2019 Rugby Europe Women's Championship

2019 Women's European Championship

Date	23 February–4 May 2019
Countries	Spain   Netherlands   Germany   Russia
Final positions
Champions	Spain
Runner-up	Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
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The 2019 Rugby Europe Women's Championship was the 23rd edition of Rugby Europe's top division competition for women's national rugby union teams, and the eleventh such tournament for which the European Championship title was awarded.

The tournament was held from 23 February to 4 May 2019 as a knockout competition, with the four highest ranked teams in Europe not participating in the Women's Six Nations competing. For the first time the competition was not held in a single location - each match instead was hosted by the higher seeded team. ^[1] Spain won the championship to take its fourth European title and third consecutive title and seventh overall. ^{[2] [3]}

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, Germany and Russia. The format was a four team semifinal bracket, with the teams seeded 1 and 2 meeting the teams seeded 4 and 3 respectively. A final for the title was played between the two semifinal winners and a match for third place was played by the defeated semifinal teams.

Results

	Semi-finals				Final
	23 February 2019
	Spain	41
					3 May 2019
	Russia	0
					Spain	54
	9 March 2019
					Netherlands	0
	Netherlands	46
	Germany	17
					Third place
					4 May 2019
					Germany	5
					Russia	22

Semi-finals

2019-02-23 16:00 CET (UTC+1)

Spain	41–0 Report	Russia

Madrid, Spain

2019-03-09 15:35 CET (UTC+1)

Netherlands	46–17 Report	Germany

Amsterdam, Netherlands

3rd Place

2019-05-04 15:00 CET (UTC+1)

Germany	5–22 Report	Russia

Bonn, Germany

Final

2019-03-30 14:50 CET (UTC+1)

Spain	54–0 Report	Netherlands

Madrid, Spain

See also

• 2018–19 Rugby Europe Women's Trophy
• Rugby Europe Women's Championship
• Women's international rugby union § 2019

References

1. "España derrota a Rusia por 41-0 y se mete en la final del Europeo" (in Spanish). RTVE. 22 February 2019. Archived from the original on 24 February 2019.
2. "Las Leonas consiguen su séptimo título europeo con récord de asistencia" (in Spanish). RTVE. 30 March 2019. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
3. "Spain retain Rugby Europe Women's Championship". World Rugby. 30 March 2019. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019.