Russia women's national rugby sevens team

Summary

The Russian women's national rugby sevens team (Russian: Женская сборная России по регби-7) is a women's rugby team in Europe. Since 2013, it is dominating the European Championships, winning the trophy seven times. Internationally, Russia's best performance was in 2013, finishing in the quarterfinals.[citation needed] The team was runner-up at the 2015 Canada Women's Sevens, after defeating Australia in quarter-finals and France in semifinals.[citation needed]

Russia
UnionRugby Union of Russia
Nickname(s)She-Bears (Медведицы)
Coach(es)Andrey Kuzin
Captain(s)Alena Mikhaltsova
Most capsBaizat Khamidova (163)
Top scorerBaizat Khamidova (500)
Team kit
Change kit
World Cup Sevens
Appearances2 (First in 2009)
Best result7th place, 2013
International medals
Women's rugby sevens
Representing  Russia
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2013 Brive-la-Gaillarde/Marbella
Gold medal – first place 2014 Moscow/Brive-la-Gaillarde
Gold medal – first place 2016 Kazan/Mallemort
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kazan/Mallemort
Gold medal – first place 2018 Kazan/Marcoussis
Gold medal – first place 2019 Marcoussis/Kharkiv
Gold medal – first place 2021 Lisbon/Moscow
Silver medal – second place 2015 Kazan/Mallemort
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Limoges
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kazan
2017 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens champions

Russia failed to qualify for the inaugural rugby sevens event in 2016 Summer Olympics; however, they qualified for the following Olympic Games in Tokyo.[1][2]

After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, World Rugby and Rugby Europe suspended Russia from international and European continental rugby union competition. In addition, the Rugby Union of Russia was suspended from World Rugby and Rugby Europe.[3][4]

Tournament history edit

A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Russia

Summer Olympics record edit

Olympic Games
Year Round Position Pld W L D
  2016 Not Qualified
  2020 Quarterfinals 8th 6 1 5 0
Total 0 Titles 1/2 6 1 5 0

World Cup Sevens record edit

Rugby World Cup Sevens
Year Round Position Pld W L D
  2009 Knockout Stage 11th 5 2 3 0
  2013 Quarterfinals 7th 5 2 2 1
  2018 Quarterfinals 8th 4 2 2 0
Total 0 Titles 3/3 14 6 7 1

World Sevens Series record edit

World Sevens Series
Year Position Pld W L D
2012–13 5th 18 12 5 1
2013–14 5th 30 15 13 2
2014–15 7th 35 12 23 0
2015–16 7th 28 13 15 0
2016–17 5th 30 16 14 0
2017–18 6th 28 12 16 0
2018–19 7th 36 13 21 2
2019–20 6th 40 6 13 0
Total 0 Title 245 99 120 5

Summer Universiade record edit

Summer Universiade
Year Round Pld W L D
  2013   7 7 0 0
  2019   5 3 0 2
Total 1 Title 12 10 0 2

European Women's Sevens results edit

European Women's Sevens
Year Position Pld W L D
  2005 1st[5] 7 7 0 0
  2006 9th 6 4 2 0
  2007 9th 5 1 3 1
  2008   6 5 1 0
  2009 7th 6 3 3 0
  2010 6th 6 2 3 1
  2011 4th 7 5 2 0
2012 4th 13 10 3 0
2013   14 12 2 0
2014   11 9 2 0
2015   14 13 1 0
2016   14 11 3 0
2017   13 13 0 0
2018   13 12 1 0
2019   12 11 1 0
2021   12 12 0 0
Total 16/18 159 130 27 2

Current squad edit

ROC's roster of 12 athletes is as follows.[6]

Team management edit

  • Head Coach – Andrey Kuzin
  • Assistant Coach and Head of Performance - Graham Bentz

References edit

  1. ^ "Qualified Teams Prepare for Tokyo Olympic 7s Rugby". RugbyAsia247. 2021-06-25. Retrieved 2021-10-24.
  2. ^ "Ireland, France and Russia claimed the three remaining sevens spots". Asia Rugby. 2021-06-21. Retrieved 2021-10-24.
  3. ^ Gallan, Daniel (1 March 2022). "World Rugby joins other sports bodies by suspending Russia and Belarus". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Rugby Europe Statement – Russia and Belarus Suspension". Rugby Europe. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  5. ^ Qualification Stage
  6. ^ "Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: Women's sevens squads". World Rugby. 6 July 2021.

External links edit

  • (in Russian) Profile on the Official Website of the Russian Rugby Federation