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).
History
Since the club's creation it has always 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.
Biało-Zielone Ladies Gdańsk are the most successful ladies rugby 7's team in Poland having won 13 of the 17 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 85 tournaments winning 78 of them. The first five of the clubs Polish Championships came under the name RC Ladies Lechia Gdańsk, while the most recent eight have been under the Biało-Zielone name.
Biało-Zielone have also won the Polish Cup six times, every time the competition has been competed including winning four years in succession between 2016 and 2019, 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). In September 2021 Biało-Zielone took part in the European Cup being held in Saint Petersburg, finishing runners-up, and only losing in the final to CSKA Moscow.
It was announced in October 2021 that after 11 consecutive Polish league titles, the Biało-Zielone Gdańsk team was to join the Russian Rugby 7's league, and that the Biało-Zielone II team would continue to play in the Polish leagues, however this decision was reversed after Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Honours Domestic competitions
Polish Women's Sevens Championship Winners (14): 2011, 2012, 2013, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 Runners-up (1): 2010 Third place (1): 2009
Polish Cup Winners (6): 2011, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022
Sopot Beach Rugby Tournament Winners (3): 2015, 2016, 2017 Runners-up (1): 2019
Mario Cup Winners (2): 2010, 2013
Continental competitions
European Cup Runners-up (1): 2021
Latvian Open 7's Winners (1): 2012
Copenhagen 7's Winners (1): 2025
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.
(Correct as of 19 May 2024)
ChampionshipPolish CupOther Name Season Pos. Tournaments Torns. Won Ref.Lechia Gdańsk20093rd---Not played-20102nd---Mario Cup20111st43Winners-20121st65Not playedLatvian Open 7's20131st33Mario Cup2013–141st66-2014–151st75Sopot Beach RugbyBiało-Zielone2015–161st88WinnersSopot Beach Rugby2016–171st88WinnersSopot Beach Rugby2017–181st86Winners-2018–191st88WinnersSopot Beach Rugby2019–201st55Not played-2020–211st76European Cup2021–221st88-Winners2022–231st77Not played2023–241st87 Not played
Key Meaning Winners Runners-up Third place BoldIndicates a "perfect" season of winning every tournament.
Awards
For the 2020–21 season the tournament organisers introduced a "Most Valuable Player" (MVP) award which could be awarded to the best player of the tournament. The Biało-Zielone recipients of the award are listed below.
Season Tournament Name 2020–21IKarolina JaszczyszynIINatalia PamiętaIIINatalia Pamięta (2)IVNatalia Pamięta (3)VMałgorzata Kołdej2021–22IKarolina Jaszczyszyn (2)IIAnna KlichowskaIIINatalia Pamięta (4)VINatalia Pamięta (5)2022–23IMartyna WardaszkaIIJulia DruzgałaIIINatalia Pamięta (6)IVAleksandra LeśniakVAnna Klichowska (2)VINatalia Pamięta (7)2023–24IIMartyna Wardaszka (2)IIIAnna Klichowska (3)IVNatalia Pamięta (8)VIAnna Klichowska (4)
Multiple MVP winners
Name WinsNatalia Pamięta8Anna Klichowska4Karolina Jaszczyszyn2Martyna Wardaszka2
References
External links Official Facebook (in Polish)