2008 FIRA-AER Women's Sevens explained

2008 FIRA-AER Women's Sevens
Countries:	France
Date:	14–15 June 2008
Matches:	48
Prevseason:	2007
Nextseason:	2009

The 2008 FIRA-AER Women's Sevens was the sixth edition of the European Women's Sevens Championship and was held in Limoges, France on 14 and 15 June 2008.^{[1] [2]} This was the final qualifying tournament for Europe for the inaugural 2009 Women's Rugby World Cup Sevens in Dubai.^[3]

England, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, France and Italy were the teams that qualified for the World Cup.^{[4] [5]}

Teams

The 10 team format was replaced by 16 teams as it was the World Cup qualifier.

Nine teams who were confirmed (pre-qualified) were France, England, Spain, Wales, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Russia, and Portugal. Seven teams from the 2008 FIRA-AER Women's Sevens – Division A competition also qualified for the tournament.

Note: * indicates teams that qualified from the 2008 FIRA-AER Women's Sevens – Division A tournament. Czechia qualified in place of Scotland

Pool Stages

Pool A

Nation	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
	3	0	0	76	10
	2	0	1	103	17
	1	0	2	43	47
	0	0	3	5	153

Pool B

Nation	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
	3	0	0	127	0
	2	0	1	78	48
	1	0	2	46	80
	0	0	3	14	137

Pool C

Nation	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
	3	0	0	114	24
	2	0	1	106	28
	1	0	2	39	71
	0	0	3	0	136

Pool D

Nation	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
	3	0	0	110	5
	2	0	1	76	38
	1	0	2	17	93
	0	0	3	15	82

Source:

Classification Stages

Shield Semi-final

Source:

Final Standings

Rank	Team
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

External links

• FIRA-AER Flashinfo N°91 - 07/2008

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2008 Euro Sevens Championship . 2024-03-23 . rugby7.com.
2. Web site: 2008 Women's FIRA 7s Tournament - Top 16 . 2024-03-24 . www.rugbyarchive.net.
3. Source: FIRA-AER
4. Web site: 2008-07-28 . Samoa and Australia join RWC Sevens . 2024-03-23 . PlanetRugby . en.
5. Web site: 2008-10-05 . Japan and Hong Kong book passage to RWC Sevens . 2024-03-23 . ESPN.com . en.