# Portugal national rugby sevens team

The Portugal national rugby sevens team played for the first time in 1992, at the Catania Sevens, World Cup 1993 European Qualifier. The team plays in competitions such as the World Sevens Series, the European Sevens Grand Prix Series and the Rugby World Cup Sevens. Portugal has a record of eight European titles—in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2011—although Portugal has not made the semifinals since 2012. Pedro Leal and Gonçalo Foro are two notable sevens players.

## World Rugby Sevens Series

Portugal were a core team at the World Rugby Sevens Series beginning with the 2012–13 season, but finished last among core teams in the 2015-16 World Series and were relegated. Since then, Portugal has not been in contention for promotion back to the World Series; their performance in the Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix has not been sufficiently strong for Portugal to reach the Hong Kong Sevens qualifying tournament.
Portugal competed at the 2024 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series in Dubai. They finished tenth after losing to Uganda in the ninth place playoff. They finished tenth in the overall Challenger Series.

## Tournament history
### Summer Olympics

Portugal has not qualified for the Summer Olympics.

### Rugby World Cup Sevens

Rugby World Cup Sevens Record :
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D |
| 1993 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1997 | Bowl Quarterfinalist | 21st | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | Bowl Finalist | 18th | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 2005 | Plate Finalist | 10th | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2009 | Plate Semifinalist | 11th | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2013 | Plate Quarterfinalist | 13th | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2022 | 21st Place Final | 22nd | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 0 Titles | 6/8 | 34 | 11 | 22 | 1 |

### World Rugby Sevens Series

* 1999–00: did not compete
* 2000–01: 14th
* 2001–02: 16th
* 2002–03: 20th
* 2003–04: 15th
* 2004–05: 13th
* 2005–06: 13th
* 2006–07: 15th
* 2007–08: 14th
* 2008–09: 12th
* 2009–10: did not compete
* 2010–11: 13th
* 2011–12: 15th
* 2012–13: 14th
* 2013–14: 14th
* 2014–15: 14th
* 2015–16: 16th (relegated)
* 2016–17: did not compete

### World Games

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2001 Akita | Fiji | Australia | New Zealand |
| 2005 Duisburg | Fiji | South Africa | Argentina |
| 2009 Kaohsiung | Fiji | Portugal | South Africa |

### Sevens Grand Prix Series

Grand Prix record :
| Year | Round | Position |
| 2002 | Champions | 1st |
| 2003 | Champions | 1st |
| 2004 | Champions | 1st |
| 2005 | Champions | 1st |
| 2006 | Champions | 1st |
| 2007 | Sixth Place | 6th |
| 2008 | Champions | 1st |
| 2009 | Fifth Place | 5th |
| 2010 | Champions | 1st |
| 2011 | Champions | 1st |
| 2012 | Runners-up | 2nd |
| 2013 | Fifth Place | 5th |
| 2014 | Ninth Place | 9th |
| 2015 | Sixth Place | 6th |
| 2016 | | |
| 2017 | | |
| Total | 8 Titles | 14/14 |

## Players

Squad for the 2024 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series in Dubai.
| No. | Players |
| 1 | Duarte Moreira |
| 6 | Manuel Fati |
| 7 | Diogo Rodrigues |
| 8 | José Lima |
| 9 | Guilherme Vasconcelos |
| 10 | José Santos |
| 11 | João Vaz Antunes |
| 12 | Fábio Conceição |
| 15 | Antonio Monteiro |
| 19 | Vasco Silva |
| 20 | Frederico Couto |
| 23 | Vasco Correia |

### Notable players

* Adérito Esteves
* Pedro Leal