Germany women's national rugby union team

Germany
Emblem	Bundesadler (Federal Eagle)
Union	German Rugby Federation
Head coach	Dirk Frase and Paul McGuigan
First colours	Second colours
World Rugby ranking
Current	21 (as of 9 January 2023)
First international
	West Germany 0-8 Sweden ; (West Berlin, West Germany 14 October 1989)
Biggest win
	Germany 75-0 Norway ; (Amsterdam, Netherlands 8 May 2003)
Biggest defeat
	New Zealand 134-6 Germany ; (Amsterdam, Netherlands 2 May 1998)
World Cup
Appearances	2 (First in 1998)

The Germany women's national rugby union team (German: Deutsche Rugby-Union-Nationalmannschaft der Frauen) are a national sporting side of Germany, representing them at rugby union. They made their first Rugby World Cup appearance at the 1998 tournament in the Netherlands, and made their last appearance at the 2002 Rugby World Cup in Spain. They regularly compete in the Rugby Europe Women's Championship.

History edit

The German women's national rugby union team was founded in 1989. Back then women's rugby was still part of the "Deutsche Rugby Jugend", the youth rugby organization in Germany. After only 2 training camps in Wiedenbrück and Hannover a team was formed with players from BSV 92 Berlin, DRC Hannover, RK Heusenstamm, SC Neuenheim, TV Wiedenbrück and SV 08 Ricklingen. For their first international match the German women met Sweden in Berlin in 1989 and lost only 0–8, and went on to qualify for the next two World Cups.

However German national teams (fifteens and sevens) have suffered from limited financial support, and after the European Championship finals in April 2005 (where Germany finished fourth) the DRV officially disbanded the XVs national team for financial reasons. Though this was reversed a year later at the next General Assembly of the DRV, it was a set-back and Germany have struggled to keep up with their neighbours in this form of the game.

Having played their last test match in 2010, Germany returned to test rugby in 2016 after a long six year absence. In 2019 Germany withdrew from the European Championships due to financial difficulties.^[1]

Records edit

Rugby World Cup edit

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	PF	PA
1991	Did not enter
1994	Did not enter
1998	Shield Final	14th	5	1	0	4	46	308
2002	15th Place Playoff	16th	4	0	0	4	19	232
2006	Did not enter
2010	Did not qualify
2014
2017
2021
Total	2/9	14th	9	1	0	8	65	540

Overall edit

(Full internationals only)

Rugby: Germany internationals 1989-
Opponent	First game	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Percentage
Belgium	2001	4	3	1	0	87.50%
Denmark	2004	1	1	0	0	100.00%
England	1997	1	0	0	1	0.00%
Finland	2007	2	2	0	0	100.00%
France	1997	1	0	0	1	0.00%
Ireland	1997	3	0	0	3	0.00%
Italy	1996	7	0	0	7	0.00%
Kazakhstan	1993	4	1	0	3	25.00%
Luxembourg	2007	1	1	0	0	100.00%
Netherlands	1992	17	1	0	16	5.89%
Norway	2003	3	3	0	0	100.00%
Russia	2010	1	0	0	1	0.00%
Spain	1996	2	0	0	2	0.00%
New Zealand	1998	2	0	0	2	0.00%
Romania	2007	1	1	0	0	100.00%
Sweden	1989	10	3	0	7	30.00%
Switzerland	2016	2	2	0	0	100.00%
Wales	1998	2	0	0	2	0.00%
Summary	1989	64	18	1	45	28.13%