1997 FIRA Women's European Championship

The third championship saw a significant expansion to eight teams, with three British entrants entering a FIRA event for the first time - and an all British final.

1997 FIRA Women's European Championship
1998-04-02 - 1998-04-06
Host nation  France
No. of nations 8
Champions  England
Runner-up  Scotland
Matches played 12

First round

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1997-04-02 France  58-18  Germany Nice, France [40/13/1]
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1997-04-02 England  40-3  Netherlands Nice, France [34/32/2]
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1997-04-02 Spain  27-0  Ireland Nice, France [11/15/1]
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1997-04-02 Italy  7-31  Scotland Nice, France [16/21/2]

Plate semi-finals

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1997-04-04 Italy  13-5  Ireland Nice, France [18/16/1]
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1997-04-04 Netherlands  32-10  Germany Nice, France [33/15/4]

Semi-finals

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1997-04-04 France  10-15  England Nice, France [41/35/6]
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1997-04-04 Scotland  11-10  Spain Nice, France [22/12/1]

7th/8th Place

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1997-04-06 Germany  0-16  Ireland Nice, France [15/17/1]

Plate final

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1997-04-06 Italy  24-26  Netherlands Nice, France [19/33/4]

3rd/4th Place

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1997-04-06 France  8-25  Spain Nice, France [42/13/5]

Final

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1997-04-06 England  24-8  Scotland Nice, France [36/23/4]

External links

See also

Preceded by
1996 FIRA Women's European Championship
FIRA Women's European Championship
1997
 England
Succeeded by
1999 FIRA Women's European Championship