2011 FIRA-AER Sevens Grand Prix Series

The 2011 Sevens Grand Prix Series was the tenth edition of the European Sevens Championship.

2011 FIRA-AER Sevens Grand Prix Series
Hosts	France  Russia  Spain  Romania
Date	18 June 2011 - 17 July 2011
Final positions
Champions	Portugal
Runners-up	England
Series details
Top try scorer	Nick Royle (35)
Top point scorer	Christian Lewis-Pratt (191)
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Format

The twelve best nations played 4 different tournaments in Lyon, Moscow, Barcelona and Bucharest. The team that finished with the most points was declared European Champion. The last two teams were relegated in Division A.

Schedule

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	Third
18–19 June	Lyon (Stade Vuillermet)[1]	England	Spain	France
25–26 June	Moscow (Annex of Loujniki Stadium)[2]	England	Portugal	Spain
9–10 July	Barcelona (Olympic Stadium)[3]	Russia	Italy	Portugal
16–17 July	Bucharest (Arch of Triumph Stadium)[4]	Portugal	Spain	France

Standings

Legend
Champions
Relegated to 2012 European Sevens Division A (Trophy) Championship

Rank	Team	Lyon	Moscow	Barcelona	Bucharest	Points
	Portugal	14	16	15	18	63
	England	18	18	14	12	62
	Spain	16	15	12	16	59
4	Russia	12	8	18	14	54
5	France	15	12	8	15	50
6	Georgia	8	14	3	10	35
7	Italy	4	6	16	8	34
8	Wales	10	10	4	6	30
9	Ukraine	3	3	10	4	20
10	Netherlands	6	1	6	2	15
11	Romania	2	4	2	3	11
12	Moldova	1	2	1	1	5

Lyon

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	England	28–14	Spain	France (Third)  Portugal
Plate	Russia	33–12	Wales	Georgia (Seventh)  Netherlands
Bowl	Italy	19–5	Ukraine	Romania (Eleventh)  Moldova

Pool Stage

Key to colours in group tables
	Teams that advanced to the Cup Semifinal
	Teams advanced to the Plate Semifinal
	Teams advanced to the Bowl semifinal

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Spain	5	5	0	0	138	22	+116	15
Portugal	5	4	0	1	97	55	+42	13
Georgia	5	2	0	3	85	71	+14	9
Netherlands	5	2	0	3	64	101	–37	9
Ukraine	5	2	0	3	65	104	–39	9
Romania	5	0	0	5	29	125	–96	5

18 June 2011	Portugal	24–5	Netherlands

18 June 2011	Georgia	33–0	Romania

18 June 2011	Spain	29–0	Ukraine

18 June 2011	Portugal	21–14	Georgia

18 June 2011	Spain	41–0	Netherlands

18 June 2011	Ukraine	19–14	Romania

18 June 2011	Spain	26–10	Georgia

18 June 2011	Portugal	14–10	Romania

18 June 2011	Netherlands	21–17	Ukraine

18 June 2011	Spain	14–12	Portugal

18 June 2011	Ukraine	17–14	Georgia

18 June 2011	Netherlands	31–5	Romania

18 June 2011	Portugal	26–12	Ukraine

18 June 2011	Spain	28–0	Romania

18 June 2011	Georgia	14–7	Netherlands

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
England	5	5	0	0	151	48	+103	15
France	5	4	0	1	125	64	+61	13
Wales	5	3	0	2	75	86	–11	11
Russia	5	2	0	3	74	79	–5	9
Italy	5	1	0	4	82	100	–18	7
Moldova	5	0	0	5	50	180	–130	5

18 June 2011	France	54–7	Moldova

18 June 2011	England	19–12	Wales

18 June 2011	Russia	19–0	Italy

18 June 2011	England	33–15	France

18 June 2011	Russia	36–7	Moldova

18 June 2011	Wales	24–21	Italy

18 June 2011	England	35–0	Russia

18 June 2011	France	15–5	Wales

18 June 2011	Italy	26–19	Moldova

18 June 2011	France	22–5	Russia

18 June 2011	Italy	19–21	England

18 June 2011	Wales	19–17	Moldova

18 June 2011	France	19–14	Italy

18 June 2011	Wales	15–14	Russia

18 June 2011	England	45–0	Moldova

Knockout stage

Bowl

	Semi-finals				Final
	19 June 2011
	Ukraine	36
					19 June 2011
	Moldova	5
					Ukraine	5
	19 June 2011
					Italy	19
	Italy	28
	Romania	12
					Eleventh Place
					19 June 2011
					Moldova	7
					Romania	33

