2012 European Championship
Tournament details
Host Italy
Final positions
Champions England
Runner-up France
Tournament statistics
Matches played6

The 2012 Women's European Championship or "European Cup" was the 17th annual rugby tournament organised by FIRA for the continent's national teams and the ninth official continental championship. Only eight teams took part - the lowest entry since 1996 and also the first time since 1996 that Scotland, Wales and Ireland did not take part. The leading four teams played in Group A in Rovereto, Italy between 13 and 19 May, and the other four played at Enköping between 3 and 7 May. The latter tournament also started Europe's Women's Rugby World Cup qualification process, with both finalists qualifying for the continent's qualification tournament in 2013.

Most of the absences were due to Unions prioritising sevens rugby, in advance of the 2013 Sevens World Cup. Even the teams attending the Group A tournament were weakened by clashes with the London, Amsterdam and Rome Sevens tournaments. England were least affected as their players only missed the first round of games, but several French players from the Six Nations did not play in this tournament, while most of the Spanish team from 2011 Women's European Trophy were selected for the Amsterdam Sevens in preference to Rovereto.

Group A

Position Nation Games Match points Bonus points Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Tries (4+) Losing (<=7)
1 England 3 3 0 0 122 33 3 0 15
2 France 3 2 0 1 107 51 2 1 11
3 Italy 3 1 0 2 81 57 1 1 6
4 Spain 3 0 0 3 6 175 0 0 0
2012-05-13
England 61–0[1] Spain
Rovereto, Italy
2012-05-13
Italy 19–22[2] France
Rovereto, Italy
2012-05-16
Italy 8–32[3] England
Rovereto, Italy
2012-05-16
France 60–3[4] Spain
Rovereto, Italy
2012-05-19
England 29–25[5] France
Rovereto, Italy
2012-05-19
Italy 54–3[6] Spain
Rovereto, Italy

Group B

Semi finals

2012-05-03
Netherlands 105–0 [7] Finland
Enkoping, Sweden
2012-05-03
Sweden 67–0 [8] Russia
Enkoping, Sweden

Third-place

2012-05-07
Finland 17–45 [9] Russia
Enkoping, Sweden

Final

See also

Notes

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