There was a separate 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens European Qualifier event held in Bucharest in July.

[2] Spain repeated as champions of the Series having finished runner-up in Lisbon and first in Krakow.

[3] The current list of teams confirmed to be participating in the Sevens Championship Series.

France, who were originally to be relegated to the 2022 Trophy tournament as punishment for not fielding a team in the previous year's Championship tournament, accepted an invitation to take Russia's place.

Belgium and the Czech Republic were promoted from the 2021 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy, as they were the two highest-ranked teams from the two-legged series.