The 2022 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Championship Series will be the 2022 edition of

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's annual rugby sevens season. Ten participating nations will compete in two legs, in

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, Portugal, and

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, Poland. There was a separate 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens European Qualifier event held in

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in July.

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and

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were both scheduled to participate, however, following the

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, the

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Executive Council barred the

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and Ukraine withdrew. Both

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and

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, who were due to be relegated to the 2022 Trophy tournament as a punishment for not fielding teams in the previous 2021 Championship competition, were awarded the places vacated by Russia and Ukraine.

Schedule

Teams

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Standings

First leg – Lisbon

Pool stage

Pool A

Pool B

Ranking Games

Final

3rd-place play-off

5th-place play-off

7th-place play-off

9th-place play-off

Results

Second leg – Kraków

Pool stage

Pool A

Pool B

Knockout stage

9th-10th playoff

5th–8th playoffs

1st-4th playoffs

Results

References

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