2012 Sevens Grand Prix Series
| 2012 Sevens Grand Prix Series | |
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| Host nations |
 France Russia Denmark
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| Date | 2 June 2012 - 8 July 2012 |
| Nations | 16 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 England
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| Runners-up |
 Portugal
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| Series details | |
| Top try scorer |
Nick Royle,  Tom Williams (GPS 1) Williams Thomas (GPS 2) Duarte Moreira (GPS 3) |
2012 Sevens Grand Prix Series was the 11th round of the Sevens Grand Prix Series (formerly known as the European Sevens Championship) for rugby sevens organised by the FIRA – Association of European Rugby. The series was held in three phases (GPS 1-3)hosted by France (Lyon), Russia (Moscow) and Denmark (Odense). The tournament was won by France, who defeated Portugal 21–12 in the final. England, winner of the first two phases of the tournament, were considered to be favourites but eliminated by France in the quarter-finals. England were the overall champions of the tournament.
The top 12 teams in 2011 qualified for GPS 1 in Lyon. Team rankings after GPS 1 decided the standings for GPS 2 in Moscow, which decided rankings for GPS 3. For GPS 3, Denmark got direct 16th spot and three more teams from Division A promoted for the Grand Prix Series.
The twelve teams were divided into two pools (A and B), with six members each. Each of the teams played with the other members in its pool once and then the two top teams in each of the two pools moved over to semifinals, the winners of which played against each other in the finals.
Portugal and England succeeded to final. Portugal lost only one pool (pool A) match against France with a points difference of nil to 31, whilst English team did not lose a single match. In the semifinals, England played against fellow home nation Wales and Portugal faced Spanish team. The final of Grand Prix Series 1 was played in between England and Portugal on 3 June 2012, which was won 14–26 by England and thus won the first leg of the 2012 Sevens Grand Prix Series.
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