Spanish national women's rugby union team

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Nickname (s) Las Leonas (Eng .: the lionesses)
Association Federación Española de Rugby
National stadium Estadio Nacional Complutense , Madrid
Trainer SpainSpain Jose Antonio Barrio
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First international game France 28-0 Spain ( Boé , May 2 1989)
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Biggest win Spain 119-0 Finland ( A Coruña , April 30, 2011)
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Biggest defeat Spain 3:86 England ( Madrid , 11 February 2006)
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World Championship
participations: 5th ( 1991 , 1998 , 2002 , 2006 , 2014 )
Best result: 6th place (1991)

The Spanish national women's rugby union team represents Spain in the sport of rugby union . The national association Federación Española de Rugby is responsible for the organization . Spain's women have so far participated in world championships four times . From 2000 to 2006 they also took part in the Five and Six Nations . At the European championships organized by FIRA-AER , the Spanish women have won the title five times.

history

Early Years (1989-2000)

The first women's rugby teams emerged in Spain at the end of the 1970s, at the beginning particularly in Madrid and Barcelona, ​​where CD Arquitectura and INEF Barcelona did pioneering work. However, the first official appearance of the national women went until 2 May 1989 on the stage, as the Spaniards in the French Boé on the team of France met, the match ends with 28: 0 for the hosts. The Iberians took part in the first World Cup in Wales in 1991 and were able to finish the tournament in sixth place. Four years later, the Spaniards had to cancel their participation shortly before the start of the tournament for financial reasons. At the first European women's championship recognized by the continental association FIRA-AER , the title was surprisingly won after victories against Italy and France. In 1998 Spain took part in the World Championships again and secured seventh place.

Admission to the Five Nations (2000–2006)

In 2000, due to the good results at World and European Championships, the national team was accepted as the fifth team in the Five Nations , the counterpart to the Six Nations for men, where the Irish team was replaced. At the very first competition they left Scotland and Wales behind and finished the tournament in third place, a result that could be repeated the following year. The 2002 World Championships , which were held in Barcelona , ended the team in eighth place, and a year later they achieved their second European championship title, again with victories against Italy and France. In 2006 Spain took part in a world championship for the fourth time, this time only reaching ninth place after defeats against Scotland and hosts Canada as well as wins against Kazakhstan and Samoa .

Exclusion from the Six Nations (since 2007)

National team at the qualifying tournament for the 2014 World Cup.

From the 2007 season, Spain was excluded from the Six Nations . As a justification, the organizers stated that they wanted to align the tournament with that of the men in terms of the participating nations, which is why Spain was replaced by Italy from now on, although the Iberians were able to win all five official matches against them at that time. As a result, the results of the national team also declined, between 2007 and 2009 Spain no longer reached the final for the European Championship and also the qualification for the 2010 World Cup finals did not succeed for the first time. Only the 2010 European Championship brought another sense of achievement. After defeating France, among others, in the group stage, the national team reached the final, where they met the Italians, who had become arch rivals since losing their Six Nations starting place. Spain won the final with 31:13, took the European Championship title for the third time in history and also won the eighth game out of as many encounters against the Azurre .

In qualifying for the 2014 World Cup , the Spanish won 55: 0 against Sweden, 78: 0 against the Netherlands and 38: 7 in the decisive game against Italy and thus secured a starting place in the finals. In this they were subject to the teams from England and Canada in the group stage, while they won against Samoa. In the subsequent placement games, the Spaniards reached ninth place after clear wins against Kazakhstan and South Africa.

At the 2016 European Championship, the Iberians prevailed 76-0 against Belgium and 97-0 against the Czech Republic to advance to the final. There they defeated the Dutch team 35: 7 to win their fourth continental title. This also entitles the Spaniards to take part in a playoff against Scotland, the worst team in the Six Nations in 2015 and 2016, in order to qualify for the 2017 World Cup. In the first leg in Glasgow Spain won 10: 5 and in the second leg in Madrid they were able to prevail with 15:10 to secure the World Cup qualification.

Results

Rugby Union World Championships

year result
1991 6th place
1994 not participated
1998 7th place
2002 8th place
2006 9th place
2010 not qualified
2014 9th place
2017 10th place

Five and Six Nations

Spain was included in the then Five Nations Championship in 2000 , where England, France, Wales and Scotland met. Ireland was added in 2002 and the tournament became the Six Nations . In 2007 Spain was replaced by Italy.

year result
Home Nations
1996-1998 not invited
Five Nations
1999 not invited
2000 3rd place
2001 3rd place
Six Nations
2002 4th Place
2003 6th place
2004 3rd place
2005 4th Place
2006 6th place
since 2007 not invited

Rugby Union European Championships

In 1998 there was no European Championship. In 2002, 2005 and 2006 the Six Nations (then England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France and Spain) did not take part in the European Championships. In 2009 and 2013, instead of the European championship, a qualifying tournament for the 2010 and 2014 World Cup was held.

year result
1995 European champion
1996 2nd place
1997 3rd place
1999 2nd place
2000 2nd place
2001 2nd place
2002 not participated
2003 European champion
2004 6th place
2005 not participated
2006 not participated
2007 3rd place
2008 6th place
2010 European champion
2011 2nd place
2012 4th Place
2014 not participated
2015 not participated
2016 European champion
2018 European champion

See also

Individual evidence

  1. Statistics for Spain vs Italy. (No longer available online.) In: rugbydata.com . Archived from the original on October 13, 2008 ; accessed on May 25, 2010 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rugbydata.com
  2. Spain and Samoa qualify for WRWC 2014. (No longer available online.) In: IRB . April 28, 2013, archived from the original on June 22, 2013 ; accessed on April 28, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rwcwomens.com

Web links

Commons : Spain Women's National Rugby Union Team  - Collection of images, videos and audio files