Invitation
National Sport Academy will once again invite rugby clubs from all of Europe to take part in Sofia 7's ,26 th Edition which will KICK OFF on May 10, 2020. Visiting sides will have this great opportunity to get to know our capital city and its places of interest, and not the least to play in this very unique Balkans' Rugby Festival.
This invitation is for men’s and ladies. The age limit for players in the men‘s tournament is minimum 18 years, for women it is minimum 17 years. If any want to participate with younger players, you will have to ask for a dispensation before arriving.
We would be very pleased if you would pass this invitation on to other rugby clubs, that could be interested in a rugby tour to Bulgaria.
The teams will be put into 2 pools. All games will be played in one day on Sunday 12th of May.
The teams that finished as number 1 and 2 in the pool games will play a Cup tournament for the RECTORS CUP. The teams that finished as number 3 and 4 in the pool games, 4 teams in all, will play a Cups tournament for THE PLATE & THE BOWL.
Tournament Program
May 09 - Saturday
SOFIA 7 - WRRS tournament
http://wrrs.rrcrugby.com/
May 10 - Sunday - Tournament Day
SOFIA 7 - Mans & Womens tournament
10:00 Technical Meeting
11:00 Kick - off
17:00 end of tournament
May 11 - Monday
departure of the teams
Entry to the tournament:The entry form has to be sent to the sofia_sevens@abv.bg or rcnsa@abv.bg, before the 15 of March, and the entry fee of 300 for men’s or 200 for ladies / Euro per team, to NSA RC has to be paid before 15 april 2019, on the bank account .
Winners of Sofia –7s:
Man’s
- 1995 Atlantis-VII, USA;
- 1996 Ukraine A
- 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001 NSA RC, Sofia
- 2002 Solent Barbarians Blue, UK
- 2003 Belgium Barbarians, Belgium
- 2004 Samurai –7, UK
- 2005 Belgium Barbarians, Belgium
- 2006 NSA RC, Sofia
- 2007 NSA RC, Sofia
- 2008 Ukraine A
- 2009 NSA RC, Sofia
- 2010 Vitosha RC, Sofia
- 2011 Vitosha RC, Sofia
- 2012 Moldova
- 2013 NSA RC, Sofia
- 2014 Moldova
- 2015 NSA RC, Sofia
- 2016 Galati, Romania
- 2017 Cavaliers, Italy
- 2018 Sofia /Barbarians/, Sofia
- 2019 Galati, Romania
Ladies:
- 2003 – NSA RC , Sofia
- 2004 - Samurai –7 , UK
- 2005 – NSA RC , Sofia
- 2006 - Poland
- 2007 - NSA RC, Sofia
- 2008 - NSA RC, Sofia
- 2009 - Bulgaria “A”
- 2010 - NSA RC, Sofia
- 2011 - NSA RC, Sofia
- 2012 - Romania
- 2013 - NSA RC, Sofia
- 2014 - Moldova
- 2015 - NSA RC, Sofia
- 2016 - NSA RC, Sofia
- 2017 - Iraclis RC, Greece
- 2018 - NSA RC, Sofia
- 2019 - RC NADA, Split
Ordering of half-board accommodation, before the 15 of April, has to be sent along with the entry form to RC NSA . If you need further information, please contact to rcnsa@abv.bg .
Your Entry Fee includes: Tournament Entry, Airport Transfers,T-shirt of tournament and the Opening and Closing Parties.