Spain national rugby sevens team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Spain women's national rugby sevens team.

Spain
UnionSpanish Rugby Federation
Coach(es)Francisco Hernández
Captain(s)Pol Pla
Top scorerFrancisco Hernández (449)
Most triesPol Pla (50)
Team kit
Change kit

Spain's national rugby sevens team is one of 15 core teams participating in all ten tournaments of the World Rugby Sevens Series,[1] 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.[2] 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.[3][4][5]

The team also competes annually in Rugby Europe's Sevens Grand Prix Series tournament.[6]

  1. ^ "About HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series". Worldrugby.org. 13 November 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  2. ^ IRB.com, Spain Sevens all set for Series challenge[usurped], 25 September 2012
  3. ^ "Spain upsets Samoa to qualify for Rio 2016". blitzbokke.com. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Rio 2016: Spain qualify for Olympic sevens rugby with dramatic win over Samoa". BBC. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Spain pip Samoa to Rio 7s spot". Stuff.co.nz. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  6. ^ "2018 – Men 7s Grand Prix Series". RugbyEurope.eu. Rugby Europe. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.