# 2001 FIRA Women's European Championship

The 2001 FIRA Women's European Championship featured 12 countries and was the first divided into two pools - A and B, with the strongest eight sides in the former. The tournament was also for the first time spread around several grounds in a region, rather than being played at one location. The A Pool was won by Scotland, and the B pool by Sweden. Both France and England were represented by their second string "A" teams.

## Pool A
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 6 May – Lille | 6 May – Lille | | | |
| England | 29 | | | |
| England | 29 | 10 May – Lille | 10 May – Lille | | |
| Kazakhstan | 15 | 10 May – Lille | 10 May – Lille | |
| Kazakhstan | 15 | England | 8 | |
| 6 May – Lille | 6 May – Lille | | England | 8 | |
| 6 May – Lille | 6 May – Lille | Spain | 15 | |
| Spain | 43 | Spain | 15 | |
| Spain | 43 | | | | 12 May – Lille | 12 May – Lille |
| Italy | 3 | | | | 12 May – Lille | 12 May – Lille |
| Italy | 3 | | | | Spain | 3 |
| 6 May – Lille | 6 May – Lille | | | | | Spain | 3 |
| 6 May – Lille | 6 May – Lille | | | | Scotland | 15 |
| France | 45 | | | | Scotland | 15 |
| France | 45 | 10 May – Lille | 10 May – Lille | | | |
| Ireland | 9 | 10 May – Lille | 10 May – Lille | | | |
| Ireland | 9 | France | 6 | | | |
| 6 May – Lille | 6 May – Lille | | France | 6 | | | |
| 6 May – Lille | 6 May – Lille | Scotland | 9 | | Third place | Third place |
| Scotland | 13 | Scotland | 9 | | Third place | Third place |
| Scotland | 13 | | | | 12 May – Lille | 12 May – Lille |
| Wales | 3 | | | | 12 May – Lille | 12 May – Lille |
| Wales | 3 | | | | France | 23 |
| | | | | | England | 34 |
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 10 May – Lille | 10 May – Lille |
| Ireland | 10 |
| Ireland | 10 | 12 May – Lille | 12 May – Lille |
| Wales | 15 | 12 May – Lille | 12 May – Lille |
| Wales | 15 | Wales | 17 |
| 10 May – Lille | 10 May – Lille | | Wales | 17 |
| 10 May – Lille | 10 May – Lille | Kazakhstan | 7 |
| Italy | 0 | Kazakhstan | 7 |
| Kazakhstan | 20 | | |
| Kazakhstan | 20 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 12 May – Lille | 12 May – Lille |
| | | Ireland | 9 |
| | | Italy | 8 |

### First round

* 2001-05-06
| France | 45–9 | Ireland |
* Marquette-lez-Lille, France
* 2001-05-06
| Spain | 34–3 | Italy |
* Lille, France
* 2001-05-06
| England | 29–15 | Kazakhstan |
* Tourcoing, France
* 2001-05-06
| Scotland | 13–3 | Wales |
* Hazebrouck, France

### Plate semi-finals

* 2001-05-10
| Ireland | 10–15 | Wales |
* Tourcoing, France
* 2001-05-10
| Italy | 0–20 | Kazakhstan |
* Villeneuve d'ascq, France

### Semi-finals

* 2001-05-10
| France | 6–9 | Scotland |
* Armentières, France
* 2001-05-10
| England | 8–15 | Spain |
* Roubaix, France

### 7th/8th

* 2001-05-12
| Ireland | 9–8 | Italy |
* Lille, France

### Plate final

* 2001-05-12
| Wales | 17–7 | Kazakhstan |
* Villeneuve d'ascq, France

### 3rd/4th place

* 2001-05-12
| France | 23–34 | England |
* Stadium Nord, Lille, France

### Final

* 2001-05-12
| Spain | 3–15 | Scotland |
* Stadium Nord, Lille, France

## Pool B
### Final table

| Pos | Nation | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Sweden | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 25 | +93 | 6 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 95 | 19 | +76 | 4 |
| 3 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 86 | 32 | +54 | 2 |
| 4 | Belgium | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 223 | −223 | 0 |

### Results

* 2001-05-07
| Belgium | 0–66 | Netherlands |
* IC Lille, France
* 2001-05-07
| Germany | 13–15 | Sweden |
* Villeneuve d' Ascq, France
* 2001-05-09
| Germany | 6–17 | Netherlands |
* Armentières, France
* 2001-05-09
| Belgium | 0–90 | Sweden |
* Roubaix, France
* 2001-05-12
| Netherlands | 12–13 | Sweden |
* Lille, France
* 2001-05-12
| Belgium | 0–67 | Germany |
* Armentières, France