Plate

	Semi-finals				Final
	19 June 2011
	Russia	24
					19 June 2011
	Georgia	19
					Russia	33
	19 June 2011
					Wales	12
	Wales	34
	Netherlands	0
					Seventh Place
					19 June 2011
					Georgia	41
					Netherlands	7

Cup

	Semi-finals				Final
	19 June 2011
	Spain	19
					19 June 2011
	France	12
					Spain	14
	19 June 2011
					England	28
	England	33
	Portugal	14
					Third Place
					19 June 2011
					France	7
					Portugal	0

Moscow

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	England	24–12	Portugal	Spain (Third)  Georgia
Plate	France	21–12	Wales	Russia (Seventh)  Italy
Bowl	Romania	7–5	Ukraine	Moldova (Eleventh)  Netherlands

Pool Stage

Key to colours in group tables
	Teams that advanced to the Cup Semifinal
	Teams advanced to the Plate Semifinal
	Teams advanced to the Bowl Semifinal

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Portugal	5	5	0	0	160	50	+110	15
England	5	3	1	1	151	59	+92	12
Russia	5	3	1	1	100	47	+53	12
Italy	5	2	0	3	87	88	–1	9
Netherlands	5	1	0	4	47	177	–130	9
Moldova	5	0	0	5	29	153	–124	5

25 June 2011	England	35–7	Moldova

25 June 2011	Russia	26–0	Netherlands

25 June 2011	Portugal	31–5	Italy

25 June 2011	England	14–14	Russia

25 June 2011	Portugal	35–5	Moldova

25 June 2011	Italy	46–0	Netherlands

25 June 2011	Portugal	21–5	Russia

25 June 2011	England	48–5	Netherlands

25 June 2011	Italy	19–5	Moldova

25 June 2011	Portugal	28–21	England

25 June 2011	Russia	19–12	Italy

25 June 2011	Netherlands	28–12	Moldova

25 June 2011	England	33–5	Italy

25 June 2011	Portugal	45–14	Netherlands

25 June 2011	Russia	36–0	Moldova

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Spain	5	4	0	1	93	57	+36	13
Georgia	5	4	0	1	66	55	+11	13
Wales	5	2	1	2	98	94	+4	10
France	5	2	0	3	106	65	+41	9
Romania	5	1	1	3	73	116	–43	8
Ukraine	5	1	0	4	48	97	–49	7

25 June 2011	Romania	14–12	Spain

25 June 2011	Georgia	14–0	Wales

25 June 2011	France	26–5	Ukraine

25 June 2011	Spain	26–19	Wales

25 June 2011	France	40–7	Romania

25 June 2011	Georgia	14–12	Ukraine

25 June 2011	Wales	24–21	France

25 June 2011	Spain	24–5	Georgia

25 June 2011	Ukraine	17–14	Romania

25 June 2011	Spain	17–12	France

25 June 2011	Wales	29–7	Ukraine

25 June 2011	Georgia	21–12	Romania

25 June 2011	Spain	14–7	Ukraine

25 June 2011	Georgia	12–7	France

25 June 2011	Wales	26–26	Romania

Knockout stage

Bowl

	Semi-finals				Final
	26 June 2011
	Netherlands	0
					19 June 2011
	Ukraine	7
					Ukraine	5
	19 June 2011
					Romania	7
	Romania	19
	Moldova	17
					Eleventh Place
					19 June 2011
					Netherlands	12
					Moldova	19

Plate

	Semi-finals				Final
	19 June 2011
	Russia	19
					19 June 2011
	France	20
					France	21
	19 June 2011
					Wales	12
	Italy	19
	Wales	22
					Seventh Place
					19 June 2011
					Russia	24
					Italy	10

Cup

	Semi-finals				Final
	19 June 2011
	Portugal	24
					19 June 2011
	Georgia	10
					Portugal	12
	19 June 2011
					England	24
	England	24
	Spain	14
					Third Place
					19 June 2011
					Georgia	0
					Spain	27

Barcelona

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Russia	7–5	Italy	Portugal (Third)  England
Plate	Spain	24–0	Ukraine	France (Seventh)  Netherlands
Bowl	Wales	33–19	Georgia	Romania (Eleventh)  Moldova

