2019 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Grand Prix Series

2019 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Grand Prix Series
2019 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Grand Prix Series
Hosts	France; Ukraine
Date	29 June – 21 July
Nations	12
Final positions
Champions	Russia
Runners-up	France
Third	Ireland
Series details
Matches played	68
	← 2018 2019 (July) →

The 2019 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Grand Prix Series was the 2019 edition of Rugby Europe's annual rugby sevens season. The top placing non-core teams advanced to the 2020 Hong Kong Women's Sevens qualification tournament, and the two teams with the fewest points were relegated to the 2020 Trophy tournament.^[1] The Marcoussis leg of the tournament also served as a qualifier to the European qualifiers for the 2020 Summer Olympics, where seven teams aside from Wales and Scotland^{[GB 1]} advanced.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	Third
29–30 June	Marcoussis	France	Russia	Spain
20–21 July	Kharkiv	Russia	France	Poland
Overall		Russia	France	Ireland

Standings

Legend
Green fill	Qualified to 2020 Hong Kong Women's Sevens
Blue fill	Already a core team for 2019–2020 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
Red fill	Relegated to 2020 Trophy
Blue bar	Qualified for the Olympic qualifying tournament

Rank	Team	Marcoussis	Kharkiv	Points
	Russia	18	20	38
	France	20	18	38
	Ireland	14	14	28
4	Poland	8	16	24
5	Scotland^{[GB 1]}	10	12	22
6	Spain	16	4	20
7	Belgium	6	10	16
8	England^{[GB 1]}	12	2	14
9	Italy	4	6	10
10	Netherlands	2	8	10
11	Wales^{[GB 1]}	3	3	6
12	Ukraine	1	1	2

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d By agreement between the three unions on the island of Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales), England represented Great Britain in qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Sevens.^[3] The final make-up of the Great Britain women's team was determined by the British Olympic Association.

Marcoussis

All times in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	France	15–7	Russia	Spain (third) Ireland
Plate	England	35–7	Scotland	Poland (seventh) Belgium
Bowl	Italy	12–10	Wales	Netherlands (eleventh) Ukraine

Pool Stage

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Russia	3	3	0	107	14	+93	9
England	3	2	1	95	27	+68	7
Poland	3	1	2	78	69	+9	5
Ukraine	3	0	3	0	170	–170	3

29 June 2019
11:30

Russia	47–0	Ukraine

Referee: Maria Pacifico (Italy)

29 June 2019
11:52

England	31–5	Poland

Referee: Doriane Domenjo (France)

29 June 2019
16:15

Russia	38–7	Poland

Referee: Finlay Brown (Scotland)

29 June 2019
16:37

England	57–0	Ukraine

Referee: Kathie Pickert (Germany)

29 June 2019
19:00

Russia	22–7	England

Referee: Beatrice Benvenuti (Italy)

29 June 2019
19:22

Poland	66–0	Ukraine

Referee: Katherine Ritchie (England)

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
France	3	3	0	110	5	+105	9
Belgium	3	2	1	33	50	–17	7
Wales	3	1	2	36	68	–32	5
Netherlands	3	0	3	15	71	–56	3

29 June 2019
12:57

Belgium	26–19	Wales

Referee: Kathie Pickert (Germany)

29 June 2019
13:20

France	52–0	Netherlands

Referee: Beatrice Benvenuti (Italy)

29 June 2019
18:25

Belgium	7–5	Netherlands

Referee: Maria Pacifico (Italy)

29 June 2019
18:47

France	32–5	Wales

Referee: Katherine Ritchie (England)

29 June 2019
21:10

Wales	12–10	Netherlands

Referee: Doriane Domenjo (France)

29 June 2019
21:32

France	26–0	Belgium

Referee: Maria Pacifico (Italy)

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Ireland	3	3	0	78	19	+59	9
Spain	3	2	1	55	39	+16	7
Scotland	3	1	2	57	55	+2	5
Italy	3	0	3	17	94	–77	3

29 June 2019
12:14

Ireland	15–0	Spain

Referee: Finlay Brown (Scotland)

29 June 2019
12:36

Scotland	24–7	Italy

Referee: Katherine Ritchie (England)

29 June 2019
17:41

Ireland	41–5	Italy

Referee: Doriane Domenjo (France)

29 June 2019
18:03

Scotland	19–26	Spain

Referee: Beatrice Benvenuti (Italy)

29 June 2019
20:26

Ireland	22–14	Scotland

Referee: Kathie Pickert (Germany)

29 June 2019
20:48

Italy	5–29	Spain

Referee: Finlay Brown (Scotland)

Knockout stage

9th Place

Semi-finals		Ninth place

30 June 2019 – 12:28

Wales	50
		30 June 2019 – 16:06
Ukraine	5
		Wales	10
30 June 2019 – 12:50
		Italy	12
Netherlands	5

Italy	24
		Eleventh place

		30 June 2019 – 15:43

		Ukraine	12

		Netherlands	26

5th Place

Semi-finals		Fifth place

30 June 2019 – 14:15

Scotland	31
		30 June 2019 – 17:24
Belgium	7
		Scotland	7
30 June 2019 – 14:35
		England	35
Poland	0

