2016 Rugby Europe Women's Championship Explained

The 2016 Women's European Championship was the 21st annual rugby tournament organised by FIRA for the continent's national teams, and also acted as a qualification tournament for 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup.

Teams

• (Host)

Standings

Pool A

	Team	Games				Points			Tries		Bonus points	Points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	For	Against<			--	Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	Pts-->
1		2	2	0	0	173	0	+173	31	0	2	10
2		2	1	0	1	21	81	-60	4	13	1	5
3		2	0	0	2	5	118	-113	1	23	0	0
	Source : worldrugby.org Points breakdown: *4 points for a win *2 points for a draw *1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less *1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

Pool B

	Team	Games				Points			Tries		Bonus points	Points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	For	Against<			--	Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	Pts-->
1		2	2	0	0	77	15	+62	13	3	2	10
2		2	1	0	1	66	22	+44	12	4	2	6
3		2	0	0	2	0	106	-106	0	18	0	0
	Source : worldrugby.org Points breakdown: *4 points for a win *2 points for a draw *1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less *1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

Fixtures

Round 1

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Round 2

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Round 3

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Round 4 (place games)

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Final standings

Scotland and the winner of European Championship (Spain) played a home-and-away series to determine the final European qualifier for the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup.

Statistics

Leading point scorers

Top 5 overall point scorers
Pos	Name	Points	Nation
1	Patricia García	52 (4T, 2P, 13C)
2	Marit Bakker	30 (6T)
	Alena Bogacheva	30 (6T)
4	Marina Bravo	25 (5T)
5	Amaia Erbina	20 (4T)

Leading try scorers

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Top 5 try scorers
Pos	Name	Tries	Nation
1	Marit Bakker	6
	Alena Bogacheva	6
3	Marina Bravo	5
4	Amaia Erbina	4
	Patricia García	4