Biało-Zielone Ladies Gdańsk (rugby sevens)
Biało-Zielone Ladies Gdańsk is a rugby sevens based in Gdańsk, Poland. Formed in 2009, the club had strong links with the RC Lechia Gdańsk team, and the club itself was known as RC Ladies Lechia Gdańsk at the time of its formation. The ladies rugby club separated from the men's rugby club and the Lechia sports club and became known as Biało-Zielone (English: White-Green).
Full name | Biało-Zielone Ladies Gdańsk | ||
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Founded | 2009 as "RC Ladies Lechia Gdańsk" | ||
Location | Gdańsk, Poland | ||
Ground(s) | GOKF Stadium, Al. Grunwaldzka 244 (most matches) MOSiR Stadium, ul. Traugutta 29 (major matches) | ||
League(s) | Polish Women's Rugby 7's Championships | ||
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Since the club's creation it has finished in the top three of the Polish Women's Rugby 7's Championships every year, and has won the competition each year since 2011. In 2013 the team at the time known as RC Mario Ladies Lechia Gdańsk hosted a rugby 7's tournament in Gdańsk called the Mario Cup 2013.[1][2]
Biało-Zielone Ladies Gdańsk are the most successful ladies rugby 7's team in Poland having won 10 of the 14 national championships (Biało-Zielone did not take part in the first two editions of the championships). The Championships are decided over a series of tournaments held throughout the year. Since their first championship winning season in 2011 Biało-Zielone have played in 63 tournaments winning 57 of them. Five of the clubs Polish Championships came under the name RC Ladies Lechia Gdańsk, while the most recent five have been under the Biało-Zielone name.
Biało-Zielone have also won the Polish Cup four times in succession since 2016, and won the Rugby 7's beach rugby tournament three times between 2015 and 2017. In both the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons Biało-Zielone had unbeaten seasons while also winning the triple both seasons (winning the championship and both the Polish Cup and the Beach Rugby tournament in the same season).
Honours
Polish Women's Sevens Championship
- Winners (10): 2011, 2012, 2013, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
- Runners-up (1): 2010
- Third place (1): 2009
Polish Cup
- Winners (4): 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Beach Rugby
- Winners (3): 2015, 2016, 2017
- Runners-up (1): 2019
Seasons
Seasons are shown since the team's creation in 2009. All available data is included from the 2011 tournaments when all information about the season is easily available online.
Championship | Polish Cup | Beach Rugby | |||||
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Name | Season | Pos. | Tournaments | Torns. Won | Ref. | ||
Lechia Gdańsk | 2009 | 3rd | - | - | - | - | - |
2010 | 2nd | - | - | - | - | - | |
2011 | 1st | 4 | 3 | [3] | - | - | |
2012 | 1st | 6 | 5 | [4] | - | - | |
2013 | 1st | 3 | 3 | [5] | - | - | |
2013–14 | 1st | 6 | 6 | [6] | - | - | |
2014–15 | 1st | 7 | 5 | [7] | - | Winners | |
Biało-Zielone | 2015–16 | 1st | 8 | 8 | [8] | Winners | Winners |
2016–17 | 1st | 8 | 8 | [9] | Winners | Winners | |
2017–18 | 1st | 8 | 6 | [10] | Winners | - | |
2018–19 | 1st | 8 | 8 | [11] | Winners | Runners-up | |
2019–20 | 1st | 5 | 5 | [12] | - | - |
Bold indicated a "perfect" season of winning every tournament.
References
- "Mario Ladies Lechia Gdańsk zapraszają na turniej". lechia.pl.
- "Mario Ladies Lechia Gdańsk powalczą w Mario Cup 2013". lechia.net.
- "Kalendarz Grand Prix Kobiet: 2011" (PDF). old.pzrugby.p.
- "Ladies Lechia Mistrzyniami Polski". old.pzrugby.p.
- "Potwierdzona dominacja Ladies Lechia". old.pzrugby.p.
- "Mistrzostwa Polski Kobiet Rozgrywki". pzrugby.pl.
- "Mistrzostwa Polski Kobiet Rozgrywki". pzrugby.pl.
- "Mistrzostwa Polski Kobiet 2015/2016". pzrugby.pl.
- "Mistrzostwa Polski Kobiet 2016/2017". pzrugby.pl.
- "Mistrzostwa Polski Kobiet 2017/2018". pzrugby.pl.
- "Mistrzostwa Polski Kobiet 2018/2019". pzrugby.pl.
- "Biało-Zielone Ladies o krok od 10 tytułu mistrza Polski. Koronacja w sobotę w Gdańsku". dziennikbaltycki.pl.
External links
- Social Media – Official Facebook (in Polish)
- Social Media – Official Instagram (in Polish)