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Andorra national rugby sevens team

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Andorra
UnionFederació Andorrana de Rugby
Nickname(s)Els Isards
Coach(es)Josep Marticella
Captain(s)Jonathan Garcia
Team kit
First international
Andorra Andorra 0 – 74 Romania 
(1 June 1996)
Largest win
Andorra Andorra 68 – 0 Norway 
(9 June 2006)
Largest defeat
Andorra Andorra 0 – 74 Romania 
(1 June 1996)

The Andorra national rugby sevens team is the official Andorra representative in international competitions of Rugby sevens. The team has played in fourteen International Sevens Tournaments (WC Qualifier 1996 (1 round), WC Qualifier 2000 (1 round), FIRA-AER 2003 Qualifiers (1 round), FIRA-AER 2004 Qualifiers (2 rounds), FIRA-AER 2005 Qualifiers (2 rounds), FIRA-AER 2006 Qualifiers (2 rounds) and Finals, FIRA-AER 2007 Qualifiers (2 rounds) and Finals, FIRA-AER 2008 Qualifiers). In FIRA-AER, each year a number of tournaments take place across Europe and each nation takes part in two tournaments to decide on a final 12. In 2007, Andorra were joint 12th with Croatia but qualified on a points difference. The FIRA-AER qualifiers have seen placings of 5th (5 times), 4th (1 time) and 3rd (2 times). Both appearances in the finals have seen 12th (last) but notable teams have failed to qualify.

Tournament history

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Rugby World Cup Sevens

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Andorra did not qualify for the 1997 and 2001 Rugby World Cup Sevens.

Rugby Europe Sevens

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FIRA-AER Qualifiers
Year Position
Spain 2003 5th
France 2004 5th
Georgia (country) 2004 8th
France 2005 5th
Andorra 2005 5th
Netherlands 2006 3rd
Spain 2006 3rd
Netherlands 2007 4th
Croatia 2007 5th
Greece 2008 4th
FIRA-AER Finals
Russia 2006 12th
Russia 2007 12th

See also

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Sources

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