1997 FIRA Women's European Championship

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

The 1997 FIRA Women's European Championship was the third edition of the championship, it saw a significant expansion to eight teams, with three British entrants entering a FIRA event for the first time - and an all British final.

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]

[170]
	1997-04-02	Spain	27-0	Ireland	Nice, France	[14/15/1]

[171]
	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]

[173]
	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]

[175]
	1997-04-04	Scotland	11-10	Spain	Nice, France	[22/14/1]

7th/8th Place[]

[176]
	1997-04-06	Germany	0-16	Ireland	Nice, France	[15/17/1]

Plate final[]

[177]
	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[]

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

External links[]

FIRA website^{[permanent dead link]}