2018 Rugby Europe Women's Championship

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2018 Women's European Championship
Tournament details
HostFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Runner-upFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
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The 2018 Rugby Europe Women's Championship was the 22nd edition of Rugby Europe's top division competition for women's national rugby union teams, and the tenth such tournament for which the European Championship title was awarded. The tournament was held in Belgium from 27 February to 3 March 2018 as a knockout competition, with matches played at Brussels and Waterloo. Spain won the championship to take its third European title and second in a row. [1]

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Format

The four teams, based on the world rankings at the time of issuing the tournament regulations, were assigned a seeding from 1 to 4, the highest being that of Spain and, subsequently, the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. [2] The format was a four team semifinal bracket, with the teams seeded 1 and 2 meeting the teams seeded 4 and 3 respectively. [2] A final for the title was played between the two winners and a match for third place was played by the defeated semifinal teams. [2] All competitions took place at the Stade du Pachy in Waterloo  [1] except for the final held at the Petit Heysel in Brussels. [1]

Results

Semifinals Finals
    
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 44
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 40
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 7
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 12
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 84 Third place
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 5
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 24

Semi-finals

2018-02-27
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg44–0Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Waterloo, Belgium
2018-02-27
Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg12–84Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Waterloo, Belgium

3rd Place

2018-03-02
Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg5–24Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Waterloo, Belgium

Final

2018-03-03
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg40–7Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Waterloo, Belgium

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Spain win Rugby Europe Women's Championship". World Rugby. 5 May 2018. Archived from the original on 14 May 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Rugby Europe Women's European Championship 2018 Tournament Manual" (PDF). rugbyeurope.eu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 December 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
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