2018 Rugby Europe Women's Championship

2018 Women's European Championship
Tournament details
Host Belgium
Final positions
Champions Spain
Runner-up Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
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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]

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, 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

Semifinals Finals
    
 Spain 44
 Germany 0
 Spain 40
 Netherlands 7
 Belgium 12
 Netherlands 84 Third place
 Belgium 5
 Germany 24

Semi-finals

2018-02-27
Spain 44–0 Germany
Waterloo, Belgium
2018-02-27
Belgium 12–84 Netherlands
Waterloo, Belgium

3rd Place

2018-03-02
Belgium 5–24 Germany
Waterloo, Belgium

Final

2018-03-03
Spain 40–7 Netherlands
Waterloo, Belgium

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Spain win Rugby Europe Women's Championship". World Rugby. 5 May 2018. Archived from the original on 14 May 2018.
  2. ^ 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.