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Spain
Union	Spanish Rugby Federation
Coach(es)	Francisco Hernández
Captain(s)	Pol Pla
Top scorer	Francisco Hernández (449)
Most tries	Pol Pla (50)
Team kit	Change kit

Spain's national rugby sevens team is one of 12 core teams participating in all ten tournaments of the World Rugby Sevens Series,^[1] having qualified by winning the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens qualifier tournament. Spain participated as a core team in the 2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series, but was relegated the following season.

The team trains together at the country's Olympic training facilities in Madrid, which itself has been a result of the sport entering its first Olympic cycle.^[2] Spain won the 2016 Olympic qualifying repechage tournament by beating Samoa 22–19 to qualify for the last available qualifying spot for the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[3]^[4]^[5]

The team also competes annually in Rugby Europe's Sevens Grand Prix Series tournament.^[6]

Tournament history

Summer Olympic Games

Spain's Olympic Games results
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2016	Placement round	10th	5	1	4	0
2020	did not qualify
Total	Placement round	1/1	5	1	4	0
Matches
	Pool stage	Spain	0 – 24	South Africa		Loss
	Pool stage	Spain	12 – 26	Australia		Loss
	Pool stage	Spain	5 – 26	France		Loss
	9–12th place playoff semi-final	Spain	14 – 12	Kenya		Win
	9–12th place playoff Ninth place	Spain	14 – 24	United States		Loss

Rugby World Cup Sevens

Rugby World Cup Sevens Record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
1993	Plate Finalist	10th	7	3	4	0
1997	Plate Quarterfinalist	13th	5	3	2	0
2001	Plate Semifinalist	11th	7	4	3	0
2005	Did not qualify
2009	Did not qualify
2013	Bowl Quarterfinalist	21st	4	0	4	0
2018	Did not qualify
2022	Did not qualify
Total	0 Titles	4/7	23	10	13	0

World Rugby Sevens Series

Spain started off the 2012–13 IRB Sevens Series with a bang at the 2012 Gold Coast Sevens, defeating core teams Wales and England to finish ninth and win the Bowl. Pedro Martin led Spain in scoring in the 2012 Gold Coast Sevens, contributing 5 tries and 27 points, while Pablo Feijoo added 4 tries and 22 points.^[7]

Spain was elevated to "core team" status for the 2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series, following its performance in qualifying at the 2012 Hong Kong Sevens. At that tournament, Spain defeated Zimbabwe, Philippines, Tonga and Japan to reach the finals, where it lost to Canada.^[8] Spain participated in other events during the 2011–12 IRB Sevens World Series. In that season, Spain played in the 2012 Scotland Sevens, reaching the Bowl finals, and the 2012 London Sevens, reaching the Cup quarterfinal.

Spain's best finish on the World Series was the 2017–18 season where Spain finished 11th.

Players

Current squad

The following players have been selected to represent Spain during the 2023–24 SVNS tournament beginning in December 2023.

Note: Caps reflect the total number of SVNS events competed in as of the 2023 South Africa Sevens.

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Enrique Bolinches	Forward	(2001-08-03) 3 August 2001 (age 23)	18	Unattached
Ángel Bozal	Forward	(1999-11-17) 17 November 1999 (age 25)	2	Unattached
Antón Legorburu	Forward	2001 (age 23–24)	2	Unattached
Manu Moreno	Forward	(1998-09-02) 2 September 1998 (age 26)	20	Ciencias
Nicolás Nieto	Forward	(1995-03-17) 17 March 1995 (age 29)	14	Unattached
Álvaro Rodriguez Gassot	Forward	(2002-12-26) 26 December 2002 (age 22)	4	Unattached
Tobías Sainz-Trápaga	Forward	(1999-02-02) 2 February 1999 (age 25)	19	Unattached
Josep Serres	Forward	(2000-10-04) 4 October 2000 (age 24)	23	Unattached
Alejandro Laforga	Back	(1999-08-29) 29 August 1999 (age 25)	13	Cisneros
Eduardo López (c)	Back	(1999-01-14) 14 January 1999 (age 25)	26	Unattached
Jaime Manteca	Back	(2004-06-29) 29 June 2004 (age 20)	14	Unattached
Juan Martínez	Back	(2000-12-05) 5 December 2000 (age 24)	24	Unattached
Pol Pla	Back	(1993-02-18) 18 February 1993 (age 31)	40	Unattached
Juan Ramos	Back	(1995-10-11) 11 October 1995 (age 29)	33	Unattached
Miguel Reina	Back	(1999-06-16) 16 June 1999 (age 25)	14	Unattached

Records and statistics

Former squads

Spain squad for the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series

**2017–18 Sevens Series^[9]**
Player	Age
Alejandro Alonso	19
Francisco Hernández	29
Ignacio Martin Goenaga	34
Ignacio Rodriguez-Guerra	22
Igor Genua (c)^[10]	29
Iñaki Villanueva	27
Jacobo Martin Beamonte	24
Jaike Carter	31
Javier Carrión	27
Javier De Juan	27
Josh Taylor	20
Lucas Levy	27
Manuel Sainz-Trapaga	25
Marcos Poggi	30
Pablo Fontes	22
Pol Pla	25
Thomas Pearce	27
Pablo Feijoo (Head Coach)

Spain team to the 2014 London Sevens

Squad to
2014 London Sevens:^[11]
Player
Adam Newton
Inaki Villanueva
Javier Carrion
Javier de Juan
Matias Tudela
Jacobo Martin
Jaike Carter
Gauthier Minguillon
Francisco Hernandez
Angel Lopez
Glen Rolls
Pablo Fontes

Spain team to the 2012 Hong Kong Sevens

Squad for
2012 Hong Kong Sevens:^[12]
Player	Number
Ignacio Martin	1
Carlos Blanco	2
Javier Canosa	3
Pablo Feijóo (c)	4
César Sempere	5
Martín Heredia	6
Pedro Martín	7
Juan Cano	8
Angel Lopez	9
Matías Tudela	10
Ryan Le Roux	11
Marcus Poggi	12

Coach

Pablo Feijoo has served as head coach of the Spain national rugby sevens team since the 2016–17 season. He played in the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Russia,^[13] and was a member of the squad that defeated Samoa 7s to secure a place in the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[14]^[15]^[16]

Feijoo replaced Ignacio "Tiki" Inchausti, who played in Spain's only ever appearance at the 1999 fifteens Rugby World Cup, and also played at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in 2001 in Mar del Plata. Prior to his appointment to the men's team, Inchausti was in charge of Spain's women's squad, whom he managed to qualify for the inaugural participation of women in the tournament in Dubai in 2009. Inchausti coached the Spanish men's men's side from 2010, helping them qualify as a core team in 2012.^[17]

Player records

Players in bold are still active.

Tries scored^[18]
No.	Player	Tries
1	Pol Pla	94
2	Eduardo Lopez	51
3	Manuel Sainz-Trapaga	40
4	Eduardo Lopez	39
5	Juan Ramos	38

2008 Hannover Sevens

Group A matches

	POR	GEO	ESP	GER	RUS	ROM
Portugal	–	26–10	28–5	14–12	45–5	38–0
Georgia	–	–	28–5	26–0	5–0	12–0
Spain	–	–	–	26–22	7–29	14–0
Germany	–	–	–	–	17–12	24–21
Russia	–	–	–	–	–	19–19
Romania	–	–	–	–	–	–