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The Belgium women's national rugby sevens team are a national sporting side of
Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
, representing them at Rugby sevens.


Tournament History

Belgium won the
2013 FIRA-AER Women's Sevens – Division A The 2013 FIRA-AER Women's Sevens – Division A was the second level of international women's rugby sevens competitions organised by FIRA-AER for 2013. The competition featured just one tournament, played in Prague. Sweden won the tournament and ...
and were promoted to the Grand Prix Series. In the
2014 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Grand Prix Series 2014 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Grand Prix Series was the top level of international women's rugby sevens competitions organised by Rugby Europe during 2014. The series featured two tournaments, one hosted in Moscow and one hosted in Brive-la ...
they placed 10th in both tournaments in
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and Brive and finally eleventh overall. They were relegated to the Trophy division for 2015, they became champions once again and were promoted to the Grand Prix Series for
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. Belgium placed 6th overall in the 2016 Grand Prix Series and qualified for a spot at the 2017 Hong Kong Women's Sevens, which acted as a qualifier for the
2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series The 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series was the sixth edition of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, global circuit for women's national rugby sevens teams, organised by World Rugby. There were five tournament events scheduled on the ...
. Had they won, they would have earned "core team" status. Belgium qualified for the 2024 Sevens Challenger Series, they were part of the three highest-ranked teams in the European Sevens Championship Series in 2023. They placed fifth in the first round of the series which took place in
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. They topped their pool but lost to
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in the Cup quarter-final.


Players

Belgium's squad to the 2024 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series:


References


External links


Belgian Rugby Federation
- Official Site {{National sports teams of Belgium European national women's rugby union teams R Women's national rugby sevens teams