The Romania national rugby union team represents Romania in men's international rugby union competitions. Nicknamed Stejarii, the team is long considered one of the stronger European teams outside the Six Nations. They have participated in all but one Rugby World Cup and currently compete in the first division of the European Nations Cup, which they won in 2017. Rugby union in Romania is administered by the Romanian Rugby Federation.
The Rugby Europe International Championships is the European Championship for tier 2 and tier 3 rugby union nations.
The Russia national rugby union team, nicknamed Medvedi, represented Russia in men's international rugby union international competitions. The team is administered by the Rugby Union of Russia (RUR). The RUR is considered the official successor union of the Soviet Union by World Rugby and the combined CIS team which played in the early 1990s. Since 1992, the team has played as Russia. Its first test match as Russia was against the Barbarians in Moscow in June 1992 and the country's first test against an official Test nation was against Belgium later that same year.
The most successful teams in women's international rugby union have been England, France, and New Zealand.
The 2008 European Sevens Championship was a rugby sevens competition, with the final held in Hanover, Germany. It was the seventh edition of the European Sevens championship and also functioned as a qualifying tournament for the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens. The event was organised by rugby's European governing body, the FIRA – Association of European Rugby (FIRA-AER).
2012 Sevens Grand Prix Series was the 11th round of the Sevens Grand Prix Series for rugby sevens organised by the FIRA – Association of European Rugby. The series was held in three phases hosted by France (Lyon), Russia (Moscow) and Denmark (Odense). The tournament was won by France, who defeated Portugal 21–12 in the final. England, winner of the first two phases of the tournament, were considered to be favourites but eliminated by France in the quarter-finals. England were the overall champions of the tournament.
Rugby Europe is the administrative body for rugby union in Europe. It was formed in 1999 to promote, develop, organise, and administer the game of rugby in Europe under the authority of World Rugby. However, it is not responsible for the organisation of the Six Nations Championship or the competitions run by European Professional Club Rugby.
The 2005 FIRA-AER Women's Sevens – Division A was the third edition of the European Women's Sevens Championship and was held in Lunel, France from 25 to 26 June 2005. England defeated Spain in the Cup final of the Championship event.
The 2006 FIRA-AER Women's Sevens – Division A was the fourth edition of the European Women's Sevens Championship. The tournament was held in Limoges, France from 25 to 27 May 2006. Wales were crowned champions of the competition after beating England in the Cup final.
The 2007 FIRA-AER Women's Sevens was the fifth edition of the tournament and was held in Lunel, France from 2 to 3 June 2007. France defeated England in the Cup final to win the tournament.
The 2008 FIRA-AER Women's Sevens was the sixth edition of the European Women's Sevens Championship and was held in Limoges, France on 14 and 15 June 2008. This was the final qualifying tournament for Europe for the inaugural 2009 Women's Rugby World Cup Sevens in Dubai.
The 2009 FIRA-AER Women's Sevens was the seventh edition of the FIRA-AER Sevens and was held from 11 to 12 July in Hanover, Germany. England went undefeated throughout the tournament to claim their fourth title. Moldova were relegated to Division A for 2010.
The 2010 FIRA-AER Women's Sevens was the eighth edition of the European Women's Sevens Championship and was held on the 10 and 11 July 2010 in Moscow, Russia. Spain won their second title when they defeated the Netherlands in the Cup final.
The 2012 FIRA-AER Women's Sevens Grand Prix Series was the tenth edition of the European Women's Sevens Championship. The first round was played in the Netherlands and the final round was held in Moscow which was also a qualifying tournament for the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens.
The 2009 FIRA-AER Women's Sevens – Division A tournament was held from 4 to 5 July in Bruges, Belgium. Finland were crowned champions after their win over Czechia in the Cup final and were promoted to the FIRA-AER Women's Sevens Championship for 2010.
The 2010 FIRA-AER Women's Sevens – Division A tournament was held on 22 and 23 May 2010 in Bucharest, Romania. Moldova won the competition and Switzerland were runners-up.
The 2011 FIRA-AER Women's Sevens – Emerging Nations tournament took place from 23 to 24 April 2011 at Zánka, Hungary. The Czech Republic defeated Poland in the final to win the competition.
The 2011 FIRA-AER Women's Sevens – Division 2 tournament took place on 2 and 3 July 2011 in Riga, Latvia. Ukraine won the Division 2 championship with their victory over Switzerland in the Cup final, Czechia finished in third place.
The 2012 FIRA-AER Women's Sevens – Emerging Nations tournament took place after a training camp which was held from 5 to 9 April. The tournament was held on 9 April 2012 at Zánka, Hungary. Romania won the competition with Hungary as runners-up and Poland in third place.
The 2012 FIRA-AER Women's Sevens – Division A was a European pre-qualifying tournament for the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens. In similar fashion to the 2008 competition, Division B was cancelled and all the teams were promoted to Division A for 2012. Teams were divided into two groups with both tournaments played on the same dates in Bulgaria and Belgium. Unlike 2008, only the top two teams in both Groups were promoted to the Grand Prix Series for the final qualification phase.
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