The Israel women's national rugby sevens team represents

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in rugby sevens. They compete in the

Rugby Europe Women's Sevens 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 ...

regularly. Israel won the

2021 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Conference The 2021 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Conference was held in Belgrade from 4 to 6 June 2021, the tournament was a multi-pool phase competition. It was played in three phases, with the final ranking after pool phase 3. Israel won the tournament an ...

in Belgrade.

History

The Israeli women's national sevens team was formed in 2005 and have competed in the Rugby Europe Women's Sevens ever since. In their first tournament the national team finished in a respectable 9th place (bowl winners), with wins over

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and

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. In the 2006 championship, Israel won the 5th place (plate winners) with wins over Bosnia, Luxembourg,

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and Malta. The 2007 tournament featured a fresh team with many young players. After winning against Luxembourg, Latvia, and Hungary, they lost in the plate final to

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. 2008 was a highlight year for them, they played in the qualifying tournament in Bosnia and finished 3rd, losing only to

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(eventual tournament champion) and

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(2nd place). The team recorded wins over

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, Georgia,

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, Austria and a thrilling 3rd place win over Bulgaria (7–5). They qualified for the European championship (which doubled as a world cup qualifier) and managed to score one win there, a last gasp win over the

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Tournament History

Rugby Europe Women's Sevens

Players

Recent Squad

Squad to the 2021 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Conference: * Amit Aharon * Daria Velikovsky * Debora Mesri * Lily Wasser * Limor Lev * Meital Friebach * Michal Lahack * Naama Badehi * Natalie Klotz * Perach Ittiel * Shoshana Kranish * Zohar Tavori

References

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