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 2011 Sevens Grand Prix Series was the tenth edition of the European Sevens Championship.
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.
The Rugby Europe Sevens are a series of rugby sevens tournaments held by Rugby Europe. It was formerly known as the FIRA-AER Sevens until 2013, and the Sevens Grand Prix Series until 2021. Only one annual tournament existed prior to 2011, when Rugby Europe created a series of tournaments, following the model of the World Rugby Sevens Series. The main division is known as the Rugby Europe Championship Series, formerly known the Grand Prix, followed by the Trophy Series, Conference 1, and Conference 2. The competitions use a promotion/relegation system.
The Belgium women's national rugby sevens team are a national sporting side of Belgium, representing them at Rugby sevens.
The 2004 FIRA-AER Women's Sevens is the second edition of the European Women's Sevens Championship. It took place between the 21 and 22 May 2004 at Limoges.
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 2011 FIRA-AER Women's Sevens was the ninth edition of the European Women's Sevens Championship and was held on 16 and 17 July 2011 in Bucharest, Romania. England were crowned champions after they beat Spain in the Cup final.
The 2005 FIRA-AER Women's Sevens – Division B was held in Prague, Czech Republic from 14 to 15 May. The tournament was a qualifying tournament for the next year's European Sevens Championship, teams that made the Cup Semi-finals were promoted.
The 2009 FIRA-AER Women's Sevens – Emerging Nations tournament was held on 12 April 2009 at Zanka, Hungary. Hosts, Hungary, won the competition in the Cup final against the Czech Republic.
The 2009 FIRA-AER Women's Sevens – Division B was held from 6 to 7 June in Zenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina. There was no Division B tournament in 2008 as it was replaced by the FIRA-AER Women's Sevens – Division A competition which was a World Cup qualifier.
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 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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