The Russian women's national rugby sevens team () is a women's rugby team in Europe. Since 2013, it is dominating the European Championships, winning the trophy seven times. Internationally, Russia's best performance was in 2013, finishing in the quarterfinals. The team was runner-up at the 2015 Canada Women's Sevens, after defeating Australia in quarter-finals and France in semifinals.
Russia failed to qualify for the inaugural rugby sevens event in 2016 Summer Olympics; however, they qualified for the following Olympic Games in Tokyo.
After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, World Rugby and Rugby Europe suspended Russia from international and European continental rugby union competition. In addition, the Rugby Union of Russia was suspended from World Rugby and Rugby Europe.
Tournament history A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Russia
Summer Olympics record Olympic GamesYearRoundPosition 2016Not Qualified 2020 Quarterfinals 2024 Suspended 8th 6 1 5 0Total0 Titles1/36150
World Cup Sevens record Rugby World Cup SevensYearRoundPosition 2009 Knockout Stage 11th 5 2 3 0 2013 Quarterfinals 7th 5 2 2 1 2018 Quarterfinals 8th 4 2 2 0Total0 Titles3/314671
World Sevens Series record World Sevens SeriesYearPosition 2012–13 5th 18 12 5 1 2013–14 5th 30 15 13 2 2014–15 7th 35 12 23 0 2015–16 7th 28 13 15 0 2016–17 5th 30 16 14 0 2017–18 6th 28 12 16 0 2018–19 7th 36 13 21 2 2019–20 6th 40 6 13 0Total0 Title245991205
Summer Universiade record Summer UniversiadeYearRound 2013 7 7 0 0 2019 5 3 0 2 Total1 Title121002
European Women's Sevens results European Women's SevensYearPosition 2005 1stQualification Stage 7 7 0 0 2006 9th 6 4 2 0 2007 9th 5 1 3 1 2008 6 5 1 0 2009 7th 6 3 3 0 2010 6th 6 2 3 1 2011 4th 7 5 2 02012 4th 13 10 3 0 2013 14 12 2 0 2014 11 9 2 02015 14 13 1 02016 14 11 3 02017 13 13 0 02018 13 12 1 02019 12 11 1 02021 3333 2022Suspended 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027Total16/22159130272
Players Current squad
Award winners The following Russia Sevens players have been recognised at the World Rugby Awards since 2013:
+ World Rugby Women's 7s Player of the Year Year Nominees Winners 2015 Nadezhda Sozonova —
Team management Head Coach – Andrey Kuzin Assistant Coach and Head of Performance - Graham Bentz
References
External links Profile on the Official Website of the Russian Rugby Federation