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2008 FIRA-AER Women's Sevens
Host nation	France
Date	14–15 June 2008
Cup
Champion	England
Runner-up	Netherlands
Third	Russia
Tournament details
Matches played	48
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The 2008 FIRA-AER Women's Sevens was the sixth edition of the European Women's Sevens Championship and was held in Limoges, France on 14 and 15 June 2008. This was the final qualifying tournament for Europe for the inaugural 2009 Women's Rugby World Cup Sevens in Dubai.

England, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, France and Italy were the teams that qualified for the World Cup.

Teams

The 10 team format was replaced by 16 teams as it was the World Cup qualifier.

Nine teams who were confirmed (pre-qualified) were France, England, Spain, Wales, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Russia, and Portugal. Seven teams from the 2008 FIRA-AER Women's Sevens – Division A competition also qualified for the tournament.

•  Andorra*
•  Czech Republic*
•  England
•  Finland*
•  France
•  Germany*
•  Israel*
•  Italy
•  Moldova*
•  Netherlands
•  Portugal
•  Romania*
•  Russia
•  Spain
•  Sweden
•  Wales

Note: * indicates teams that qualified from the 2008 FIRA-AER Women's Sevens – Division A tournament. Czechia qualified in place of Scotland

Pool Stages

Pool A

Nation	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
Russia	3	0	0	76	10
France	2	0	1	103	17
Portugal	1	0	2	43	47
Czech Republic	0	0	3	5	153

France	22–0	Portugal

Russia	39–0	Czech Republic

France	71–0	Czech Republic

Russia	20–0	Portugal

Portugal	43–5	Czech Republic

France	10–17	Russia

Pool B

Nation	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
England	3	0	0	127	0
Germany	2	0	1	78	48
Sweden	1	0	2	46	80
Andorra	0	0	3	14	137

England	31–0	Germany

Sweden	36–7	Andorra

England	56–0	Andorra

Sweden	10–33	Germany

Germany	45–7	Andorra

England	40–0	Sweden

Pool C

Nation	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
Spain	3	0	0	114	24
Netherlands	2	0	1	106	28
Romania	1	0	2	39	71
Israel	0	0	3	0	136

Spain	36–5	Romania

Netherlands	52–0	Israel

Spain	50–0	Israel

Netherlands	35–0	Romania

Romania	34–0	Israel

Spain	28–19	Netherlands

Pool D

Nation	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
Italy	3	0	0	110	5
Wales	2	0	1	76	38
Finland	1	0	2	17	93
Moldova	0	0	3	15	82

Wales	40–0	Finland

Italy	34–0	Moldova

Wales	31–10	Moldova

Italy	48–0	Finland

Finland	17–5	Moldova

Wales	5–28	Italy

Source:

Classification Stages

Cup Quarter-finals

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Cup Final
	15 June 2008
	Russia	20
					15 June 2008
	Germany	5
					Netherlands	21
	15 June 2008
					Russia	12
	Netherlands	5
									15 June 2008
	Italy	0
									England	52
	15 June 2008
									Netherlands	0
	Spain	14
					15 June 2008
	Wales	5
					England	10
	15 June 2008
					Spain	0			3rd Place
	England	29
									15 June 2008
	France	7
									Russia	10
									Spain	5

Plate Semi-final

	Semi-finals				Plate Final
	15 June 2008
	France	35
					15 June 2008
	Wales	7
					France	14
	15 June 2008
					Italy	5
	Italy	29
	Germany	0
					7th Place
					15 June 2008
					Wales	20
					Germany	0

Bowl Quarter-finals

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Bowl Final
	15 June 2008
	Portugal	17
					15 June 2008
	Andorra	0
					Portugal	19
	15 June 2008
					Finland	7
	Finland	21
									15 June 2008
	Israel	0
									Sweden	15
	15 June 2008
									Portugal	7
	Moldova	12
					15 June 2008
	Romania	0
					Sweden	22
	15 June 2008
					Moldova	5			11th Place
	Sweden	34
									15 June 2008
	Czech Republic	0
									Moldova	10
									Finland	7

Shield Semi-final

	Semi-finals				Shield Final
	15 June 2008
	Romania	19
					15 June 2008
	Czech Republic	14
					Andorra	10
	15 June 2008
					Romania	5
	Andorra	34
	Israel	0
					15th Place
					15 June 2008
					Israel	12
					Czech Republic	7

Source:

Final Standings

Rank	Team
	England
	Netherlands
	Russia
4	Spain
5	France
6	Italy
7	Wales
8	Germany
9	Sweden
10	Portugal
11	Moldova
12	Finland
13	Andorra
14	Romania
15	Israel
16	Czech Republic

References

1. ^ "2008 Euro Sevens Championship". rugby7.com. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
2. ^ "2008 Women's FIRA 7s Tournament - Top 16". www.rugbyarchive.net. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
3. Source: FIRA-AER
4. "Samoa and Australia join RWC Sevens". PlanetRugby. 2008-07-28. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
5. "Japan and Hong Kong book passage to RWC Sevens". ESPN.com. 2008-10-05. Retrieved 2024-03-23.

External links

• FIRA-AER Flashinfo N°91 - 07/2008

• Rugby Europe Women's Sevens
• 2008 rugby sevens competitions
• 2007–08 in European women's rugby union
• 2008–09 in European women's rugby union