Italy national rugby sevens team
| Union | Italian Rugby Federation | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Gli Azzurri (The Blues) | ||
| Coach(es) | Matteo Mazzantini | ||
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| World Cup Sevens | |||
| Appearances | 3 (First in 1993) | ||
| Best result | 17th 1993, 2005 | ||
The Italy national rugby sevens team has occasionally competed in the IRB Sevens World Series since the series' was introduced in 1999, although they do not participate in every leg. Their first (and currently only) ever points in the World Series came in 2003, when they scored four points in the Cardiff leg of the series. Italy also competes in the Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series each summer.
Italy also plays qualifying matches for two quadrennial tournaments—the Rugby World Cup Sevens and the Summer Olympics. Italy has participated in the Sevens World Cup multiple times, but has not qualified for the Olympics.
Tournament history[edit]
Rugby World Cup Sevens[edit]
| Rugby World Cup Sevens Record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D | |||
 1993
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Pool Stage | 17th | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
 1997
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Did not qualify | ||||||||
 2001
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 2005
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Bowl Winner | 17th | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |||
 2009
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Bowl Quarter-Finals | 21st | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
 2013
|
Did not qualify | ||||||||
 2018
| |||||||||
| Total | 0 Titles | 3/7 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 1 | |||
Sevens Grand Prix Series[edit]
| Rugby Europe Sevens Record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | |||||||
 2002
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Not played | ||||||||
| 2003
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Pool Stage | N.C. | |||||||
 2004
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Runners-Up | 2nd | |||||||
| 2005
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Third Place | 3rd | |||||||
| 2006
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Third Place | 3rd | |||||||
| 2007
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Sixth Place | 6th | |||||||
| 2008
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Fifth Place | 5th | |||||||
| 2009
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Third Place | 3rd | |||||||
| 2010
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Seventh Place | 7th | |||||||
 2011
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Seventh Place | 7th | |||||||
| 2012
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Ninth Place | 9th | |||||||
  2013
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Fifth Place | 5th | |||||||
| 2014
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Eleventh Place | 11th | |||||||
| 2015
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Eleventh Place | 11th | |||||||
| 2016
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Sixth Place | 6th | |||||||
| 2017
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Tenth Place | 10th | |||||||
| 2018
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Seventh Place | 7th | |||||||
 2019
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Fifth Place | 5th | |||||||
| 2020
|
Not played | ||||||||
 2021
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Seventh Place | 7th | |||||||
| 2022
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Fifth Place | 5th | |||||||
| 2023
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Eighth Place | 8th | |||||||
World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series[edit]
| World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series Record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | |||||||
  2020
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Ninth Place | 9th | |||||||
| 2022
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did not Qualify | ||||||||
 2023
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Seventh Place | 7th | |||||||
Current squad[edit]
Squad to the 2023 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series:[1]
- Francesco Bonavolontà (Lazio)
- Lorenzo Maria Bruno (Lyons Piacenza)
- Nicholas Bordin (Rugby Badia 1981)*
- Massimo Cioffi (Petrarca Padova)
- Alessio Crea (Viadana)*
- Federico Cuminetti (Lyons Piacenza)
- Paul Marie Forncelli (Rangers Vicenza)**
- Alessandro Fusco (Zebre Parma)**
- Simone Gesi (Zebre Parma)**
- Riccardo Ghelli (Rovigo Delta)
- Christian Lai (Fiamme Oro)
- Matteo Meggiato (Rovigo Delta)
- Lorenzo Pani (Zebre Parma)**
- Marco Scalabrin (Benetton Academy)*
- Tito Tebaldi (Petrarca Padova)**
- Gian Luca Tomaselli (Fiamme Oro)*
- Flavio Pio Vaccari (Calvisano)
* Only for German round
** Only for Polish round
Squad to the 2023 European Games:[2]
- Francesco Bonavolontà (Lazio)
- Lorenzo Maria Bruno (Lyons Piacenza)
- Massimo Cioffi (Petrarca Padova)
- Federico Cuminetti (Lyons Piacenza)
- Paul Marie Forncelli (Rangers Vicenza)
- Alessandro Fusco (Zebre Parma)
- Alessandro Garbisi (Benetton)
- Riccardo Ghelli (Rovigo Delta)
- Christian Lai (Fiamme Oro)
- Matteo Meggiato (Benetton)
- Lorenzo Pani (Zebre Parma)
- Tito Tebaldi (Petrarca Padova)
- Flavio Pio Vaccari (Calvisano)
See also[edit]
- Italy national rugby union team
- Italy women's national rugby sevens team
- Rugby World Cup Sevens
- World Rugby Sevens Series
- Sevens Grand Prix Series
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- Federazione Italiana Rugby official site
- "France and Italy win in Europe". irbsevens.com. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-05-28.
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