Portugal national rugby sevens team

Portugal
Union	Federação Portuguesa de Rugby
Nickname(s)	The Lobos (The Wolves)
Coach(es)	Frederico Sousa
Team kit	Change kit
First international
	Portugal 6 - 24 Namibia ; (Catania, Italy; 1992-05-27)
Largest win
	Hungary 0 - 82 Portugal ; (Sopot, Poland; 2009-05-16)
Largest defeat
	Fiji 59 - 0 Portugal ; (Hong Kong, China; 1997-03-21)
World Cup Sevens
Appearances	5 (First in 1997)
Best result	10th place, 2005

The Portugal national rugby sevens team represents Portugal in international rugby sevens. The team played for the first time in 1992, at the Catania Sevens, World Cup 1993 European Qualifier.^{[citation needed]} The team plays in competitions such as the World Sevens Series, the European Rugby Cup Sevens and the Rugby World Cup Sevens. Portugal has a record of eight European titles out of ten editions disputed, in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2011.^{[citation needed]} Pedro Leal and Gonçalo Foro are two notable sevens players.

Sevens World Series

Portugal has been a core team at the World Rugby Sevens World Series each year since the 2012–13 season.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2001 Akita^[1]	Fiji	Australia	New Zealand
2005 Duisburg	Fiji	South Africa	Argentina
2009 Kaohsiung^[2]	Fiji	Portugal	South Africa

Portugal playing Romania, 2008

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Awards
Preceded by Portugal national rugby union team	Portuguese Team of the Year 2008	Succeeded by Portugal national under-23 triathlon team

v t e World Rugby Sevens Series
Seasons	1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2021 2021–22 2022–23
2022–23 events	Hong Kong (2 events) Dubai South Africa New Zealand Australia United States Canada Singapore France England
Former events	Argentina Chile China Fiji Japan Malaysia Scotland Spain Uruguay Wales
Current stadiums	Hong Kong Stadium The Sevens Cape Town Stadium FMG Stadium Waikato Allianz Stadium Dignity Health Sports Park BC Place National Stadium Singapore Twickenham Stadium
Related articles	Sevens Challenger Series Olympic Sevens Rugby World Cup Sevens

v t e National rugby sevens teams
World Rugby Sevens Series core teams	Argentina Australia Canada England Fiji France Kenya New Zealand Portugal Russia Samoa Scotland South Africa United States Wales
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Defunct	Arabian Gulf Czechoslovakia East Germany West Germany USSR Yugoslavia

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