Biało-Zielone Ladies Gdańsk (rugby sevens)

Biało-Zielone Ladies Gdańsk is a rugby sevens based in Gdańsk, Poland. Formed in 2009, the club had strong links with the RC Lechia Gdańsk team, and the club itself was known as RC Ladies Lechia Gdańsk at the time of its formation. The ladies rugby club separated from the men's rugby club and the Lechia sports club and became known as Biało-Zielone (English: White-Green).

For more sports teams that use the Lechia Gdańsk name, see Lechia Gdańsk (sports club).
Biało-Zielone Gdańsk
Full nameBiało-Zielone Ladies Gdańsk
Founded2009 as "RC Ladies Lechia Gdańsk"
LocationGdańsk, Poland
Ground(s)Gdańsk Athletics and Rugby Stadium
League(s)Polish Women's Rugby 7's Championships
1st kit
2nd kit

Since the club's creation it has finished in the top three of the Polish Women's Rugby 7's Championships every year, and has won the competition each year since 2011. In 2013 the team at the time known as RC Mario Ladies Lechia Gdańsk hosted a rugby 7's tournament in Gdańsk called the Mario Cup 2013.[1][2]

Biało-Zielone Ladies Gdańsk are the most successful ladies rugby 7's team in Poland having won 10 of the 14 national championships (Biało-Zielone did not take part in the first two editions of the championships). The Championships are decided over a series of tournaments held throughout the year. Since their first championship winning season in 2011 Biało-Zielone have played in 63 tournaments winning 57 of them. Five of the clubs Polish Championships came under the name RC Ladies Lechia Gdańsk, while the most recent five have been under the Biało-Zielone name.

Biało-Zielone have also won the Polish Cup four times in succession since 2016, and won the Rugby 7's beach rugby tournament three times between 2015 and 2017. In both the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons Biało-Zielone had unbeaten seasons while also winning the triple both seasons (winning the championship and both the Polish Cup and the Beach Rugby tournament in the same season).

Honours

Polish Women's Sevens Championship

  • Winners (10): 2011, 2012, 2013, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
  • Runners-up (1): 2010
  • Third place (1): 2009

Polish Cup

  • Winners (4): 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

Sopot Beach Rugby Tournament

  • Winners (3): 2015, 2016, 2017
  • Runners-up (1): 2019

Mario Cup

  • Winners (2): 2010, 2013

Latvian Open 7’s

  • Winners (1): 2012

Seasons

Seasons are shown since the team's creation in 2009. All available data is included from the 2011 tournaments when all information about the season is easily available online.

Championship Polish Cup Other
Name Season Pos. Tournaments Torns. Won Ref.
Lechia Gdańsk20093rd-----
20102nd----Mario Cup
20111st43[3]--
20121st65[4]-Latvian Open 7’s
20131st33[5]-Mario Cup
2013–141st66[6]--
2014–151st75[7]-Sopot Beach Rugby
Biało-Zielone2015–161st88[8]WinnersSopot Beach Rugby
2016–171st88[9]WinnersSopot Beach Rugby
2017–181st86[10]Winners-
2018–191st88[11]WinnersSopot Beach Rugby
2019–201st55[12]--
2020–21-22---

Key

Meaning
Winners
Runners-up
Third place
BoldIndicates a "perfect" season of winning every tournament.

Awards

For the 2020–21 season the tournament organisers introduced a "Most Valuable Player" (MVP) award for the best player of the tournament. The recipients of such an award are listed below.

Season Tournament Name
2020–21IKarolina Jaszczyszyn[13]
IINatalia Pamięta[14]

References
  1. "Mario Ladies Lechia Gdańsk zapraszają na turniej". lechia.pl.
  2. "Mario Ladies Lechia Gdańsk powalczą w Mario Cup 2013". lechia.net.
  3. "Kalendarz Grand Prix Kobiet: 2011" (PDF). old.pzrugby.p.
  4. "Ladies Lechia Mistrzyniami Polski". old.pzrugby.p.
  5. "Potwierdzona dominacja Ladies Lechia". old.pzrugby.p.
  6. "Mistrzostwa Polski Kobiet Rozgrywki". pzrugby.pl.
  7. "Mistrzostwa Polski Kobiet Rozgrywki". pzrugby.pl.
  8. "Mistrzostwa Polski Kobiet 2015/2016". pzrugby.pl.
  9. "Mistrzostwa Polski Kobiet 2016/2017". pzrugby.pl.
  10. "Mistrzostwa Polski Kobiet 2017/2018". pzrugby.pl.
  11. "Mistrzostwa Polski Kobiet 2018/2019". pzrugby.pl.
  12. "Biało-Zielone Ladies o krok od 10 tytułu mistrza Polski. Koronacja w sobotę w Gdańsku". dziennikbaltycki.pl.
  13. "Mistrzostwa Polski Kobiet I". pzrugby.pl.
  14. "Mistrzostwa Polski Kobiet II". pzrugby.pl.
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