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词条 Rugby Europe International Championships
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  1. History

     International championships before 2000  European Nations Cup: initial format (since 2000)  European Nations Cup: second format (from 2010 to 2016)   International Championships: new format (from 2016) 

  2. Current divisions and standings (2018–2019)

  3. Predecessor tournaments

     FIRA Tournaments (1936–1938)  Rugby Union European Cup (1952–1954)  FIRA Nations Cup (1965–1973)  FIRA Trophy (1973–1997)  European Nations Cup (2000–2016) 

  4. Rugby Europe International Championships (since 2016)

  5. Statistics

     All-time table  Performance by team  Records (since 2000)   Other trophies  

  6. See also

  7. References

  8. External links

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| title = Rugby Europe International Championships
| current_season = 2018–19 Rugby Europe International Championships
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| sport = Rugby union
| founded = 1936 (predecessors)
2016 (current format)
| teams = See below
| continent = Europe
| champion = {{ru|GEO}}
| most_champs = {{ru|France}} (25),
{{ru|GEO}} (11),
{{ru|ROU}} (10)
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The Rugby Europe International Championships is the European Championship for tier 2 and tier 3 rugby union nations.

The tournament is split into 5 levels, each with 5 or 6 teams. Its highest level is now called the Rugby Europe Championship and, unofficially, referred to as the Six Nations B. All levels play on a one-year cycle, replacing the old format of a two-year cycle, with the teams playing each other both home and away. From September 2016, there will still be an annual champion, however a format change means each year sees teams promoted and relegated between the levels.

History

International championships before 2000

Following the exclusion of France from the Five Nations Tournament after the 1931 edition, France joined with Italy, Romania, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Portugal, Netherlands, and Catalonia to create the International Amateur Rugby Federation (FIRA, now Rugby Europe) as an alternative to the International Rugby Football Board (now World Rugby). Three tournaments were held from 1936-1938, with France winning all three. Following the Second World War, France was readmitted into the Five Nations Championship, but they also competed in the only two tournaments organised by FIRA, the Rugby Union European Cup, held in 1952 and 1954, winning them both.

From 1965, FIRA attempted to revitalise the European competition by creating the FIRA Nations Cup (1965-1973) and then the FIRA Trophy (1973-1997); however, France fielded a France A side made up mostly of university students. While the French students won many of the tournaments, Romania also had their share of tournament titles. In the late 1990s, the championship became irregular, with some editions not taking place because of qualifications for the World Cup. Finally, the European Nations Cup began in 2000, no longer including France and Italy, as they now played in the reformed Six Nations Championship.

European Nations Cup: initial format (since 2000)

After the setup of the divisional system in 2000, Romania won the first competition with maximum points, The initial season also included Morocco.

Russia then replaced Morocco in 2001 when Georgia secured the title and were crowned champions after a 31–20 win over Romania in Bucharest. As the competition format changed from a one-year tournament to two-years, the Netherlands were not relegated after this season.

Romania started 2002 trailing Georgia after the 2001 results, but managed to win all of the remaining five games, including a 31–23 victory in Tbilisi.

Portugal were 16–15 winners over Romania in Lisbon and installed themselves at the top of the 2003–04 table. In the second half of the competition, Romania won 36–6 against Portugal in Constanța, but went down 24–33 to Russia in Krasnodar. Then Portugal clinched their first title with a last-minute 19–18 home win over Russia. The Russia – Czech Republic game was rescheduled due to bad weather and was eventually cancelled.

The 2005–06 championships also served as a qualifying pool for the 2007 Rugby World Cup. Romania triumphed finishing level on points with Georgia, while Ukraine were relegated after losing all matches.

The 2007–08 edition saw the return of the Spanish to the top division. The winners were Georgia, following their display at the 2007 Rugby World Cup. The Russians recorded their best ever placement, finishing in second. The Czech Republic were the team to finish on the bottom of the table, losing all of their matches, relegating them back to Division 2A.

A new format was decided at the beginning of 2009. Each calendar year had its own champion, but the cumulated ranking over two years determined which team was relegated. The 2009–10 edition was also basis for European qualification to the 2011 Rugby World Cup. The 2009 season saw the début of Germany in the top division, Georgia defended their title, and there were wins for Portugal and Russia in Bucharest.

