Spanish women's sevens national rugby team
Nickname (s) | España Seven | ||
Association | Federación Española de Rugby | ||
Trainer | Jose Antonio Barrio | ||
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World Championship participations: 3 Best result: 4th place in 2013 |
The Spanish national rugby team of sevens represents Spain in the sport of rugby sevens (Spanish: rugby a siete or seven ), a variant of rugby union . The selection is subject to the Federación Española de Rugby (FER).
history
In Spain, rugby of seven has long been widespread, especially in amateur tournaments across the country. Sevens rugby received a boost when it was included in the 2016 Olympic Games program . As in fifteen-a-side rugby , the women's national team is more successful than the men 's in rugby seven . Spain's women qualified for the first ever Women 's Rugby Sevens World Cup , held in Dubai in 2009 . Although Spain won the preliminary group, they had to admit defeat to South Africa in the quarter-finals and finally finished seventh. At the European Championships the title was won both in 2003, with a 21:12 final victory over France, and in 2010, with a 28:12 victory over the Dutch women, in 2005, 2009, 2011 and 2012 the Spanish women finished second behind England and 2007 they secured the bronze medal with a 10-0 win in the game for third place against Wales.
Results
Olympic games
year | place | result |
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2016 | Rio de Janeiro | 7th place |
World Championship
year | place | result |
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2009 | Dubai | 7. (Plate semi-finals) |
2013 | Moscow | 4th Place |
2018 | San Francisco | 5th place |
World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
season | Points | result |
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2012/13 | 26th | 9. |
2013/14 | 41 | 6th |
2014/15 | 26th | 9. |
2015/16 | 28 | 9. |
2016/17 | 19th | 10. |
2017/18 | 43 | 7th |
European Championship
year | place | result |
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2003 | Lunel | European champion |
2005 | Lunel | 2. |
2006 | Limoges | 5. |
2007 | Lunel | 3. |
2008 | Limoges | 4th |
2009 | Hanover | 2. |
2010 | Moscow | European champion |
2011 | Bucharest | 2. |
2012 | Ameland , Moscow | 2. |
2013 | Brive , Marbella | 4th |
2014 | Moscow, Brive | 5. |
2015 | Kazan , Brive | 3. |
2016 | Malemort , Kazan | 5. |
2017 | Malemort, Kazan | 6th |
2018 | Marcoussis , Kazan | 10. |
See also
Web links
Individual evidence