Iran_women's_national_rugby_sevens_team

Iran women's national rugby sevens team

Iran women's national rugby sevens team

Rugby team

For the men's team, see Iran national rugby sevens team.

The Iran women's national rugby union sevens team represents Iran in women's rugby sevens. They participated at the Asia Rugby Sevens Women’s Trophy 2021 in Doha, Qatar; they placed third at the tournament.[1][2]

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History

Women's rugby was first introduced in Iran in the early 2000s.[3] The women's sevens team played in August 2010 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.[4] In 2012 Iran competed at the Asia Rugby Women's Sevens in Pune, India in October. They defeated India to take 11th place.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Asia Rugby 7s Trophy West Asia 2021". RugbyAsia247. 2021-10-01. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
  2. [2]
    "UAE clinch double gold at the West Asia 7s trophy". Asia Rugby. 2021-10-11. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
  3. [3]
    Rome, Nick Pisa in (1 August 2010). "Iran ladies rugby team makes European debut playing in veils and tracksuits". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  4. [4]
    "Iran ladies rugby team makes European debut playing in veils and tracksuits - Telegraph". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
  5. [5]
    "Iran participates in Asian Rugby Sevens Women's Championship". IRNA English. 2012-10-06. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
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