1997 FIRA Women's European Championship

The third championship 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 Women's European Championship
1998-04-02 - 1998-04-06
Host nation	France
No. of nations	8
Champions	England
Runner-up	Scotland
Matches played	12

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	2 April – Nice
	France	58
					4 April – Nice
	Germany	18
					France	10
	2 April – Nice
					England	15
	England	40
									6 April – Nice
	Netherlands	3
									England	24
	2 April – Nice
									Scotland	8
	Spain	27
					4 April – Nice
	Ireland	0
					Spain	10
	2 April – Nice
					Scotland	11			Third place
	Italy	7
									6 April – Nice
	Scotland	31
									France	8
									Spain	25

	Semi-finals				Final
	4 April – Nice
	Germany	10
					6 April – Nice
	Netherlands	32
					Netherlands	26
	4 April – Nice
					Italy	24
	Ireland	5
	Italy	13
					Third place
					6 April – Nice
					Germany	0
					Ireland	16

First round

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	1997-04-02	France	58-18	Germany	Nice, France	[40/13/1]

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	1997-04-02	England	40-3	Netherlands	Nice, France	[34/36/2]

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	1997-04-02	Spain	27-0	Ireland	Nice, France	[14/15/1]

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	1997-04-02	Italy	7-31	Scotland	Nice, France	[21/21/2]

Plate semi-finals

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	1997-04-04	Italy	13-5	Ireland	Nice, France	[22/16/1]

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	1997-04-04	Netherlands	32-10	Germany	Nice, France	[37/15/4]

Semi-finals

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	1997-04-04	France	10-15	England	Nice, France	[41/35/6]

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	1997-04-04	Scotland	11-10	Spain	Nice, France	[22/14/1]

7th/8th Place

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	1997-04-06	Germany	0-16	Ireland	Nice, France	[15/17/1]

Plate final

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	1997-04-06	Italy	24-26	Netherlands	Nice, France	[23/38/5]

3rd/4th Place

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	1997-04-06	France	8-25	Spain	Nice, France	[42/15/5]

Final

[179]
	1997-04-06	England	24-8	Scotland	Nice, France	[36/23/4]

External links

• FIRA website

See also

• Women's international rugby union

References