1996 FIRA Women's European Championship

The second FIRA Women's European Championship saw the debut of Germany and a five-nation event.

The competition was initially a three-team two pools system but Russia withdrew a few days before the start.^[1] With no time for finding substitutes Pool B was left with only two teams, becoming in a "semi-final" for deciding the final place. The other final place was decided on a three-team pool (Pool A), won by Spain with wins over Netherlands and Germany.

On the competition calendar^[1] 5th/6th and 3rd/4th place matches were planned, but with the non participation of Russia a three-team pool was created. Italy played Netherlands and Germany, the results of these games being combined with the earlier match between Netherlands and Germany to decide 3rd-5th places.

1996 FIRA Women's European Championship
1996-04-10 - 1996-04-14
Host nation	Spain
No. of nations	5
Champions	France
Matches played	7

Results

Pool A

Position	Nation	Games				Points		Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against
Final	Spain	2	2	0	0	82	0	4
Play-off	Netherlands	2	1	0	1	29	11	2
Play-off	Germany	2	0	0	2	11	82	0

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	1996-04-10	Spain	53-0	Germany	Madrid	[8/9/1]

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	1996-04-11	Netherlands	29-11	Germany	Madrid	[29/10/3]

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	1996-04-12	Spain	29-0 [2]	Netherlands	Madrid	[7/28/1]

Pool B

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	1996-04-11	France	57 – 8	Italy	Madrid	[34/14/6]

3rd-5th play-offs

Position	Nation	Games				Points		Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against
3	Italy	2	2	0	0	50	6	4
4	Netherlands	2	1	0	1	35	22	2
5	Germany	2	0	0	2	11	68	0

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	1996-04-13	Italy	39-0	Germany	Madrid	[16/11/1]

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	1996-04-14	Italy	11-6	Netherlands	Madrid	[17/30/3]

Final

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	1996-04-14	Spain	10-15	France	Madrid	[9/35/4]

References

1. Championship info in Mundo Deportivo Wednesday 10 April 1996 page 50 - spanish
2. Result obtained in "Deportes en Breve - Rugby", ABC, 13 April 1996 page 83 - spanish

External links

• FIRA website

See also

• Women's international rugby