2003 European Sevens Championship

2003 European Sevens Championship
2003 European Sevens Championship
Host nation	Germany
Date	16–17 August 2003
Cup
Champion	Portugal
Runner-up	France
Third	Georgia
	← 2002 2004 →

The 2003 European Sevens Championship was a rugby sevens competition, with the final held in Heidelberg, Germany (16 / 17 August 2003). It was the second edition of the European Sevens championship. This event was organised by rugby's European governing body, the FIRA – Association of European Rugby (FIRA-AER). In the final Portugal beat France 26 - 21.^[1]

Qualification

Nine one-day qualifying rugby sevens competitions took place in Amsterdam, Netherlands (17 May 2003), Prague, Czech Republic (24 May 2003), Lunel, France (24 May 2003), Sopot, Poland (31 May 2003), Makarska, Croatia (7 June 2003), Madrid, Spain (14 June 2003), Lisbon, Portugal (21 June 2003), Budapest, Romania (28 June 2002), and Tbilisi, Georgia (28 June 2003).^[2] Following these competitions twelve teams consisting of Georgia, France, Portugal, Germany, Scotland, Croatia, Romania, Ukraine, Poland, Spain, Czech Republic, and Netherlands were deemed to have qualified for the European Sevens Championship hosted in Heidelberg, Germany (16-17 August 2003).^[3] However, before the tournament commenced Scotland withdrew and Switzerland replaced them.^[4]

Heidelberg

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Portugal	26–21	France	Georgia (Third) Germany
Plate	Ukraine	27–7	Netherlands	Spain (Seventh) Croatia
Bowl	Poland	31–24	Czech Republic	Romania (Eleventh) Switzerland

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	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Georgia	5	4	1	128	43	+85	13
Germany	5	4	1	137	69	+68	13
Spain	5	4	1	105	53	+52	13
Croatia	5	2	3	62	86	–24	9
Poland	5	1	4	55	100	–45	7
Switzerland	5	0	5	34	170	–136	5

16 August 2003	Croatia	29–0	Switzerland
12:00

16 August 2003	Germany	19–12	Poland
12:40

16 August 2003	Georgia	10–12	Spain
13:20

16 August 2003	Poland	21–17	Switzerland
14:00

16 August 2003	Croatia	7–22	Spain
14:40

16 August 2003	Georgia	26–12	Germany
15:20

16 August 2003	Spain	38–0	Switzerland
16:00

16 August 2003	Georgia	26–12	Poland
16:40

16 August 2003	Germany	28–7	Croatia
17:20

16 August 2003	Poland	0–19	Spain
18:00

16 August 2003	Germany	42–10	Switzerland
18:40

16 August 2003	Georgia	26–0	Croatia
19:20

17 August 2003	Germany	36–14	Spain
10:00

17 August 2003	Croatia	19–10	Poland
10:40

17 August 2003	Georgia	40–7	Switzerland
11:20

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Portugal	5	5	0	180	26	+154	15
France	5	4	1	132	46	+86	13
Ukraine	5	3	2	98	62	+36	11
Netherlands	5	2	3	67	114	–47	9
Czech Republic	5	1	4	36	144	–108	7
Romania	5	0	5	26	147	–121	5

16 August 2003	Romania	14–21	Netherlands
12:20

16 August 2003	Portugal	24–14	Ukraine
13:00

16 August 2003	France	35–5	Czech Republic
13:40

16 August 2003	Ukraine	22–12	Netherlands
14:20

16 August 2003	Romania	7–17	Czech Republic
15:00

16 August 2003	France	5–24	Portugal
15:40

16 August 2003	Czech Republic	7–24	Netherlands
16:20

16 August 2003	France	21–7	Ukraine
17:00

16 August 2003	Portugal	38–0	Romania
17:40

16 August 2003	Ukraine	31–0	Czech Republic
18:20

16 August 2003	Portugal	47–0	Netherlands
19:00

16 August 2003	France	47–0	Romania
19:40

17 August 2003	Portugal	47–7	Czech Republic
10:20

17 August 2003	Romania	5–24	Ukraine
11:00

17 August 2003	France	24–10	Netherlands
11:40

Knockout stage

Bowl

Semi-finals		Final

17 August 2003 – 12:40

Poland	12
		17 August 2003 – 15:20
Romania	7
		Poland	31
17 August 2003 – 13:00
		Czech Republic	24
Czech Republic	33

Switzerland	5
		Eleventh Place

		17 August 2003 – 15:00

		Romania	24

		Switzerland	5

Plate

Semi-finals		Final

17 August 2003 – 13:20

Spain	12
		17 August 2003 – 15:45
Netherlands	17
		Netherlands	7
17 August 2003 – 13:40
		Ukraine	27
Ukraine	22

Croatia	5
		Seventh Place

		17 August 2003 – 16:05

		Spain	15

		Croatia	12

Cup

Semi-finals		Final

17 August 2003 – 14:00

Georgia	10
		17 August 2003 – 16:50
France	32
		France	21
17 August 2003 – 14:20
		Portugal	26
Portugal	31

Germany	7
		Third Place

		17 August 2003 – 16:30

		Georgia	28

		Germany	24

Standings

Rank	Team
	Portugal
	France
	Georgia
4	Germany
5	Ukraine
6	Netherlands
7	Spain
8	Croatia
9	Poland
10	Czech Republic
11	Romania
12	Switzerland

References

^ European VII Circuit 2003 FIRA-AER: SAS European Sevens Finals Heidelberg 2003 Standings preliminary round. Archived 11 December 2003. Retrieved via archive.org 21 September 2018
^ FIRA-AER Rugby Flash Info (December 2002) Page 3. Archived 17 February 2014. Retrieved via archive.org on 21 September 2018)
^ Competitions Rugby VII Organised by FIRA A.E.R. Season 2002-2003. archived on 20 December 2003. Retrieved from Archive.org on 21 September 2018
^ European VII Circuit 2003 FIRA-AER: SAS European Sevens Finals Heidelberg 2003 Timetable. Archived 11 December 2003. Retrieved via archive.org 21 September 2018

External links

[1] European VII Circuit 2003 FIRA-AER: SAS European Sevens Finals Heidelberg 2003 Standings preliminary round. Archived 11 December 2003. Retrieved via archive.org 21 September 2018

[2] FIRA-AER Rugby Flash Info (December 2002) Page 3. Archived 17 February 2014. Retrieved via archive.org on 21 September 2018)

[3] Competitions Rugby VII Organised by FIRA A.E.R. Season 2002-2003. archived on 20 December 2003. Retrieved from Archive.org on 21 September 2018

[4] European VII Circuit 2003 FIRA-AER: SAS European Sevens Finals Heidelberg 2003 Timetable. Archived 11 December 2003. Retrieved via archive.org 21 September 2018

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