Romania women's national rugby sevens team

Romania

Union	Romanian Rugby Federation
Nickname(s)	Ghindele (The Acorns)
Emblem(s)	An oak leaf
Coach(es)	Neculai Tarcan
Captain(s)	Emilia Vizitiu
Team kit Change kit

The Romania women national rugby sevens team has yet to compete in the World Rugby Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens and Summer Olympic Games. They are currently competing in the Rugby Europe Sevens Women`s Championship Series.

Tournament history[edit]

Summer Olympics[edit]

Olympic Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2016	Did not qualify
Total	0 Titles	0/1	-	-	-	-

Rugby World Cup Sevens[edit]

World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2009	Did not qualify
2013	Did not qualify
2018	Did not enter
Total	0 Titles	2/7	10	2	8	0

Recent Results[edit]

2018 European Women`s Sevens Trophy^[1][edit]

Dnipro

Pool C[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Romania	3	3	0	0	82	17	+65	9
Ukraine	3	2	0	1	89	29	+60	7
Latvia	3	0	1	2	31	81	–50	4
Israel	3	0	1	2	19	94	–75	4

23 June 2018 10:28

Romania	17–7	Latvia

23 June 2018 10:50

Ukraine	34–0	Latvia

23 June 2018 13:13

Romania	41–0	Israel

23 June 2018 13:35

Ukraine	45–5	Latvia

23 June 2018 15:58

Latvia	19–19	Israel

23 June 2018 16:20

Ukraine	10–24	Romania

Knockout stage

Cup[edit]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	24 June 2018 – 9:00
	Sweden	39
					24 June 2018 – 12:59
	Norway	0
					Sweden	12
	24 June 2018 – 10:06
					Ukraine	17
	Switzerland	0
									24 June 2018 – 16:11
	Ukraine	39
									Ukraine	0
	24 June 2018 – 9:22
									Netherlands	33
	Netherlands	57
					24 June 2018 – 13:21
	Finland	0
					Netherlands	33
	24 June 2018 – 9:44
					Romania	0			Third place
	Romania	31
									24 June 2018 – 15:46
	Hungary	15
									Sweden	19
									Romania	12

Szeged

Pool C[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Romania	3	3	0	0	48	20	+28	9
Sweden	3	2	0	1	77	12	+65	7
Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	41	62	–21	5
Austria	3	0	0	3	10	82	–72	3

7 July 2018 11:24

Sweden	27–0	Austria

7 July 2018 11:46

Romania	17–5	Czech Republic

7 July 2018 14:04

Sweden	40–0	Czech Republic

7 July 2018 14:26

Romania	19–5	Austria

7 July 2018 16:49

Sweden	10–12	Romania

7 July 2018 17:11

Czech Republic	36–5	Austria

Knockout stage

Cup[edit]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	8 July 2018 – 10:00
	Netherlands	57
					8 July 2018 – 13:59
	Hungary	5
					Netherlands	24
	8 July 2018 – 11:06
					Sweden	7
	Finland	5
									8 July 2018 – 17:11
	Sweden	20
									Netherlands	19
	8 July 2018 – 10:22
									Ukraine	12
	Ukraine	31
					8 July 2018 – 14:21
	Czech Republic	5
					Ukraine	50
	8 July 2018 – 10:44
					Romania	5			Third place
	Romania	36
									8 July 2018 – 16:49
	Norway	0
									Sweden	19
									Romania	7

Standings[edit]

Rank	Team	Dnipro	Szeged	Points
	Netherlands	20	20	40
	Ukraine	18	18	36
	Sweden	16	16	32
4	Romania	14	14	28
5	Hungary	12	10	22
6	Czech Republic	4	12	16
7	Finland	6	8	14
8	Norway	8	6	14
9	Switzerland	10	4	14
10	Israel	2	3	5
11	Austria	3	2	5
12	Latvia	1	1	2

2019 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Trophy^[2][edit]

Budapest

Pool C[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Sweden	3	3	0	0	101	10	+91	9
Norway	3	2	0	1	31	51	–20	7
Romania	3	1	0	2	56	41	+15	5
Israel	3	0	0	3	5	91	–86	3

8 June 2019 11:44

Sweden	50–0	Israel

8 June 2019 12:06

Romania	17–19	Norway

8 June 2019 14:29

Sweden	29–0	Norway

8 June 2019 14:51

Romania	29–0	Israel

8 June 2019 17:14

Sweden	22–10	Romania

8 June 2019 17:36

Norway	12–5	Israel

Knockout stage

Cup[edit]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	9 June 2019 – 9:55
	Germany	33
					9 June 2019 – 13:57
	Turkey	0
					Germany	25
	9 June 2019 – 11:06
					Finland	5
	Finland	17
									9 June 2019 – 17:06
	Norway	10
									Germany	20
	9 June 2019 – 10:22
									Romania	7
	Portugal	7
					9 June 2019 – 14:19
	Romania	14
					Romania	12
	9 June 2019 – 10:44
					Czech Republic	7			Third place
	Sweden	0
									9 June 2019 – 16:44
	Czech Republic	5
									Finland	0
									Czech Republic	25

