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Israel women's national rugby sevens team

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The Israel women's national rugby sevens team represents Israel in rugby sevens. They compete in the Rugby Europe Women's Sevens regularly. Israel won the 2021 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Conference in Belgrade.[1][2]

History

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The Israeli women's national sevens team was formed in 2005 and have competed in the Rugby Europe Women's Sevens ever since.[3] In their first tournament the national team finished in a respectable 9th place (bowl winners), with wins over Malta and Austria. In the 2006 championship, Israel won the 5th place (plate winners) with wins over Bosnia, Luxembourg, Hungary and Malta. The 2007 tournament featured a fresh team with many young players. After winning against Luxembourg, Latvia, and Hungary, they lost in the plate final to Denmark. 2008 was a highlight year for them, they played in the qualifying tournament in Bosnia and finished 3rd, losing only to Romania (eventual tournament champion) and Finland (2nd place). The team recorded wins over Croatia, Georgia, Serbia, Austria and a thrilling 3rd place win over Bulgaria (7–5). They qualified for the European championship (which doubled as a world cup qualifier) and managed to score one win there, a last gasp win over the Czech Republic.

Tournament History

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Rugby Europe Women's Sevens

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Rugby Europe Women's Sevens
Year Position
Slovakia 2013 3rd
Lithuania 2014 3rd
Croatia 2015 2nd
Czech RepublicHungary 2016 9th
Czech Republic Hungary 2017 10th
Ukraine Hungary 2018 10th
Hungary Portugal 2019 11th
Serbia 2021 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Total

Players

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Recent Squad

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Squad to the 2021 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Conference:

  • Amit Aharon
  • Daria Velikovsky
  • Debora Mesri
  • Lily Wasser
  • Limor Lev
  • Meital Friebach
  • Michal Lahack
  • Naama Badehi
  • Natalie Klotz
  • Perach Ittiel
  • Shoshana Kranish
  • Zohar Tavori

References

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  1. ^ "Israel women's 7s wins European Conference – Planet Sevens". Planet7s. 2021-06-06. Archived from the original on 2021-10-30. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
  2. ^ "Conference gives first tournament win for Israel". Scrum Queens. 2021-06-05. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
  3. ^ "Rugby in the Holy Land". Scrum Queens. 2014-10-29. Retrieved 2021-10-30.