Biało-Zielone Ladies Gdańsk Explained

Teamname:Biało-Zielone Gdańsk
Fullname:Biało-Zielone Ladies Gdańsk
Founded:2009 as "RC Ladies Lechia Gdańsk"
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Biało-Zielone Ladies Gdańsk is a rugby sevens based in Gdańsk, Poland. Formed in 2009, the club had strong links with the RC Lechia Gdańsk team, and the club itself was known as RC Ladies Lechia Gdańsk at the time of its formation. The ladies rugby club separated from the men's rugby club and the Lechia sports club and became known as Biało-Zielone (English: White-Green).

History

Since the club's creation it has always finished in the top three of the Polish Women's Rugby 7's Championships every year, and has won the competition each year since 2011. In 2013 the team at the time known as RC Mario Ladies Lechia Gdańsk hosted a rugby 7's tournament in Gdańsk called the Mario Cup 2013.[1] [2]

Biało-Zielone Ladies Gdańsk are the most successful ladies rugby 7's team in Poland having won 13 of the 17 national championships (Biało-Zielone did not take part in the first two editions of the championships). The Championships are decided over a series of tournaments held throughout the year. Since their first championship winning season in 2011 Biało-Zielone have played in 85 tournaments winning 78 of them. The first five of the clubs Polish Championships came under the name RC Ladies Lechia Gdańsk, while the most recent eight have been under the Biało-Zielone name.

Biało-Zielone have also won the Polish Cup six times, every time the competition has been competed including winning four years in succession between 2016 and 2019, and won the Rugby 7's beach rugby tournament three times between 2015 and 2017. In both the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons Biało-Zielone had unbeaten seasons while also winning the triple both seasons (winning the championship and both the Polish Cup and the Beach Rugby tournament in the same season). In September 2021 Biało-Zielone took part in the European Cup being held in Saint Petersburg, finishing runners-up, and only losing in the final to CSKA Moscow.[3]

It was announced in October 2021 that after 11 consecutive Polish league titles, the Biało-Zielone Gdańsk team was to join the Russian Rugby 7's league, and that the Biało-Zielone II team would continue to play in the Polish leagues,[4] however this decision was reversed after Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Honours

Polish Women's Sevens Championship

European Cup

Polish Cup

Sopot Beach Rugby Tournament

Mario Cup

Latvian Open 7's

Seasons

Seasons are shown since the team's creation in 2009. All available data is included from the 2011 tournaments when all information about the season is easily available online.

(Correct as of 19 May 2024)

ChampionshipPolish CupOther
NameSeasonPos.TournamentsTorns. WonRef.
Lechia Gdańsk20093rd---bgcolor=grey rowspan=2Not played-
20102nd---Mario Cup
20111st43[5] Winners-
20121st65[6] bgcolor=grey rowspan=4Not playedLatvian Open 7's
20131st33[7] Mario Cup
2013–141st66[8] -
2014–151st75[9] Sopot Beach Rugby
Biało-Zielone2015–161st88[10] WinnersSopot Beach Rugby
2016–171st88[11] WinnersSopot Beach Rugby
2017–181st86[12] Winners-
2018–191st88[13] WinnersSopot Beach Rugby
2019–201st55[14] bgcolor=grey rowspan=2Not played-
2020–211st76[15] European Cup
2021–221st88-Winners
2022–231st77[16] bgcolor=greyNot played
2023–241st87bgcolor=greyNot played

Key

Meaning
Winners
Runners-up
Third place
BoldIndicates a "perfect" season of winning every tournament.

Awards

For the 2020–21 season the tournament organisers introduced a "Most Valuable Player" (MVP) award which could be awarded to the best player of the tournament. The Biało-Zielone recipients of the award are listed below.

