics, instead of England, Scotland, and Wales fielding their own teams, two unified teams, the Great Britain Royals and the Great Britain Lions, took part in the Grand Prix.
Grand Prix series Schedule Date Venue Winner Runner-up Third 4–5 June Moscow Lions 9–10 July Exeter Royals 16–17 July Gdynia Royals Lions
Standings The two highest teams who did not already have "core status" on the World Rugby Sevens Series—Spain and Germany—qualified for the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens qualifier, which in turn was a qualifying event for promotion to core team status on the 2017-18 World Rugby Sevens Series.
LegendWinnerQualified to 2017 Hong Kong Sevens qualifierRelegated to Trophy for 2017
RankTeamMoscowExeterGdyniaPoints - Royals 12 20 20 52 20 14 16 50 - Lions 16 12 18 46 18 18 8 44 8 16 14 38 4 14 10 6 30 5 10 6 10 26 6 4 8 12 24 7 6 4 3 13 8 3 3 4 10 9 2 2 2 6 10 1 1 1 3
The GB teams were not included in the final ranking
Moscow
EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCup24–7 Lions (Third)Plate Royals15–12 (Seventh)Bowl14–12 (Eleventh)
Exeter leg
EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCup Royals33–17 (Third)Plate Lions31–19 (Seventh)Bowl31–5 (Eleventh)
Gdynia leg
EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCup Royals26-14 Lions (Third)Plate26-0 (Seventh)Bowl14-0 (Eleventh)
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