Romania national rugby sevens team

This article is about the men's 7-a-side rugby union team. For the women's team, see Romania women's national rugby sevens team.

Romania

Union	Romanian Rugby Federation
Nickname(s)	Stejarii (The Oaks)
Emblem(s)	Oak Leaf
Coach(es)	Daniel Carpo
Captain(s)	Marius Chiriac
Team kit Change kit
World Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 1993)
Best result	(13th place) (1997)

The Romania national rugby sevens team has competed in the World Rugby Sevens Series and in the Rugby World Cup Sevens, but not yet in the Summer Olympic Games. They are currently competing in the Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy Series.

Tournament history

Summer Olympics

Olympic Games
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2016	Did not qualify
Total	0 Titles	0/1	-	-	-	-

Rugby World Cup Sevens

World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
1993	Group stage	17th	5	1	4	0
1997	Plate Quarterfinals	13st	5	1	4	0
2001	Did not qualify
2005
2009
2013
2018	Did not enter
Total	0 Titles	2/7	10	2	8	0

Recent Results

2018 European Sevens Trophy^[1]

Main article: 2018 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy

Zagreb

Pool B

Legend
Teams that advance to Cup Quarterfinal
Teams that advance to Challenge Trophy Semifinal

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Romania	3	2	1	0	86	17	+69	7
Lithuania	3	2	1	0	83	31	+52	7
Hungary	3	1	0	2	26	57	–31	5
Cyprus	3	0	0	3	19	109	–90	3

7 June 2018 11:44

Romania	24–0	Hungary

7 June 2018 12:06

Lithuania	45–7	Cyprus

7 June 2018 14:29

Romania	45–0	Cyprus

7 June 2018 14:51

Lithuania	21–7	Hungary

7 June 2018 17:14

Cyprus	12–19	Hungary

7 June 2018 17:36

Romania	17–17	Lithuania

Knockout stage

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	9 June 2018 – 10:00
	Belgium	26
					9 June 2018 – 13:59
	Croatia	7
					Belgium	7
	9 June 2018 – 11:06
					Lithuania	17
	Lithuania	17
									9 June 2018 – 18:15
	Ukraine	7
									Lithuania	26
	9 June 2018 – 10:22
									Romania	31
	Romania	27
					9 June 2018 – 14:21
	Luxembourg	14
					Romania	26
	9 June 2018 – 10:44
					Israel	12			Third place
	Denmark	7
									9 June 2018 – 17:14
	Israel	10
									Belgium	22
									Israel	7

Šiauliai

Pool A

Legend
Teams that advance to Cup Quarterfinal
Teams that advance to Challenge Trophy Semifinal

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Luxembourg	3	1	2	0	46	44	+2	7
Romania	3	2	0	1	93	24	+69	7
Latvia	3	1	1	1	53	55	–2	6
Ukraine	3	0	1	2	5	74	–69	4

30 June 2018 9:00

Romania	38–0	Latvia

30 June 2018 9:22

Ukraine	5–5	Luxembourg

30 June 2018 11:45

Romania	22–24	Luxembourg

30 June 2018 12:07

Ukraine	0–36	Latvia

30 June 2018 14:30

Romania	33–0	Ukraine

30 June 2018 14:52

Luxembourg	17–17	Latvia

Knockout stage

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	1 July 2018 – 9:00
	Luxembourg	0
					1 July 2018 – 12:59
	Denmark	34
					Denmark	7
	1 July 2018 – 10:06
					Belgium	14
	Croatia	14
									1 July 2018 – 15:52
	Belgium	17
									Belgium	5
	1 July 2018 – 9:22
									Romania	35
	Lithuania	12
					1 July 2018 – 13:21
	Latvia	14
					Latvia	0
	1 July 2018 – 9:44
					Romania	40			Third place
	Israel	10
									1 July 2018 – 16:14
	Romania	17
									Denmark	10
									Latvia	38

Standings

Legend
Promoted to the 2019 Grand Prix Series
Relegated to 2019 Rugby Europe Conference

Rank	Team	Zagreb	Šiauliai	Points
	Romania	20	20	40
	Belgium	16	18	34
	Lithuania	18	12	30
4	Denmark	12	14	26
5	Israel	14	8	22
6	Luxembourg	8	10	18
7	Latvia	1	16	17
8	Ukraine	10	3	13
9	Croatia	6	6	12
10	Bulgaria	4	2	6
11	Hungary	2	4	6
12	Cyprus	3	1	4

2019 European Sevens Grand Prix^[2]

Main article: 2019 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series

Moscow

Pool A

Legend
Teams that advance to Cup Quarterfinal
Teams that advance to Bowl Semifinal

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
France	3	3	0	0	97	33	+64	9
Ireland	3	2	0	1	69	52	+17	7
Italy	3	1	0	2	45	66	–21	5
Romania	3	0	0	3	19	79	–60	3

