2018 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Grand Prix Series

2018 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Grand Prix Series
Hosts France
 Russia
Date30 June - 2 September
Final positions
Champions Russia
Runners-up France
Third Ireland
2017

The 2018 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Grand Prix Series was the 2018 edition of the annual rugby sevens competition for national women's teams in Rugby Europe. The top non-core teams will participate in a 2019 Hong Kong Women's Sevens for qualification into 2019-20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, and the bottom two will be relegated to the 2019 Trophy.[1]

Schedule

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Date Venue Winner Runner-up Third
29–30 June France Marcoussis  France  Russia  Ireland
1–2 September Russia Kazan  Russia  France  Scotland
Overall  Russia  France  Ireland

Standings

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Legend
Qualified to 2019 Hong Kong Women's Sevens
Relegated to Trophy for 2019
Rank Team Marcoussis Kazan Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Russia 18 20 38
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  France 20 18 38
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Ireland 16 12 28
4  Scotland 6 16 22
5  Belgium 10 8 18
6  England 14 3 17
7  Poland 3 14 17
8  Wales 12 4 16
9  Italy 4 10 14
10  Spain 8 6 14
11  Germany 1 2 3
12  Portugal 2 1 3

Stage 1 (Marcoussis)

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Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  France 19–12  Russia  Ireland (third)
 England
Plate  Wales 29–0  Belgium  Spain (seventh)
 Scotland
Bowl  Italy 19–5  Poland  Portugal (eleventh)
 Germany

Pool Stage

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Pool A

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Russia 3 3 0 0 123 0 +123 9
 Belgium 3 1 1 1 29 48 −19 6
 Spain 3 1 1 1 22 51 −29 6
 Germany 3 0 0 3 5 80 −75 3
29 June 2018 Russia  43–0  Germany  
12:00
29 June 2018 Spain  7–7  Belgium  
12:22
29 June 2018 Russia  41–0  Belgium  
14:45
29 June 2018 Spain  15–5  Germany  
15:07
29 June 2018 Russia  39–0  Spain  
17:30
29 June 2018 Belgium  22–0  Germany  
17:52

Pool B

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Ireland 3 3 0 0 130 7 +123 9
 Wales 3 2 0 1 40 71 −31 7
 Scotland 3 1 0 2 40 73 −33 5
 Poland 3 0 0 3 21 80 −59 3
29 June 2018 Ireland  41–7  Scotland  
12:44
29 June 2018 Wales  15–14  Poland  
13:06
29 June 2018 Ireland  44–0  Poland  
15:29
29 June 2018 Wales  25–12  Scotland  
15:51
29 June 2018 Ireland  45–0  Wales  
18:14
29 June 2018 Poland  7–21  Scotland  
18:36

Pool C

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 France 3 3 0 0 116 26 +90 9
 England 3 2 0 1 80 26 +54 7
 Italy 3 1 0 2 38 81 −43 5
 Portugal 3 0 0 3 12 113 −101 3
29 June 2018 England  31–0  Italy  
13:28
29 June 2018 France  52–0  Portugal  
13:50
29 June 2018 England  35–0  Portugal  
16:13
29 June 2018 France  38–12  Italy  
16:35
29 June 2018 Italy  26–12  Portugal  
18:58
29 June 2018 France  26–14  England  
19:20

Knockout stage

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Challenge Trophy

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
30 June 2018 – 12:50
 
 
 Italy15
 
30 June 2017 – 17:56
 
 Portugal0
 
 Italy19
 
30 June 2018 – 13:12
 
 Poland5
 
 Poland19
 
 
 Germany0
 
Third place
 
 
30 June 2018 – 17:36
 
 
 Portugal12
 
 
 Germany10

5th Place

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
30 June 2018 – 16:06
 
 
 Scotland24
 
30 June 2018 – 21:12
 
 Wales26
 
 Wales29
 
30 June 2018 – 16:28
 
 Belgium0
 
 Spain12
 
 
 Belgium14
 
Third place
 
 
30 June 2018 – 20:50
 
 
 Scotland14
 
 
 Spain21

Cup

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
30 June 2018 – 11:22
 
 
 Russia34
 
30 June 2018 – 16:50
 
 Scotland0
 
 Russia36
 
30 June 2018 – 12:28
 
 England14
 
 Wales14
 
30 June 2018 – 21:59
 
 England26
 
 Russia12
 
30 June 2018 – 11:44
 
 France19
 
 Ireland38
 
30 June 2018 – 17:12
 
 Spain7
 
 Ireland0
 
30 June 2018 – 12:06
 
 France22 Third place
 
 France33
 
30 June 2018 – 21:34
 
 Belgium7
 
 England7
 
 
 Ireland39
 

Stage 2 (Kazan)

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Russia, the winners of stage in Kazan and the Grand Prix Series overall
Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup  Russia 34-5  France
Plate
Bowl

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Rugby Europe Competitions Calendar 2017/2018" (PDF). Rugby Europe. 5 October 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
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