# 2000 FIRA Women's European Championship

The 2000 FIRA Women's European Championship was the fifth edition of the tournament. It saw virtually the same format as 1997.
In Pool A Ireland returned to the competition.
In "Pool B" a tournament had been planned involving Belgium, Germany, Netherlands and Russia. Belgium and Russia withdrew "at the last minute" and were replaced by a French regional team (Flandre). After a double round-robin between these three teams, Germany and Netherlands played against the teams finishing 7th and 8th in Pool A

## Pool A
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 8 May – Vera | 8 May – Vera | | | |
| England | 41 | | | |
| England | 41 | 10 May – Roquetas | 10 May – Roquetas | | |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 10 May – Roquetas | 10 May – Roquetas | |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | England | 12 | |
| 8 May – El Ejido | 8 May – El Ejido | | England | 12 | |
| 8 May – El Ejido | 8 May – El Ejido | France | 19 | |
| France | 41 | France | 19 | |
| France | 41 | | | | 13 May – Almeria | 13 May – Almeria |
| Ireland | 14 | | | | 13 May – Almeria | 13 May – Almeria |
| Ireland | 14 | | | | France | 31 |
| 8 May – Roquetas | 8 May – Roquetas | | | | | France | 31 |
| 8 May – Roquetas | 8 May – Roquetas | | | | Spain | 0 |
| Spain | 58 | | | | Spain | 0 |
| Spain | 58 | 10 May – Almeria | 10 May – Almeria | | | |
| Italy | 16 | 10 May – Almeria | 10 May – Almeria | | | |
| Italy | 16 | Spain | 13 | | | |
| 8 May – Almeria | 8 May – Almeria | | Spain | 13 | | | |
| 8 May – Almeria | 8 May – Almeria | Scotland | 10 | | Third place | Third place |
| Scotland | 28 | Scotland | 10 | | Third place | Third place |
| Scotland | 28 | | | | 13 May – Almeria | 13 May – Almeria |
| Wales | 16 | | | | 13 May – Almeria | 13 May – Almeria |
| Wales | 16 | | | | England | 40 |
| | | | | | Scotland | 20 |
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 10 May – El Ejido | 10 May – El Ejido |
| Kazakhstan | 31 |
| Kazakhstan | 31 | 24 April – Vera | 24 April – Vera |
| Ireland | 15 | 24 April – Vera | 24 April – Vera |
| Ireland | 15 | Kazakhstan | 3 |
| 10 May – Vera | 10 May – Vera | | Kazakhstan | 3 |
| 10 May – Vera | 10 May – Vera | Wales | 6 |
| Italy | 24 | Wales | 6 |
| Wales | 25 | | |

### First round

* 2000-05-08
| France | 41–14 | Ireland |
* El Ejido, Spain
* 2000-05-08
| England | 41–3 | Kazakhstan |
* Vera, Spain
* 2000-05-08
| Scotland | 28–6 | Wales |
* Almeria, Spain
* 2000-05-08
| Spain | 58–16 | Italy |
* Roquetas, Spain

### Plate semi-finals

* 2000-05-10
| Italy | 24–25 | Wales |
* El Ejido, Spain
* 2000-05-10
| Ireland | 15–31 | Kazakhstan |
* Vera, Spain

### Semi-finals

* 2000-05-10
| England | 12–19 | France |
* Roquetas, Spain
* 2000-05-10
| Spain | 13–10 | Scotland |
* Almeria, Spain

### 7th/8th place

Italy awarded 7th place Ireland awarded 8th place

### Plate final

* 2000-05-13
| Wales | 6–3 | Kazakhstan |
* Vera, Spain

### 3rd/4th place

* 2000-05-13
| England | 40–20 | Scotland |
* Almeria, Spain

### Final

* 2000-05-13
| Spain | 0–31 | France |
* Almeria, Spain

## Pool B

Games where 20 Minutes each way.

### Final table

| Pos | Nation | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Flandre | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 6 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 15 | +7 | 4 |
| 3 | Germany | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 27 | −11 | 2 |

### Results

* 2000-05-08
| Germany | 5–12 | Netherlands |
* El Ejido, Spain
* 2000-05-08
| Flandre | 8-6 | Germany |
* El Ejido, Spain
* 2000-05-08
| Flandre | 5-0 | Netherlands |
* El Ejido, Spain
* 2000-05-10
| Germany | 0–7 | Netherlands |
* Roquetas, Spain
* 2000-05-10
| Flandre | 0-5 | Germany |
* El Ejido, Spain
* 2000-05-10
| Flandre | 5-3 | Netherlands |
* El Ejido, Spain

## Pool A/Pool B playoffs

Germany and Netherlands then "played off" against the teams listed as being in 7th and 8th place in Pool A.
* 2000-05-13
| Italy | 27–5 | Germany |
* Roquetas, Spain
* 2000-05-13
| Ireland | 19–12 | Netherlands |
* El Ejido, Spain