The 2008 European Women Sevens Championship was the sixth edition of the
European Women's Sevens Championship
The Rugby Europe Women's Sevens, previously the FIRA–AER Women's Sevens until 2013, is a series of regional championships for women's international rugby sevens in Europe. Prior to 2012, the annual tournament is held over two days, typically ...
.
Emerging (European) Nations 2008
Date/Venue: 21–24 March 2008, Austria. (Summarised)
*Romania and Switzerland had been possible participants but do not appear to have attended..
Pool Stages
POOL A
*Serbia 0-25 Czech Republic
*Bulgaria 0-25 Finland
*Czech Republic 31-0 Luxembourg
*Bulgaria 12-10 Serbia
*Finland 22-7 Luxembourg
*Czech Republic 5-5 Bulgaria
*Finland 44-7 Serbia
*Bulgaria 10-7 Luxembourg
*Czech Republic 0-34 Finland
*Luxembourg 12-24 Serbia
POOL B
*Bosnia and Herzogovina 0-20 Poland
*Croatia 7-14 Austria
*Poland 17-5 Hungary
*Croatia 26-0 Bosnia and Herzogovina
*Austria 21-17 Hungary
*Poland 12-19 Croatia
*Austria 36-0 Bosnia and Herzogovina
*Croatia 22-0 Hungary
*Poland 26-7 Austria
*Hungary 21-0 Bosnia and Herzogovina
Classification Stages
9th Place
*Luxembourg 25-0 Bosnia and Herzogovina
5th to 8th
*Bulgaria 17-7 Hungary
*Serbia 0-21 Croatia
7th Place
*Hungary 0-14 Serbia
5th Place
*Bulgaria 0-7 Croatia
1st to 4th
*Finland 29-5 Austria
*Czech Republic 25-0 Poland
3rd Place
*Austria 7-22 Poland
1st Place
*Finland 34-0 Czech Republic
World Cup Qualifier 2008 (Europe)
Venue/Date:
Bosnia, 10–11 May 2008. ''(Source FIRA-AER)'' Summarised
Pool Stages
POOL A
*Finland 45-0 Slovenia
*Bulgaria 17-0 Serbia
*Lithuania 24-7 Latvia
*Serbia 27-0 Slovenia
*Finland 29-0 Latvia
*Lithuania 14-24 Bulgaria
*Latvia 41-0 Slovenia
*Lithuania 5-0 Serbia
*Bulgaria 0-45 Finland
*Serbia 0-5 Latvia
*Bulgaria 43-0 Slovenia
*Lithuania 0-26 Finland
*Bulgaria 15-5 Latvia
*Finland 36-0 Serbia
*Lithuania 46-0 Slovenia
POOL B
*Austria 34-10 Georgia
*Croatia 7-14 Israel
*Romania 43-0 Bosnia and Herzegovina
*Israel 42-7 Georgia
*Austria 38-5 Bosnia and Herzegovina
*Romania 29-0 Croatia
*Bosnia and Herzegovina 0-14 Georgia
*Romania 22-7 Israel
*Croatia 5-12 Austria
*Israel 12-0 Bosnia and Herzegovina
*Croatia 15-7 Georgia
*Romania 17-0 Austria
*Croatia 57-0 Bosnia and Herzegovina
*Austria 0-5 Israel
*Romania 50-0 Georgia
Classification Stages
Bowl Semi-finals
*Serbia 27-0 Bosnia and Herzegovina
*Slovenia 0-31 Georgia
Plate Semi-finals
*Lithuania 0-22 Croatia
*Latvia 5-0 Austria
Cup Semi-finals
*Finland 31-0 Israel
*Bulgaria 0-43 Romania
11th Place
*Bosnia and Herzegovina 10-5 Slovenia
9th Place
*Serbia 20-0 Georgia
7th Place
*Austria 17-12 Lithuania
5th Place
*Croatia 12-17 Latvia
3rd Place
*Israel 7-5 Bulgaria
1st Place
*Finland 14-21 Romania
Qualifiers
ROMANIA, FINLAND, ISRAEL
World Cup Qualifier 2008 (Europe)
Venue/Date:
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 ...
, 30 May-1 June 2008. ''(Source FIRA-AER)'' (Summarised)
*3 teams progressed.
