1996 FIRA Women's European Championship
The second FIRA Women's European Championship saw the debut of Germany and a five-nation event.
The competition was initially a three-team two pools system but Russia withdrew a few days before the start.[1] With no time for finding substitutes Pool B was left with only two teams, becoming in a "semi-final" for deciding the final place. The other final place was decided on a three-team pool (Pool A), won by Spain with wins over Netherlands and Germany.
On the competition calendar[1] 5th/6th and 3rd/4th place matches were planned, but with the non participation of Russia a three-team pool was created. Italy played Netherlands and Germany, the results of these games being combined with the earlier match between Netherlands and Germany to decide 3rd-5th places.
| 1996 FIRA Women's European Championship | |
|---|---|
| 1996-04-10 - 1996-04-14 | |
| Host nation |  Spain |
| No. of nations | 5 |
| Champions |  France |
| Matches played | 7 |
Results
Pool A
| Position | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | |||
| Final | Spain |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 0 | 4 |
| Play-off |  Netherlands |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 2 |
| Play-off |  Germany |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 82 | 0 |
| [141] | |||||
| 1996-04-10 | Spain |
53-0 | Germany |
Madrid | [8/9/1] |
| [143] | |||||
| 1996-04-11 | Netherlands |
29-11 | Germany |
Madrid | [29/10/3] |
| [144] | |||||
| 1996-04-12 | Spain |
29-0 [2] | Netherlands |
Madrid | [7/28/1] |
Pool B
| [142] | |||||
| 1996-04-11 | France |
57 – 8 |  Italy |
Madrid | [34/14/6] |
3rd-5th play-offs
| Position | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | |||
| 3 | Italy |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 6 | 4 |
| 4 | Netherlands |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 22 | 2 |
| 5 | Germany |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 68 | 0 |
| [145] | |||||
| 1996-04-13 | Italy |
39-0 | Germany |
Madrid | [16/11/1] |
| [146] | |||||
| 1996-04-14 | Italy |
11-6 | Netherlands |
Madrid | [17/30/3] |
Final
| [147] | |||||
| 1996-04-14 | Spain |
10-15 | France |
Madrid | [9/35/4] |
References
External links
See also
- Women's international rugby
| Preceded by 1995 FIRA Women's European Championship |
FIRA Women's European Championship 1996 France |
Succeeded by 1997 FIRA Women's European Championship |