2020 Rugby Europe Women's Championship

2020 Women's European Championship
Countries Netherlands
 Russia
 Spain
Final positions
Champions Spain
Runner-up Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played3
2019
2022 →
(Trophy) 2021–22

The 2020 Rugby Europe Women's Championship was the 24th edition of Rugby Europe's top division competition for women's national rugby union teams outside the Six Nations, and the twelfth such tournament for which the European Championship title was awarded. Spain won the title [1] and advanced to the European Qualification Tournament to decide teams for the 2021 Rugby World Cup, with the winner of that tournament qualifying for the World Cup and the runner-up progressing to the repechage.[2]

The tournament was held from 7 March to 11 April 2020 as a knockout competition, with the three highest ranked teams in Europe not participating in the Women's Six Nations competing.

Format

Unlike the previous year, the tournament is a round-robin tournament in which each team will face each other once.

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1  Spain 2 2 0 0 143 7 +136 11
2  Russia 2 1 0 1 34 77 −43 4
3  Netherlands 2 0 0 2 21 114 −93 1
Source: [citation needed]

Results

2020-03-07
11:50 CET (UTC+1)
(1 BP) Netherlands 21–27
Report
 Russia
Amsterdam
2021-03-20
14:00 CET (UTC+1)
(1 BP) Spain 56–7
Report
 Russia
Estadio Pedro Escartín, Guadalajara (Spain)
2021-03-27
14:45 CET (UTC+1)
(1 BP) Spain 87–0
Report
 Netherlands
Estadio Pedro Escartín, Guadalajara (Spain)

References

  1. ^ "Women's Championship 2020". Rugby Europe. 7 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Preview: Rugby World Cup 2021 Europe Qualifier". Six Nations Rugby. 12 September 2021.