The second FIRA Women's European Championship

FIRA Women's European Championship

FIRA's Women's European Championship is an international rugby union competition contested between women's national teams who are members of FIRA - Association of European Rugby...

 saw the debut of Germany and a five-nation event.

The competition was initially a three-team two pools system but Russia withdrew a few days before the start. With no time for finding substitutes Pool B was left with only two teams, becoming in a "semi-final" for deciding the final place. The other final place was decided on a three-team pool (Pool A), won by Spain with wins over Netherlands and Germany.

On the competition calendar 5th/6th and 3rd/4th place matches were planned, but with the non participation of Russia a three-team pool was created. Italy played Netherlands and Germany, the results of these games being combined with the earlier match between Netherlands and Germany to decide 3rd-5th places.

Pool A

Position	Nation	Games				Points		Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against
Final		2	2	0	0	82	0	4
Play-off		2	1	0	1	29	11	2
Play-off		2	0	0	2	11	82	0

Pool B

3rd-5th play-offs

Position	Nation	Games				Points		Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against
3		2	2	0	0	50	6	4
4		2	1	0	1	35	22	2
5		2	0	0	2	11	68	0

Final

See also

• Women's international rugby