2019–20 Rugby Europe International Championships

2019–20 Rugby Europe International Championships
DateSeptember 2019 – May 29, 2021
Countries36
Tournament statistics
ChampionsChampionship
 Georgia (12)
Trophy
 Netherlands (1)
Antim Cup Georgia (13th title)
Matches played26
Attendance18,312 (704 per match)
Tries scored158 (6.08 per match)
Top point scorer(s)Championship
Portugal Dany Antunes (45)
Trophy
Netherlands David Weersma (34)
Conference
Bulgaria Petar Nikolov (43)
Top try scorer(s)Championship
Georgia (country) Aka Tabutsadze (5)
Trophy
Netherlands Joshua Gascoigne (4)
Netherlands Jordy Hop (4)
Conference
Czech Republic Jan Kučera (4)
Official websiteRugby Europe
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The 2019–20 Rugby Europe International Championships is the European Championship for tier 2 and tier 3 rugby union nations. The 2019–20 season is the third of its new format and structure, where 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.

After their win against Germany in the relegation play-off of the 2019 Championship season, Portugal was promoted to the Championship for 2020.

On 12 March 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Rugby Europe announced a suspension of all its matches and tournaments from 13 March 2020 until 15 April 2020.[1] On 26 March, Rugby Europe decided to extend the suspension of all its matches and tournaments indefinitely.[2] On 8 April, Rugby Europe Board of Directors decided to call off the season of Men's Senior XV Conference 1, Conference 2 and Development. There will be no promotion or relegation this year. The same pools will be kept for the 2020–21 season.[3] On 20 October 2020, following the resurgence of COVID-19 pandemic across Europe and local authority restrictions, Rugby Europe has announced a suspension of all matches planned until the end of November 2020.[4]

Countries

Pre-tournament World Rugby rankings in parentheses. Conference as of 16 September 2019. Trophy as of 21 October 2019.[5] After winning the relegation play-off between the winner of the 2019 Trophy, Portugal, and the last placed 2019 Championship team, Germany, and the win by the former Germany were relegated to the Trophy level, whereas Portugal was promoted to the Championship. Following the 2018–19 season and the promotion of Turkey as well as the relegation of Slovakia, Rugby Europe no changes to the reallocated groups were made, after last year's switch by Austria from Conference 2 South to Conference 2 North for the 2018–19 Conference season.

Championship

Conference 1
North

Conference 2
North

Development


Trophy


South


South

Legend:
* Champion of 2018–19 season; ↑ Promoted from lower division during 2018–19 season; • Division Champion but not promoted during 2018–19 season; ‡ Last place inside own division but not relegated during 2018–19 season; ↓ Relegated from higher division during 2018–19 season

2020 Rugby Europe Championship

Champions
Advances to promotion/relegation play-off
Place Nation Games Points Tries TBP LBP GS Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff For Against Diff
1  Georgia 5 5 0 0 197 60 +137 28 7 +21 3 0 1 24
2  Spain 5 3 0 2 103 93 +10 14 8 +6 1 0 0 13
3  Romania 5 2 0 3 101 82 +19 7 14 −7 1 1 0 10
4  Portugal 5 2 0 3 98 111 -13 11 14 −3 0 1 0 9
5  Russia 5 2 0 3 82 128 −46 10 15 −5 0 0 0 8
6  Belgium 5 1 0 4 84 171 −87 9 21 −12 1 2 0 7
Source:[6]
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:
Win – 4 points | Draw – 2 points | At least 3 more tries than opponent – 1 point | Loss within 7 points – 1 point | Loss greater than 7 points – 0 points | Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point[7]
Matches
1 February 2020
15:55 MSK (UTC+03)
Russia 12–31 Spain (1 TBP)
RE Report
Slava Metreveli Central Stadium, Sochi
Attendance: 8,237
Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)
1 February 2020
14:55 WET (UTC+00)
Portugal 23–17 Belgium (1 LBP)
RE Report
Estádio Universitário de Lisboa, Lisbon
Attendance: 955
Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)
18:00 GET (UTC+04)
(1 TBP) Georgia 41–13 Romania
RE Report
Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Tom Foley (England)
8 February 2020
15:00 CET (UTC+01)
(1 TBP) Belgium 38–12 Russia
RE Report
Stade Communal, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Brussels
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Shota Tevzadze (Georgia)
8 February 2020
14:55 WET (UTC+00)
Portugal 22–11 Romania
RE Report
Estádio Universitário de Lisboa, Lisbon
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Ludovic Cayre (France)
9 February 2020
12:40 CET (UTC+01)
Spain 10–23 Georgia
RE Report
Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)
22 February 2020
14:55 EET (UTC+02)
Romania 24–7 Spain
RE Report
Stadionul Municipal, Botoşani
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)
22 February 2020
15:00 GET (UTC+04)
1 TBP) Georgia 78–6 Belgium
RE Report
Aia Arena, Kutaisi
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Cristian Șerban (Romania)
22 February 2020
16:55 KALT (UTC+02)
Russia 19–18 Portugal (1 LBP)
RE Report
Kaliningrad
Attendance: 12 000
Referee: Inigo Atorrasagasti (Spain)
7 March 2020
15:00 CET (UTC+01)
(1 LBP) Belgium 23–30 Spain
RE Report
Stade Communal, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Brussels
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Sean Gallagher (Ireland)
7 March 2020
16:55 MSK (UTC+03)
Russia 32–25 Romania (1 LBP)
RE Report
Kuban Stadium, Krasnodar
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Dan Jones (Wales)
7 March 2020
14:55 CET (UTC+01)
Portugal 24–39 Georgia (1 TBP)
RE Report
Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ben Blain (Scotland)
N/A
N/A
Romania 28-0[8] Belgium
7 February 2021[4][9][10]
15:00 GET (UTC+04)[11]
Georgia 16-7 Russia
Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi
Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)[12]
7 February 2021[4][9][10]
12:45 CET (UTC+01)[11]
Spain 25-11 Portugal
Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid
Referee: Chris Busby (Ireland)

