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2017 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series
Hosts	Russia  Poland  France  England
Date	3 June – 16 July
Final positions
Champions	Russia
Runners-up	Ireland
Third	Spain
Series details
Top try scorer	Jordan Conroy (17)
Top point scorer	Billy Dardis (100)
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The 2017 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix served as a European qualifier not only for the 2018 Hong Kong Sevens qualifier tournament, but for two bids among the teams not already qualified for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens.

Schedule

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	Third
3–4 June	Moscow	Ireland	Spain	Russia
10–11 June	Łódź	Russia	Spain	Ireland
1–2 July	Clermont-Ferrand	Ireland	Russia	Spain
15–16 July	Exeter	Russia	Wales	Ireland

Standings

The 2017 Grand Prix Series serves as a qualifying event for two other tournaments:

• The three highest ranked European teams (other than the five teams below marked with a "C" that are not already core teams in the Sevens World Series) will qualify to the 2018 Hong Kong Sevens, with a chance to qualify for the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series.
• The top two teams (other than the three teams marked with a "Q" that already qualified) will qualify for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens.

Rank	Team	2018 HK 7s	2018 RWC 7s	Moscow	Łódź	Clermont-Ferrand	Exeter	Points
	Russia	C	1	16	20	18	20	74
	Ireland	1	2	20	16	20	16	72
	Spain	C	-	18	18	16	6	58
4	Wales	C	Q	3	14	12	18	47
5	Germany	2	-	8	12	14	8	42
6	France	C	Q	12	8	10	4	34
7	Georgia	3	-	6	6	6	12	30
8	Portugal	-	-	10	2	1	14	27
9	England	C	Q	4	10	3	10	27
10	Italy	-	-	14	4	4	3	25
11	Belgium	-	-	2	3	8	2	15
12	Poland*	-	-	1	1	2	1	5

• Poland cannot be relegated due to being a host nation.

Moscow

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Ireland	12–0	Spain	Russia (Third)  Italy
5th Place	France	33–21	Portugal	Germany (Seventh)  Georgia
Challenge Trophy	England	21–17	Wales	Belgium (Eleventh)  Poland

Łódź

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Russia	24–19 a.e.t.	Spain	Ireland (Third)  Wales
5th Place	Germany	29–26	England	France (Seventh)  Georgia
Challenge Trophy	Italy	21–17	Belgium	Portugal (Eleventh)  Poland

Clermont-Ferrand

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Ireland	17–14	Russia	Spain (Third)  Germany
5th Place	Wales	24–15	France	Belgium (Seventh)  Georgia
Challenge Trophy	Italy	26–12	England	Poland (Eleventh)  Portugal

Exeter

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Russia	17–10	Wales	Ireland (Third)  Portugal
5th Place	Georgia	17–12	England	Germany (Seventh)  Spain
Challenge Trophy	France	24–21	Italy	Belgium (Eleventh)  Poland

See also

• 2017 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Championships
• 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens qualifying – Men

References

1. "Planning Rugby Europe Competitions 2017" (PDF). Rugby Europe. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2016.
2. ^ "Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 qualification process". World Rugby. 9 September 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.

• 2017 Rugby Europe Men's Sevens Championships
• Rugby Europe Sevens
• 2017 rugby sevens competitions
• 2017 in European sport