1988 Women's Rugby European Cup

1988 Women's Rugby European Cup
1988-05-21 - 1988-05-23
Host nation	France
No. of nations	4
Champions	France
Runner-up	Great Britain
Matches played	6

The 1988 Women's European Cup was the first women's rugby European championship and the first multi-national women's rugby competition of any sort, albeit not an official FIRA competition.

It was also the only occasion where a Great Britain side entered such a competition. In all future women's rugby competitions Great Britain would be represented by the four individual nations.

Final table

Position	Nation	Games				Points		Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against
1	France	3	3	0	0	37	12	9
2	Great Britain	3	2	0	1	64	17	7
3	Netherlands	3	1	0	2	13	45	5
4	Italy	3	0	0	3	18	58	3

Results

[20]
	1988-05-21	France	13–3	Netherlands	Bourg en Bresse	[12/11/7]

[21]
	1988-05-21	Great Britain	32–9	Italy	Bourg en Bresse	[4/4/1]

[22]
	1988-05-22	France	16–3	Italy	Bourg en Bresse	[13/5/4]

[23]
	1988-05-22	Great Britain	26–0	Netherlands	Bourg en Bresse	[5/12/1]

[24]
	1988-05-23	France	8–6	Great Britain	Bourg en Bresse	[14/6/3]

[25]
	1988-05-23	Italy	6–10	Netherlands	Bourg en Bresse	[6/13/1]

See also

• Women's international rugby
• 1982 Netherlands v France women's rugby match (first women’s international rugby match)
• RugbyFest 1990 (first cross-continental women's rugby tournament)

References

External links

• FIRA website

Preceded by none	Women's European Cup 1988  France	Succeeded by 1995 FIRA Women's European Championship