2019 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Olympic Qualifying Tournament

2019 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Hosts Russia
Date13–14 July
Nations12
Final positions
Champions England
Runners-up Russia
Third France
Series details
Matches played34
2021 →

The 2019 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Olympic Qualifying Tournament was held on 13–14 July in Kazan at Central Stadium. The champion of the tournament will be eligible to qualify for the European spot in the 2020 Summer Olympics. The two runners-up will be eligible for bids at a 2020 Olympic repechage tournament.[1]

Teams

Twelve teams take part in the tournament, of which seven teams qualified through the 2019 Marcoussis Sevens, and are seeded according to their placements. The remaining five spots were awarded based upon performance in the Trophy and Conference tournaments.[2]

Seedings
  1.  France (Marcoussis winner)[3]
  2.  Russia (Marcoussis runner-up)
  3.  Spain (Marcoussis 3rd)
  4.  Ireland (Marcoussis 4th)
  5.  England (Marcoussis 5th)[GB 1]
  6.  Poland (Marcoussis 7th)
  7.  Italy (Marcoussis 9th)
  8.  Germany (Trophy winner)
  9.  Romania (Trophy runner-up)
  10.  Czech Republic (Trophy 3rd)
  11.  Sweden (Trophy 5th)
  12.  Moldova (Conference winner)
Note
  1. ^ By agreement between the three unions on the island of Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales), England represented Great Britain in qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Sevens.[4] The final make-up of the Great Britain women's team was determined by the British Olympic Association.

Pool stage

All times in Moscow Time (UTC+03:00)

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 France 3 3 0 0 125 5 +120 9
 Poland 3 2 0 1 67 46 +21 7
 Italy 3 1 0 2 48 69 -21 5
 Moldova 3 0 0 3 5 125 -120 3
13 July 2019
11:00
France 54–0 Moldova
Central Stadium, Kazan
Referee: Clara Munarini (Italy)
13 July 2019
11:22
Poland 29–10 Italy
Central Stadium, Kazan
Referee: Kathie Pickert (Germany)
13 July 2019
13:45
France 40–0 Italy
Central Stadium, Kazan
Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)
13 July 2019
14:07
Poland 33–5 Moldova
Central Stadium, Kazan
Referee: Joy Neville (Ireland)
13 July 2019
16:30
France 31–5 Poland
Central Stadium, Kazan
Referee: Kathie Pickert (Germany)
13 July 2019
16:52
Italy 38–0 Moldova
Central Stadium, Kazan
Referee: Katherine Ritchie (England)

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Russia 3 3 0 0 110 5 +105 9
 England 3 2 0 1 114 26 +88 7
 Sweden 3 1 0 2 29 84 -55 5
 Germany 3 0 0 3 5 143 -138 3
13 July 2019
12:28
England 59–0 Germany
Central Stadium, Kazan
Referee: Joy Neville (Ireland)
13 July 2019
12:50
Russia 29–0 Sweden
Central Stadium, Kazan
Referee: Sara Cox (England)
13 July 2019
15:13
England 50–0 Sweden
Central Stadium, Kazan
Referee: Kathie Pickert (Germany)
13 July 2019
15:35
Russia 55–0 Germany
Central Stadium, Kazan
Referee: Katherine Ritchie (England)
13 July 2019
17:58
Germany 5–29 Sweden
Central Stadium, Kazan
Referee: Clara Munarini (Italy)
13 July 2019
18:20
Russia 26–5 England
Central Stadium, Kazan
Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Spain 3 3 0 0 89 12 +77 9
 Ireland 3 2 0 1 103 19 +84 7
 Romania 3 1 0 2 34 88 -54 5
 Czech Republic 3 0 0 3 12 119 -107 3
13 July 2019
11:44
Spain 35–7 Czech Republic
Central Stadium, Kazan
Referee: Katherine Ritchie (England)
13 July 2019
12:06
Ireland 48–0 Romania
Central Stadium, Kazan
Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)
13 July 2019
14:39
Spain 35–0 Romania
Central Stadium, Kazan
Referee: Sara Cox (England)
13 July 2019
14:51
Ireland 50–0 Czech Republic
Central Stadium, Kazan
Referee: Clara Munarini (Italy)
13 July 2019
17:14
Spain 19–5 Ireland
Central Stadium, Kazan
Referee: Sara Cox (England)
13 July 2019
17:36
Romania 34–5 Czech Republic
Central Stadium, Kazan
Referee: Joy Neville (Ireland)

Knockout stage

Bowl

 
Semi-finalsBowl final
 
      
 
14 July – 11:28 – Central Stadium
 
 
 Sweden12
 
14 July – 15:05 – Central Stadium
 
 Germany0
 
 Sweden27
 
14 July – 11:50 – Central Stadium
 
 Moldova7
 
 Czech Republic0
 
 
 Moldova12
 
Eleventh place
 
 
14 July – 14:43 – Central Stadium
 
 
 Germany15
 
 
 Czech Republic7

Plate

 
Semi-finalsPlate final
 
      
 
14 July – 13:15 – Central Stadium
 
 
 Romania0
 
14 July – 16:24 – Central Stadium
 
 Ireland48
 
 Ireland33
 
14 July – 13:37 – Central Stadium
 
 Poland5
 
 Italy5
 
 
 Poland12
 
Seventh place
 
 
14 July – 16:02 – Central Stadium
 
 
 Romania14
 
 
 Italy29

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
14 July – 10:00 – Central Stadium
 
 
 France55
 
14 July – 13:59 – Central Stadium
 
 Romania0
 
 France12
 
14 July – 11:06 – Central Stadium
 
 England14
 
 England17
 
14 July – 17:11 – Central Stadium
 
 Ireland7
 
 England19
 
14 July – 10:22 – Central Stadium
 
 Russia0
 
 Russia44
 
14 July – 14:21 – Central Stadium
 
 Italy0
 
 Russia12
 
14 July – 10:44 – Central Stadium
 
 Spain5 Third place
 
 Spain17
 
14 July – 16:46 – Central Stadium
 
 Poland14
 
 France17
 
 
 Spain5
 

Standings

Legend
Green fill Qualified for the 2020 Olympics
Blue fill Qualified for the 2020 Repechage
Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  England
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  France
4  Spain
5  Ireland
6  Poland
7  Italy
8  Romania
9  Sweden
10  Moldova
11  Germany
12  Czech Republic

References

  1. ^ "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – GAMES OF THE XXXII OLYMPIAD – TOKYO 2020" (PDF). World Rugby. 14 September 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Pools announced for women's sevens Olympic qualifier tournament". Rugby Europe. 3 July 2019. Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  3. ^ "France in Pole Position for the Kazan Olympic Tournament". Rugby Europe. 30 June 2019. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Sevens Olympic pathway confirmed for 2020". England Rugby. 17 September 2018. Archived from the original on 12 October 2018.