Pool Stage

Key to colours in group tables
	Teams that advanced to the Cup Semifinal
	Teams advanced to the Plate Semifinal
	Teams advanced to the Bowl Semifinal

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
England	5	5	0	0	130	40	+90	15
Italy	5	4	0	1	94	46	+48	13
France	5	3	0	2	73	46	+27	11
Netherlands	5	1	1	3	64	97	–33	8
Romania	5	1	0	4	38	120	–82	7
Georgia	5	0	1	4	33	83	–50	6

9 July 2011	England	26–7	Netherlands

9 July 2011	Italy	14–7	France

9 July 2011	Romania	12–7	Georgia

9 July 2011	England	20–7	France

9 July 2011	Netherlands	14–14	Georgia

9 July 2011	Italy	27–12	Romania

9 July 2011	France	12–0	Georgia

9 July 2011	England	22–12	Italy

9 July 2011	Netherlands	31–7	Romania

9 July 2011	England	33–7	Georgia

9 July 2011	France	26–0	Romania

9 July 2011	Italy	29–0	Netherlands

9 July 2011	England	29–7	Romania

9 July 2011	Italy	12–5	Georgia

9 July 2011	France	21–12	Netherlands

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Portugal	5	4	0	1	88	39	+49	13
Russia	5	4	0	1	108	40	+68	13
Spain	5	3	0	2	121	29	+92	11
Ukraine	5	2	0	3	46	89	+43	9
Moldova	5	1	0	4	47	177	–118	7
Wales	5	1	0	4	62	110	–48	7

9 July 2011	Portugal	28–0	Moldova

9 July 2011	Russia	17–7	Wales

9 July 2011	Spain	29–0	Ukraine

9 July 2011	Portugal	22–5	Wales

9 July 2011	Spain	40–0	Moldova

9 July 2011	Russia	27–7	Ukraine

9 July 2011	Spain	35–0	Wales

9 July 2011	Portugal	21–12	Russia

9 July 2011	Ukraine	14–7	Moldova

9 July 2011	Portugal	17–12	Spain

9 July 2011	Wales	31–15	Ukraine

9 July 2011	Russia	45–0	Moldova

9 July 2011	Ukraine	10–0	Portugal

9 July 2011	Russia	12–5	Spain

9 July 2011	Moldova	21–19	Wales

Knockout stage

Bowl

	Semi-finals				Final
	10 July 2011
	Romania	0
					10 July 2011
	Wales	35
					Wales	33
	10 July 2011
					Georgia	19
	Moldova	5
	Georgia	24
					Eleventh Place
					10 July 2011
					Romania	17
					Moldova	12

Plate

	Semi-finals				Final
	10 July 2011
	France	12
					10 July 2011
	Ukraine	14
					Ukraine	0
	10 July 2011
					Spain	24
	Spain	36
	Netherlands	0
					Seventh Place
					10 July 2011
					France	28
					Netherlands	21

Cup

	Semi-finals				Final
	10 July 2011
	England	14
					10 July 2011
	Russia	17
					Russia	7
	10 July 2011
					Italy	5
	Portugal	7
	Italy	12
					Third Place
					10 July 2011
					England	19
					Portugal	22

Bucharest

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Portugal	14–10	Spain	France (Third)  Russia
Plate	England	29–7	Georgia	Italy (Seventh)  Wales
Bowl	Ukraine	17–14	Romania	Netherlands (Eleventh)  Moldova

Pool Stage

Key to colours in group tables
	Teams that advanced to the Cup Semifinal
	Teams advanced to the Plate Semifinal
	Teams advanced to the Bowl Semifinal

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Spain	5	5	0	0	149	21	+128	15
Russia*	5	3	0	2	106	76	+30	11
England*	5	3	0	2	142	62	+80	11
Wales	5	2	1	2	102	105	–3	10
Netherlands	5	1	1	3	52	145	–93	8
Moldova	5	0	0	5	22	164	–142	5

