2012 FIRA-AER Women's Sevens – Division A explained

Countries:	Bulgaria Belgium
Separate:	yes
Trophy1:	Sofia (Group A)
Date1:	9–10 June 2012
Third1:	Decat: yes Child: yes Autoheaders: yes Header1: Tournament details Label2: Matches played Data2: 42
Trophy2:	Ghent (Group B)
Date2:	9–10 June 2012
Matches:	29
Prevseason:	2011
Nextseason:	2013

The 2012 FIRA-AER Women's Sevens – Division A was a European pre-qualifying tournament for the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens.^[1] In similar fashion to the 2008 competition, Division B was cancelled and all the teams were promoted to Division A for 2012. Teams were divided into two groups with both tournaments played on the same dates in Bulgaria and Belgium. Unlike 2008, only the top two teams in both Groups were promoted to the Grand Prix Series for the final qualification phase.

Wales, Croatia, Ireland and Scotland were the four teams to advance to the Grand Prix Series for the final qualifying tournament.

Teams

Group A teams

Group B teams

Group A

The Group A tournament was held on 9 and 10 June 2012 at Sofia, Bulgaria.^[2]

Pool Stages

Pool A

Nation	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
	5	0	0	158	19
	4	0	1	201	21
	3	0	2	78	45
	2	0	3	43	114
	1	0	4	41	151
	0	0	5	10	181

Pool B

Nation	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
	5	0	0	238	0
	4	0	1	161	36
	3	0	2	103	97
	2	0	3	85	81
	1	0	4	45	172
	0	0	5	0	246

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Classification Stages

Cup Semi-finals

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Group B

The Group B tournament was held on 9 and 10 June at Ghent, Belgium.^{[3] [4]}

Pool Stages

Pool A

Nation	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
	4	0	0	155	12
	3	0	1	115	26
	2	0	2	24	104
	1	0	3	20	90
	0	0	4	5	87

Pool B

Nation	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
	4	0	0	169	0
	3	0	1	69	50
	1	1	2	48	83
	1	1	2	29	65
	0	0	4	5	122

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Classification Stages

Bowl Final

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Notes and References

1. Web site: 2012 Women's FIRA 7s Tournament - Division A . 2024-04-04 . www.rugbyarchive.net.
2. Web site: 2012 World Cup Qualifier A . 2024-04-04 . rugby7.com.
3. Web site: 2012 World Cup Qualifier B . 2024-04-04 . rugby7.com.
4. Web site: 2012-06-06 . Ireland Women's Sevens Squad Announced For European Championship . 2024-04-08 . Irish Rugby . en-US.