2016 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series

RussiaEnglandPoland 4 June - 17 July 12 GBR Royals RUS GBR Lions GBR Luke Treharne POL Szymon Sirocki 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.http://www.rugbyeurope.eu/group-290.htm Rugby Europe official website www.rugbyeurope.eu 6 June 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20160409115941/http://www.rugbyeurope.eu/group-290.htm 9 April 2016 deadlimited https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/1967347856738643/2273731132766979 2022-04-26 https://www.facebook.com/rugbyeurope/photos/a.1969135839893178.1073741828.1967347856738643/2273731132766979/?type=3&theater Rugby Europe on Facebook Facebookyes March 2022 Grand Prix series Schedule Date Venue Winner Runner-up Third 4–5 June RUS Moscow RUS FRA GBR Lions 9–10 July ENG Exeter GBR Royals FRA ESP 16–17 July POL Gdynia GBR Royals GBR Lions RUS http://scottishrugby.org/news/16/04/08/gb-sevens-fixtures-unveiled GB Sevens fixtures unveiled 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 - GBR Royals 12 20 20 52 RUS 20 14 16 50 - GBR Lions 16 12 18 46 FRA 18 18 8 44 ESP 8 16 14 38 4 GER 14 10 6 30 5 GEO 10 6 10 26 6 ITA 4 8 12 24 7 POR 6 4 3 13 8 BEL 3 3 4 10 9 POL 2 2 2 6 10 LIT 1 1 1 3 The GB teams were not included in the final ranking Moscow 2016 Moscow Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCupRUS24–7FRAGBR Lions (Third)GERPlateGBR Royals15–12GEOESP (Seventh)PORBowlITA14–12BELPOL (Eleventh)LTU Exeter leg 2016 Exeter Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCupGRB Royals33–17FRAESP (Third)RUSPlate GBR Lions31–19 GERITA (Seventh)GEOBowlPOR31–5BELPOL (Eleventh)LTU Gdynia leg 2016 Gdynia Sevens EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCup GBR Royals26-14GBR LionsRUS (Third)ESPPlateITA26-0GEOFRA (Seventh)GERBowlBEL14-0PORPOL (Eleventh)LTU References Grand Prix 2016 European Category:2015–16 in European rugby union Category:2016–17 in European rugby union