2012–14 European Nations Cup Second Division

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2012–14 European Nations Cup

Date

2012–2014

Countries

Division 2A:

Croatia

Lithuania

Malta

Netherlands

Switzerland
Division 2B:

Andorra

Denmark

Israel

Latvia

Serbia
Division 2C:

Austria

Bulgaria

Cyprus

Hungary

Slovenia
Division 2D:

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Finland

Greece

Luxembourg

Norway

Tournament statistics

Matches played

Division 2A: 1
Division 2B: 4
Division 2C: 3
Division 2D: 2

Top point scorer(s)

Division 2A:

Jai Ayoub (10)
Division 2B:

Boris Martić (21)
Division 2C:

Ivailo Ivanov (15)
Division 2D:

Alex Deissner (10)

Top try scorer(s)

Division 2A: 4 Try scorers (1)
Division 2B: 3 Try scorers (2)
Division 2C:

Ivailo Ivanov (3)
Division 2D:

Alex Deissner (2)

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The 2012–14 European Nations Cup Second Division is the third tier rugby union in Europe behind the Six Nations Championship and the 2012-2014 European Nations Cup First Division.

The second division comprises four pools (2A, 2B, 2C, and 2D). Teams within each division play each other in a home and away round robin schedule over a two-year period.

At the end of every season a champion was declared according but fot relegation and promotion only the two years ranking are considered. The first in the 2012–2014 ranking of each pool will be promoted while last place teams will be relegated. Winners of pool 2A, will be promoted to division 1-pool B for the 2014–16 edition while the last place team in pool 2A will be relegated to pool 2B. Likewise, winners of 2B will be promoted to 2A, last place in 2B will be relegated to 2C, winner of 2C will be promoted to 2B, last place of 2C will be relegated to 2D, winner of 2D will be promoted to 2C and last place of 2D will be relegated to 3; The winner of 3 replacing the relegated 2D team. Additionally, there will be playoff matches between second place teams and fourth place teams between pools. Winners of these playoffs will determine if additional promotions/relegation occur. There will no playoff between the fourth of 2D and the second of 3.

In addition to the season competitions, the 2012–2013 seasons in all four pools doubles as a 2015 Rugby World Cup qualifier. The winning teams in each pool will play off for the chance to challenge the Division 1 teams for the repechage place for Europe.

Division 2A

2012–2013

Table

2012–13 Champions & qualified for RWC 15 European Qualifiers Round 3

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Bonus points	Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference	Bonus points	Table points
1	Netherlands (47)	4	4	0	0	122	57	+65	2	18
2	Switzerland (52)	4	3	0	1	92	75	+17	2	14
3	Croatia (44)	4	1	0	3	78	89	-11	3	7
4	Malta (45)	4	1	0	3	73	104	-31	1	5
5	Lithuania (36)	4	1	0	3	69	109	-40	0	4

Pre tournament rankings in parentheses.

Games^[1]

	27 October 2012	Croatia	20 - 19	Malta	Makarska, Croatia
		Try: Nik Jurišić (24'), Tonći Buzov (51') Con: Jai Ayoub 2 Pen: Jai Ayoub 2 (38', 40'+3') Cards: Tomislav Burazin 54' to 64'	Team Sheet	Try: Vince Stivila (48'), Mark Davey (76') Pen: James O'Brien 2 (3', 11'), Thomas Holloway (54')	Referee: Tomáš Tuma

	3 November 2012	Malta	34 - 17	Lithuania	Hibernians Ground, Paola, Malta
		Try: Robert Hollaway (25'), Mark Davey (31'), Vince Stivala (59') Con: James O'Brien 2 Pen: James O'Brien 5 (2', 8', 22' 34', 53') Cards: Daniel Apsee 38' to 48'	Team Sheet	Try: Mindaugas Misevičius (39'), Tomas Zibolis (77') Con: Kęstutis Marcišauskas 2 Pen: Kęstutis Marcišauskas (17') Cards: Richardus Stankus 62' to 72'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Luc Janssens

	3 November 2012	Switzerland	29 - 20	Croatia	Stade de Colovray, Nyon, Switzerland
		Try: Penalty Try (5'), Cyril Lin (37'), Matthieu Guyou (42'), Cyril Coulot (65') Con: Simon Perrod 3 Pen: Simon Perrod (80') Cards: Thibault Gery 71' to 80'	Team Sheet	Try: Filip Mijić (67'), Tomislav Burazin (73'), Mario Ozich (76') Con: Jai Ayoub Pen: Jai Ayoub (47')	Attendance: 1,053 Referee: Pedro Montoya

