2008 FIRA-AER Women's Sevens

The 2008 European Women Sevens Championship was the sixth edition of the European Women's Sevens Championship.

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

Nation	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
Finland	4	0	0	125	14
Czech Republic	2	1	1	61	39
Bulgaria	2	1	1	27	47
Serbia	1	0	3	41	93
Luxembourg	0	0	4	26	87

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

Nation	Won	Lost	For	Against
Croatia	3	1	74	26
Poland	3	1	75	31
Austria	3	1	78	50
Hungary	1	3	43	60
Bosnia and Herzogovina	0	4	0	103

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

Nation	Won	Lost	For	Against	Points
Finland	5	0	181	0	15
Bulgaria	4	1	99	64	13
Latvia	3	2	58	68	11
Lithuania	2	3	89	57	9
Serbia	1	4	27	63	7
Slovenia	0	5	0	202	5

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

Nation	Won	Lost	For	Against	Points
Romania	5	0	161	7	15
Israel	4	1	80	36	13
Croatia	3	2	84	62	11
Austria	2	3	84	42	9
Georgia	1	4	38	141	7
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	5	5	164	5

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, 30 May-1 June 2008. (Source FIRA-AER) (Summarised)

3 teams progressed.

Pool Stages

POOL A

Nation	Won	Lost	For	Against	Points
Moldova	4	1	69	29	13
Andorra	4	1	75	22	13
Norway	3	2	47	40	11
Malta	2	3	70	27	9
Switzerland	2	3	68	50	9
Luxembourg	0	5	10	171	5

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

Nation	Won	Lost	For	Against	Points
Germany	5	0	216	5	15
Czech Republic	3	2	86	74	11
Poland	3	2	72	90	11
Belgium	2	3	58	90	9
Denmark	1	4	33	115	7
Hungary	1	4	56	147	7

Czech Republic 36-14 Hungary
Belgium 10-14 Poland
Germany 38-0 Denmark
Poland 26-10 Hungary
Czech Republic 31-0 Denmark
Germany 49-0 Belgium
Denmark 28-5 Hungary
Germany 51-0 Poland
Belgium 17-5 Czech Republic
Poland 27-5 Denmark
Belgium 17-22 Hungary
Germany 38-0 Czech Republic
Belgium 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 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

Nation	Won	Lost	For	Against
Russia	3	0	76	10
France	2	1	103	17
Portugal	1	2	43	47
Czech Republic	0	3	5	153

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

Nation	Won	Lost	For	Against
England	3	0	127	0
Germany	2	1	78	48
Sweden	1	2	46	80
Andorra	0	3	14	137

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

Nation	Won	Lost	For	Against
Spain	3	0	114	24
Netherlands	2	1	106	28
Romania	1	2	39	71
Israel	0	3	0	136

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

Nation	Won	Lost	For	Against
Italy	3	0	110	5
Wales	2	1	76	38
Finland	1	2	17	93
Moldova	0	3	15	82

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, Austria. 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