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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]
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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]
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]
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