England	21
		Seventh place

		30 June 2019 – 17:02

		Belgium	5

		Poland	19

Cup

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

30 June 2019 – 11:00

Russia	45
		30 June 2019 – 14:59
Scotland	0
		Russia	26
30 June 2019 – 12:06
		Spain	0
Belgium	5
				30 June 2019 – 18:11
Spain	34
				Russia	7
30 June 2019 – 11:22
				France	15
France	35
		30 June 2019 – 15:21
Poland	0
		France	14
30 June 2019 – 11:44
		Ireland	12	Third place
Ireland	24
				30 June 2019 – 17:46
England	19
				Spain	19

				Ireland	0

Kharkiv

All times in Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00)

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semifinalists
Cup	Russia	5–12	France	Poland (third) Ireland
Plate	Scotland	36–7	Belgium	Netherlands (seventh) Italy
Bowl	Spain	22–12	Wales	England (eleventh) Ukraine

Pool Stage

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
France	3	3	0	81	14	+67	9
Poland	3	2	1	43	24	+19	7
Scotland	3	1	2	71	39	+32	5
Ukraine	3	0	3	0	118	–118	3

20 July 2019
11:28

Scotland	12–17	Poland

Referee: Doriane Domenjo (France)

20 July 2019
11:50

France	47–0	Ukraine

Referee: Maria Pacifico (Italy)

20 July 2019
14:13

France	12–0	Poland

Referee: Maria Latos (Germany)

20 July 2019
14:35

Scotland	43–0	Ukraine

Referee: Aneta Bejm (Poland)

20 July 2019
16:58

France	22–14	Scotland

Referee: Kathie Pickert (Germany)

20 July 2019
17:20

Poland	26–0	Ukraine

Referee: Nikki O'donnell (England)

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Russia	3	3	0	99	19	+80	9
Belgium	3	2	1	36	60	–24	7
Netherlands	3	1	2	55	41	+14	5
England	3	0	3	12	82	–70	3

20 July 2019
10:44

Russia	22–12	Netherlands

Referee: Nikki O'donnell (England)

20 July 2019
11:06

England	5–17	Belgium

Referee: Kathie Pickert (Germany)

20 July 2019
13:29

Russia	43–0	Belgium

Referee: Maria Pacifico (Italy)

20 July 2019
13:51

England	0–31	Netherlands

Referee: Doriane Domenjo (France)

20 July 2019
16:14

Russia	34–7	England

Referee: Maria Latos (Germany)

20 July 2019
16:36

Belgium	19–12	Netherlands

Referee: Aneta Bejm (Poland)

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Italy	3	2	1	60	26	+34	7
Ireland	3	2	1	40	53	–13	7
Wales	3	1	2	33	62	–29	5
Spain	3	1	2	48	40	+8	5

20 July 2019
10:00

Spain	17–19	Wales

Referee: Maria Latos (Germany)

20 July 2019
10:22

Ireland	7–27	Italy

Referee: Aneta Bejm (Poland)

20 July 2019
12:45

Spain	19–7	Italy

Referee: Kathie Pickert (Germany)

20 July 2019
13:07

Ireland	19–14	Wales

Referee: Nikki O'donnell (England)

20 July 2019
15:30

Spain	12–14	Ireland

Referee: Maria Pacifico (Italy)

20 July 2019
15:52

Italy	26–0	Wales

Referee: Doriane Domenjo (France)

Knockout stage

9th Place

Semi-finals		Ninth place

21 July 2019 – 12:28

Wales	26
		21 July 2019 – 16:40
Ukraine	12
		Wales	12
21 July 2019 – 12:50
		Spain	22
Spain	5

England	24
		Eleventh place

		21 July 2019 – 16:18

		Ukraine	7

		England	36

5th Place

Semi-finals		Fifth place

21 July 2019 – 14:15

Netherlands	0
		21 July 2019 – 17:24
Belgium	17
		Belgium	7
21 July 2019 – 14:37
		Scotland	36
Scotland	19

Italy	17
		Seventh place

		21 July 2019 – 17:02

		Netherlands	31

		Italy	24

Cup

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

21 July 2019 – 11:00

France	19
		21 July 2019 – 14:59
Netherlands	14
		France	34
21 July 2019 – 12:06
		Ireland	19
Belgium	7
				21 July 2019 – 18:11
Ireland	14
				France	5
21 July 2019 – 11:22
				Russia	12
Russia	22
		21 July 2019 – 15:21
Scotland	7
		Russia	32
21 July 2019 – 11:44
		Poland	0	Third place
Italy	14
				21 July 2019 – 17:46
Poland	17
				Ireland	14

				Poland	45

External links

Tournament page

References

^ "Calendar for 2018-19" (PDF). Rugby Europe. 15 March 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
^ "2019 - Women7s - Grand Prix Series". Rugby Europe. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
^ "Sevens Olympic pathway confirmed for 2020". England Rugby. 17 September 2018. Archived from the original on 12 October 2018.

[britain-2] By agreement between the three unions on the island of Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales), England represented Great Britain in qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Sevens.^[3] The final make-up of the Great Britain women's team was determined by the British Olympic Association.

[1] "Calendar for 2018-19" (PDF). Rugby Europe. 15 March 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2019.

[3] "2019 - Women7s - Grand Prix Series". Rugby Europe. Retrieved 27 June 2019.

[4] "Sevens Olympic pathway confirmed for 2020". England Rugby. 17 September 2018. Archived from the original on 12 October 2018.

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