The Iran women's national rugby union sevens team represents
Iran in women's
rugby sevens. They participated at the
Asia Rugby Sevens Women’s Trophy 2021 in
Doha,
Qatar; they placed third at the tournament.
History
Women's rugby
Women's rugby union is a full contact team sport based on running with the ball in hand. The same laws are used in men's rugby union with the same sized pitch and same equipment. Rugby was originally a men's sport, and women's rugby has become p ...
was first introduced in Iran in the early 2000s. The women's sevens team played in August 2010 in
Cortina d'Ampezzo
Cortina d'Ampezzo (; lld, Anpezo, ; historical de-AT, Hayden) is a town and ''comune'' in the heart of the southern (Dolomitic) Alps in the Province of Belluno, in the Veneto region of Northern Italy. Situated on the Boite river, in an alp ...
,
Italy.
In 2012 Iran competed at the Asia Rugby Women's Sevens in
Pune,
India in October. They defeated India to take 11th place.
References
{{National sports teams of Iran
Rugby union in Iran
Women's national rugby sevens teams
rugby
Rugby may refer to:
Sport
* Rugby football in many forms:
** Rugby league: 13 players per side
*** Masters Rugby League
*** Mod league
*** Rugby league nines
*** Rugby league sevens
*** Touch (sport)
*** Wheelchair rugby league
** Rugby union: 1 ...