Uruguay national rugby sevens team

Uruguay

Union	Uruguayan Rugby Union
Nickname(s)	Teros
Emblem(s)	Southern lapwing
Coach(es)	Luis Pedro Achard
Captain(s)	Gabriel Puig
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The Uruguay national rugby union sevens is a minor national sevens side.

At the South American Sevens, Uruguay has won in 2012 and resulted runner-up six times. The team has resulted fourth at the 2011 and 2015 Pan American Games.

They participated in the 2014 Hong Kong Sevens in the World Series Qualifier. They qualified for the quarterfinals, finishing second in their pool, but lost out to Russia 21-14.^[1] At the 2015 Hong Kong Sevens, they claimed wins over Brazil and Mexico and losses to Hong Kong and Papua New Guinea. The team did not qualify to the 2016 Hong Kong Sevens.

Tournament history

Summer Olympics

Olympics Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2016	Did Not Qualify
Total	0 Titles	0/1	-	-	-	-

Pan American Games

Pan American Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2011	Semifinals	4th	6	3	3	0
2015	Semifinals	4th	6	2	3	0
Total	0 Titles	0/2	12	5	6	0

Rugby World Cup Sevens

World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
1993	Did not participate	-	-	-	-	-
1997	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-
2001	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-
2005	Bowl Quarterfinals	21st	6	0	6	0
2009	Bowl Semifinals	19th	5	1	4	0
2013	Bowl Semifinals	19th	5	1	4	0
Total	0 Titles	3/6	16	2	14	0

Current Squad

Squad to 2015 Hong Kong Sevens.^[2]

• Gabriel Puig (C)
• Nicolás Freitas
• Leandro Leivas
• Guillermo Lijstenstein
• Rodrigo Silva
• Tomás Jolivet
• Santiago Gibernau
• Alejo Durán
• Ian Schmidt
• Joaquín Prada
• Alfonso Falcón
• Sebastián Schroeder

References