2018 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Grand Prix Series

The 2018 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Grand Prix Series was the 2018 edition of the annual rugby sevens competition for national women's teams in Rugby Europe. The top non-core teams will participate in a 2019 Hong Kong Women's Sevens for qualification into 2019-20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, and the bottom two will be relegated to the 2019 Trophy.[1]

2018 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Grand Prix Series
Hosts France
 Russia
Date30 June - 2 September
Final positions
Champions Russia
Runners-up France
Third Ireland
2017

Schedule

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Date Venue Winner Runner-up Third
29–30 June   Marcoussis   France   Russia   Ireland
1–2 September   Kazan   Russia   France   Scotland
Overall   Russia   France   Ireland

Standings

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Legend
Qualified to 2019 Hong Kong Women's Sevens
Relegated to Trophy for 2019
Rank Team Marcoussis Kazan Points
    Russia 18 20 38
    France 20 18 38
    Ireland 16 12 28
4   Scotland 6 16 22
5   Belgium 10 8 18
6   England 14 3 17
7   Poland 3 14 17
8   Wales 12 4 16
9   Italy 4 10 14
10   Spain 8 6 14
11   Germany 1 2 3
12   Portugal 2 1 3

Stage 1 (Marcoussis)

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Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup   France 19–12   Russia   Ireland (third)
  England
Plate   Wales 29–0   Belgium   Spain (seventh)
  Scotland
Bowl   Italy 19–5   Poland   Portugal (eleventh)
  Germany

Pool Stage

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Pool A

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Russia 3 3 0 0 123 0 +123 9
  Belgium 3 1 1 1 29 48 −19 6
  Spain 3 1 1 1 22 51 −29 6
  Germany 3 0 0 3 5 80 −75 3
29 June 2018 Russia   43–0   Germany  
12:00
29 June 2018 Spain   7–7   Belgium  
12:22
29 June 2018 Russia   41–0   Belgium  
14:45
29 June 2018 Spain   15–5   Germany  
15:07
29 June 2018 Russia   39–0   Spain  
17:30
29 June 2018 Belgium   22–0   Germany  
17:52

Pool B

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Ireland 3 3 0 0 130 7 +123 9
  Wales 3 2 0 1 40 71 −31 7
  Scotland 3 1 0 2 40 73 −33 5
  Poland 3 0 0 3 21 80 −59 3
29 June 2018 Ireland   41–7   Scotland  
12:44
29 June 2018 Wales   15–14   Poland  
13:06
29 June 2018 Ireland   44–0   Poland  
15:29
29 June 2018 Wales   25–12   Scotland  
15:51
29 June 2018 Ireland   45–0   Wales  
18:14
29 June 2018 Poland   7–21   Scotland  
18:36

Pool C

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  France 3 3 0 0 116 26 +90 9
  England 3 2 0 1 80 26 +54 7
  Italy 3 1 0 2 38 81 −43 5
  Portugal 3 0 0 3 12 113 −101 3
29 June 2018 England   31–0   Italy  
13:28
29 June 2018 France   52–0   Portugal  
13:50
29 June 2018 England   35–0   Portugal  
16:13
29 June 2018 France   38–12   Italy  
16:35
29 June 2018 Italy   26–12   Portugal  
18:58
29 June 2018 France   26–14   England  
19:20

Knockout stage

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Challenge Trophy

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
30 June 2018 – 12:50
 
 
  Italy15
 
30 June 2017 – 17:56
 
  Portugal0
 
  Italy19
 
30 June 2018 – 13:12
 
  Poland5
 
  Poland19
 
 
  Germany0
 
Third place
 
 
30 June 2018 – 17:36
 
 
  Portugal12
 
 
  Germany10

5th Place

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
30 June 2018 – 16:06
 
 
  Scotland24
 
30 June 2018 – 21:12
 
  Wales26
 
  Wales29
 
30 June 2018 – 16:28
 
  Belgium0
 
  Spain12
 
 
  Belgium14
 
Third place
 
 
30 June 2018 – 20:50
 
 
  Scotland14
 
 
  Spain21
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
30 June 2018 – 11:22
 
 
  Russia34
 
30 June 2018 – 16:50
 
  Scotland0
 
  Russia36
 
30 June 2018 – 12:28
 
  England14
 
  Wales14
 
30 June 2018 – 21:59
 
  England26
 
  Russia12
 
30 June 2018 – 11:44
 
  France19
 
  Ireland38
 
30 June 2018 – 17:12
 
  Spain7
 
  Ireland0
 
30 June 2018 – 12:06
 
  France22 Third place
 
  France33
 
30 June 2018 – 21:34
 
  Belgium7
 
  England7
 
 
  Ireland39
 

Stage 2 (Kazan)

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Russia, the winners of stage in Kazan and the Grand Prix Series overall
Event Winners Score Finalists Semifinalists
Cup   Russia 34-5   France
Plate
Bowl

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Rugby Europe Competitions Calendar 2017/2018" (PDF). Rugby Europe. 5 October 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
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