2001 FIRA Women's European Championship

The 2001 FIRA Women's European Championship featured 12 countries and was the first divided into two pools - A and B, with the strongest eight sides in the former. The tournament was also for the first time spread around several grounds in a region, rather than being played at one location. The A Pool was won by Scotland, and the B pool by Sweden. Both France and England were represented by their second string "A" teams.

2001 FIRA Women's European Championship
2001-05-06 - 2001-05-12
Host nation	France
No. of nations	12
Champions	Scotland
Runner-up	Spain
Matches played	18

Pool A

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	6 May – Lille
	England	29
					10 May – Lille
	Kazakhstan	15
					England	8
	6 May – Lille
					Spain	15
	Spain	43
									12 May – Lille
	Italy	3
									Spain	3
	6 May – Lille
									Scotland	15
	France	45
					10 May – Lille
	Ireland	9
					France	6
	6 May – Lille
					Scotland	9			Third place
	Scotland	13
									12 May – Lille
	Wales	3
									France	23
									England	34

	Semi-finals				Final
	10 May – Lille
	Ireland	10
					12 May – Lille
	Wales	15
					Wales	17
	10 May – Lille
					Kazakhstan	7
	Italy	0
	Kazakhstan	20
					Third place
					12 May – Lille
					Ireland	9
					Italy	8

First round

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	2001-05-06	France	45-9	Ireland	Marquette-lez-Lille, France	[69/36/6]

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	2001-05-06	Spain	34-3	Italy	Lille, France	[37/31/4]

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	2001-05-06	England	29-15	Kazakhstan	Tourcoing, France	[70/24/2]

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	2001-05-06	Scotland	13-3	Wales	Hazebrouck, France	[53/56/11]

Plate semi-finals

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	2001-05-10	Ireland	10-15	Wales	Tourcoing, France	[37/57/5]

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	2001-05-10	Italy	0-20	Kazakhstan	Villeneuve d'ascq, France	[32/25/1]

Semi-finals

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	2001-05-10	France	6-9	Scotland	Armentières, France	[70/54/6]

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	2001-05-10	England	8-15	Spain	Roubaix, France	[71/38/6]

7th/8th

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	2001-05-12	Ireland	9-8	Italy	Lille, France	[38/33/3]

Plate final

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	2001-05-12	Wales	17-7	Kazakhstan	Villeneuve d'ascq, France	[58/26/5]

3rd/4th place

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	2001-05-12	France	23-34	England	Stadium Nord, Lille, France	[71/72/13]

Final

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	2001-05-12	Spain	3-15	Scotland	Stadium Nord, Lille, France	[39/55/7]

Pool B

Final Table

Position	Nation	Games				Points		Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against
1	Sweden	3	3	0	0	118	25	6
2	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	95	19	4
3	Germany	3	1	0	2	88	32	2
4	Belgium	3	0	0	3	0	233	0

Results

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	2001-05-07	Belgium	0-66	Netherlands	IC Lille, France	[5/49/3]

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	2001-05-07	Germany	13-15	Sweden	Villeneuve d' Ascq, France	[30/24/6]

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	2001-05-09	Germany	6-17	Netherlands	Armentières, France	[31/50/10]

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	2001-05-09	Belgium	0-90	Sweden	Roubaix, France	[6/25/2]

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	2001-05-12	Netherlands	12-13	Sweden	Lille, France	[51/26/5]

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	2001-05-12	Belgium	0-67	Germany	Armentières, France	[7/32/1]

External links

• FIRA website

See also

• Women's international rugby union