Croatia women's national rugby sevens team

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Croatia
Union Croatian Rugby Federation
Coach(es)Kreso Slavicek
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The Croatia women's national sevens team represents Croatia in Rugby sevens. They compete regularly in Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Conference division. They competed at the 2021 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Conference and won bronze. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Players

Previous Squads

Squad to 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens Final Qualifier [4]

  • Petra Drušković
  • Maja Gajica
  • Ada Tanasković
  • Nikolina Pivčević
  • Antea Dedić
  • Lucrezia Meštrov
  • Vedrana Alajbeg
  • Franćeska Pleština
  • Tihana Žaja
  • Ana-marija Cikojević
  • Željka Butković
  • Mateja Spajic
  • Eleonora Ozeke
  • Gloria Molak
  • Ornela Bešker Amulić

Tournament History

Rugby Europe Women's Sevens

Rugby Europe Women's Sevens
YearRoundPositionPldWDL
201215th Place Playoff16th6006
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 2013 7th Place Playoff8th7304
Flag of Norway.svg 2014 11th Place Playoff12th5104
Flag of Lithuania.svg 2015 3rd Place PlayoffBronze medal icon.svg6501
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg 2016 Plate Finals7th6204
Flag of Slovakia.svg 2017 Plate Finals5th6411
Flag of Croatia.svg 2018 Plate FinalsBronze medal icon.svg6501
Flag of Croatia.svg 2019 5th Place Playoff6th6303
Flag of Serbia.svg 2021 NABronze medal icon.svg6303
Total0 Titles9/95426127

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