* Head-to-Head Russia beat England

16 July 2011	Russia	26–0	Moldova

16 July 2011	Spain	26–0	Netherlands

16 July 2011	England	33–17	Wales

16 July 2011	Spain	40–14	Russia

16 July 2011	England	42–0	Moldova

16 July 2011	Netherlands	24–24	Wales

16 July 2011	Spain	24–0	England

16 July 2011	Russia	31–0	Netherlands

16 July 2011	Wales	33–10	Moldova

16 July 2011	Russia	21–15	England

16 July 2011	Spain	24–7	Wales

16 July 2011	Netherlands	28–12	Moldova

16 July 2011	Wales	21–14	Russia

16 July 2011	England	52–0	Netherlands

16 July 2011	Spain	35–0	Moldova

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Portugal	5	4	0	1	135	49	+86	13
France	5	4	0	1	95	59	+36	13
Georgia	5	3	0	2	66	61	+5	11
Italy	5	2	0	3	36	87	–51	9
Romania	5	2	0	3	68	87	–19	9
Ukraine	5	0	0	5	45	102	–57	5

16 July 2011	Italy	7–0	Romania

16 July 2011	France	14–5	Ukraine

16 July 2011	Portugal	14–5	Georgia

16 July 2011	Italy	17–12	Ukraine

16 July 2011	Romania	21–19	Portugal

16 July 2011	France	21–14	Georgia

16 July 2011	Portugal	31–14	Ukraine

16 July 2011	France	20–5	Italy

16 July 2011	Georgia	21–12	Romania

16 July 2011	Portugal	36–7	Italy

16 July 2011	Georgia	12–7	Ukraine

16 July 2011	France	33–12	Romania

16 July 2011	Georgia	19–0	Italy

16 July 2011	Portugal	28–7	France

16 July 2011	Romania	28–7	Ukraine

Knockout stage

Bowl

	Semi-finals				Final
	17 July 2011
	Netherlands	0
					17 July 2011
	Ukraine	17
					Ukraine	17
	17 July 2011
					Romania	14
	Romania	26
	Moldova	10
					Eleventh Place
					17 July 2011
					Netherlands	28
					Moldova	5

Plate

	Semi-finals				Final
	17 July 2011
	England	31
					17 July 2011
	Italy	17
					England	29
	17 July 2011
					Georgia	7
	Georgia	26
	Wales	5
					Seventh Place
					17 July 2011
					Italy	14
					Wales	5

Cup

	Semi-finals				Final
	17 July 2011
	Spain	19
					17 July 2011
	France	12
					Spain	10
	17 July 2011
					Portugal	14
	Portugal	19
	Russia	7
					Third Place
					17 July 2011
					France	7
					Russia	0

Player scoring

Most points

#	Name	Points
1	Christian Lewis-Pratt ( England)	191
2	Nick Royle ( England)	175
3	Ignacio Martin ( Spain)	166
4	Carl Murray ( Portugal)	127
5	Leon Koenen ( Netherlands)	126
6	Dimitry Perov ( Russia)	108
7	Justin James ( Wales)	96
8	Vitalii Krasnodemsky ( Ukraine)	93
-	Pedro Martin ( Spain)	93
10	Paul Albaladejo ( France)	90

Most tries

#	Name	Tries
1	Nick Royle ( England)	35
2	Pablo Feijoo ( Spain)	17
3	Duarte Moreira ( Portugal)	16
4	Vitalii Krasnodemsky ( Ukraine)	15
-	Pedro Martin ( Spain)	15
6	Fabrizio Sepe ( Italy)	14
7	Daniel Norton ( England)	13
-	Carl Murray ( Portugal)	13
-	John Brake ( England)	13
-	Irakli Genenava ( Georgia)	13
-	Ignacio Martin ( Spain)	13
-	Giorgi Kalmakhelidze ( Georgia)	13

New entries in 2012

Because if its victory in Division A, Germany will play in Sevens Grand Prix Series in 2012. Scotland will also enter the competition in 2012. Romania and Moldova will play in Division A

References

1. Euro Sevens: X Lyon, France 18 June 2011 - 19 June 2011 retrieved from Rugby7.com archive
2. Euro Sevens X Moscow, Russia, 25 June 2011 - 26 June 2011 retrieved from Rugby7.com archive
3. Euro Sevens X Barcelona, Spain, 9 July 2011 - 10 July 2011 retrieved from Rugby7.com archive
4. Euro Sevens X Bucharest, Romania, 16 July 2011 - 17 July 2011 retrieved from Rugby7.com archive

External links

• FIRA-AER Official Website
• Page of the competition
• Rugby Europe Sevens: Rugby7.com