Romania national rugby sevens team

The Romania national rugby sevens team has competed in the Rugby World Cup Sevens and World Rugby Sevens Series but not yet in the Summer Olympic Games. They are currently competing in the European Sevens Championship.

Romania

Union	Federaţia Română de Rugby
Nickname(s)	Stejarii (The Oaks)
Coach(es)	Danie de Villiers
Captain(s)	Daniel Carpo
Team kit Change kit
World Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 1993)
Best result	(13th place) (1997)

Tournament history

Summer Olympics

Olympic Games
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2016	Did Not Qualify
Total	0 Titles	0/1	-	-	-	-

Rugby World Cup Sevens

World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
1993	Group Stage	17th	5	1	4	0
1997	Plate Quarterfinals	13st	5	1	4	0
2001	Did Not Qualify
2005
2009
2013
2018	Did Not Enter
Total	0 Titles	2/7	10	2	8	0

Results

2018 European Sevens Trophy[1]

Zagreb

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Romania	3	2	1	0	86	17	+69	7
Lithuania	3	2	1	0	83	31	+52	7
Hungary	3	1	0	2	26	57	–31	5
Cyprus	3	0	0	3	19	109	–90	3

7 June 2018	Romania	24–0	Hungary
11:44

7 June 2018	Lithuania	45–7	Cyprus
12:06

7 June 2018	Romania	45–0	Cyprus
14:29

7 June 2018	Lithuania	21–7	Hungary
14:51

7 June 2018	Cyprus	12–19	Hungary
17:14

7 June 2018	Romania	17–17	Lithuania
17:36

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	9 June 2018 – 10:00
	Belgium	26
					9 June 2018 – 13:59
	Croatia	7
					Belgium	7
	9 June 2018 – 11:06
					Lithuania	17
	Lithuania	17
									9 June 2018 – 18:15
	Ukraine	7
									Lithuania	26
	9 June 2018 – 10:22
									Romania	31
	Romania	27
					9 June 2018 – 14:21
	Luxembourg	14
					Romania	26
	9 June 2018 – 10:44
					Israel	12			Third place
	Denmark	7
									9 June 2018 – 17:14
	Israel	10
									Belgium	22
									Israel	7

Šiauliai

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Luxembourg	3	1	2	0	46	44	+2	7
Romania	3	2	0	1	93	24	+69	7
Latvia	3	1	1	1	53	55	–2	6
Ukraine	3	0	1	2	5	74	–69	4

30 June 2018	Romania	38–0	Latvia
9:00

30 June 2018	Ukraine	5–5	Luxembourg
9:22

30 June 2018	Romania	22–24	Luxembourg
11:45

30 June 2018	Ukraine	0–36	Latvia
12:07

30 June 2018	Romania	33–0	Ukraine
14:30

30 June 2018	Luxembourg	17–17	Latvia
14:52

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	1 July 2018 – 9:00
	Luxembourg	0
					1 July 2018 – 12:59
	Denmark	34
					Denmark	7
	1 July 2018 – 10:06
					Belgium	14
	Croatia	14
									1 July 2018 – 15:52
	Belgium	17
									Belgium	5
	1 July 2018 – 9:22
									Romania	35
	Lithuania	12
					1 July 2018 – 13:21
	Latvia	14
					Latvia	0
	1 July 2018 – 9:44
					Romania	40			Third place
	Israel	10
									1 July 2018 – 16:14
	Romania	17
									Denmark	10
									Latvia	38

Standings

Legend
Promoted to the 2019 Grand Prix series
Relegated to 2019 Conference 1

Rank	Team	Zagreb	Šiauliai	Points
	Romania	20	20	40
	Belgium	16	18	34
	Lithuania	18	12	30
4	Denmark	12	14	26
5	Israel	14	8	22
6	Luxembourg	8	10	18
7	Latvia	1	16	17
8	Ukraine	10	3	13
9	Croatia	6	6	12
10	Bulgaria	4	2	6
11	Hungary	2	4	6
12	Cyprus	3	1	4

