Iran women's national rugby sevens team
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The Iran women's national rugby union sevens team represents Iran in women's rugby sevens. They participated at the Asia Rugby Sevens Women's Trophy 2021 in Doha, Qatar; they placed third at the tournament.[1][2]
History
[edit]Women's rugby was first introduced in Iran in the early 2000s.[3] The women's sevens team played in August 2010 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.[4] In 2012 Iran competed at the Asia Rugby Women's Sevens in Pune, India in October. They defeated India to take 11th place.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Asia Rugby 7s Trophy West Asia 2021". RugbyAsia247. 2021-10-01. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
- ^ "UAE clinch double gold at the West Asia 7s trophy". Asia Rugby. 2021-10-11. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
- ^ Rome, Nick Pisa in (1 August 2010). "Iran ladies rugby team makes European debut playing in veils and tracksuits". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ "Iran ladies rugby team makes European debut playing in veils and tracksuits - Telegraph". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
- ^ "Iran participates in Asian Rugby Sevens Women's Championship". IRNA English. 2012-10-06. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
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