European Women's Rugby Union Championship
| European Women's Rugby Union Championship | |
| Full name | Rugby Europe Women's Championship |
| abbreviation | EM |
| Association | Rugby Europe |
| First edition | 1995 |
| Teams | 4th |
| Game mode | Knockout system |
| Title holder |
 Spain (6th title)
|
| Record winner |
Spain (6 titles)
|
| Website | www.rugbyeurope.eu |
The women's rugby union championship is one of the European Association of Rugby Europe being transmitted rugby union tournament for national teams of women at the annual European champion is determined. The tournament was previously known as the FIRA European Women's Championship. Reigning European champion is Spain .
The most successful European teams England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales are now all playing in the women's Six Nations tournament , which is independent of the association and is an unofficial European championship.
history
In 1988 there was an unofficial forerunner competition. From 2000 to 2012, only the tournaments held every four years between the world championships were counted as European championships. In 2009, only one qualifying tournament for the 2010 World Cup was held, no winners but two qualifiers were determined. A qualifying tournament for the 2014 World Cup took place in 2013 , and a non-European team, the Samoas national team, also took part in the competition.
The mode of competition changed over the years: the number of participating teams varied from eight to four. In the case of a larger number of participants, the matches were played in two preliminary round groups with subsequent placement games between the teams of equal rank in both groups; in the case of a smaller number of participants, in one group (round tournament or in the knockout system).
The tournaments at a glance
Note: In 2002, 2005 and 2006 the Six Nations participants (then England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, France and Spain) were not there. In 1995, 1996, 2003 and 2010 the teams from the British Isles were missing. In 2014 and 2015, neither the Six Nations (then England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, France and Italy) nor Spain took part in the tournament. In 2016, 2018 and 2019 the Six Nations were missing .
Ranking list
| rank | country | title | 2nd place | 3rd place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Spain
|
6th | 5 | 2 |
| 2 |
 France
|
5 | 4th | 1 |
| 3 |
 England
|
5 | 1 | 2 |
| 4th |
 Netherlands
|
2 | 4th | 1 |
| 5 |
 Italy
|
2 | 1 | 4th |
| 6th |
 Belgium
|
1 | 2 | 0 |
| 7th |
 Scotland
|
1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8th |
 Sweden
|
0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 |
 Great Britain
|
0 | 1 | 0 |
 Switzerland
|
0 | 1 | 0 | |
 Wales
|
0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 12 |
 Russia
|
0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 |
 Germany
|
0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14th |
 Ireland
|
0 | 0 | 1 |
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- FIRA-AER archive (as of December 4, 2004; but was not updated after 2002) ( Memento from December 4, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) The link does not lead directly to the target: Archives \ Winners Room \ Women European Championship can be selected!
- World rugby