Faced with the possibility of missing a Rugby World Cup for the first time, Romania were managed the 2010 title. This feat was however not enough to overtake Georgia and Russia, who helped by their good results from the previous year, gained the automatic qualification for the 2011 RWC, leaving Romania to go through the Play-Off Qualification Rounds. Germany were relegated after failing to win any games.

Georgia won the 2011 edition, after beating Romania 18–11 in Tbilisi. The promoted team, Ukraine, lost all but one of their matches, single win over Portugal.

European Nations Cup: second format (from 2010 to 2016)

For the 2010–2012 competition (and promotion and relegation between groups going forward to successive competitions), the top two divisions (previously 1 and 2A) were redefined as 1A and 1B, both having six teams (previously six and five). The next four levels (previously 2B, 3A, 3B and 3C) become 2A-2D, under the new system, with the remnants of Division 3D making up the initial group of teams labelled as Division 3. In principle, each division is to encompass a different type of competition.

In Division 1, groups have six teams (meaning more matches and thus more travel), a significant fraction of the players are assumed to be professional or semi-professional (meaning that fixtures are, as often as possible, scheduled within the IRB's international fixtures time windows when clubs must release players for national duty), and only one team is promoted and one relegated every two years (meaning that the competitions are more stable).

In Division 2, groups have only five teams each (usually meaning one home match and one away match in the Autumn, and the same in the Spring, for each team), it is assumed that the majority of players are amateurs (meaning scheduling is not as limited), and in addition to the traditional automatic first-promoted-last-relegated system, fourth place from the higher pool will play second place from the lower pool after every two-year competition, with the winner taking the position in the higher pool. From a five-team group, one team is promoted, one team is relegated and two teams play in playoffs. Thus, a maximum of four of a pool's five teams could change from one two-year competition to the next.

In Division 3, a single-location, short-time-period (one week or 10 days) tournament is organised once per year. This minimises travel costs for teams and time-off-work requirements for players, and allows the flexibility of having a different membership every year, rather than requiring the membership to be constant over two years. The best performing team over two years of tournaments is promoted to Division 2.

In the year of transition to the new system (2010), there were no relegations from any division below the highest, because the second-highest (old 2A, new 1B) was expanded by one team.

International Championships: new format (from 2016)

From September 2016, the European Nations Cup became the Rugby Europe International Championships, made up of five levels or divisions:

  • Level 1 - Championship. The top six ranked European teams outside the Six Nations contest the annual title. Replaces the former Division 1A.
  • Level 2 - Trophy. The next six ranked European teams bid for the Trophy title. Replaces the former Division 1B.
  • Level 3 - Conference 1. Division 2, A through D, becomes the new Conference level, where twenty teams are separated into two Conferences made up of ten teams each, based on their previous year rankings. Each conference is then split into two, North and South, where teams could change each year depending on the competing teams - nations closest to boundary moved from North to South and vice versa each season as necessary to geographically balance the conferences.
  • Level 4 - Conference 2
  • Level 5 - Development. Replaces Division 3.

A promotion and relegation play-off system is maintained across all levels every year, moving away from the two-year system in place since 2003, meaning teams will be promoted and relegated every year.[1]

Current divisions and standings (2018–2019)