2019 European Sevens Grand Prix[2]

Moscow

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
France	3	3	0	0	97	33	+64	9
Ireland	3	2	0	1	69	52	+17	7
Italy	3	1	0	2	45	66	–21	5
Romania	3	0	0	3	19	79	–60	3

22 June 2019 11:00

Ireland	29–0	Romania

Referee: Finlay Brown (Scotland)

22 June 2019 11:22

France	33–7	Italy

Referee: Georgii Kopp (Russia)

22 June 2019 13:45

Ireland	26–14	Italy

Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France)

22 June 2019 14:07

France	26–12	Romania

Referee: Andrea Spadoni (Italy)

22 June 2019 16:30

Ireland	14–38	France

Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)

22 June 2019 16:52

Italy	24–7	Romania

Referee: George Selwood (England)

9th Place

	Semi-finals				Ninth place
	23 June 2019 – 12:28
	Russia	34
					23 June 2019 – 16:05
	Poland	17
					Russia	14
	23 June 2019 – 12:50
					Georgia	0
	Romania	19
	Georgia	24
					Eleventh place
					23 June 2019 – 15:43
					Poland	21
					Romania	19

Łódź

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Luxembourg	3	1	2	0	46	44	+2	7
Romania	3	2	0	1	93	24	+69	7
Latvia	3	1	1	1	53	55	–2	6
Ukraine	3	0	1	2	5	74	–69	4

30 June 2018	Romania	38–0	Latvia
9:00

30 June 2018	Ukraine	5–5	Luxembourg
9:22

30 June 2018	Romania	22–24	Luxembourg
11:45

30 June 2018	Ukraine	0–36	Latvia
12:07

30 June 2018	Romania	33–0	Ukraine
14:30

30 June 2018	Luxembourg	17–17	Latvia
14:52

9th Place

	Semi-finals				Ninth place
	23 June 2019 – 12:28
	Russia	34
					23 June 2019 – 16:05
	Poland	17
					Russia	14
	23 June 2019 – 12:50
					Georgia	0
	Romania	19
	Georgia	24
					Eleventh place
					23 June 2019 – 15:43
					Poland	21
					Romania	19

Standings

Legend
Green fill	Qualified to the 2020 Hong Kong Sevens
Blue fill	Already a core team for 2019–2020 World Rugby Sevens Series
Red fill	Relegated to the 2020 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy
Blue bar	Qualified for the 2019 Rugby Europe Sevens Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Rank	Team	Moscow	Łódź	Points
	France	20		20
	Ireland	18		18
	England	16		16
4	Germany	14		14
5	Wales	12		12
6	Spain	10		10
7	Portugal	8		8
8	Italy	6		6
9	Russia	4		4
10	Georgia	3		3
11	Poland	2		2
12	Romania	1		1

Current Squad[3]

1. Tangimana Fonovai
2. Alexandru Țiglă
3. Răzvan Berbece
4. Jack Umaga
5. Johnny Sola
6. Paul Popoaia
7. Daniel Carpo
8. Cosmin Iliuță
9. Ionuț Botezatu
10. Ionuț Donici
11. Vlăduț Zaharia
12. Marian Ispir
13. Dragoș Ser
14. Lama Sioeli

Staff

Name	Nationality	Role
Daniel Carpo	ROU	Manager
Danie de Villiers	RSA	Head coach
Fili Lomani	ROU	Assistant coach
Villiami Moala	NZL	Assistant coach
James de Lacey	NZL	Fitness Coach
Alin Grigoraş	ROU	Kineotherapist

See also

• Rugby union in Romania

External links

• (in Romanian) Official website

References

1. "2018 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy". Rugby Europe. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
2. "2019 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series". Rugby Europe. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
3. [https://frr.ro/2019/07/08/romania-7s-a-reluat-pregatirea-pentru-cea-de-a-doua-etapa-a-grand-prix-series-de-la-lodz/ / This is Romania 7`s squad for the 2019 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series, București, 8 July 2019. Retrieved on 13 July 2019.]