Italy national rugby sevens team

Italy

Union	Italian Rugby Federation
Nickname(s)	Gli Azzurri (The Blues)
Coach(es)	Matteo Mazzantini
Team kit Change kit
World Cup Sevens
Appearances	3 (First in 1993)
Best result	17th 1993, 2005

The Italy national rugby sevens team has occasionally competed in the IRB Sevens World Series since the series' was introduced in 1999, although they do not participate in every leg. Their first (and currently only) ever points in the World Series came in 2003, when they scored four points in the Cardiff leg of the series. Italy also competes in the Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series each summer.

Italy also plays qualifying matches for two quadrennial tournaments—the Rugby World Cup Sevens and the Summer Olympics. Italy has participated in the Sevens World Cup multiple times, but has not qualified for the Olympics.

Tournament history

Rugby World Cup Sevens

Rugby World Cup Sevens Record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
1993	Pool Stage	17th	5	1	4	0
1997	Did not qualify
2001
2005	Bowl Winner	17th	8	3	4	1
2009	Bowl Quarter-Finals	21st	4	1	3	0
2013	Did not qualify
2018
Total	0 Titles	3/7	17	5	11	1

Sevens Grand Prix Series

Rugby Europe Sevens Record
Year	Round	Position
2002	Not played
2003	Pool Stage	N.C.
2004	Runners-Up	2nd
2005	Third Place	3rd
2006	Third Place	3rd
2007	Sixth Place	6th
2008	Fifth Place	5th
2009	Third Place	3rd
2010	Seventh Place	7th
2011	Seventh Place	7th
2012	Ninth Place	9th
2013	Fifth Place	5th
2014	Eleventh Place	11th
2015	Eleventh Place	11th
2016	Sixth Place	6th
2017	Tenth Place	10th
2018	Seventh Place	7th
2019	Fifth Place	5th
2020	Not played
2021	Seventh Place	7th
2022	Fifth Place	5th
2023	Eighth Place	8th

World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series

World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series Record
Year	Round	Position
2020	Ninth Place	9th
2022	did not Qualify
2023	Seventh Place	7th

Current squad

Squad to the 2023 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series:^[1]

• Francesco Bonavolontà (Lazio)
• Lorenzo Maria Bruno (Lyons Piacenza)
• Nicholas Bordin (Rugby Badia 1981)*
• Massimo Cioffi (Petrarca Padova)
• Alessio Crea (Viadana)*
• Federico Cuminetti (Lyons Piacenza)
• Paul Marie Forncelli (Rangers Vicenza)**
• Alessandro Fusco (Zebre Parma)**
• Simone Gesi (Zebre Parma)**
• Riccardo Ghelli (Rovigo Delta)
• Christian Lai (Fiamme Oro)
• Matteo Meggiato (Rovigo Delta)
• Lorenzo Pani (Zebre Parma)**
• Marco Scalabrin (Benetton Academy)*
• Tito Tebaldi (Petrarca Padova)**
• Gian Luca Tomaselli (Fiamme Oro)*
• Flavio Pio Vaccari (Calvisano)

* Only for German round
** Only for Polish round

Squad to the 2023 European Games:^[2]

• Francesco Bonavolontà (Lazio)
• Lorenzo Maria Bruno (Lyons Piacenza)
• Massimo Cioffi (Petrarca Padova)
• Federico Cuminetti (Lyons Piacenza)
• Paul Marie Forncelli (Rangers Vicenza)
• Alessandro Fusco (Zebre Parma)
• Alessandro Garbisi (Benetton)
• Riccardo Ghelli (Rovigo Delta)
• Christian Lai (Fiamme Oro)
• Matteo Meggiato (Benetton)
• Lorenzo Pani (Zebre Parma)
• Tito Tebaldi (Petrarca Padova)
• Flavio Pio Vaccari (Calvisano)

See also

• Italy national rugby union team
• Italy women's national rugby sevens team
• Rugby World Cup Sevens
• World Rugby Sevens Series
• Sevens Grand Prix Series

References

External links

• Federazione Italiana Rugby official site
• "France and Italy win in Europe". irbsevens.com. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-05-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)