Key
*Champion of the 2018–19 season
↑Team promoted from the division below after the 2017–18 season
•Division champion but team not promoted after the 2017–18 season
‡Last place of division but team not relegated after the 2017–18 season
↓Team relegated from the division above after the 2017–18 season
ChampionshipPl|Matches playedW|Matches wonPts|Points
{{ru|GEO}} *5524
{{ru|ESP}}5418
{{ru|ROU}} ‡5315
{{ru|RUS}}5211
{{ru|BEL}}514
{{ru|GER}}501
TrophyPl|Matches playedW|Matches wonPts|Points
{{ru|POR}} •4419
{{ru|NED}}4313
{{ru|POL}}5210
{{ru|SUI}}428
{{ru|LTU}} ↑215
{{ru|CZE}}501
Conference 1 NorthPl|Matches playedW|Matches wonPts|Points
{{ru|SWE}}229
{{ru|UKR}}229
{{ru|HUN}}215
{{ru|LUX}} ↑201
{{ru|MDA}} ↓200
Conference 1 SouthPl|Matches playedW|Matches wonPts|Points
{{ru|MLT}} •3314
{{ru|CRO}}3314
{{ru|ISR}}4211
{{ru|CYP}} ↑300
{{ru|BIH}}300
Conference 2 NorthPl|Matches playedW|Matches wonPts|Points
{{ru|LAT}} ↓229
{{ru|DEN}}216
{{ru|FIN}}214
{{ru|NOR}}214
{{ru|AUT}}202
Conference 2 SouthPl|Matches playedW|Matches wonPts|Points
{{ru|SLO}}229
{{ru|SER}}216
{{ru|BUL}} ↑214
{{ru|AND}} ↓214
{{ru|SVK}} ‡200
DevelopmentPl|Matches playedW|Matches wonPts|Points
{{ru|EST}} ↓000
{{ru|TUR}}000
{{ru|MNE}}000
Updated through 18 March 2019

Predecessor tournaments

FIRA Tournaments (1936–1938)

YearHost cityWinnerSecond placeThird place
1936{{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} BerlinFrance|1794}}Germany|1935}}Italy|1861}}
1937{{flagicon|French Fourth Republic}} ParisFrance|1794}}Italy|1861}}Germany|1935}}
1938{{flagicon|Kingdom of Romania}} BucharestFrance|1794}}Germany|1935}}Romania}}

Rugby Union European Cup (1952–1954)

YearWinnerSecond placeThird place
1952France|1794}}Italy}}West Germany}}
1954France|1794}}Italy}}Spain|1945}}

FIRA Nations Cup (1965–1973)

YearFirst Division
WinnerSecondThirdRelegated
1965–66France}}Italy}}Romania|1965}}Czechoslovakia}}
1966–67France}}Romania|1965}}Italy}}Portugal}}
1967–68France}}Romania|1965}}Czechoslovakia}}
1968–69Romania|1965}}France}}Czechoslovakia}}West Germany}}
{{ru-big|Poland}}
1969–70France}}Romania|1965}}Italy}}Czechoslovakia}}
1970–71France}}Romania|1965}}Morocco}}Italy}}
1971–72France}}Romania|1965}}Morocco}}Czechoslovakia}}
1972–73France}}Romania|1965}}Spain|1945}}

FIRA Trophy (1973–1997)

YearFirst Division
WinnerSecondThirdRelegated
1973–74France}}Romania|1965}}Spain|1945}}Poland}}
{{ru-big|Morocco}}
1974–75Romania|1965}}France}}Italy}}Czechoslovakia}}
1975–76France}}Italy}}Romania|1965}}Netherlands}}
1976–77Romania|1965}}France}}Italy}}Morocco}}
1977–78France}}Romania|1965}}Spain|1977}}Czechoslovakia}}
1978–79France}}Romania|1965}}Soviet Union}}Spain|1977}}
1979–80France}}Romania|1965}}Italy}}Morocco}}
1980–81Romania|1965}}France}}Soviet Union}}Poland}}
1981–82France}}Italy}}Romania|1965}}
1982–83Romania|1965}}Italy}}Soviet Union}}West Germany}}
1983–84France}}Romania|1965}}Italy}}Poland}}
{{ru-big|Morocco}}
1984–85France}}Soviet Union}}Italy}}Spain}}
1985–87France}}Soviet Union}}Romania|1965}}Tunisia}}
{{ru-big|Portugal}}
1987–89France}}Soviet Union}}Romania|1965}}Spain}}
1989–90France}}Soviet Union}}Romania}}Poland}}
1990–92France}}Italy}}Romania}}Spain}}
1992–94France}}Italy}}Romania}}
1995–97Italy}}France}}Romania}}

European Nations Cup (2000–2016)