Lisbon

Pool B[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Romania	3	3	0	0	63	17	+46	9
Sweden	3	2	0	1	75	20	+55	7
Turkey	3	1	0	2	20	80	–60	5
Switzerland	3	0	0	3	17	58	–41	3

22 June 2019 11:44

Romania	19–0	Switzerland

22 June 2019 12:06

Sweden	39–0	Turkey

22 June 2019 14:29

Romania	29–5	Turkey

22 June 2019 14:51

Sweden	24–5	Switzerland

22 June 2019 17:14

Romania	15–12	Sweden

22 June 2019 17:36

Turkey	15–12	Switzerland

Knockout stage

Cup[edit]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	23 June 2019 – 10:00
	Germany	22
					23 June 2019 – 13:29
	Norway	0
					Germany	20
	23 June 2019 – 11:06
					Finland	12
	Sweden	7
									23 June 2019 – 18:18
	Finland	14
									Germany	5
	23 June 2019 – 10:22
									Romania	22
	Romania	33
					23 June 2019 – 13:51
	Georgia	0
					Romania	19
	23 June 2019 – 10:44
					Czech Republic	0			Third place
	Czech Republic	7
									23 June 2019 – 17:53
	Portugal	0
									Finland	14
									Czech Republic	12

Standings[edit]

Rank	Team	Budapest	Lisbon	Points
	Germany	20	18	38
	Romania	18	20	38
	Czech Republic	16	14	30
4	Finland	14	16	30
5	Sweden	12	10	22
6	Portugal	8	12	20
7	Norway	10	8	18
8	Georgia	3	6	9
9	Turkey	6	2	8
10	Hungary	4	4	8
11	Israel	1	3	4
12	Switzerland	2	1	3

2019 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Olympic Qualifying Tournament^[3][edit]

Pool C[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	0	89	12	+77	9
Ireland	3	2	0	1	103	19	+84	7
Romania	3	1	0	2	34	88	-54	5
Czech Republic	3	0	0	3	12	119	-107	3

13 July 2019 11:44

Spain	35–7	Czech Republic

Central Stadium, Kazan Referee: Katherine Ritchie (England)

13 July 2019 12:06

Ireland	48–0	Romania

Central Stadium, Kazan Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)

13 July 2019 14:39

Spain	35–0	Romania

Central Stadium, Kazan Referee: Sara Cox (England)

13 July 2019 14:51

Ireland	50–0	Czech Republic

Central Stadium, Kazan Referee: Clara Munarini (Italy)

13 July 2019 17:14

Spain	19–5	Ireland

Central Stadium, Kazan Referee: Sara Cox (England)

13 July 2019 17:36

Romania	34–5	Czech Republic

Central Stadium, Kazan Referee: Joy Neville (Ireland)

Knockout stage

Cup[edit]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	14 July – 10:00 – Central Stadium
	France	55
					14 July – 13:59 – Central Stadium
	Romania	0
					France	12
	14 July – 11:06 – Central Stadium
					England	14
	England	17
									14 July – 17:11 – Central Stadium
	Ireland	7
									England	19
	14 July – 10:22 – Central Stadium
									Russia	0
	Russia	44
					14 July – 14:21 – Central Stadium
	Italy	0
					Russia	12
	14 July – 10:44 – Central Stadium
					Spain	5			Third place
	Spain	17
									14 July – 16:46 – Central Stadium
	Poland	14
									France	17
									Spain	5

Plate[edit]

	Semi-finals				Final
	14 July – 13:15 – Central Stadium
	Romania	0
					14 July – 16:24 – Central Stadium
	Ireland	48
					Ireland	33
	14 July – 13:37 – Central Stadium
					Poland	5
	Italy	5
	Poland	12
					Seventh place
					14 July – 16:02 – Central Stadium
					Romania	14
					Italy	29

Players[edit]

Current squad[edit]

The following 12 players were called up for the 2021 Rugby Europe Women Sevens Championship Series on the 21st of June 2021.^[4]

Player	Club/province
Loredana Juncanariu	Politehnica Iași
Ana-Maria Călin	Politehnica Iași
Georgiana Gabor	Politehnica Iași
Georgiana Vizitiu	Agronomia București
Emilia Vizitiu (c)	Agronomia București
Ana-Maria Sandu	Politehnica Iași
Maria Atomi	Politehnica Iași
Simona Roșca	Politehnica Iași
Bianca Alexandra Preda	Agronomia București
Carmen Ioana Cîrgea	Universitatea Cluj
Marilena Leca	Unattached
Ștefania Ghebu	Universitatea Cluj

Coaches[edit]

Current coaching staff[edit]

The current coaching staff of the Romanian women national sevens team:^[5]

Name	Nationality	Role
Neculai Tarcan	ROU	Head coach
Alexandru Marin Jr.	ROU	Assistant coach
Adina Dreve	ROU	Strength & Conditioning coach
Dr. Ilie Vlad	ROU	Team doctor

See also[edit]

• Rugby union in Romania
• Romania national rugby union team
• Romania national rugby sevens team
• Romania national under-20 rugby union team

External links[edit]

• Official website (in Romanian)
• PlanetaOvala.ro/ Romanian rugby news (in Romanian)

References[edit]