Russia women's national rugby sevens team

Russia
Union Rugby Union of Russia
Coach(es) Andrey Kuzin
Team kit
Change kit
World Cup Sevens
Appearances 2 (First in 2009)
Best result 7th place, 2013
International medals
Women's rugby sevens
Representing  Russia
European Championship
2013 Brive-la-Gaillarde/Marbella
2014 Moscow/Brive-la-Gaillarde
2015 Kazan/Mallemort
2016 Kazan/Mallemort
2017 Kazan/Mallemort
2018 Kazan/Marcoussis
2008 Limoges
Universiade
2013 Kazan

The Russian women's national rugby sevens team (Russian: Женская сборная России по регби-7) is one of the strongest women's rugby teams in Europe. Since 2013, it is dominating the European Women's Sevens Championship, winning the trophy five times. Internationally, Russia's best performance was in 2013, finishing in the quarterfinals.

The team resulted runner-up at the 2015 Canada Women's Sevens, after defeating Australia in quarter-finals and France in semifinals.

Russia qualified to the 2016 Final Olympic Qualification Tournament, but did not qualify for the Games as Team Russia was surprisingly defeated by Spain.

Tournament history

A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Russia

World Cup Sevens record

Rugby World Cup Sevens
Year Round Position Pld W L D
United Arab Emirates 2009 Knockout Stage 11th 5230
Russia 2013 Quarterfinals 7th 5221
United States 2018 Qualified
Total0 Titles2/210451

World Sevens Series record

World Sevens Series
Year Position Pld W L D
2012–13 5th 181251
2013–14 5th 3015132
2014–15 7th 3512230
2015–16 7th 2813150
2016–17 5th 3016140
Total0 Title14168703

Summer Olympics record

Olympic Games
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Brazil 2016 Not Qualified
Total0 Titles0/00000

European Women's Sevens results

European Women's Sevens
Year Position Pld W L D
France 2005 1st[1] 7700
France 2006 9th 6420
France 2007 9th 5131
France 2008 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 6510
Germany 2009 7th 6330
Russia 2010 6th 6231
Romania 2011 4th 7520
2012 4th 131030
2013 1st, gold medalist(s) 141220
2014 1st, gold medalist(s) 11920
2015 2nd, silver medalist(s) 141310
2016 1st, gold medalist(s) 141130
2017 1st, gold medalist(s) 131300
2018 1st, gold medalist(s) 131210
Total14/16135107262

Current squad

Current through the 8 July 2017.[2]

  • Alyona Mikhaltsova
  • Anna Baranchuk
  • Anna Gavrilyuk
  • Anna Minislamova
  • Arina Bystrova
  • Bayzat Khamidova
  • Darya Bobkova
  • Darya Lushina
  • Darya Noritsina
  • Ekaterina Bankerova
  • Ekaterina Kazakova
  • Elena Zdrokova
  • Kristina Seredina
  • Lyudmila Artamonova
  • Marina Kukina
  • Marina Petrova
  • Maria Perestyak
  • Maria Shemchuk
  • Nadezhda Kudinova
  • Nikolina Ryashina
  • Yulia Guzeva
  • Yulia Ledovskaya

Team management

  • Head Coach – Andrey Kuzin
  • Physician – Vitaly Salenko
  • Masseur – Dmitry Ikonnikov
  • Video analyzer – Ilya Tiron

References

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