2019 Rugby Europe Women's Championship
| Date | 23 February–4 May 2019 |
|---|---|
| Countries | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain |
| Runner-up | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 4 |
2020 → | |
The 2019 Rugby Europe Women's Championship was the 23rd edition of Rugby Europe's top division competition for women's national rugby union teams, and the eleventh such tournament for which the European Championship title was awarded. The tournament was held from 23 February to 4 May 2019 as a knockout competition, with the four highest ranked teams in Europe not participating in the Women's Six Nations competing. For the first time the competition was not held in a single location - each match instead was hosted by the higher seeded team.[1] Spain won the championship to take its fourth European title and third consecutive title and seventh overall.[2][3]
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, Germany and Russia. The format was a four team semifinal bracket, with the teams seeded 1 and 2 meeting the teams seeded 4 and 3 respectively. A final for the title was played between the two semifinal winners and a match for third place was played by the defeated semifinal teams.
Results
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 23 February 2019 | ||||||
| File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | 41 | |||||
| 3 May 2019 | ||||||
| File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 0 | |||||
| File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | 54 | |||||
| 9 March 2019 | ||||||
| File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | 0 | |||||
| File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | 46 | |||||
| File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany | 17 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 4 May 2019 | ||||||
| File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany | 5 | |||||
| File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 22 | |||||
Semi-finals
| 2019-02-23 16:00 CET (UTC+1) |
| Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg | 41–0 Report | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia |
| Madrid, Spain |
| 2019-03-09 15:35 CET (UTC+1) |
| Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg | 46–17 Report | File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany |
| Amsterdam, Netherlands |
3rd Place
| 2019-05-04 15:00 CET (UTC+1) |
| Germany File:Flag of Germany.svg | 5–22 Report | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia |
| Bonn, Germany |
Final
| 2019-03-30 14:50 CET (UTC+1) |
| Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg | 54–0 Report | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands |
| Madrid, Spain |
See also
- 2018–19 Rugby Europe Women's Trophy
- Rugby Europe Women's Championship
- Women's international rugby union § 2019
References
- ↑ "España derrota a Rusia por 41-0 y se mete en la final del Europeo" (in Spanish). RTVE. 22 February 2019. Archived from the original on 24 February 2019.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Las Leonas consiguen su séptimo título europeo con récord de asistencia" (in Spanish). RTVE. 30 March 2019. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Spain retain Rugby Europe Women's Championship". World Rugby. 30 March 2019. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019.