Russia women's national rugby sevens team
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.
| Union | Rugby Union of Russia | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | She-Bears (Медведицы) | ||
| Coach(es) | Andrey Kuzin | ||
| Captain(s) | Alyona 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's rugby sevens | ||
Representing  | ||
| European Championship | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2013 Brive-la-Gaillarde/Marbella | |
| 2014 Moscow/Brive-la-Gaillarde | |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2015 Kazan/Mallemort | |
| 2016 Kazan/Mallemort | |
| 2017 Kazan/Mallemort | |
| 2018 Kazan/Marcoussis | |
| 2019 Marcoussis/Kharkiv | |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2008 Limoges | |
| Universiade | ||
| 2013 Kazan | |
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 | |||
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Knockout Stage | 11th | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||
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Quarterfinals | 7th | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
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Quarterfinals | 8th | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 Titles | 3/3 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | |||
World Sevens Series record
| World Sevens Series | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||||
| Total | 0 Title | 205 | 93 | 107 | 5 | ||||
Summer Olympics record
| Olympic Games | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D | |||
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Not Qualified | ||||||||
| Total | 0 Titles | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Summer Universiade record
| Summer Universiade | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Pld | W | L | D | ||||
|
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7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 1 Title | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Current squad
2017 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens champions
Current through the 8 July 2017.[2]
- Alena 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
- Qualification Stage
- Женская сборная России по регби-7
External links
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