2018 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Grand Prix Series

2018 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Grand Prix Series
2018 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Grand Prix Series
Hosts	France; Russia
Date	30 June - 2 September
Final positions
Champions	Russia
Runners-up	France
Third	Ireland
	← 2017 2019 (June) →

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]

Schedule

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

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)

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

Pool A

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

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Ireland	3	3	0	130	7	+123	9
Wales	3	2	1	40	71	−31	7
Scotland	3	1	2	40	73	−33	5
Poland	3	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

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
France	3	3	0	116	26	+90	9
England	3	2	1	80	26	+54	7
Italy	3	1	2	38	81	−43	5
Portugal	3	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

Challenge Trophy

Semi-finals		Final

30 June 2018 – 12:50

Italy	15
		30 June 2017 – 17:56
Portugal	0
		Italy	19
30 June 2018 – 13:12
		Poland	5
Poland	19

Germany	0
		Third place

		30 June 2018 – 17:36

		Portugal	12

		Germany	10

5th Place

Semi-finals		Final

30 June 2018 – 16:06

Scotland	24
		30 June 2018 – 21:12
Wales	26
		Wales	29
30 June 2018 – 16:28
		Belgium	0
Spain	12

Belgium	14
		Third place

		30 June 2018 – 20:50

		Scotland	14

		Spain	21

Cup

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

30 June 2018 – 11:22

Russia	34
		30 June 2018 – 16:50
Scotland	0
		Russia	36
30 June 2018 – 12:28
		England	14
Wales	14
				30 June 2018 – 21:59
England	26
				Russia	12
30 June 2018 – 11:44
				France	19
Ireland	38
		30 June 2018 – 17:12
Spain	7
		Ireland	0
30 June 2018 – 12:06
		France	22	Third place
France	33
				30 June 2018 – 21:34
Belgium	7
				England	7

				Ireland	39

Stage 2 (Kazan)

Russia, the winners of stage in Kazan and the Grand Prix Series overall

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists
Cup	Russia	34-5	France
Plate
Bowl

References

^ "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.

External links

Tournament page Archived 2018-09-05 at the Wayback Machine

[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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