Spain national rugby sevens team


Spain's national rugby sevens team is one of 15 core teams participating in all ten tournaments of the World Rugby Sevens Series, 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. 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.
The team also competes annually in Rugby Europe's Sevens Grand Prix Series tournament.

Tournament history

Summer Olympic Games

Rugby World Cup Sevens

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.
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. 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.

Team

Current squad

Former squads

Player
Adam Newton
Inaki Villanueva
Javier Carrion
Javier de Juan
Matias Tudela
Jacobo Martin
Jaike Carter
Gauthier Minguillon
Francisco Hernandez
Angel Lopez
Glen Lewis Rolls
Pablo Fontes

PlayerNumber
Ignacio Martin1
Carlos Blanco2
Javier Canosa3
Pablo Feijóo 4
César Sempere5
Martín Heredia6
Pedro Martín7
Juan Cano8
Angel Lopez9
Matías Tudela10
Ryan Le Roux11
Marcus Poggi12

Coach

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, and was a member of the squad that defeated to secure a place in the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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.

2008 Hannover Sevens

Group A matches
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Portugal–26–1028–514–1245–538–0
Georgia––28–526–05–012–0
Spain–––26–227–2914–0
Germany––––17–1224–21
Russia–––––19–19
Romania––––––

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