	10 November 2012	Lithuania	16 - 24	Netherlands	Radviliškio miesto centrinis stadionas, Šiauliai, Lithuania
		Try: Maksim Guseinov (67') Con: Kęstutis Marcišauskas Pen: Kęstutis Marcišauskas 3 (2', 35', 50')	Team Report	Try: Storm Carroll (38'), Richard van den Broek (63') Con: Bart Viguurs Pen: Bart Viguurs 4 (2', 8', 12', 46') Cards: Jay Jay Boske 55' to 65'	Referee: Alexey Bryzgalin

	17 November 2012	Netherlands	24 - 7	Switzerland	Netherlands National Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands
		Try: Vincent Booiman (22'), Cain Elisara (33') Con: Vincent Booiman Pen: Vincent Booiman 4 (3', 13', 47', 67') Cards: Vincent Grimbergen 60' to 70'	Team Sheet	Try: Simon Perrod (62') Con: Simon Perrod Cards: Cyril Coulot 12' to 22', Clément Bartschi 33' to 43'	Referee: Frank Himmer

	6 April 2013	Malta	10 - 19	Switzerland

	13 April 2013	Switzerland	37 - 21	Lithuania

	13 April 2013	Netherlands	48 - 10	Malta

	20 April 2013	Croatia	24 - 26	Netherlands

	27 April 2013	Lithuania	15 - 14	Croatia

2013–14

Table

2013–14 Champions

Place	Nation	Games					Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	Bonus	for	against	difference	Table points
1	Croatia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0
2	Lithuania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0
3	Malta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0
4	Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0
5	Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0

Games TBA

2012–2014

Promoted to Division 1B for 2014–16 ENC
Playoff to remain Division 2A in 2014–16
Relegated to Division 2B for 2014–16 ENC

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Bonus points	Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference	Bonus points	Table points
1	Netherlands (47)	4	4	0	0	122	57	+65	2	18
2	Switzerland (52)	4	3	0	1	92	75	+17	2	14
3	Croatia (44)	4	1	0	3	78	89	-11	3	7
4	Malta (45)	4	1	0	3	73	104	-31	1	5
5	Lithuania (36)	4	1	0	3	69	109	-40	0	4

Pre tournament rankings in parentheses.

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Division 2B

2012–2013

Table

2012–13 Champions & qualified for RWC 15 European Qualifiers Round 2

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Bonus points	Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference	Bonus points	Table points
1	Israel (56)	4	4	0	0	137	45	+92	3	19
2	Latvia (72)	4	2	0	2	85	82	+3	3	11
3	Denmark (61)	4	1	1	2	62	79	-17	1	7
4	Andorra (62)	4	1	1	2	48	77	-29	0	6
5	Serbia (73)	4	1	0	3	84	133	-49	2	6

Numbers in parentheses are pre-tournament rankings.
Games^[2]

	13 October 2012	Denmark	6 - 6	Andorra	Odense Atletikstadion, Odense, Denmark
		Pen: Joshua Jensen (4'), Andrew Grantham (49') Cards: Gaspard Nau Valbak 72' to 80'	Report	Pen: Roger Fité 2 (7', 40+5')	Attendance: 500 Referee: Mike Hoyer

	13 October 2012	Israel	48 - 22	Serbia	Wingate Institute, Netanya, Israel
		Try: Ronan Tollman (3'), Michael Eli (19'), Martan Brosh (30'), Eitan Humphreys (38'), Adrian Rainstein (43'), Nimrod Kaplan 2 (59', 71'), Fabian Maguid (74') Con: Ronan Tollman 3, Adrian Rainstein Cards: Mordechy Radashovich 65' to 75'	Report	Try: Ivan Pirkovic (47'), Milan Orlovic (55'), Vitor Ljubicic (78') Con: Boris Martic 2 Pen: Boris Martic (15') Cards: Jerko Labus 34' to 44'	Referee: Frank Himmer

	27 October 2012	Andorra	5 - 26	Israel	Andorra La Vella, Andorra
		Try: Benjamin Taurinya (32')	Team Report	Try: Eitan Humphreys 2 (20', 59'), Penalty Try (50'), Matan Brosh (74') Con: Ronen Tollman 2, Adrian Rainstein Cards: Nathan Amos 72' to 80'	Referee: Ken Lambrechts

	27 October 2012	Serbia	39 - 21	Latvia	Milicionar Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia
		Try: Marko Kapor 2 (7', 40'+2'), Jerko Labus (25'), Boris Martić (42'), Milan Rastovac (60'), Andrija Janković (68') Con: Boris Martić 3 Pen: Boris Martić (29') Cards: Marko Kapor 51' to 61'	Team Sheet	Try: Jānis Skuja (34'), Reinis Pepa (47'), Māris Streikisš (80') Con: Valters Raņķis, Mihails Tunins 2 Cards: Reinis Pepa 51' to 61'	Referee: Poplavski

