2008 FIRA-AER Women's Sevens – Division A
Host nation	Belgium Bosnia-Herzegovina
Zenica (Group B)
Date	10–11 May 2008
Champion	Romania
Runner-up	Finland
Third	Israel
Tournament details
Matches played	42
Bruges (Group A)
Date	30 May–1 June 2008
Champion	Germany
Runner-up	Moldova
Third	Andorra
Tournament details
Matches played	42
← 2007 2009 →

The 2008 FIRA-AER Women's Sevens – Division A was a European pre-qualifying tournament for the inaugural 2009 Women's Rugby World Cup Sevens. Division B was cancelled for the year 2008 and every team was promoted to Division A. The competition was divided into two groups, Group A was played in Belgium and Group B took place in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The top three teams in Groups A and B advance to the final round of qualification in Limoges, France.^[1][2]

Romania, Finland, Israel and subsequently Czechia of Group A. Germany, Moldova and Andorra of Group B were the teams to advance to the final round. Czechia was added as the best fourth placed team in place of Scotland.

Teams[edit]

Group A teams

Group B teams

Group B[edit]

The Group B tournament took place on 10 and 11 May in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina.^[2][3]

Pool Stages[edit]

Pool A

Nation	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Points
Finland	5	0	0	181	0	15
Bulgaria	4	0	1	99	64	13
Latvia	3	0	2	58	68	11
Lithuania	2	0	3	89	57	9
Serbia	1	0	4	27	63	7
Slovenia	0	0	5	0	202	5

Pool B

Nation	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Points
Romania	5	0	0	161	7	15
Israel	4	0	1	80	36	13
Croatia	3	0	2	84	62	11
Austria	2	0	3	84	42	9
Georgia	1	0	4	38	141	7
Bosnia-Herzogovina	0	0	5	5	164	5

Classification Stages[edit]

Bowl Semi-finals

	Semi-finals				Bowl Final
	11 May 2008
	Serbia	27
					11 May 2008
	Bosnia-Herzegovina	0
					Serbia	20
	11 May 2008
					Georgia	0
	Slovenia	0
	Georgia	31
					11th Place
					11 May 2008
					Bosnia-Herzegovina	10
					Slovenia	5

Plate Semi-finals

	Semi-finals				Plate Final
	11 May 2008
	Lithuania	0
					11 May 2008
	Croatia	22
					Latvia	17
	11 May 2008
					Croatia	12
	Latvia	5
	Austria	0
					7th Place
					11 May 2008
					Austria	17
					Lithuania	12

Cup Semi-finals

	Semi-finals				Cup Final
	11 May 2008
	Finland	31
					11 May 2008
	Israel	0
					Romania	21
	11 May 2008
					Finland	14
	Bulgaria	0
	Romania	43
					3rd Place
					11 May 2008
					Israel	7
					Bulgaria	5

Final Standings[edit]

Legend
Advances to next round

Rank	Team
	Romania
	Finland
	Israel
4	Bulgaria
5	Latvia
6	Croatia
7	Austria
8	Lithuania
9	Serbia
10	Georgia
11	Bosnia-Herzegovina
12	Slovenia

Group A[edit]

The Group A tournament took place from 30 May to 1 June 2008 in Bruges, Belgium.^[2][4]

Pool Stages[edit]

Pool A

Nation	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Points
Moldova	4	0	1	69	29	13
Andorra	4	0	1	75	22	13
Norway	3	0	2	47	40	11
Malta	2	0	3	70	27	9
Switzerland	2	0	3	68	50	9
Luxembourg	0	0	5	10	171	5

Note: Andorra shown by FIRA as first but due to head to head they finished below Moldova

Pool B

Nation	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Points
Germany	5	0	0	216	5	15
Czech Republic	3	0	2	86	74	11
Poland	3	0	2	72	90	11
Belgium	2	0	3	58	90	9
Denmark	1	0	4	33	115	7
Hungary	1	0	4	56	147	7

Classification Stages[edit]

Bowl Semi-finals

	Semi-finals				Bowl Final
	1 June 2008
	Switzerland	12
					1 June 2008
	Hungary	10
					Switzerland	31
	1 June 2008
					Denmark	5
	Denmark	19
	Luxembourg	0
					11th Place
					1 June 2008
					Hungary	31
					Luxembourg	0

Plate Semi-finals

	Semi-finals				Plate Final
	1 June 2008
	Norway	7
					1 June 2008
	Belgium	10
					Malta	29
	1 June 2008
					Belgium	5
	Malta	24
	Poland	0
					7th Place
					1 June 2008
					Norway	17
					Poland	10

Cup Semi-finals

	Semi-finals				Cup Final
	1 June 2008
	Moldova	17
					1 June 2008
	Czech Republic	5
					Germany	43
	1 June 2008
					Moldova	0
	Andorra	0
	Germany	50
					3rd Place
					1 June 2008
					Andorra	7
					Czech Republic	0

Final Standings[edit]

Legend
Advances to next round

Rank	Team
	Germany
	Moldova
	Andorra
4	Czech Republic
5	Malta
6	Belgium
7	Norway
8	Poland
9	Switzerland
10	Denmark
11	Hungary
12	Luxembourg

References[edit]