YearFirst DivisionLower Division Champions
WinnerSecondThirdRelegatedTrophyDivision 2
2000ROM}}GEO|1990}}MAR}}RUS}}CZE}}
2001GEO|1990}}ROU}}RUS}}POL}}Not played [2]
2001–2002ROM}}GEO|1990}}RUS}}NED}}0.4em}}{{flagicon|CZE|size=30px}}{{hsp}}[3]
{{nrut|Czech Republic}}		SLO}}
2003–2004POR}}ROU}}GEO}}ESP}}UKR}}MDA}}
2004–2006ROU}}GEO}}POR}}UKR}}ESP}}LAT}}
2006–2008GEO}}RUS}}ROU}}CZE}}GER}}SWE}}
2008–2010GEO}}RUS}}POR}}{{ru-big|GER}} [4]{{ru-big|UKR}}{{ru-big|LTU}}
2010ROU}}GEO}}RUS}}
2011GEO}}ROU}}POR}}{{ru-big|UKR}} [5]{{ru-big|BEL}}{{ru-big|SWE}}
2012GEO}}ESP}}ROU}}
2013GEO}}ROU}}RUS}}{{ru-big|BEL}} [6]{{ru-big|GER}}{{ru-big|NED}}
2014GEO}}ROU}}RUS}}
2015GEO}}ROU}}ESP}}{{ru-big|POR}}{{ru-big|BEL}}{{ru-big|EST}}
2016GEO}}ROU}}RUS}}

Rugby Europe International Championships (since 2016)

YearChampionshipTrophyConferenceDevelopment
WinnerSecondThirdRelegatedWinnerRelegatedWinnerRelegatedWinner
2016–17ROM}}GEO}}ESP}}—POR}}UKR}}CZE}}TUR}}SVK}}
2017–18GEO}}RUS}}GER}}—POR}}MDA}}LIT}}EST}}BUL}}
2018–19GEO}}{{ru-big|ESP}}{{ru-big|ROM}}

Statistics

Including events since 2000.

All-time table

{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played{{Tooltip|W|Wins{{Tooltip|D|Draws{{Tooltip|L|Losses{{Tooltip|PF|Points scored for{{Tooltip|PA|Points scored against{{Tooltip|PD|Points difference{{Tooltip|AVPPG|average points per game{{Tooltip|Pts|Championship points{{Tooltip|Champs|Championships won
{{ru|GEO}}100 83 4 13 3096 1151 + 1945 30.96 334 11
{{ru|ROU}}100 72 2 26 3024 1311 + 1713 30.24 288 5
{{ru|RUS}}85 47 3 34 2190 1788 + 402 26.07 186 0
{{ru|POR}}85 35 3 47 1605 1865 - 260 18.88 152 1
{{ru|ESP}}80 25 4 51 1575 2020 − 445 19.69 145 0
{{ru|CZE}}29 6 0 23 362 1075 − 713 12.48 40 0
{{ru|GER}}25 3 1 21 341 1064 − 723 13.64 26 0
{{ru|NED}}15 1 0 14 278 652 − 374 18.53 17 0
{{ru|UKR}}20 1 0 19 201 998 − 797 10.05 15 0
{{ru|MAR}}5 3 0 2 94 69 + 25 18.80 11 0
{{ru|BEL}}20 2 1 17 204 412 − 208 13.6 8 0

Performance by team

NationWinnerRunner-upThird Place
{{ru|GEO}}1051
{{ru|ROM}}572
{{ru|POR}}103
{{ru|RUS}}036
{{ru|ESP}}011
{{ru|GER}}001
{{ru|MAR}}001

Records (since 2000)

Division 1A
Titles
Top division apperarances
Wins
Draws
Losses
Points
Games without a loss
Games without a win

Other trophies

Several other trophies are contested within the main competition, mostly as long-standing fixtures between pairs of teams.

See also

{{Portal|Rugby union}}

References

1. ^Press Release - Rugby Europe AGM Twickenham, July 25, 2015 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160825195559/http://www.rugbyeurope.eu/archives-article-798.htm |date=August 25, 2016 }}
2. ^Was played the first round of 2003 Rugby World Cup – European qualification
3. ^Was played as the second round of 2003 Rugby World Cup – European qualification
4. ^relegation and promotion on two year based ranking
5. ^relegation and promotion on two year based ranking
6. ^relegation and promotion on two year based ranking

External links

{{Rugby Europe International Championships}}{{European Nations Cup (rugby union) seasons}}{{FIRA rugby union tournaments}}{{Rugby union in Europe}}{{International rugby union}}{{European Championships}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Rugby Europe International Championships}}

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