	3 November 2012	Latvia	27 - 15	Denmark	Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia
		Try: Janis Skuja (15'), Nauris Bērzinš (40'+4'), Matīss Zalcmanis (47'), Māris Streikišs (63') Con: Mihail Tumins 2 Pen: Mihail Tumins (6')	Team Sheet	Try: Oliver Leroux (36'), Christian Mellgaard (79') Con: Joshua Jensen Pen: Andrew Grantham (57')	Referee: Ucha Narimanidze

	3 November 2012	Serbia	23 - 26	Andorra	Police Sport & Recreation Centre, Belgrade Serbia
		Try: Marko Kapor (26'), Miladin Živanov (51') Con: Boris Martić 2 Pen: Marko Kapor (15'), Boris Martić 2 (34', 56')	Team Sheet	Try: Albert Canturri (61') Pen: Marc Abello 6 (8', 18', 23', 31', 55', 78') Drop: Esteve Dolsa (48')	Referee: Grzegorz Michalik

	30 March 2013	Andorra	11 - 22	Latvia

	6 April 2013	Israel	17 - 15	Latvia

	13 April 2013	Denmark	38 - 0	Serbia

	20 April 2013	Israel	46 - 3	Denmark

2013–14

Table

2013–14 Champions

Place	Nation	Games					Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	Bonus	for	against	difference	Table points
1	Andorra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0
2	Denmark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0
3	Israel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0
4	Latvia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0
5	Serbia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0

Games TBA

2012–2014

Promoted to Division 2A for 2014–16 ENC
Playoff for promotion to Division 2A in 2014–16
Playoff to remain Division 2B in 2014–16
Relegated to Division 2C for 2014–16 ENC

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Bonus points	Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference	Bonus points	Table points
1	Israel (56)	4	4	0	0	137	45	+92	3	19
2	Latvia (72)	4	2	0	2	85	82	+3	3	11
3	Denmark (61)	4	1	1	2	62	79	-17	1	7
4	Andorra (62)	4	1	1	2	48	77	-29	0	6
5	Serbia (73)	4	1	0	3	84	133	-49	2	6

Numbers in parentheses are pre-tournament rankings.

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Division 2C

2012–2013

Table

2012–13 Champions

Place	Nation	Games					Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	Bonus	for	against	difference	Table points
1	Cyprus (NR)	4	4	0	0	3	198	53	+145	19
2	Slovenia (81)	4	2	0	2	2	52	96	-44	10
3	Hungary (85)	4	2	0	2	2	61	57	+4	10
4	Bulgaria (79)	4	2	0	2	1	65	128	-63	9
5	Austria (84)	4	0	0	4	3	57	99	-42	3

Pre tournament rankings in parentheses. NR=no ranking

Games^[3]

	6 October 2012	Hungary	28 - 23	Bulgaria	Kecskemét, Hungary
		Try: Achilles Gyurcsik (3'), Mate Toth (19'), Attila Refi (40') Con: Szabolis Nagyhegyesi 2 Pen: Szabolis Nagyhegyesi 2 (73', 79') Drop: Gareth Lloyd (32')	Team Sheet Report	Try: Petar Nikolov (28'), Ivailo Ivanov (46') Con: Aleks Minchev, Petar Nikolov Pen: Aleks Minchev 3 (12', 23', 39')	Referee: Jean-Luc Rebollal

	20 October 2012	Bulgaria	12 - 7	Austria	Vasil Levski National Sports Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria
		Try: Ivailo Ivanov 2 (43', 53') Con: Aleks Minchev Cards: Teodor Bogdanov 48' to 58'	Report	Try: Lukas Kolb (32') Con: Maximilian Nevas Cards: Julian Zochling 39' to 49'	Referee: Gia Amirkhanashvili

	27 October 2012	Slovenia	8 - 7	Hungary	Ljubljana, Slovenia
		Try: Damjan Jovič (29') Pen: Dali Suljič (57') Cards: Grega Miljuš 30' to 40', Blaž Pilko 76' to 80'	Team Sheet	Try: Gregő Bán (49') Con: Gregoise Collet Cards: Zoltán Heckel 58' to 68'	Attendance: 400 Referee: George Kaloxilos

	17 November 2012	Austria	20 - 54	Cyprus	Stadion Hohe Warte, Vienna, Austria
		Try: Constantin Vana (12'), Manuel Polak (33'), Julian Zoechling (69') Con: Maximilian Navas Pen: Maximilian Navas (27')	Team Sheet	Try: Christoforo Thoma (6'), Georgios Agathocleous (19'), Marcus Holden (25'), Fidias Efthymiou (29'), Tom Loizidis (36'), Penalty Try (50'), Burhan Torgut (72') Con: Marcus Holden 5 Pen: Marcus Holden 3 (15', 46', 55')	Referee: Karlis Sarkans

