Russia women's national rugby sevens team

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

The Russian women's national rugby sevens team (Russian: Женская сборная России по регби-7) is a women's rugby team in Europe. Since 2013, it is dominating the European Championships, winning the trophy seven times. Internationally, Russia's best performance was in 2013, finishing in the quarterfinals.^{[citation needed]} The team was runner-up at the 2015 Canada Women's Sevens, after defeating Australia in quarter-finals and France in semifinals.^{[citation needed]}

Russia

Union	Rugby Union of Russia
Nickname(s)	She-Bears (Медведицы)
Coach(es)	Andrey Kuzin
Captain(s)	Alena Mikhaltsova
Most caps	Baizat Khamidova (163)
Top scorer	Baizat Khamidova (500)
Most tries	Baizat Khamidova (100)
Team kit Change kit
World Cup Sevens
Appearances	2 (First in 2009)
Best result	7th place, 2013

International medals
Women's rugby sevens
Representing  Russia
European Championship
	2013 Brive-la-Gaillarde/Marbella
	2014 Moscow/Brive-la-Gaillarde
	2016 Kazan/Mallemort
	2017 Kazan/Mallemort
	2018 Kazan/Marcoussis
	2019 Marcoussis/Kharkiv
	2021 Lisbon/Moscow
	2015 Kazan/Mallemort
	2008 Limoges
Universiade
	2013 Kazan

2017 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens champions

Russia failed to qualify for the inaugural rugby sevens event in 2016 Summer Olympics; however, they qualified for the following Olympic Games in Tokyo.^[1][2]

After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, World Rugby and Rugby Europe suspended Russia from international and European continental rugby union competition. In addition, the Rugby Union of Russia was suspended from World Rugby and Rugby Europe.^[3][4]

Tournament history

A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Russia

Summer Olympics record

Olympic Games
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2016	Not Qualified
2020	Quarterfinals	8th	6	1	5	0
Total	0 Titles	1/2	6	1	5	0

World Cup Sevens record

Rugby World Cup Sevens
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2009	Knockout Stage	11th	5	2	3	0
2013	Quarterfinals	7th	5	2	2	1
2018	Quarterfinals	8th	4	2	2	0
Total	0 Titles	3/3	14	6	7	1

World Sevens Series record

World Sevens Series
Year	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2012–13	5th	18	12	5	1
2013–14	5th	30	15	13	2
2014–15	7th	35	12	23	0
2015–16	7th	28	13	15	0
2016–17	5th	30	16	14	0
2017–18	6th	28	12	16	0
2018–19	7th	36	13	21	2
2019–20	6th	40	6	13	0
Total	0 Title	245	99	120	5

Summer Universiade record

Summer Universiade
Year	Round	Pld	W	L	D
2013		7	7	0	0
2019		5	3	0	2
Total	1 Title	12	10	0	2

European Women's Sevens results

European Women's Sevens
Year	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2005	1st[5]	7	7	0	0
2006	9th	6	4	2	0
2007	9th	5	1	3	1
2008		6	5	1	0
2009	7th	6	3	3	0
2010	6th	6	2	3	1
2011	4th	7	5	2	0
2012	4th	13	10	3	0
2013		14	12	2	0
2014		11	9	2	0
2015		14	13	1	0
2016		14	11	3	0
2017		13	13	0	0
2018		13	12	1	0
2019		12	11	1	0
2021		12	12	0	0
Total	16/18	159	130	27	2

Players

Current squad

Award winners

The following Russia Sevens players have been recognised at the World Rugby Awards since 2013:^[6]

World Rugby Women's 7s Player of the Year Year Nominees Winners 2015 Nadezhda Sozonova —

Team management

• Head Coach – Andrey Kuzin
• Assistant Coach and Head of Performance - Graham Bentz