The Russia national rugby union team, nicknamed Medvedi, represented Russia in men's international rugby union international competitions. The team is administered by the Rugby Union of Russia (RUR). The RUR is considered the official successor union of the Soviet Union by World Rugby and the combined CIS team which played in the early 1990s. Since 1992, the team has played as Russia. Its first test match as Russia was against the Barbarians in Moscow in June 1992 and the country's first test against an official Test nation was against Belgium later that same year.
The Rugby Europe Women's Championship is an international competition contested between women's national teams who are members of Rugby Europe. The competition has its origins in a four nation "European Cup" held in 1988 but did not become an official FIRA competition until 1995. The competition has grown significantly and in some years it attracts sufficient entrants for it to be divided into two "Pools" with the eight highest ranked entrants in any year in Pool A.
The 2008 FIRA Women's European Championship was the 11th rugby union women's European championship organised by FIRA - AER.
The most successful teams in women's international rugby union have been England, France, and New Zealand.
The 2008 European Sevens Championship was a rugby sevens competition, with the final held in Hanover, Germany. It was the seventh edition of the European Sevens championship and also functioned as a qualifying tournament for the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens. The event was organised by rugby's European governing body, the FIRA – Association of European Rugby (FIRA-AER).
The 2010 FIRA tournament included all the continent's major teams who did not qualify for the World Cup, plus Sweden and a France "A" team. Prior to the tournament Jean-Claude Baqué, Chairman of the FIRA-AER, explained the philosophy of the European Trophy. "The European Trophy is an important tournament for the development of women 15's rugby within Europe. The European Championship takes place each four years but the FIRA-AER must propose games to emerging unions through a serious competition and with the help of the big nations" Unusually, and for no published reason, all games were only 35 minutes per half.
The 2009 European Sevens Championship was a rugby sevens competition, with the final held in Hanover, Germany. It was the eighth edition of the European Sevens championship and was organised by rugby's European governing body, the FIRA – Association of European Rugby (FIRA-AER).
The 2002 European Sevens Championship was a rugby sevens competition, with the final held in Heidelberg, Germany. It was the first edition of the European Sevens championship. The event was organised by rugby's European governing body, the FIRA – Association of European Rugby (FIRA-AER).
The European Zone of qualification for the 2015 Rugby World Cup saw 31 teams competing for two places at the finals in England and one place in the Repechage playoff. Georgia and Romania qualified directly to the Rugby World Cup as Europe 1 and Europe 2, and will play in Pools C and D respectively. Russia finished third to qualify for the repechage playoff, but losing to Uruguay in the final Qualification round.
2012 Sevens Grand Prix Series was the 11th round of the Sevens Grand Prix Series for rugby sevens organised by the FIRA – Association of European Rugby. The series was held in three phases hosted by France (Lyon), Russia (Moscow) and Denmark (Odense). The tournament was won by France, who defeated Portugal 21–12 in the final. England, winner of the first two phases of the tournament, were considered to be favourites but eliminated by France in the quarter-finals. England were the overall champions of the tournament.
Rugby Europe is the administrative body for rugby union in Europe. It was formed in 1999 to promote, develop, organise, and administer the game of rugby in Europe under the authority of World Rugby. However, it is not responsible for the organisation of the Six Nations Championship or the competitions run by European Professional Club Rugby.
The 2005 FIRA-AER Women's Sevens – Division A was the third edition of the European Women's Sevens Championship and was held in Lunel, France from 25 to 26 June 2005. England defeated Spain in the Cup final of the Championship event.
The 2006 FIRA-AER Women's Sevens – Division A was the fourth edition of the European Women's Sevens Championship. The tournament was held in Limoges, France from 25 to 27 May 2006. Wales were crowned champions of the competition after beating England in the Cup final.
The 2007 FIRA-AER Women's Sevens was the fifth edition of the tournament and was held in Lunel, France from 2 to 3 June 2007. France defeated England in the Cup final to win the tournament.
The 2009 FIRA-AER Women's Sevens was the seventh edition of the FIRA-AER Sevens and was held from 11 to 12 July in Hanover, Germany. England went undefeated throughout the tournament to claim their fourth title. Moldova were relegated to Division A for 2010.
The 2010 FIRA-AER Women's Sevens was the eighth edition of the European Women's Sevens Championship and was held on the 10 and 11 July 2010 in Moscow, Russia. Spain won their second title when they defeated the Netherlands in the Cup final.
The 2011 FIRA-AER Women's Sevens was the ninth edition of the European Women's Sevens Championship and was held on 16 and 17 July 2011 in Bucharest, Romania. England were crowned champions after they beat Spain in the Cup final.
The 2012 FIRA-AER Women's Sevens Grand Prix Series was the tenth edition of the European Women's Sevens Championship. The first round was played in the Netherlands and the final round was held in Moscow which was also a qualifying tournament for the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens.
The 2022 Rugby Europe Championship was the sixth Rugby Europe Championship, the annual rugby union for the top European national teams outside the Six Nations Championship, and the 52nd edition of the competition.
The qualification process for the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup began on 6 February 2009. A total of 12 teams qualified for the tournament, which was held in England between 20 August – 5 September 2010.
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