Russia women's national rugby sevens team

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)
Most triesBaizat Khamidova (100)
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

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 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]

  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.

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