2002 European Sevens Championship

Germany 17–18 August 2002 POR GEO 1990 GER LTU UKR DEN NED 2003 The 2002 European Sevens Championship was a rugby sevens competition, with the final held in Heidelberg, Germany.Rugby VII Competitions. (23 August 2002). fira-aer-rugby Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.orgFIRA-AER Rugby Flash Info (October 2002) Page 4. Archived 17 February 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org It was the first edition of the European Sevens championship. The event was organised by rugby's European governing body, the FIRA – Association of European Rugby (FIRA-AER).FIRA-AER Rugby Flash Info (July 2002) Page 8. Archived 17 February 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org Portugal won the first edition by defeating Georgia 24-14 in the final.http://www.fira-aer-rugby.com/eng/comp7.html Rugby VII Competitions 16 March 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20020823181205/http://www.fira-aer-rugby.com/eng/comp7.html August 23, 2002 Results: SAS Institute Heidelberg Sevens 2002. fira-aer-rugby. (8 June 2003) Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org Qualification FIRA – Association of European Rugby (FIRA-AER) organised five preliminary rugby sevens competitions in Lunel, France (17-18 May 2002), Amsterdam, Netherlands (25 May 2002), Madrid, Spain (15-16 June), Budapest, Romania (29-30 June 2002), and Sopot, Poland (20 July 2002).Results: SAS Institute Heidelberg Sevens 2002. fira-aer-rugby. (8 June 2003) Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org These competitions were intended to be applied as qualification tournaments in advance of the final in Heidelberg, Germany (17-18 August 2002). The twelve teams selected to have qualified based on points of participation and points by results in ranking order consisted of France, Portugal, Netherlands, Denmark, Georgia, Poland, Czech Republic, Croatia, Lithuania, Malta, Ukraine, and Germany.Rugby VII Competitions. (23 August 2002). fira-aer-rugby Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org Sweden was added as a reserve team in the event of a cancellation.FIRA-AER Rugby Flash Info (October 2002) Page 4. Archived 17 February 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org However Luxembourg was added to the tournament line-up to fill the vacancy created when Croatia pulled out and Sweden did not enter.FIRA-AER Rugby Flash Info (October 2002) Page 4. Archived 17 February 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2018 from Archive.org Heidelberg EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCup POR 24–14 GEO 1990 GER (Third)FRAPlate LTU 24–10 UKR POL (Seventh)MLTBowl DEN 28–12 NED CZE (Eleventh)LUX Pool Stage Key to colours in group tablesTeams that advanced to the Cup SemifinalTeams advanced to the Plate SemifinalTeams advanced to the Bowl semifinal Pool A TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPtsFRA550012124+9715GER530211874+4411LTU530214068+7211POL52038257+259DEN520371118–479LUX500514205–1915 17 August 2002 POL 7–26 GER 17 August 2002 DEN 7–47 LTU 17 August 2002 FRA 35–0 LUX 17 August 2002 LTU 19–21 GER 17 August 2002 POL 42–0 LUX 17 August 2002 FRA 31–0 DEN 17 August 2002 LUX 0–45 GER 17 August 2002 FRA 19–12 LTU 17 August 2002 DEN 0–19 POL 17 August 2002 LTU 45–14 LUX 17 August 2002 DEN 26–21 GER 17 August 2002 FRA 14–7 POL 18 August 2002 DEN 38–0 LUX 18 August 2002 POL 7–17 LTU 18 August 2002 FRA 22–5 GER Pool B TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPtsPOR540113336+9713GEO 1990540112338+8513UKR54018831+5713MLT520353115–629NED510464111–477CZE500538168–1305 17 August 2002 CZE 0–31 UKR 17 August 2002 NED 7–21 GEO 1990 17 August 2002 POR 38–0 MLT 17 August 2002 GEO 1990 7–14 UKR 17 August 2002 CZE 12–24 MLT 17 August 2002 POR 40–7 NED 17 August 2002 MLT 5–24 UKR 17 August 2002 POR 12–15 GEO 1990 17 August 2002 NED 26–19 CZE 17 August 2002 GEO 1990 24–5 MLT 17 August 2002 NED 7–12 UKR 17 August 2002 POR 31–7 CZE 18 August 2002 NED 17–19 MLT 18 August 2002 CZE 0–56 GEO 1990 18 August 2002 POR 12–7 UKR Knockout stage Bowl Eleventh Place 18 August 2002 – Heidelberg DEN 21 CZE 12 18 August 2002 – Heidelberg LUX 7 NED 28 18 August 2002 – Heidelberg DEN 28 NED 12 18 August 2002 – Heidelberg CZE 26 LUX 12 Plate Seventh Place 18 August 2002 – Heidelberg LTU 43 MLT 0 18 August 2002 – Heidelberg POL 12 UKR 26 18 August 2002 – Heidelberg LTU 24 UKR 10 18 August 2002 – Heidelberg MLT 7 POL 28 Cup Third Place 18 August 2002 – Heidelberg FRA 10 GEO 1990 12 18 August 2002 – Heidelberg GER 7 POR 19 18 August 2002 – Heidelberg GEO 1990 14 POR 24 18 August 2002 – Heidelberg FRA 7 GER 19 Standings RankTeam POR GEO 1990 GER 4 FRA 5 LTU 6 UKR 7 POL 8 MLT 9 DEN 10 NED 11 CZE 12 LUX References 2002 Category:International rugby union competitions hosted by Germany European Category:2002–03 in German rugby union Category:2002–03 in European rugby union Category:August 2002 sports events in Germany