22 June 2019 11:00

Ireland	29–0	Romania

Referee: Finlay Brown (Scotland)

22 June 2019 11:22

France	33–7	Italy

Referee: Georgii Kopp (Russia)

22 June 2019 13:45

Ireland	26–14	Italy

Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France)

22 June 2019 14:07

France	26–12	Romania

Referee: Andrea Spadoni (Italy)

22 June 2019 16:30

Ireland	14–38	France

Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)

22 June 2019 16:52

Italy	24–7	Romania

Referee: George Selwood (England)

Knockout stage

Bowl

	Semi-finals				Final
	23 June 2019 – 12:28
	Russia	34
					23 June 2019 – 16:05
	Poland	17
					Russia	14
	23 June 2019 – 12:50
					Georgia	0
	Romania	19
	Georgia	24
					Third place
					23 June 2019 – 15:43
					Poland	21
					Romania	19

Łódź

Pool A

Legend
Teams that advance to Cup Quarterfinal
Teams that advance to Bowl Semifinal

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	0	69	45	+24	9
France	3	2	0	1	64	59	+5	7
Portugal	3	1	0	2	71	57	+14	5
Romania	3	0	0	3	40	83	–43	3

20 July 2019 11:00

Spain	26–19	Portugal

Referee: Finlay Brown (Scotland)

20 July 2019 11:22

France	26–21	Romania

Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)

20 July 2019 13:45

France	24–14	Portugal

Referee: Inigo Atorrasagasti (Spain)

20 July 2019 14:07

Spain	19–12	Romania

Referee: Thibault Santamaria (France)

20 July 2019 16:30

France	14–24	Spain

Referee: Adam Jones (Wales)

20 July 2019 16:52

Portugal	38–7	Romania

Referee: George Kopp (Russia)

Knockout stage

Bowl

	Semi-finals				Final
	21 July 2019 – 12:28
	England	26
					21 July 2019 – 16:40
	Poland	17
					England	12
	21 July 2019 – 12:50
					Russia	21
	Russia	19
	Romania	0
					Third place
					21 July 2019 – 16:18
					Poland	26
					Romania	12

Standings

Legend
Champions
Relegated to 2020 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy

Rank	Team	Moscow	Łódź	Points
	Germany	14	20	34
	France	20	12	32
	Ireland	18	14	32
4	Spain	10	18	28
5	Italy	6	16	22
6	Wales	12	10	22
7	England	16	3	19
8	Portugal	8	8	16
9	Georgia	3	6	9
10	Russia	4	4	8
11	Poland	2	2	4
12	Romania	1	1	2

Players

Current squad

The following 12 players were called up for the 2021 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy Series on the 9th of July 2021.^[3]

Player	Date of birth (age)	Club/province
Alexandre Crețu	(2000-05-04) 4 May 2000 (age 24)	Carcassonne Espoirs
Alexander Dinu	(2001-11-19) 19 November 2001 (age 23)	Massy Espoirs
Andrei Homiuc	(1998-10-09) 9 October 1998 (age 26)	Grivița București
Codrin Bercu	(1998-01-27) 27 January 1998 (age 26)	Năvodari
Silviu Mircea	(2001-04-02) 2 April 2001 (age 23)	Grivița București
Marius Chiriac (c)	(1998-03-07) 7 March 1998 (age 26)	Dinamo București
Alexandru Tudose	(1998-12-23) 23 December 1998 (age 25)	Dinamo București
Cristian Zamfir	(2000-06-26) 26 June 2000 (age 24)	Ştiinţa Petroșani
David Jilăveanu	(2002-04-02) 2 April 2002 (age 22)	Dinamo București
Ovidiu Neagu	(2001-07-30) 30 July 2001 (age 23)	Bârlad
Lama Sioeli	(1995-10-12) 12 October 1995 (age 29)	Steaua București
Julien Bartoli	(1999-09-21) 21 September 1999 (age 25)	Hyères

Coaches

Current coaching staff

The current coaching staff of the Romanian national sevens team:^[4]

Name	Nationality	Role
Marius Raczek	ROU	Head coach
Alexandru Marin Jr.	ROU	Assistant coach
Dr. Ilie Vlad	ROU	Team doctor

See also

• Rugby union in Romania
• Romania national rugby union team
• Romania national under-20 rugby union team
• Romania women's national rugby sevens team

External links

• Official website (in Romanian)

References

1. "2018 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy". Rugby Europe. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
2. "2019 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series". Rugby Europe. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
3. "Romania Rugby Sevens` Squad for the 2021 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy Series". rugbyromania.ro. Romania Rugby. 9 July 2021.
4. "Romania Rugby Sevens` Coaching Staff". rugbyromania.ro. Romania Rugby. 9 July 2021.