Central German 7th championship in rugby
| Central German 7th championship in rugby | |
| Current season | 2015/16 |
| abbreviation | MD7 |
| founding | 2006 |
| sport | 7-a-side rugby |
| First edition | Fall 2007 |
| Game mode | Tournament series with ranking list |
| Title holder | RC Dresden (2015/16) |
| Record winner | USC Magdeburg (3 × master) |
| Website | wirsindrugby7.de |
The Central German 7th Rugby Championship is a club competition for rugby clubs in the 7th division.
Eligible are rugby clubs, rugby departments and university sports groups from the federal states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. Associations from other federal states can apply to participate.
history
Before 2000
Before the year 2000, only a handful of rugby clubs existed in central Germany. In addition to the two Saxon representatives Leipzig and Dresden, there are also the clubs from Halle, Erfurt, Jena and Gera. In 2000, the Dresden rugby club had a coverage of around 80 km and reached young people in Freiberg, Zittau and Riesa, among others. In the years that followed, those responsible in Dresden kept in touch with the individual “rugby madmen” outside the city. They regularly take part in training units in Dresden.
2000-2007
In 2005 a rugby working group was founded at the grammar school in Freiberg and a rugby department of a club was founded in Zittau. At the beginning of 2006, the rugby working group in Freiberg became a division of a club, as most rugby players had left school. The two new clubs from Freiberg and Zittau are invited to a meeting of the RL game commission of the DRV in Jena to sound out what would be possible and possible with both clubs in the 15 area. At the same time, it is evident that many clubs in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia are too weak in membership to play 15-a-side rugby. The Saxon Sevens held this year in Dresden shows that there is a rugby scene in Saxony and Central Germany that is too small for a 15-year-old, but is just right for having fun and socializing (rugby spirit). As a result, an “anarchist rugby league” was launched in the second half of 2006. People meet at different places to play Rugby 7 together. The cohesion between the individual clubs grows and a network of friends is created.
At the beginning of 2007, 7 teams from Central Germany will be part of the rugby 7 crazy group. All those involved are aware that a set of rules is needed to find fixed structures; an initial set of rules with a few points is introduced. The basis for this is the Polish 7-league principle, in which 20 clubs from all over Poland play rugby 7 together. The first attempt started in early summer and 7 teams came together and founded the Central German 7th League in rugby. It gives itself a fixed game plan and initial structures. It is important to all that it is an in-house organization, as the regional associations or the DRV show no interest in the project or their idea behind it. The league is only played in one half of the year, i.e. autumn 2007. The results are published on the homepage www.rugbyweb.de. The clubs participate in the implementation of the league according to their possibilities. 6 tournaments are played and the EPRC from Gera becomes the first champion. It is clear to the clubs what they need and so in the following years they train coaches and referees, who are all trained by the DRV and receive the relevant licenses from there.
2008-2010
In 2008, new teams that are being founded or existing clubs whose teams of 15 are no longer able to play will be added; there will now be a spring and an autumn season. In spring the guys from EPRC Gera can defend their title, unfortunately only 6 teams take part in the season. In the autumn, the Berliner SC then took the championship by a narrow point ahead of the EPRC Gera.
The experiences after 3 seasons make those responsible think. Does a rigid framework match the tournament form in which Rugby-7 is played. After the spring season 2009, which was won by the TowerRugby team from Chemnitz, a new set of rules will be introduced that is geared towards the tournament sport of rugby-7 and the previous season will be introduced into a championship with the first half of the season and the second half of the spring of the following year. Also introduced is the rule that every team receives so-called starting points for participating in the tournament, and depending on how well the team played in the tournament, placement points are also awarded. The fact that small clubs and teams can form game communities on the day of the tournament or compete as half a team increases the fun factor in rugby and is the focus.
The masters in the 2009/2010 season are the TowerRugbys from Chemnitz, who can thus defend the title. At the end of the season there are a total of 15 teams in the championship ranking. After the end of the season, the teams introduce a new set of rules, which corresponds to today's. This regulates the registrations and possible. Penalties as well as the minimum teams participating in the tournaments. The new 2010/2011 season will start in autumn 2010, at the end of which 16 tournaments will be played and the RC Leipzig will be celebrated as champions. For the first time, teams from the universities appear, such as the boys from Ilmenau and Cottbus.
