1996 FIRA Women's European Championship
The 1996 FIRA Women's European Championship was the second edition of the Women's European Championship. It saw the debut of Germany and a five-nation event.
| 1996 FIRA Women's European Championship | |
|---|---|
| 1996-04-10 - 1996-04-14 | |
| Host nation |  Spain |
| No. of nations | 5 |
| Champions |  France |
| Matches played | 7 |
The competition was initially a three-team two pools system but Russia withdrew a few days before the start.[1] With no time for finding substitutes Pool B was left with only two teams, becoming in a "semi-final" for deciding the final place. The other final place was decided on a three-team pool (Pool A), won by Spain with wins over Netherlands and Germany.
On the competition calendar[1] 5th/6th and 3rd/4th place matches were planned, but with the non participation of Russia a three-team pool was created. Italy played Netherlands and Germany, the results of these games being combined with the earlier match between Netherlands and Germany to decide 3rd-5th places.
Results
Pool A
| Position | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | |||
| Final | Spain |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 0 | 4 |
| Play-off |  Netherlands |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 2 |
| Play-off |  Germany |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 82 | 0 |
| [144] | |||||
| 1996-04-10 | Spain |
53-0 | Germany |
Madrid | [9/9/1] |
| [146] | |||||
| 1996-04-11 | Netherlands |
29-11 | Germany |
Madrid | [32/10/3] |
| [147] | |||||
| 1996-04-12 | Spain |
29-0 [2] | Netherlands |
Madrid | [10/33/1] |
3rd-5th play-offs
| Position | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | |||
| 3 |  Italy |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 6 | 4 |
| 4 | Netherlands |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 22 | 2 |
| 5 | Germany |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 68 | 0 |
| [148] | |||||
| 1996-04-13 | Italy |
39-0 | Germany |
Madrid | [19/11/1] |
| [149] | |||||
| 1996-04-14 | Italy |
11-6 | Netherlands |
Madrid | [20/34/3] |
References
- Championship info in Mundo Deportivo Wednesday 10 April 1996 page 50 - spanish
- Result obtained in "Deportes en Breve - Rugby", ABC, 13 April 1996 page 83 - spanish