SeasonTournamentName
2020–21IKarolina Jaszczyszyn[17]
IINatalia Pamięta[18]
IIINatalia Pamięta (2)[19]
IVNatalia Pamięta (3)[20]
VMałgorzata Kołdej[21]
2021–22IKarolina Jaszczyszyn (2)[22]
IIAnna Klichowska[23]
IIINatalia Pamięta (4)[24]
VINatalia Pamięta (5)[25]
2022–23IMartyna Wardaszka[26]
IIJulia Druzgała[27]
IIINatalia Pamięta (6)[28]
IVAleksandra Leśniak[29]
VAnna Klichowska (2)[30]
VINatalia Pamięta (7)[31]
2023–24IIMartyna Wardaszka (2)
IIIAnna Klichowska (3)
IVNatalia Pamięta (8)
VIAnna Klichowska (4)

Multiple MVP winners

NameWins
Natalia Pamięta8
Anna Klichowska4
Karolina Jaszczyszyn2
Martyna Wardaszka2

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mario Ladies Lechia Gdańsk zapraszają na turniej. lechia.pl. 2019-10-02. 2014-12-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20141223083500/http://www.lechia.pl/news,1399-mario-ladies-lechia-gdansk-zapraszaja-na-turniej.html. dead.
  2. Web site: Mario Ladies Lechia Gdańsk powalczą w Mario Cup 2013. lechia.net.
  3. Web site: Klubowy sukces polskiego rugby. Biało-Zielone Ladies Gdańsk drugą drużyną Pucharu Europy w Sankt Petersburgu!. 2021-10-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20211006140506/https://dziennikbaltycki.pl/klubowy-sukces-polskiego-rugby-bialozielone-ladies-gdansk-druga-druzyna-pucharu-europy-w-sankt-petersburgu/ar/c2-15790500. 2021-10-06. bot: unknown.
  4. Web site: Rugby. Biało-Zielone Ladies Gdańsk zagrają w lidze rosyjskiej. 2021-10-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20211006140506/https://sport.interia.pl/rugby/news-rugby-bialo-zielone-ladies-gdansk-zagraja-w-lidze-rosyjskiej,nId,5565096. 2021-10-06. bot: unknown.
  5. Web site: Kalendarz Grand Prix Kobiet: 2011. old.pzrugby.p.
  6. Web site: Ladies Lechia Mistrzyniami Polski. old.pzrugby.p.
  7. Web site: Potwierdzona dominacja Ladies Lechia. old.pzrugby.p.
  8. Web site: Mistrzostwa Polski Kobiet Rozgrywki. pzrugby.pl.
  9. Web site: Mistrzostwa Polski Kobiet Rozgrywki. pzrugby.pl.
  10. Web site: Mistrzostwa Polski Kobiet 2015/2016. pzrugby.pl.
  11. Web site: Mistrzostwa Polski Kobiet 2016/2017. pzrugby.pl.
  12. Web site: Mistrzostwa Polski Kobiet 2017/2018. pzrugby.pl.
  13. Web site: Mistrzostwa Polski Kobiet 2018/2019. pzrugby.pl.
  14. Web site: Biało-Zielone Ladies o krok od 10 tytułu mistrza Polski. Koronacja w sobotę w Gdańsku. dziennikbaltycki.pl.
  15. Web site: Mistrzostwa Polski Kobiet VII. pzrugby.pl.
  16. Web site: Mistrzostwa Polski rugby 7. Panie wygrały wszystko, panowie z medalem dla Poznania. sport.trojmiasto.pl.
  17. Web site: Mistrzostwa Polski Kobiet I. pzrugby.pl.
  18. Web site: Mistrzostwa Polski Kobiet II. pzrugby.pl.
  19. Web site: Mistrzostwa Polski Kobiet III. pzrugby.pl.
  20. Web site: Mistrzostwa Polski Kobiet IV. pzrugby.pl.
  21. Web site: Mistrzostwa Polski Kobiet V. pzrugby.pl.
  22. Web site: Mistrzostwa Polski Kobiet I. pzrugby.pl.
  23. Web site: Mistrzostwa Polski Kobiet II. pzrugby.pl.
  24. Web site: Mistrzostwa Polski Kobiet III. pzrugby.pl.
  25. Web site: Mistrzostwa Polski Kobiet VI. pzrugby.pl.
  26. Web site: I Turniej w Gdyni 2022/23. pzrugby.pl.
  27. Web site: II Turniej w Warszawie 2022/23. pzrugby.pl.
  28. Web site: III Turniej w Łodzi 2022/23. pzrugby.pl.
  29. Web site: IV Turniej w Rudzie Śląskiej 2022/23. pzrugby.pl.
  30. Web site: V Turniej w Rudzie Śląskiej. pzrugby.pl.
  31. Web site: VI Turniej w Lublinie. pzrugby.pl.