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]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host |  Belgium |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Spain |
| Runner-up |  Netherlands |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 4 |
← 2016 | |
Format
editThe 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
edit| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||
| Spain
| 44 | ||||||
 Germany
| 0 | ||||||
| Spain
| 40 | ||||||
| Netherlands
| 7 | ||||||
| Belgium
| 12 | ||||||
| Netherlands
| 84 | Third place | |||||
| Belgium
| 5 | ||||||
| Germany
| 24 | ||||||
Semi-finals
edit3rd Place
editFinal
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Spain win Rugby Europe Women's Championship". World Rugby. 5 May 2018. Archived from the original on 14 May 2018.
- ^ a b c "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.