Pool Stages
POOL A
''Note - Andorra shown by FIRA as 1st but due to head to head they finished below Moldova''
*Andorra 41-0 Luxembourg
*Norway 7-5 Malta
*Switzerland 19-7 Moldova
*Malta 50-0 Luxembourg
*Andorra 5-17 Moldova
*Switzerland 10-14 Norway
*Moldova 20-0 Luxembourg
*Switzerland 0-10 Malta
*Norway 0-10 Andorra
*Malta 5-15 Moldova
*Norway 26-5 Luxembourg
*Switzerland 5-14 Andorra
*Norway 0-10 Moldova
*Andorra 5-0 Malta
*Switzerland 34-5 Luxembourg
POOL B
*Czech Republic 36-14 Hungary
* 10-14 Poland
*Germany 38-0 Denmark
*Poland 26-10 Hungary
*Czech Republic 31-0 Denmark
*Germany 49-0
*Denmark 28-5 Hungary
*Germany 51-0 Poland
* 17-5 Czech Republic
*Poland 27-5 Denmark
*Belgium 17-22 Hungary
*Germany 38-0 Czech Republic
* 14-0 Denmark
*Czech Republic 14-5 Poland
*Germany 40-5 Hungary
Classification Stages
Bowl Semi-finals
*Switzerland 12-10 Hungary
*Denmark 19-0 Luxembourg
Plate Semi-finals
*Norway 7-10 Belgium
*Malta 24-0 Poland
Cup Semi-finals
*Moldova 17-5 Czech Republic
*Andorra 0-50 Germany
11th Place
*Hungary 31-0 Luxembourg
9th Place
*Denmark 5-31 Switzerland
7th Place
*Poland 10-17 Norway
5th Place
*Belgium 5-29 Malta
3rd Place
*Andorra 7-0 Czech Republic
1st Place
*Germany 43-0 Moldova
QUALIFIERS - GERMANY, MOLDOVA and ANDORRA
Note: Subsequently Czech Republic added as best fourth place over Bulgaria, in place of Scotland
FIRA-AER Tournament 2008 - Top 16
Venue/Date:
Limoges,
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...
on 14 and 15 June 2008. This was the qualifying tournament for the World Cup in 2009 ''(Source Fira-Aer)''
*The 10 team format was replaced by 16 teams as it was the World Cup qualifier. 6 teams progressed to Dubai.
*Teams confirmed (pre-qualified) were France, England, Spain, Wales, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Russia, and Portugal.
*3 teams qualified from Bosnia (Romania, Finland and Israel), and 3 from Belgium (Germany, Moldova and Andorra). A fourth team from the Belgium tournament (Czech Republic) also qualified in place of Scotland.
In summary the awards went to:
*Cup Winners - England
*Also Qualified for Dubai - Netherlands, Spain, Russia, France, Italy
*Plate Winners - France
*Bowl Winners - Sweden
*Shield Winners - Andorra
Pool Stages
POOL A
*France 22-0 Portugal
*Russia 39-0 Czech Republic
*France 71-0 Czech Republic
*Russia 20-0 Portugal
*Portugal 43-5 Czech Republic
*France 10-17 Russia
POOL B
*England 31-0 Germany
*Sweden 36-7 Andorra
*England 56-0 Andorra
*Sweden 10-33 Germany
*Germany 45-7 Andorra
*England 40-0 Sweden
POOL C
*Spain 36-5 Romania
*Netherlands 52-0 Israel
*Spain 50-0 Israel
*Netherlands 35-0 Romania
*Romania 34-0 Israel
*Spain 28-19 Netherlands
POOL D
*Wales 40-0 Finland
*Italy 34-0 Moldova
*Wales 31-10 Moldova
*Italy 48-0 Finland
*Finland 17-5 Moldova
*Wales 5-28 Italy
Classification Stages
Cup and Plate Quarter-finals (''winners progress to Dubai'')
*Russia 20-5 Germany
*Italy 0-5 Netherlands
*Spain 14-5 Wales
*England 29-7 France
Bowl and Shield Quarter-finals
*Portugal 17-0 Andorra
*Finland 21-0 Israel
*Romania 0-12 Moldova
*Sweden 34-0 Czech Rep
Shield Semi-final
*Czech Republic 14-19 Romania
*Andorra 34-0 Israel
Bowl Semi-final
*Portugal 19-7 Finland
*Sweden 22-5 Moldova
Plate Semi-final (''winners progress to Dubai'')
*France 35-7 Wales
*Germany 0-29 Italy
Cup Semi-finals
*Russia 12-21 Netherlands
*England 10-0 Spain
15th Place
*Israel 12-7 Czech Republic
SHIELD FINAL
13th Place
*Andorra 10-5 Romania
11th Place
*Finland 7-10 Moldova
BOWL FINAL
9th Place
*Portugal 7-15 Sweden
7th Place
*Germany 0-20 Wales
PLATE FINAL
5th Place
*France 14-5 Italy
3rd Place
*Spain 5-10 Russia
CUP FINAL
1st Place
*Netherlands 0-52 England
T-EN Tournament 2008
Date/Venue: 19 September 2008 at
Rauris
Rauris is a municipality in Salzburg (state) in the area of Pinzgau in Austria. There are about 3,150 inhabitants living in Rauris.
Geography
The market town Rauris is located in the Pinzgau in the state Salzburg at the river Rauriser Ache at ...
,
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
. Croatia withdrew to be replaced by Czech Republic and an Austrian club team.
*Hungary bt Czech Republic
*Austria bt Linz
*Hungary bt Linz
*Austria bt Czech Republic
*Hungary 12-0 Austria
T-EN Tournament 2008
Date/Venue: 19 October 2008 at Slovenia. Croatia withdrew.
*Austria 31-0 Slovenia
*Hungary 15-12 Austria
*Hungary bt Slovenia (who scored their first ever try)
*Hungary 19-19 Austria
References
External links
FIRA-AER Flashinfo N°91 - 07/2008
{{European Sevens Women's Championship
Rugby Europe Women's Sevens
2008 rugby sevens competitions
Sevens
Sevens