Teams finished in the following order:[2] On 16 June 2007, the FIRA congress in Monaco decided to award the finals tournament to Hanover, beating bids from Russia, Greece and Bosnia-Herzegovina in the process.

The next year, the tournament was again held in Heidelberg and in 2004, Palma de Mallorca, Spain was the host.

The finals tournament was held at the AWD-Arena in Hanover, home ground of the football club Hannover 96.

[5] The tournament was seen by over 30,000 spectators, a good turn out in a country like Germany, where rugby is not a mainstream sport.

[6] After selling more than 35,000 tickets in advance, mostly within Germany, the organisers were forced to open up the upper tier of the stadium to meet demand.

Three separate rounds of finals were held, Bowl, the lowest, Plate and Cup.

Winner: Russia Winner: Italy (qualified for the 2009 Sevens world cup) Winner: Portugal (all four teams qualified for the 2009 Sevens world cup) Key: Con = conversions; Pen = penalties; Drop = drop goals Head coach: Neil Massinon Manager: Thierry Massinon Source:"Team Belgium".

Head coach: Kakhaber Alania Source:"Team Georgia".

Head coach: Lofty Stevenson Source:"Team Germany".

[permanent dead link‍] Head coach: Jon Skurr Source:"Team Ireland".

Head coach: Tomaz Morais Source:"Team Portugal".

Head coach: José Ignacio Inchausti Source:"Team Spain".

Head coach: Michel Bishop Source:"Team Ukraine".