2019–20 Rugby Europe Trophy

Champions and advances to
Promotion/relegation play-off
Pos. Team Games Points Tries Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff For Against Diff
1  Netherlands (25) 5 4 1 0 144 38 +106 3 0 0 21
2   Switzerland (30) 5 2 2 1 93 52 +41 1 1 0 14
3  Ukraine (38) 5 2 2 1 60 74 −19 2 0 0 14
4  Germany (28) 5 1 2 2 62 85 −23 0 0 0 8
5  Lithuania (37) 5 1 1 3 61 103 −42 1 0 0 7
6  Poland (35) 5 1 0 4 44 112 −68 0 1 0 5
Pre-tournament rankings in parentheses.[13]
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:[14]
Win – 4 points | Draw – 2 points | Loss – 0 points
Match bonus points:
Scoring at least 3 more tries than the opponent – 1 point | Losing by 7 points or less – 1 point | Overall bonus point: Completing a Grand Slam (winning all matches) – 1 point
Matches
26 October 2019
16:00 EEST (UTC+03)
(1 TBP) Ukraine 27–10 Lithuania
Gamesheet
Dynamo Stadium, Kharkiv
Attendance: 500
Referee: Federico Vedovelli (Italy)
2 November 2019
15:00 CET (UTC+01)
Poland 15–35 Germany
Gamesheet
Stadion ŁKS, Łódź
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Shota Tezvadze (Georgia)
9 November 2019
14:55 CET (UTC+01)
(1 TBP) Netherlands 64–8 Ukraine
Gamesheet
NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam
Referee: Jonathan Dufort (France)
16 November 2019
16:00 EET (UTC+02)
Lithuania 9–40  Switzerland (1 TBP)
Gamesheet
Savivaldybė Stadium, Šiauliai
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ross Mabon (Scotland)
23 November 2019
15:00 CET (UTC+01)
(1 LBP) Switzerland 20–23 Poland
Gamesheet
Stade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Robert O'Sullivan (Ireland)
23 November 2019
15:00 CET (UTC+01)
Germany 7–37 Netherlands (1 TBP)
Gamesheet
Fritz-Grunebaum-Sportpark, Heidelberg
Attendance: 2,731
Referee: Inigo Atorrasagasti (Spain)
29 February 2020
15:00 CET (UTC+01)
Germany 20–33  Switzerland
Gamesheet
Fritz-Grunebaum-Sportpark, Heidelberg
Attendance: 650
Referee: Saba Abulashvili (Georgia)
29 February 2020
15:00 CET (UTC+01)
Netherlands 7–6 Poland (1 LBP)
Gamesheet
NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam
Attendance: 2,050
Referee: Killian O'Brian (Germany)
7 March 2020
14:55 CET (UTC+01)
Netherlands 36–17 Lithuania
Gamesheet
NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Joao Costa (Portugal)
N/A
N/A
Germany 0–0 Lithuania
N/A
N/A
(1 TBP) Lithuania 25–0[15] Poland
N/A
N/A
Poland 0–25[16] Ukraine (1 TBP)
N/A
N/A
Ukraine 0–0[15]  Switzerland
N/A
N/A
Ukraine 0–0 Germany

2019–20 Rugby Europe Conference

Conference 1

Conference 1 North

Pos. Team Games Points Tries Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff For Against Diff
1  Czech Republic 2 2 0 0 100 7 +93 2 0 0 10
2  Hungary 2 1 0 1 38 77 −39 1 0 0 5
3  Luxembourg 2 1 0 1 20 36 −16 0 0 0 4
4  Sweden 2 1 0 1 26 35 −9 0 0 0 4
5  Latvia 2 0 0 2 35 64 −29 0 1 0 1
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:[17][page needed]
Win – 4 points : Draw – 2 points : Loss within seven points – 1 point : Loss greater than seven points – 0 points: At least three more tries than opponent – 1 point
Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point
Matches
21 September 2019
14:30 CEST (UTC+02)
(1 TBP) Czech Republic 64–0 Hungary
Gamesheet
Stadion ragby Císařka, Prague
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Killian O'Brien (Germany)
12 October 2019
15:00 CEST (UTC+02)
(1 TBP) Hungary 38–13 Latvia
Gamesheet
Kincsem Park, Budapest
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Gert Visser (Netherlands)
19 October 2019
15:00 CEST (UTC+02)
Luxembourg 7–36 Czech Republic (1 TBP)
Gamesheet
Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City
Attendance: 700
Referee: John Catteau (Belgium)
26 October 2019
16:00 EEST (UTC+03)
(1 LBP) Latvia 22–26 Sweden
Gamesheet
Slokas Stadium, Jūrmala
Attendance: 350
Referee: Alexandru Ionescu (Romania)
2 November 2019
15:00 CET (UTC+01)
Sweden 0–13 Luxembourg
Gamesheet
Malmö Stadion, Malmö
Attendance: 200
Referee: Artur Kaptyukh (Russia)
18 April 2020
Czech Republic Cancelled Latvia
Prague
2 May 2020
Latvia Cancelled Luxembourg
9 May 2020
Sweden Cancelled Czech Republic
Norrköping
16 May 2019
Hungary Cancelled Sweden

Conference 1 South

Pos. Team Games Points Tries Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff For Against Diff
1  Croatia 2 2 0 0 64 30 +34 1 0 0 9
2  Malta 2 1 0 1 58 32 +26 1 1 0 6
3  Cyprus 2 1 0 1 38 41 −3 0 1 0 5
4  Slovenia 2 0 1 1 42 70 −28 0 0 0 2
5  Israel 2 0 1 1 38 67 −29 0 0 0 2
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:[17][page needed]
Win – 4 points : Draw – 2 points : Loss within seven points – 1 point : Loss greater than seven points – 0 points: At least three more tries than opponent – 1 point
Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point
Matches
12 October 2019
15:00 CEST (UTC+02)
(1 TBP) Croatia 39–10 Israel
Gamesheet
Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić, Zagreb
Attendance: 300
Referee: Mike English (Wales)
19 October 2019
16:00 EEST (UTC+03)
(1 LBP) Cyprus 20–25 Croatia
Gamesheet
Stelios Kyriakides Stadium, Paphos
Attendance: 500
Referee: Matej Razga (Czech Republic)
19 October 2019
15:00 CEST (UTC+02)
Slovenia 28–28 Israel
Gamesheet
Stanežiče Oval, Ljubljana
Attendance: 250
Referee: Anthony Lac (Monaco)
9 November 2019
15:00 CET (UTC+01)
Slovenia 14–42 Malta (1 TBP)
Gamesheet
Stanežiče Oval, Ljubljana
Attendance: 150
Referee: Alexei Lebedev (Russia)
23 November 2019
13:55 CET (UTC+01)
(1 LBP) Malta 16–18 Cyprus
Gamesheet
Hibernians Stadium, Paola
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ethan Glass (Switzerland)
21 March 2020
Malta Cancelled Israel
Hibernians Stadium, Paola
28 March 2020
Croatia Cancelled Slovenia
28 March 2020
Israel Cancelled Cyprus
Wingate Institute, Netanya
4 April 2020
Croatia Cancelled Malta

Conference 2

Conference 2 North

Pos. Team Games Points Tries Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff For Against Diff
1  Denmark 2 2 0 0 66 3 +63 2 0 0 10
2  Moldova 2 1 0 1 64 32 +32 1 1 0 6
3  Austria 2 1 0 1 50 58 −8 1 0 0 5
4  Finland 2 1 0 1 20 37 −17 0 0 0 4
5  Norway 2 0 0 2 12 82 −70 0 0 0 0
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:[17][page needed]
Win – 4 points : Draw – 2 points : Loss within seven points – 1 point : Loss greater than seven points – 0 points: At least three more tries than opponent – 1 point
Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point
Matches
12 October 2019
13:55 CEST (UTC+02)
Norway 3–44 Denmark (1 TBP)
Gamesheet
Lade idrettsanlegg, Trondheim
Attendance: 200
Referee: Benjamin Loader (Austria)
12 October 2019
15:00 EEST (UTC+03)
Finland 20–15 Moldova (1 LBP)
Gamesheet
Myllypuron urheilupuisto, Helsinki
Attendance: 100
Referee: Mike Hawkins (Denmark)
26 October 2019
15:00 CEST (UTC+02)
(1 TBP) Denmark 22–0 Finland
Gamesheet
Odense Athletics Stadium, Odense
Attendance: 500
Referee: Vaidotas Girdvainis (Lithuania)
2 November 2019
14:55 CET (UTC+01)
(1 TBP) Austria 38–9 Norway
Gamesheet
Sportklub Stadium, Vienna
Referee: Ariel Cabral (Israel)
16 November 2019
16:00 EET (UTC+02)
(1 TBP) Moldova 49 – 12 Austria
Gamesheet
Stadionul Central, Criuleni
Attendance: 250
Referee: Rami Aro (Sweden)
11 April 2020
Moldova Cancelled Norway
9 May 2020
Denmark Cancelled Moldova
16 May 2020
Norway Cancelled Finland
23 May 2020
Austria Cancelled Denmark

Conference 2 South

Pos. Team Games Points Tries Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff For Against Diff
1  Bulgaria 2 2 0 0 122 10 +112 2 0 0 10
2  Turkey 2 1 0 1 51 42 +9 1 0 0 5
3  Andorra 2 1 0 1 57 46 +11 1 0 0 5
4  Serbia 2 1 0 1 37 86 −49 0 0 0 4
5  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 0 0 2 13 96 −83 0 0 0 0
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:[17][page needed]
Win – 4 points : Draw – 2 points : Loss within seven points – 1 point : Loss greater than seven points – 0 points: At least three more tries than opponent – 1 point
Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point
Matches
12 October 2019
16:00 TRT (UTC+03)
(1 TBP) Turkey 36–12 Andorra
Gamesheet
Kızılcahamam İlçe Stadyumu, Ankara
Attendance: 200
Referee: Dejan Stiglic (Serbia)
12 October 2019
15:00 CEST (UTC+02)
(1 TBP) Bulgaria 71–7 Serbia
Gamesheet
National Sports Academy "Vasil Levski", Sofia
Attendance: 501
Referee: Maksiuk Valerii (Ukraine)
19 October 2019
13:55 CEST (UTC+02)
Serbia 30–15 Turkey
Gamesheet
King Peter I Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 215
Referee: Norbert Mátrai (Hungary)
26 October 2019
13:55 CEST (UTC+02)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–51 Bulgaria (1 TBP)
Gamesheet
Stadion Kamberovića polje, Zenica
Attendance: 200
Referee: Hrvoje Bartolic (Croatia)
9 November 2019
16:55 CET (UTC+01)
(1 TBP) Andorra 45–10 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Gamesheet
Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella
Attendance: 400
Referee: Lionel da Silva (Malta)
11 April 2020
Bosnia and Herzegovina Cancelled Serbia
Stadion Kamberovića polje, Zenica
18 April 2020
Turkey Cancelled Bosnia and Herzegovina
Samsun
2 May 2020
Bulgaria Cancelled Turkey

2020 Rugby Europe Development

Pos. Team Games Points Tries Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff For Against Diff
1  Belarus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2  Estonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Montenegro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:[17][page needed]
Win – 4 points : Draw – 2 points : Loss within seven points – 1 point : Loss greater than seven points – 0 points: At least three more tries than opponent – 1 point
Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point
Matches
18 April 2020
Estonia Cancelled Belarus
18 April 2020
Slovakia Cancelled Montenegro
9 May 2020
Montenegro Cancelled Estonia
9 May 2020
Belarus Cancelled Slovakia
31 May 2020
Estonia Cancelled Slovakia
31 May 2020
Belarus Cancelled Montenegro

Play-offs

Championship–Trophy promotion play-off

29 May 2021[18][19]
14:00 CEST (UTC+02)
Belgium 21–23 Netherlands
ASUB Rugby Field, Waterloo
Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)

Trophy–Conference 1 promotion play-off

Cancelled

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