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Tournament details | |
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Host | Netherlands |
Dates | 17 May 2008 23 May 2008 | –
Teams | 16 |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 30 |
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The 2008 FIRA Women's European Championship was the 11th rugby union women's European championship organised by FIRA - AER.
It took place in the Netherlands from 17 to 24 May 2008; for the first time since 2004 both the A and B championships were held simultaneously in the same host country.
Eight national teams took part to the Pool A: the four Home Nations plus France, Spain and the Netherlands; as for Italy they withdrew and were replaced by Sweden. Amongst the contestants in the Pool B were also the "France Défense XV", the French Army women's rugby union squad.