2021 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Championship Series
The 2021 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Championship Series was the 2021 edition of Rugby Europe's annual rugby sevens season. The first edition of the European Championships Series, with the previous tournament title "Grand Prix" being abandoned, nine participating nations went through three pool phases and played a total of 12 matches in two legs, in Lisbon, Portugal, and Moscow, Russia. In the second pool phase, the teams were mingled, and in the third pool phase, the teams were grouped in pools according to their intermediate ranking after the 2nd pool phase.[1]
| 2021 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Championship Series | |
|---|---|
| Hosts |  Portugal Russia |
| Date | 5 June – 26 June |
| Nations | 9 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Russia |
| Runners-up |  Poland |
| Third |  Spain |
← 2019 2022 → | |
Russia successfully defended their title, winning all 12 matches, while Poland and Spain took the second and third position, respectively.[2][3] It was Poland's first ever top three result in the Europe Women's Sevens Championship Series.
Schedule
| Date | Venue | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5–6 June | Lisbon | Russia | Spain | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium |
| 25–26 June | Moscow | Russia | Poland |  Scotland |
| Overall | ||||
Standings
| Rank | Team | Lisbon | Moscow | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Russia | 20 | 20 | 40 |
 | Poland | 14 | 18 | 32 |
 | Spain | 18 | 14 | 32 |
| 4 | Scotland | 12 | 16 | 28 |
| 5 | Belgium | 16 | 12 | 28 |
| 6 | Portugal | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| 7 |  Wales | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 8 |  Germany | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| 9 |  Romania | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Lisbon
All times in Western European Summer Time (UTC+01:00)
Moscow
All times in Moscow Time (UTC+03:00)
External links
References
- "Rugby Europe 7s season for 2021 announced". Scottish Rugby Union. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
- @rugby_europe (27 June 2021). "📈As the women's 7s Championship concluded yesterday this was how the teams finished the 2021 competition!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- Russia and Spain clinch Series titles in Moscow