2001 FIRA Women's European Championship
{{Infobox rugby tournament
| type = Women
| logo =
| pixels = 50px
| dates = {{start date|2001|05|06|df=y}}–
{{end date|2001|05|12|df=y}}
| host = France
| nations = 12
| champion = Scotland
| runnerup = Spain
| matches = 18
| top scorer =
|name=2001 FIRA European Championship|preceded by=2000|succeeded by=2002}}
The 2001 FIRA Women's European Championship was the sixth edition of the tournament and featured 12 countries. It 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.
Pool A
=Bracket=
{{Round8-with third
|6 May – Lille|{{ruw|ENG}}|29|{{ruw|KAZ}}|15
|6 May – Lille|{{ruw|ESP}}|43|{{ruw|ITA}}|3
|6 May – Lille|{{ruw|FRA}}|45|{{ruw|IRE}}|9
|6 May – Lille|{{ruw|SCO}}|13|{{ruw|WAL}}|3
|10 May – Lille|{{ruw|ENG}}|8|{{ruw|ESP}}|15
|10 May – Lille|{{ruw|FRA}}|6|{{ruw|SCO}}|9
|12 May – Lille|{{ruw|ESP}}|3|{{ruw|SCO}}|15
|12 May – Lille|{{ruw|FRA}}|23|{{ruw|ENG}}|34
}}
{{Round4-with third
|10 May – Lille|{{ruw|IRE}}|10|{{ruw|WAL}}|15
|10 May – Lille|{{ruw|ITA}}|0|{{ruw|KAZ}}|20
|12 May – Lille|{{ruw|WAL}}|17|{{ruw|KAZ}}|7
|12 May – Lille|{{ruw|IRE}}|9|{{ruw|ITA}}|8
}}
=First round=
{{rugbybox
| date = 2001-05-06
| team1 = {{ruw-rt|FRA}}
| score = 45–9
| team2 = {{ruw|IRE}}
| stadium = Marquette-lez-Lille, France
}}
{{rugbybox
| date = 2001-05-06
| team1 = {{ruw-rt|ESP}}
| score = 34–3
| team2 = {{ruw|ITA}}
| stadium = Lille, France
}}
{{rugbybox
| date = 2001-05-06
| team1 = {{ruw-rt|ENG}}
| score = 29–15
| team2 = {{ruw|KAZ}}
| stadium = Tourcoing, France
}}
{{rugbybox
| date = 2001-05-06
| team1 = {{ruw-rt|SCO}}
| score = 13–3
| team2 = {{ruw|WAL}}
| stadium = Hazebrouck, France
}}
=Plate semi-finals=
{{rugbybox
| date = 2001-05-10
| team1 = {{ruw-rt|IRE}}
| score = 10–15
| team2 = {{ruw|WAL}}
| stadium = Tourcoing, France
}}
{{rugbybox
| date = 2001-05-10
| team1 = {{ruw-rt|ITA}}
| score = 0–20
| team2 = {{ruw|KAZ}}
| stadium = Villeneuve d'ascq, France
}}
=Semi-finals=
{{rugbybox
| date = 2001-05-10
| team1 = {{ruw-rt|FRA}}
| score = 6–9
| team2 = {{ruw|SCO}}
| stadium = Armentières, France
}}
{{rugbybox
| date = 2001-05-10
| team1 = {{ruw-rt|ENG}}
| score = 8–15
| team2 = {{ruw|ESP}}
| stadium = Roubaix, France
}}
=7th/8th=
{{rugbybox
| date = 2001-05-12
| team1 = {{ruw-rt|IRE}}
| score = 9–8
| team2 = {{ruw|ITA}}
| stadium = Lille, France
}}
=Plate final=
{{rugbybox
| date = 2001-05-12
| team1 = {{ruw-rt|WAL}}
| score = 17–7
| team2 = {{ruw|KAZ}}
| stadium = Villeneuve d'ascq, France
}}
=3rd/4th place=
{{rugbybox
| date = 2001-05-12
| team1 = {{ruw-rt|FRA}}
| score = 23–34
| team2 = {{ruw|ENG}}
| stadium = Stadium Nord, Lille, France
}}
=Final=
{{rugbybox
| date = 2001-05-12
| team1 = {{ruw-rt|ESP}}
| score = 3–15
| team2 = {{ruw|SCO}}
| stadium = Stadium Nord, Lille, France
}}
Pool B
=Final table=
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Q
|team_header=Nation
|for_against_style=points
|winpoints=2
|team1=SWE|name_SWE={{Ruw|SWE}}
|team2=NED|name_NED={{Ruw|NED}}
|team3=GER|name_GER={{Ruw|GER}}
|team4=BEL|name_BEL={{Ruw|BEL}}
|win_SWE=3|draw_SWE=0|loss_SWE=0|pf_SWE=118|pa_SWE=25
|win_NED=2|draw_NED=0|loss_NED=1|pf_NED=95|pa_NED=19
|win_GER=1|draw_GER=0|loss_GER=2|pf_GER=86|pa_GER=32
|win_BEL=0|draw_BEL=0|loss_BEL=3|pf_BEL=0|pa_BEL=223
|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=
|result1=A
|update=complete|source=
}}
=Results=
{{rugbybox
| date = 2001-05-07
| team1 = {{ruw-rt|BEL}}
| score = 0–66
| team2 = {{ruw|NED}}
| stadium = IC Lille, France
}}
{{rugbybox
| date = 2001-05-07
| team1 = {{ruw-rt|GER}}
| score = 13–15
| team2 = {{ruw|SWE}}
| stadium = Villeneuve d' Ascq, France
}}
{{rugbybox
| date = 2001-05-09
| team1 = {{ruw-rt|GER}}
| score = 6–17
| team2 = {{ruw|NED}}
| stadium = Armentières, France
}}
{{rugbybox
| date = 2001-05-09
| team1 = {{ruw-rt|BEL}}
| score = 0–90
| team2 = {{ruw|SWE}}
| stadium = Roubaix, France
}}
{{rugbybox
| date = 2001-05-12
| team1 = {{ruw-rt|NED}}
| score = 12–13
| team2 = {{ruw|SWE}}
| stadium = Lille, France
}}
{{rugbybox
| date = 2001-05-12
| team1 = {{ruw-rt|BEL}}
| score = 0–67
| team2 = {{ruw|GER}}
| stadium = Armentières, France
}}
See also
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20020810171114/http://www.fira-aer-rugby.com/index-nojs.html FIRA website]
{{Rugby Europe Women's Championship}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fira}}
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