2011-2013
After the end of the season in 2011, the members meet to decide on the rules. The previous awarding of points will be abolished and the IRB will be based on the point system with 20 points for the winner. The maximum possible limits for teams that can take part in a tournament are also set at 9. The season starts again in September and will end in July 2012 after 12 tournaments. The champions are USC Magdeburg with its Rugby Legion team. After the season in summer 2012, the members expand the set of rules to include the option of choosing a player of the day for each tournament through the teams present. The offense of insulting the referee is also introduced, as these excesses occurred again and again in the preseason.
When the season started in autumn 2012, it quickly became apparent that the changes in the rules were good, on the one hand it led to significantly more quiet on and off the field and with 21 participating teams in the 2012/2013 season, the popularity of the tournament series was evident It even happened that teams outside of Central Germany had to be canceled for tournaments because at least 9 teams had registered. Also some clubs of the 1st BL 15er DRV use our tournaments to prepare for the German 7th Championship of the DRV, it becomes clear where the difference lies between pure 7th teams and 15th teams in the 7th games. The boys of the Grubenhunte Rugby of the ATSV Freiberg will be champions for the first time. From all the players of the day, the player of the season was determined on the last day of the game, which Jakob Greif from Ilmenau secured with 4 entries.
After the end of the season and in preparation for the new 2013/2014 season, the members clearly spoke in favor of a necessary improvement and training of the referees and their performance on the pitch. For this, a seasonal fee was introduced for the first time, which is intended to benefit referee training. Fixed tasks have also been assigned to the game committee, the chairman takes care of the organization, a deputy takes care of the finances, the other deputy coordinates the youth work, and a temporary referee chairman has been appointed.
Since 2014
In 2014, new teams are formed in Central Germany or are interested in the Central German 7-a-side Rugby Championship project. There are currently 16 teams in the general assembly. The season will come to an end after 13 tournaments and the USC Magdeburg and its RugbyLegion team deservedly win the title by a large margin over the runner-up Eastern Province Rugby Club Gera.
The league was also able to expand in the 2015/16 season. In addition to the two Berlin teams of the Coepenick Captains and the Berlin Rugby Club and the young Leipzig Club Leipzig Scorpions, a university team from HNE Eberswalde from Brandenburg also played for the first time. RC Dresden was the champions of the game year, followed by the Vorerzgebirgs Sevens.
organization
The highest organ of this championship is the general assembly of the participating clubs. This elects a gaming committee that is responsible for day-to-day operations. The league is played in open tournament form. Every tournament is a self-contained competition. The results of the respective tournaments are included in a ranking list.
General meeting
The general assembly is the representation of the associations. She decides on the rules and all important points regarding the championship.
Gaming committee
The gaming committee is responsible for running gaming operations. It is elected by the general assembly for a period of one year.
Tournaments
The individual tournaments are played as daily events, with the maximum number of games per team being limited to 4. In order for a tournament to be included in the ranking list, at least three teams must take part and the maximum number of participants is limited to nine. Due to the high number of participants, the 2014/15 and 2015/16 seasons experimented with game plans for up to 12 teams.
Scoring within a tournament
In the group games, a win is rated with 2 points. If there is a tie, the points are divided 1: 1. The loser receives 0 points. If after the games in the group stage teams have earned the same number of points, the placement will be decided according to the following rules: 1. Point difference and 2. Number of attempts.
If there is a tie in the final phase after a final game or a placement game, two further halves of 5 minutes each are played. After the first five-minute half , the teams switch sides without a break. The first team to score a point wins the game. If there is still a tie after extra time, 3 dropkicks are made from the 22 m line per team.
Ranking list
For the determination of the ranking list points a distinction has to be made between teams. There are four types of teams:
- Regular teams (RM): at least 7 players from their own club + max. 5 players from other clubs
- Game community (SG): Team of two clubs, at least 4 players each of the two clubs + max. 2 players from other clubs
- Half team (HM): at least 4 players from their own club + max. 7 players from other clubs, never more than 4 players from the same club
- Pirate Team (PM): Team made up of players from one or more clubs
The points scored in the tournament for victory and draw and the number of game points achieved through attempts and kicks are included in the final table of the tournament, but are meaningless for the ranking list. The final tables of the preliminary round tournaments are evaluated according to the point system known in European rugby. Accordingly, in each tournament the first receives 20 points, the second 18 points, the third 16 points, the fourth 14 points, the fifth and sixth 12 points each, the seventh and eighth 10 points each, the ninth and tenth 8 points each.
Web links
- Website of the Central German 7th Championship - We are Rugby 7
- Schedule and table of the Central German 7th Championship
swell
- ^ Central German 7th Rugby Championship in the 2012/2013 season sachsen-rugby.de, accessed: July 26, 2014.