2017 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series
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The 2017 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix[1] served as a European qualifier not only for the 2018 Hong Kong Sevens qualifier tournament, but for two bids among the teams not already qualified for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens.[2]
Schedule
Standings
| Notes | Legend |
|---|---|
| 1, 2, 3 | Top three qualify to 2018 Hong Kong Sevens |
| 1, 2 | Top two qualify to 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens |
| Relegated to Trophy for 2018 |
The 2017 Grand Prix Series serves as a qualifying event for two other tournaments:
- The three highest ranked European teams (other than the five teams below marked with a "C" that are not already core teams in the Sevens World Series) will qualify to the 2018 Hong Kong Sevens, with a chance to qualify for the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series.
- The top two teams (other than the three teams marked with a "Q" that already qualified) will qualify for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens.[2]
| Rank | Team | 2018 HK 7s | 2018 RWC 7s | Moscow | Łódź | Clermont-Ferrand | Exeter | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  Russia | C | 1 | 16 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 74 |
 |  Ireland | 1 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 72 |
 |  Spain | C | - | 18 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 58 |
| 4 |  Wales | C | Q | 3 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 47 |
| 5 |  Germany | 2 | - | 8 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 42 |
| 6 |  France | C | Q | 12 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 34 |
| 7 |  Georgia | 3 | - | 6 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 30 |
| 8 |  Portugal | - | - | 10 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 27 |
| 9 |  England | C | Q | 4 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 27 |
| 10 |  Italy | - | - | 14 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 25 |
| 11 |  Belgium | - | - | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 15 |
| 12 |  Poland* | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
- Poland cannot be relegated due to being a host nation.