2007 FIRA Women's European Championship

After several years of low key tournaments with the major nations absent, the 2007 Championship ^[1] was the largest ever with 16 teams competing in two Pools, including four Six Nations countries, plus Spain keen to do well having been replaced Italy in that competition. England and France were as usual represented by "A" teams, and Wales sent a development squad, but other countries appeared to be at full-strength.

Pool B was also of interest with four nations making their 15-a-side debuts - Finland, Luxembourg, Romania, and Serbia.

2007 FIRA Women's European Championship
2007-04-28 - 2007-05-05
Host nations	Spain and
	Belgium
No. of nations	16
Champions	England
Runner-up	France
Matches played	32

"Top 8" (In Madrid, Spain)

Pool 1

Position	Nation	Games				Points		Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against
1	England	3	2	1	0	125	33	8
2	Spain	3	2	1	0	91	31	8
3	Italy	3	1	0	2	67	60	5
4	Russia	3	0	0	3	8	156	3

[626]
	2007-04-28	England	62-0	Russia	Madrid, Spain	[130/22/2]

[627]
	2007-04-28	Spain	15-6	Italy	Madrid, Spain	[79/58/6]

[630]
	2007-04-30	England	41-11	Italy	Madrid, Spain	[131/59/5]

[631]
	2007-04-30	Spain	54-3	Russia	Madrid, Spain	[80/23/2]

[634]
	2007-05-02	Italy	50-5	Russia	Madrid, Spain	[59/24/3]

[635]
	2007-05-02	Spain	22-22	England	Madrid, Spain	[81/132/13]

Pool 2

Position	Nation	Games				Points		Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against
1	France	3	3	0	0	46	18	9
2	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	40	35	7
3	Sweden	3	1	0	2	23	40	5
4	Wales	3	0	0	3	21	47	3

[628]
	2007-04-28	France	12-0	Sweden	Madrid, Spain	[118/43/3]

[629]
	2007-04-28	Netherlands	12-3	Wales	Madrid, Spain	[76/108/4]

[632]
	2007-04-30	France	27-8	Netherlands	Madrid, Spain	[119/77/11]

[633]
	2007-04-30	Sweden	18-8	Wales	Madrid, Spain	[44/109/1]

[636]
	2007-05-02	France	17-10	Wales	Madrid, Spain	[120/111/11]

[637]
	2007-05-02	Netherlands	20-5	Sweden	Madrid, Spain	[77/45/9]

7th/8th place

[638]
	2007-05-05	Russia	14-38	Wales	Madrid, Spain	[25/111/2]

5th/6th place

[639]
	2007-05-05	Italy	0-6	Sweden	Madrid, Spain	[61/46/5]

3rd/4th place

[640]
	2007-05-05	Spain	37-0	Netherlands	Madrid, Spain	[82/78/2]

Final

[641]
	2007-05-05	England	27-17	France	Madrid, Spain	[133/121/22]

Pool B (Belgium)

Pool 1

Position	Nation	Games				Points		Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against
1	Belgium	3	3	0	0	185	0	9
2	Romania	3	2	0	1	103	20	7
3	Luxembourg	3	1	0	2	20	111	5
4	Serbia	3	0	0	3	0	177	3

[614]
	2007-04-11	Belgium	73-0	Luxembourg	Leuven, Belgium	[13/1/1]

[615]
	2007-04-11	Romania	65-0	Serbia	Watermael-Boitsfort, Belgium	[1/1/1]

[617]
	2007-04-12	Belgium	20-0	Serbia	Frameries, Belgium	[14/2/1]

[618]
	2007-04-12	Luxembourg	0-38	Romania	Kituro (Brussels), Belgium	[2/2/1]

[620]
	2007-04-13	Belgium	20-0	Romania	Dendermonde, Belgium	[15/3/1]

[621]
	2007-04-13	Luxembourg	20-0	Serbia	Dendermonde, Belgium	[3/3/1]

Pool 2

Position	Nation	Games				Points		Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against
1	French Universities	3	3	0	0	134	25	9
2	Germany	3	2	0	1	94	19	7
3	Finland	3	0	1	2	20	76	4
4	Norway	3	0	1	2	15	133	4

[616]
	2007-04-11	Norway	12-12	Finland	Boisfort, Belgium	[14/1/1]

[---]
	2007-04-11	French Universities	19-14	Germany	Leuven, Belgium	[-/-/-]

[619]
	2007-04-12	Germany	48-0	Norway	Kituro (Brussels), Belgium	[47/15/3]

[---]
	2007-04-12	French Universities	42-15	Finland	Frameries, Belgium	[-/-/-]

[---]
	2007-04-13	French Universities	73-3	Norway	Liège, Belgium	[-/-/-]

[622]
	2007-04-13	Germany	32-0	Finland	Liège, Belgium	[48/2/1]

7th/8th place

[623]
	2007-04-15	Norway	62-0	Serbia	Tervuren, Belgium	[16/4/1]

5th/6th place

[624]
	2007-04-15	Finland	14-7	Luxembourg	Tervuren, Belgium	[2/1/4]

3rd/4th place

[625]
	2007-04-15	Germany	15-0	Romania	Boisfort, Belgium	[49/4/1]

Final

[-]
	2007-04-15	Belgium	7-13	French Universities	Boisfort, Belgium	[-/-/-]

References

1. www.fira-aer-rugby.com

See also

• Women's international rugby union

External links

• FIRA website