2008 FIRA Women's European Championship

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Fourteen teams representing thirteen nations are taking part in the 2008 FIRA European Championships in the Netherlands. For the first time since 2004 both the A and B championships are being run simultaneously in the same location.

All the home nations will taking part in Pool A, along with France, Spain, Sweden and the hosts. Only Italy from the Six Nations are missing - Sweden being promoted to Pool A to fill their place. Pool B will be made up of Russia, Belgium, Germany, Romania, Finland and a "French Defence XV"

2008 FIRA Women's European Championship
2007-05-17 - 2007-05-23
Host nation	Netherlands
No. of nations	16
Matches played	30

Contents 1 Pool A 1.1 Quarter Finals 1.2 Semi-finals 1.2.1 Cup 1.2.2 Plate 1.3 7th/8th place 1.4 5th/6th place 1.5 3rd/4th place 1.6 Final 2 Pool B 2.1 Round 1 2.1.1 Group A: Final table 2.1.2 Group A: Results 2.1.3 Group B: Final table 2.1.4 Group B: Results 2.2 Round 2 2.2.1 Group A: Final table 2.2.2 Group A: Results 2.2.3 Group B: Final table 2.2.4 Group B: Results 2.3 Finals 2.3.1 5th/6th 2.3.2 3rd/4th 2.3.3 Final 2.3.4 External links 2.3.5 See also

[edit] Pool A

[edit] Quarter Finals

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	2008-05-17	England	80-3	Sweden	Amsterdam	[139/47/3]

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	2008-05-17	Netherlands	3-24	France	Amsterdam	[83/127/22]

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	2008-05-17	Scotland	10-27	Wales	Amsterdam	[112/118/20]

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	2008-05-17	Ireland	41-7	Spain	Amsterdam	[90/83/9]

[edit] Semi-finals

[edit] Cup

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	2008-05-20	England	22-11	Ireland	Drachten, Netherlands	[140/91/12]

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	2008-05-20	France	10-18	Wales	Leiden, Netherlands	[128/118/13]

[edit] Plate

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	2008-05-20	Sweden	0-20	Spain	Drachten, Netherlands	[48/84/2]

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	2008-05-20	Netherlands	0-26	Scotland	Leiden, Netherlands	[84/113/3]

[edit] 7th/8th place

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	2008-05-24	Netherlands	7-6	Sweden	Amsterdam	[85/49/10]

[edit] 5th/6th place

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	2008-05-24	Scotland	27-25	Spain	Amsterdam	[114/85/15]

[edit] 3rd/4th place

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	2008-05-24	France	22-22	Ireland	Amsterdam	[129/92/15]

(Ireland awarded third place on try count, 4-3)

[edit] Final

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	2008-05-24	England	12-6	Wales	Amsterdam	[141/119/25]

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[edit] Pool B

[edit] Round 1

[edit] Group A: Final table

Position	Nation	Games				Points		Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against
1	France Defence	2	2	0	0	22	5	4
2	Germany	2	1	0	1	10	17	2
3	Belgium	2	0	0	2	0	10	0

[edit] Group A: Results

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	2008-05-19	Belgium	0-5	Germany	Castricum, Netherlands	[17/53/2]

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	2007-05-19	Germany	5-17	France Defence	Castricum, Netherlands	[-/-/-]

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	2007-05-19	Belgium	0-5	France Defence	Castricum, Netherlands	[-/-/-]

[edit] Group B: Final table

Position	Nation	Games				Points		Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against
1	Russia	2	2	0	0	71	3	4
2	Romania	2	1	0	1	16	37	2
3	Finland	2	0	0	2	5	52	0

[edit] Group B: Results

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	2008-05-19	Finland	5-13	Romania	Utrecht, Netherlands	[4/5/1]

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	2008-05-19	Finland	0-39	Russia	Utrecht, Netherlands	[5/26/1]

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	2008-05-19	Romania	3-32	Russia	Utrecht, Netherlands	[6/27/1]

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[edit] Round 2

[edit] Group A: Final table

Position	Nation	Games				Points		Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against
1	Russia	2	2	0	0	51	0	4
2	Belgium	2	1	0	1	15	29	2
3	Romania	2	0	0	2	7	44	0

[edit] Group A: Results

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	2008-05-21	Belgium	0-22	Russia	Tilburg, Netherlands	[18/28/2]

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	2008-05-21	Belgium	15-7	Romania	Tilburg, Netherlands	[19/7/2]

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	2008-05-21	Romania	0-29	Russia	Tilburg, Netherlands	[8/29/2]

[edit] Group B: Final table

Position	Nation	Games				Points		Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against
1	France Defence	2	2	0	0	39	7	4
2	Germany	2	1	0	1	46	13	2
3	Finland	2	0	0	2	3	68	0

[edit] Group B: Results

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	2008-05-21	Finland	0-29	France Defence	Driebergen, Netherlands	[-/-/-]

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	2008-05-21	Finland	3-39	Germany	Driebergen, Netherlands	[6/54/2]

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	2008-05-21	Germany	7-10	France Defence	Driebergen, Netherlands	[-/-/-]

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[edit] Finals

[edit] 5th/6th

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	2008-05-23	Finland	5-12	Romania	Amsterdam	[7/9/2]

[edit] 3rd/4th

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	2008-05-23	Belgium	15-19	Germany	Amsterdam	[20/55/3]

[edit] Final

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	2008-05-23	Russia	31-14	France Defence	Amsterdam	[-/-/-]

[edit] External links

• FIRA 2008 (Netherlands RFU)

[edit] See also

• Women's international rugby union

Preceded by 2007 FIRA Women's European Championship

FIRA Women's European Championship 2008

Succeeded by 2009 FIRA Women's European Championship