2016 Rugby Europe Women's Championship

The 2016 Women's European Championship was the 21st annual rugby tournament organised by FIRA for the continent's national teams, and also acted as a qualification tournament for 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup.

2016 Women's European Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Spain
Dates	6 October – 15 October 2016
No. of nations	6
Champions	Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	9
Top scorer(s)	Patricia García (52)
Most tries	M.Bakker, A.Bogacheva (6)
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Teams

•  Spain (Host)
•  Belgium
•  Czech Republic
•  Netherlands
•  Russia
•   Switzerland

Standings

Pool A

	Team	Games				Points			Tries		Bonus points	Points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	For	Against
1	Spain	2	2	0	0	173	0	+173	31	0	2	10
2	Belgium	2	1	0	1	21	81	-60	4	13	1	5
3	Czech Republic	2	0	0	2	5	118	-113	1	23	0	0
Source : worldrugby.org Points breakdown: *4 points for a win *2 points for a draw *1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less *1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

Pool B

	Team	Games				Points			Tries		Bonus points	Points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	For	Against
1	Netherlands	2	2	0	0	77	15	+62	13	3	2	10
2	Russia	2	1	0	1	66	22	+44	12	4	2	6
3	Switzerland	2	0	0	2	0	106	-106	0	18	0	0
Source : worldrugby.org Points breakdown: *4 points for a win *2 points for a draw *1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less *1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

Fixtures

Round 1

Test no. 1150 6 October 2016 15:00 (UTC+01)	Switzerland	0 - 55	Netherlands	Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid Referee: Marie Lematte (FRA)
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Test no. 1151 6 October 2016 17:00 (UTC+01)	Spain	76 - 0	Belgium	Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid Referee: Sarah Toll (NED)
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Round 2

Test no. 1152 9 October 2016 11:30 (UTC+01)	Netherlands	22 - 17	Russia	Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid Referee: Alhambra Nievas (ESP)
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Test no. 1153 9 October 2016 13:30 (UTC+01)	Spain	97 - 0	Czech Republic	Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid Referee: Marie Lematte (FRA)
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Round 3

Test no. 1154 12 October 2016 11:30 (UTC+01)	Belgium	20 - 5	Czech Republic	Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid Referee: Alhambra Nievas (ESP)
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Test no. 1155 12 October 2016 13:30 (UTC+01)	Russia	51 - 0	Switzerland	Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid Referee: Sarah Toll (NED)
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Round 4 (place games)

Test no. 1156 15 October 2016 12:00 (UTC+01)	Switzerland	24 - 12	Czech Republic	Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid Referee: Alhambra Nievas (ESP)
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Test no. 1157 15 October 2016 14:30 (UTC+01)	Belgium	5 - 74	Russia	Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid Referee: Sarah Toll (NED)
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Test no. 1158 15 October 2016 17:00 (UTC+01)	Spain	35 - 7	Netherlands	Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid Referee: Marie Lematte (FRA)
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Final standings

Rank	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts.
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	111	7	+104	15
2	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	84	50	+34	10
3	Russia	3	2	0	1	142	27	+115	11
4	Belgium	3	1	0	2	25	155	−130	5
5	Switzerland	3	1	0	2	24	118	−94	5
6	Czech Republic	3	0	0	3	17	142	−125	0

Scotland and the winner of European Championship (Spain) played a home-and-away series to determine the final European qualifier for the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup.

Statistics

Leading point scorers Top 5 overall point scorers Pos Name Points Nation 1 Patricia García 52 (4T, 2P, 13C)  Spain 2 Marit Bakker 30 (6T)  Netherlands Alena Bogacheva 30 (6T)  Russia 4 Marina Bravo 25 (5T)  Spain 5 Amaia Erbina 20 (4T)  Spain

Leading try scorers Top 5 try scorers Pos Name Tries Nation 1 Marit Bakker 6  Netherlands Alena Bogacheva 6  Russia 3 Marina Bravo 5  Spain 4 Amaia Erbina 4  Spain Patricia García 4  Spain

References