Swiss Rugby Federation

Swiss Rugby Federation
Fédération Suisse de Rugby

Headquarters	3, Pavillonweg P.O. box 7705 Bern 3012 Switzerland
Founded	1972
IRB affiliation	1988
FIRA affiliation	1975
President	Peter Schüpbach
Men's coach	Patrice Philippe
Women's coach	Frederique Meyer
Official website	www.suisserugby.com

The Swiss Rugby Federation (French: Fédération Suisse de Rugby Italian: Federazione Svizzera di Rugby German: Schweizerischer Rugby Verband)) is the governing body for rugby union in Switzerland.

It currently runs the League A, League B, League C and League 1^[1] national championships. The leading teams compete for the Swiss Cup in the League A, that for the 2012-2013 season is organized as follows :

Grasshoppers Club Zürich ^[2]
Hermance Région Rugby Club ^[3]
Lausanne Université Club Rugby ^[4]
Nyon Rugby Club ^[5]
Stade Lausanne Rugby Club ^[6]
Rugby Club Avusy ^[7]
Rugby Club Genève Plan-les-Ouates ^[8]
UMB Rugby Lugano^[9]

References

↑ League 1 is split in two divisions, West and East
↑ "Grasshopper Club Zürich (GC) - Sektion Rugby: Startseite". Gc-rugby.ch. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
↑ "HRRC Website". Hrrc.ch. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
↑ "LUC Rugby EPFL - Lausanne Rugby". Lucrugby.epfl.ch. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
↑ "Nyon Rugby Club Switzerland. The Rugby Club between Lausanne and Geneva. Suisse". Nyonrugby.ch. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
↑ "Stade Lausanne Rugby - Home page". Stadelausannerugby.com. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
↑ "Popup". Rcavusy.ch. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
↑ "School of Rugby - Recovery TRAININGS - Tuesday, September 4". Rcgeneve.ch. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
↑ "UMB Rugby Lugano". www.rugbylugano.ch. Retrieved 2015-11-13.

External links

(French) Fédération Suisse de Rugby - official site

Rugby unions by best performance at the Men's World Cups

Winners	Australia (2 Times) England (Once) New Zealand (3 Times) South Africa (2 Times)

Runners up	France (3 Times)

Third	Argentina (Once) Wales (Once)

Fourth	Scotland (Once)

Quarter Final	Canada (Once) Fiji (2 Times) Ireland (6 Times) Samoa (2 Times)

Pool stages	Côte d'Ivoire (Once) Georgia (4 Times) Italy (8 Times) Japan (8 Times) Namibia (5 Times) Portugal (Once) Romania (8 Times) Russia (Once) Spain (Once) Tonga (7 Times) United States (7 Times) Uruguay (3 Times) Zimbabwe (2 Times)

Without World Cup experience	American Samoa Andorra Arabian Gulf Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Barbados Belgium Bermuda Bosnia & Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cayman Islands Chile China Colombia Cook Islands Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Finland Germany Ghana Guam Guyana Hong Kong Hungary India Iran Israel Jamaica Kazakhstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Lao Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Morocco Netherlands Nigeria Niue Norway Pakistan Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Rwanda St. Lucia St. Vincent & the Grenadines Serbia Senegal Singapore Slovenia Solomon Islands South Korea Sri Lanka Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Tahiti Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) Tanzania Thailand Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Uganda Ukraine Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Zambia

Rugby unions by best performance at the Women's Rugby World Cup

Winners	England (2 Times) New Zealand (4 Times) United States (Once)

Runners up	Canada (Once)

Third	Australia (Once) France (5 Times)

Fourth	Wales (Once) Ireland (Once)

Group stages	Germany (2 Times) Italy (3 Times) Japan (3 Times) Kazakhstan (6 Times) Netherlands (3 Times) Russia (3 Times) Samoa (3 Times) Scotland (5 Times) South Africa (3 Times) Spain (5 Times) Sweden (4 Times)

Without World Cup experience	American Samoa Andorra Arabian Gulf Argentina Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Barbados Belgium Bermuda Bosnia & Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cayman Islands Chile China Colombia Cook Islands Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Fiji Finland Georgia Ghana Guam Guyana Hong Kong Hungary India Iran Israel Ivory Coast Jamaica Kenya Kyrgyzstan Lao Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Morocco Namibia Nigeria Niue Norway Pakistan Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Rwanda St. Lucia St. Vincent & the Grenadines Serbia Senegal Singapore Slovenia Solomon Islands South Korea Sri Lanka Swaziland Switzerland Tahiti Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Uganda Ukraine Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Zambia Zimbabwe

Sports governing bodies in Switzerland (SUI)

Summer Olympic Sports	Aquatics Diving Swimming Synchronized Swimming Water Polo Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern Pentathlon Rugby 7's Rowing Sailing Shooting Table Tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball inc. Beach Volleyball Swimming Synchronized Swimming Weightlifting Wrestling

Winter Olympic Sports	Biathlon Bobsleigh Curling Skating Figure Speed Short Track Ice Hockey Luge Skeleton Skiing Alpine Cross Country Nordic Combined Freestyle & Jumping Snowboarding

Other IOC Recognised Sports	Air sports Auto racing Bandy Baseball Billiard Sports Boules Bowling Bridge Chess Cricket Dance sport Floorball Karate Korfball Lifesaving Motorcycle racing Mountaineering and Climbing Netball Orienteering Pelota Vasca Polo Powerboating Racquetball Roller sports Softball Sport climbing Squash Sumo Surfing Tug of war Underwater sports Water Ski Wushu

Paralympics and Disabled Sports

Others Sports	Rugby Union Rugby League

Swiss Olympic Association Swiss Paralympics Committee

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Swiss Rugby Federation

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