1997 FIRA Women's European Championship

The 1997 FIRA Women's European Championship was the third edition of the championship, it saw a significant expansion to eight teams, with three British entrants entering a FIRA event for the first time - and an all British final.

1997 FIRA European Championship
Tournament details
Host France
Dates2 April 1998 (1998-04-02)
6 April 1998 (1998-04-06)
Teams8
Final positions
Champions England
Runner-up Scotland
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
1996
1999

Bracket

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
2 April – Nice
 
 
  France58
 
4 April – Nice
 
  Germany18
 
  France10
 
2 April – Nice
 
  England15
 
  England40
 
6 April – Nice
 
  Netherlands3
 
  England24
 
2 April – Nice
 
  Scotland8
 
  Spain27
 
4 April – Nice
 
  Ireland0
 
  Spain10
 
2 April – Nice
 
  Scotland11 Third place
 
  Italy7
 
6 April – Nice
 
  Scotland31
 
  France8
 
 
  Spain25
 
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
4 April – Nice
 
 
  Germany10
 
6 April – Nice
 
  Netherlands32
 
  Netherlands26
 
4 April – Nice
 
  Italy24
 
  Ireland5
 
 
  Italy13
 
Third place
 
 
6 April – Nice
 
 
  Germany0
 
 
  Ireland16

First round

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France  58–18  Germany
Nice, France
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England  40–3  Netherlands
Nice, France
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Spain  27–0  Ireland
Nice, France
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Italy  7–31  Scotland
Nice, France

Plate semi-finals

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Italy  13–5  Ireland
Nice, France
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Netherlands  32–10  Germany
Nice, France

Semi-finals

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France  10–15  England
Nice, France
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Scotland  11–10  Spain
Nice, France

7th/8th Place

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Germany  0–16  Ireland
Nice, France

Plate final

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Italy  24–26  Netherlands
Nice, France

3rd/4th Place

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France  8–25  Spain
Nice, France

Final

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England  24–8  Scotland
Nice, France

See also

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References

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