Russia women's national rugby sevens team
Union | Rugby Union of Russia | ||
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Nickname(s) | She-Bears (Медведицы) | ||
Coach(es) | Andrey Kuzin | ||
Captain(s) | Alena Mikhaltsova | ||
Most caps | Baizat Khamidova (163) | ||
Top scorer | Baizat Khamidova (500) | ||
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World Cup Sevens | |||
Appearances | 2 (First in 2009) | ||
Best result | 7th place, 2013 |
International medals | ||
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Women's rugby sevens | ||
Representing Russia | ||
European Championship | ||
2013 Brive-la-Gaillarde/Marbella | ||
2014 Moscow/Brive-la-Gaillarde | ||
2016 Kazan/Mallemort | ||
2017 Kazan/Mallemort | ||
2018 Kazan/Marcoussis | ||
2019 Marcoussis/Kharkiv | ||
2021 Lisbon/Moscow | ||
2015 Kazan/Mallemort | ||
2008 Limoges | ||
Universiade | ||
2013 Kazan |
The Russian women's national rugby sevens team (Russian: Женская сборная России по регби-7) is a major 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.
The team was runner-up at the 2015 Canada Women's Sevens, after defeating Australia in quarter-finals and France in semifinals.
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]
Tournament history[]
A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Russia
Summer Olympics record[]
Olympic Games | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D | |||
2016 | Not Qualified | ||||||||
2020 | Quarterfinals | 8th | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||
Total | 0 Titles | 1/2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
World Cup Sevens record[]
Rugby World Cup Sevens | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D | |||
2009 | Knockout Stage | 11th | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||
2013 | Quarterfinals | 7th | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
2018 | Quarterfinals | 8th | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
Total | 0 Titles | 3/3 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 |
World Sevens Series record[]
World Sevens Series | |||||||||
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Year | Position | Pld | W | L | D | ||||
2012–13 | 5th | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | ||||
2013–14 | 5th | 30 | 15 | 13 | 2 | ||||
2014–15 | 7th | 35 | 12 | 23 | 0 | ||||
2015–16 | 7th | 28 | 13 | 15 | 0 | ||||
2016–17 | 5th | 30 | 16 | 14 | 0 | ||||
2017–18 | 6th | 28 | 12 | 16 | 0 | ||||
2018–19 | 7th | 36 | 13 | 21 | 2 | ||||
2019–20 | 6th | 40 | 6 | 13 | 0 | ||||
Total | 0 Title | 245 | 99 | 120 | 5 |
Summer Universiade record[]
Summer Universiade | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Pld | W | L | D | ||||
2013 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |||||
2019 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||||
Total | 1 Title | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
European Women's Sevens results[]
European Women's Sevens | |||||||||
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Year | Position | Pld | W | L | D | ||||
2005 | 1st[3] | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2006 | 9th | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||||
2007 | 9th | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||
2008 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |||||
2009 | 7th | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||||
2010 | 6th | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||||
2011 | 4th | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||||
2012 | 4th | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | ||||
2013 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | |||||
2014 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | |||||
2015 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | |||||
2016 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | |||||
2017 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |||||
2018 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | |||||
2019 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | |||||
2021 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Total | 16/18 | 159 | 130 | 27 | 2 |
Current squad[]
Squad to 2020 Summer Olympics:
ROC's roster of 12 athletes is as follows.[4]
- Anna Baranchuk
- Iana Danilova
- Baizat Khamidova
- Marina Kukina
- Daria Lushina
- Daria Noritsina
- Mariya Pogrebnyak
- Kristina Seredina
- Daria Shestakova
- Nadezhda Sozonova
- Alena Tiron (c)
- Elena Zdrokova
Team management[]
- Head Coach – Andrey Kuzin
- Assistant Coach and Head of Performance - Graham Bentz
- Physician – Vitaly Salenko
- Masseur – Dmitry Ikonnikov
- Video analyzer – Ilya Tiron
References[]
- ^ "Qualified Teams Prepare for Tokyo Olympic 7s Rugby". RugbyAsia247. 2021-06-25. Retrieved 2021-10-24.
- ^ "Ireland, France and Russia claimed the three remaining sevens spots". Asia Rugby. 2021-06-21. Retrieved 2021-10-24.
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- ^ "Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: Women's sevens squads". World Rugby. 6 July 2021.
External links[]
Categories:
- European national women's rugby union teams
- World Rugby Women's Sevens Series core teams
- Women's national rugby sevens teams
- Russia women's national rugby union team