The 2017 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Grand Prix Series was the top level of international women's
rugby sevens competitions organised by
Rugby Europe
Rugby Europe is the administrative body for rugby union in Europe. It was formed in 1999 to promote, develop, organise, and administer the game of rugby in Europe under the authority of World Rugby (the sport's global governing body). However, it ...
during 2017. The series featured two tournaments, one hosted in
Malemort
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.
Russia
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won both tournaments and finished as overall champions.
Ireland
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finished third in both tournaments and finished as the series runners–up.
The series also served as a
2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens qualifier and Ireland qualified for the World Cup based on their performances in the series.
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and the
Netherlands
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were relegated to the
2018 Trophy series.
Malemort
Pool stages
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Knockout stage
Challenge Trophy
5th Place
Cup
Kazan
Pool stages
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Knockout stage
Challenge Trophy
5th Place
Cup
Final standings
See also
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2017 Rugby Europe Men's Sevens Championships
The 2017 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix served as a European qualifier not only for the 2018 Hong Kong Sevens qualifier tournament, but for two bids among the teams not already qualified for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens.
Schedule
Standings ...
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2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens qualifying – Women This is the qualifications of the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Women's tournament aimed at selecting women's Rugby sevens national teams that appeared in the finals in San Francisco. A total of 52 nations took part in the qualifying process.
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References
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2016
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Sevens
Sevens
2017 rugby sevens competitions
International women's rugby union competitions hosted by France
International women's rugby union competitions hosted by Russia
2017 in French women's sport
2017 in Russian women's sport
2017 in Russian rugby union
2017–18 in French rugby union
2016–17 in French rugby union