Spain will play the Netherlands  in the final of the 2016 Rugby Europe Women’s Championship in Madrid next weekend after following up their opening day 76-0 win against defending champions Belgium with an equally emphatic 97-0 victory over the Czech Republic on Sunday.

The Netherlands, meanwhile, booked their place in the final after edging Russia 22-17 to top Pool B.

Left winger Enara Cacho scored a hat-trick of tries and centre Marina Bravo and replacement Echebarria Iera both bagged a brace apiece as Spain overpowered the Czech Republic with a 17-try blitz in Madrid.

The host nation have now racked up 173 points without conceding any in reply and remain unchanged in ninth position the Women’s World Rugby Rankings. The Czech Republic are the lowest-ranked of all the nations in 48th.

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Netherlands had to withstand a late Russia fightback to make it through to this weekend's showpiece.

Early tries from exciting backs Pien Selbeck and Marit Bakker put Netherlands into a 10-0 lead inside the first quarter.

Russia responded with a try for full-back Alena Bogacheva but when Bakker grabbed her second on the stroke of half-time and Loraine Laros added the extras, Netherlands found themselves 17-5 up at the break.

Bakker completed her hat-trick on 51 minutes to put the Netherlands further in front but that was quickly cancelled out by replacement Evgeniia Steblinskai's five-pointer.

When Bogacheva got her second try, and Nadezhda Kudinova slotted the conversion, Russia only trailed by five points with two minutes remaining.

But the Netherlands held on to register their second win of the campaign following an earlier 55-0 win over Switzerland. 

On Wednesday, Belgium play the Czech Republic and Russia take on Switzwerland to determine who will finish second in their respective pools.

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Having beaten both Switzerland and Russia in the space of a few days, the Netherlands’ rating has improved by four-tenths of a point which is enough to lift them above Portugal and into 14th place in the rankings. Russia remain in 20th.

The winner of the European Championship final will go on to play Scotland, the lowest ranked of the Six Nations participants over the last two years, in a home and away play-off to decide the final European qualifier for Women’s Rugby World Cup 2017.

The Women's World Rugby Rankings are updated at 12 noon every Monday.