Russia women's national rugby sevens team

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Russia
UnionRugby Union of Russia
Nickname(s)She-Bears (Медведицы)
Coach(es)Andrey Kuzin
Captain(s)Alena Mikhaltsova
Most capsBaizat Khamidova (163)
Top scorerBaizat Khamidova (500)
Most triesBaizat Khamidova (100)
Team kit
Change kit
World Cup Sevens
Appearances2 (First in 2009)
Best result7th place, 2013
International medals
Women's rugby sevens
Representing  Russia
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2013 Brive-la-Gaillarde/Marbella
Gold medal – first place 2014 Moscow/Brive-la-Gaillarde
Gold medal – first place 2016 Kazan/Mallemort
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kazan/Mallemort
Gold medal – first place 2018 Kazan/Marcoussis
Gold medal – first place 2019 Marcoussis/Kharkiv
Gold medal – first place 2021 Lisbon/Moscow
Silver medal – second place 2015 Kazan/Mallemort
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Limoges
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kazan
2017 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens champions

The Russian women's national rugby sevens team (Russian: Женская сборная России по регби-7) is a women's rugby team in Europe. Since 2013, it is dominating the European Championships, winning the trophy seven times. Internationally, Russia's best performance was in 2013, finishing in the quarterfinals.[citation needed] The team was runner-up at the 2015 Canada Women's Sevens, after defeating Australia in quarter-finals and France in semifinals.[citation needed]

Russia failed to qualify for the inaugural rugby sevens event in 2016 Summer Olympics; however, they qualified for the following Olympic Games in Tokyo.[1][2]

After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, World Rugby and Rugby Europe suspended Russia from international and European continental rugby union competition. In addition, the Rugby Union of Russia was suspended from World Rugby and Rugby Europe.[3][4]

Tournament history[edit]

A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Russia

Summer Olympics record[edit]

Olympic Games
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Brazil 2016 Not Qualified
Japan 2020 Quarterfinals 8th 6 1 5 0
Total 0 Titles 1/2 6 1 5 0

World Cup Sevens record[edit]

Rugby World Cup Sevens
Year Round Position Pld W L D
United Arab Emirates 2009 Knockout Stage 11th 5 2 3 0
Russia 2013 Quarterfinals 7th 5 2 2 1
United States 2018 Quarterfinals 8th 4 2 2 0
Total 0 Titles 3/3 14 6 7 1

World Sevens Series record[edit]

World Sevens Series
Year Position Pld W L D
2012–13 5th 18 12 5 1
2013–14 5th 30 15 13 2
2014–15 7th 35 12 23 0
2015–16 7th 28 13 15 0
2016–17 5th 30 16 14 0
2017–18 6th 28 12 16 0
2018–19 7th 36 13 21 2
2019–20 6th 40 6 13 0
Total 0 Title 245 99 120 5

Summer Universiade record[edit]

Summer Universiade
Year Round Pld W L D
Russia 2013 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 7 0 0
Italy 2019 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 3 0 2
Total 1 Title 12 10 0 2

European Women's Sevens results[edit]

European Women's Sevens
Year Position Pld W L D
France 2005 1st[5] 7 7 0 0
France 2006 9th 6 4 2 0
France 2007 9th 5 1 3 1
France 2008 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 5 1 0
Germany 2009 7th 6 3 3 0
Russia 2010 6th 6 2 3 1
Romania 2011 4th 7 5 2 0
2012 4th 13 10 3 0
2013 1st place, gold medalist(s) 14 12 2 0
2014 1st place, gold medalist(s) 11 9 2 0
2015 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 14 13 1 0
2016 1st place, gold medalist(s) 14 11 3 0
2017 1st place, gold medalist(s) 13 13 0 0
2018 1st place, gold medalist(s) 13 12 1 0
2019 1st place, gold medalist(s) 12 11 1 0
2021 1st place, gold medalist(s) 12 12 0 0
Total 16/18 159 130 27 2

Players[edit]

Current squad[edit]

Squad to 2020 Summer Olympics:

ROC's roster of 12 athletes is as follows.[6]

Award winners[edit]

The following Russia Sevens players have been recognised at the World Rugby Awards since 2013:[7]

Team management[edit]

  • Head Coach – Andrey Kuzin
  • Assistant Coach and Head of Performance - Graham Bentz

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Qualified Teams Prepare for Tokyo Olympic 7s Rugby". RugbyAsia247. 2021-06-25. Retrieved 2021-10-24.
  2. ^ "Ireland, France and Russia claimed the three remaining sevens spots". Asia Rugby. 2021-06-21. Retrieved 2021-10-24.
  3. ^ Gallan, Daniel (1 March 2022). "World Rugby joins other sports bodies by suspending Russia and Belarus". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Rugby Europe Statement – Russia and Belarus Suspension". Rugby Europe. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  5. ^ Qualification Stage
  6. ^ "Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: Women's sevens squads". World Rugby. 6 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Awards Roll of Honour - World Rugby". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 16 March 2024.

External links[edit]

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