Russia women's national rugby sevens team
The Russian women's national rugby sevens team (Russian: Женская сборная России по регби-7) is a major women's rugby team in Europe. Since 2013, it is dominating the European Championships, winning the trophy seven 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) | Alena 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 | ||
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2017 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens champions
The team was runner-up at the 2015 Canada Women's Sevens, after defeating Australia in quarter-finals and France in semifinals.
Russia failed to qualify for the inaugural rugby sevens event in 2016 Summer Olympics; however, they qualified for the following Olympic Games in Tokyo.[1][2]
Tournament history
A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Russia
Summer Olympics record
| Olympic Games | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D | |||
 2016 |
Not Qualified | ||||||||
 2020 |
Quarterfinals | 8th | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 Titles | 1/2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||
World Cup Sevens record
| Rugby World Cup Sevens | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D | |||
 2009 |
Knockout Stage | 11th | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||
 2013 |
Quarterfinals | 7th | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
 2018 |
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 | 6th | 40 | 6 | 13 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 0 Title | 245 | 99 | 120 | 5 | ||||
Summer Universiade record
| Summer Universiade | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Pld | W | L | D | ||||
| 2013 |
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7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
 2019 |
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5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 1 Title | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | ||||
European Women's Sevens results
| European Women's Sevens | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Position | Pld | W | L | D | ||||
 2005 |
1st[3] | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2006 |
9th | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2007 |
9th | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 2008 |
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6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||||
 2009 |
7th | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2010 |
6th | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||||
 2011 |
4th | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2012 | 4th | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2013 | |
14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2014 | |
11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2015 |  |
14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2016 | |
14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2017 | |
13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2018 | |
13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2019 | |
12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2021 | |
12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 16/18 | 159 | 130 | 27 | 2 | ||||
Current squad
Squad to 2020 Summer Olympics:
ROC's roster of 12 athletes is as follows.[4]
Team management
- Head Coach – Andrey Kuzin
- Assistant Coach and Head of Performance - Graham Bentz
- Physician – Vitaly Salenko
- Masseur – Dmitry Ikonnikov
- Video analyzer – Ilya Tiron
References
- "Qualified Teams Prepare for Tokyo Olympic 7s Rugby". RugbyAsia247. 2021-06-25. Retrieved 2021-10-24.
- "Ireland, France and Russia claimed the three remaining sevens spots". Asia Rugby. 2021-06-21. Retrieved 2021-10-24.
- Qualification Stage
- "Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: Women's sevens squads". World Rugby. 6 July 2021.
External links
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