2015 Rugby Europe Men's Sevens Championships
| 2015 Rugby Europe Men's Sevens Championships | |
|---|---|
| Host nations |
 Russia France England
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| Date | 6 June - 12 July |
| Nations | 12 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
France
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| Runners-up |
 Spain
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| Third |
England
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| Series details | |
| Matches played | 102 |
| Tries scored | 525 (average 5.147 per match) |
| Top point scorer | Terry, Bouhraoua France - 184 |
| Top try scorer | Julien, Candelon France; Denis, Simplikevich Russia - 17 |
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The 2015 Rugby Europe Men's Sevens Championships, also known as the 2015 Sevens Grand Prix Series, is an Olympic qualification tournament for Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics which will be held over three legs in the cities of Moscow, Lyon and Exeter. The top team will qualify directly to the Olympic Games, whereas the runner-up will qualify to the Final Olympic Qualification Tournament in 2016.
France won the 2015 Rugby Europe Men's Sevens Championship, and qualified directly to the 2016 Summer Olympics. Spain finished second and qualified directly to the Final 2016 Men's Olympic Qualification Tournament avoiding the Rugby Europe Repechage Tournament
Poland won the A Division Tournament and was promoted to the Top Division for the 2016 Competition. They will replace Romania who was Relegated from the Top Division to Division A for the 2016 Competition.
Ireland won the B Division Tournament and was promoted to Division A along with runner-up Serbia for the 2016 Competition. They will replace Hungary and either Denmark or Sweden (Tiebreaker TBD) who were both Relegated from Division A to Division B for the 2016 Competition.
Due to Olympic Qualification procedures, Relegation for Division C will be determined prior to next year based on the number of countries who enter.
Russia won the European repechage tournament and qualified for the Final Olympic Qualification Tournament in 2016 along with runner-up Germany and third place Ireland.
Note Russia finishes above Germany due to tiebreaker of highest single tournament finish.
Note Tiebreaker for Sweden and Denmark for Relegation TBD
July 18–19, 2015
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