# 2016 Rugby Europe Women's Championship

The 2016 Women's European Championship was the 21st annual rugby tournament organised by FIRA for the continent's national teams, and also acted as a qualification tournament for 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup.

## Teams

* Spain (Host)
* Belgium
* Czech Republic
* Netherlands
* Russia
* Switzerland

## Standings
### Pool A

| | Team | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Tries | Tries | Bonus points | Points |
| | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | For | Against | Bonus points | Points |
| 1 | Spain | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173 | 0 | +173 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | Belgium | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 81 | -60 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 118 | -113 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Source : worldrugby.org Points breakdown: *4 points for a win *2 points for a draw *1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less *1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match |||||||||||||

### Pool B

| | Team | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Tries | Tries | Bonus points | Points |
| | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | For | Against | Bonus points | Points |
| 1 | Netherlands | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 15 | +62 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | Russia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 22 | +44 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 106 | -106 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Source : worldrugby.org Points breakdown: *4 points for a win *2 points for a draw *1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less *1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match |||||||||||||

## Fixtures
### Round 1

* 6 October 2016 15:00 (UTC+01)
| Switzerland | 0 - 55 | Netherlands |
| | Report | |
* Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid Referee: Marie Lematte (FRA)
* 6 October 2016 17:00 (UTC+01)
| Spain | 76 - 0 | Belgium |
| | Report | |
* Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid Referee: Sarah Toll (NED)

### Round 2

* 9 October 2016 11:30 (UTC+01)
| Netherlands | 22 - 17 | Russia |
| | Report | |
* Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid Referee: Alhambra Nievas (ESP)
* 9 October 2016 13:30 (UTC+01)
| Spain | 97 - 0 | Czech Republic |
| | Report | |
* Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid Referee: Marie Lematte (FRA)

### Round 3

* 12 October 2016 11:30 (UTC+01)
| Belgium | 20 - 5 | Czech Republic |
| | Report | |
* Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid Referee: Alhambra Nievas (ESP)
* 12 October 2016 13:30 (UTC+01)
| Russia | 51 - 0 | Switzerland |
| | Report | |
* Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid Referee: Sarah Toll (NED)

### Round 4 (place games)

* 15 October 2016 12:00 (UTC+01)
| Switzerland | 24 - 12 | Czech Republic |
| | Report | |
* Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid Referee: Alhambra Nievas (ESP)
* 15 October 2016 14:30 (UTC+01)
| Belgium | 5 - 74 | Russia |
| | Report | |
* Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid Referee: Sarah Toll (NED)
* 15 October 2016 17:00 (UTC+01)
| Spain | 35 - 7 | Netherlands |
| | Report | |
* Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Marie Lematte (FRA)

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 7 | +104 | 15 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 84 | 50 | +34 | 10 |
| 3 | Russia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 142 | 27 | +115 | 11 |
| 4 | Belgium | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 155 | −130 | 5 |
| 5 | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 118 | −94 | 5 |
| 6 | Czech Republic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 142 | −125 | 0 |
Scotland and the winner of European Championship (Spain) played a home-and-away series to determine the final European qualifier for the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup.