2016 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series

2016 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series
Hosts	Russia  England  Poland
Date	4 June - 17 July
Nations	12
Final positions
Champions	Great Britain Royals
Runners-up	Russia
Third	Great Britain Lions
Series details
Top try scorer	Szymon Sirocki
Top point scorer	Luke Treharne
← 2015 (July) 2017 →

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.^[1][2]

Grand Prix series

Schedule

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	Third
4–5 June	Moscow	Russia	France	Great Britain Lions
9–10 July	Exeter	Great Britain Royals	France	Spain
16–17 July	Gdynia	Great Britain Royals	Great Britain Lions	Russia

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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.

Legend
Winner
Qualified to 2017 Hong Kong Sevens qualifier
Relegated to Trophy for 2017

Rank	Team	Moscow	Exeter	Gdynia	Points
-	Great Britain Royals	12	20	20	52
	Russia	20	14	16	50
-	Great Britain Lions	16	12	18	46
	France	18	18	8	44
	Spain	8	16	14	38
4	Germany	14	10	6	30
5	Georgia	10	6	10	26
6	Italy	4	8	12	24
7	Portugal	6	4	3	13
8	Belgium	3	3	4	10
9	Poland	2	2	2	6
10	Lithuania	1	1	1	3

• The GB teams were not included in the final ranking

Moscow

Main article: 2016 Moscow Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Russia	24–7	France	Great Britain Lions (Third)  Germany
Plate	Great Britain Royals	15–12	Georgia	Spain (Seventh)  Portugal
Bowl	Italy	14–12	Belgium	Poland (Eleventh)  Lithuania

Exeter leg

Main article: 2016 Exeter Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Great Britain Royals	33–17	France	Spain (Third)  Russia
Plate	Great Britain Lions	31–19	Germany	Italy (Seventh)  Georgia
Bowl	Portugal	31–5	Belgium	Poland (Eleventh)  Lithuania

Gdynia leg

Main article: 2016 Gdynia Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Great Britain Royals	26-14	Great Britain Lions	Russia (Third)  Spain
Plate	Italy	26-0	Georgia	France (Seventh)  Germany
Bowl	Belgium	14-0	Portugal	Poland (Eleventh)  Lithuania

References

1. "Rugby Europe official website". www.rugbyeurope.eu. Archived from the original on 9 April 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
2. "Rugby Europe on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 2022-04-26.^{[user-generated source]}
3. "GB Sevens fixtures unveiled".