1988 Women's Rugby European Cup

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.

1988 Women's Rugby European Cup
1988-05-21 - 1988-05-23
Host nation  France
No. of nations4
Champions  France
Runner-up  Great Britain
Matches played 6

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]
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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

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