	8 December 2012	Cyprus	49 - 8	Slovenia	Paphos, Cyprus
		Try: Jack Bilton 2 (5', 41'), Matthew King 2 (8', 17'), Thomas Loizidis (35'), Antonis Thoma (56'), Andrew Binikos (61'), Marko Mladenovic (72') Con: Jack Bilton 3 Pen: Jack Bilton (32') Cards: Matthew King 24' to 34', Costas Pavlou 78' to 80'	Team Sheet	Try: Dragen Jovanovič (26') Pen: Dali Suljič (80') Cards: David Horvat 27' to 37', Žarko Krsmanovič 30' to 40'	Attendance: 500 Referee: Lionel Da Silva

	16 March 2013	Cyprus	79 – 10	Bulgaria
			Team Sheet		Referee: Didier Welfring

This was the 18th consecutive Test match win for Cyprus, a new world record. The previous record of 17 was held jointly by New Zealand, South Africa, and Lithuania. (Although International Rugby Board records credit Lithuania with 18 consecutive wins from 2006 to 2010, ESPN Scrum pointed out that this streak should be reduced by one, as this 18-match sequence in fact included one loss.)^[4]

	6 April 2013	Austria	10 - 11	Hungary	Dirnelwiese, Vienna
		Try: 1 Con: 1 Pen: 1	[1]	Try: 1 Con: 0 Pen: 2 Cards: 2	Referee: S. Cekal

	6 April 2013	Bulgaria	20 - 14	Slovenia	Sofia
		Try: 1 Con: 0 Pen: 5 Drop: 0 Cards: 1	[2]	Try: 2 Con: 2 Pen: 0 Drop: 0 Cards: 0	Referee: S. Poplavski

	20 April 2013	Hungary	15 - 16	Cyprus
			[3]

	20 April 2013	Slovenia	22 - 20	Austria
			[4]

2013–14

Table

2013–14 Champions

Place	Nation	Games					Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	Bonus	for	against	difference	Table points
2	Austria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0
3	Bulgaria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0
1	Cyprus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0
4	Hungary	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0
5	Slovenia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0

Games TBA

2012–2014

Promoted to Division 2B for 2014–16 ENC
Playoff for promotion to Division 2B in 2014–16
Playoff to remain Division 2C in 2014–16
Relegated to Division 2D for 2014–16 ENC

Place	Nation	Games					Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	Bonus	for	against	difference	Table points
1	Cyprus (NR)	4	4	0	0	3	198	53	+145	19
2	Slovenia (81)	4	2	0	2	2	52	96	-44	10
3	Hungary (85)	4	2	0	2	2	61	57	+4	10
4	Bulgaria (79)	4	2	0	2	1	65	128	-63	9
5	Austria (84)	4	0	0	4	3	57	99	-42	3

Pre tournament rankings in parentheses. NR=no ranking

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Division 2D

2012–2013

Table

2012–13 Champions & qualified for RWC 15 European Qualifiers Round 1

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Bonus points	Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference	Bonus points	Table points
1	Luxembourg (95)	4	3	0	1	74	62	+12	0	12
2	Norway (93)	4	2	0	2	65	48	+17	3	11
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina (87)	4	2	0	2	78	71	+7	2	10
4	Greece (NR)	4	2	0	2	61	64	-3	1	9
5	Finland (96)	4	1	0	3	45	78	-33	2	6

Pre-tournament rankings in parentheses. NR=No ranking
Games^[5]

	6 October 2012	Finland	14 - 16	Luxembourg	Helsinki, Finland
		Try: Mikko Luopio (56'), Andras Devenyi (76') Con: Mikko Luopio, Antti Cammi	IRB Team List Report	Try: Philippe Vimond (49') Con: Yared Ketema Pen: Yared Ketema 2 (26', 46'), James Harris (40') Cards: Jason Limpach 28' to 38'	Referee: Michael Vestorp

	20 October 2012	Norway	32 - 3	Finland	Bislett Stadion, Oslo, Norway
		Try: Alex Deissner 2 (21', 42'), Finn James Gormley (38'), Thierry Davy (59'), James Buncle (79') Con: Kristoffer Borsheim 2 Pen: Kristoffer Borsheim (25')	Report	Pen: Antti Lammi (13')	Referee: Kacper Michalkiewicz

	3 November 2012	Norway	11 - 9	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Fana Stadion, Bergen, Norway
		Try: Kim-Robin Petterson (66') Pen: Kristoffer Borsheim 2 (59', 80'+2')	Team Sheet	Pen: Armin Vehabovic 2 (33', 44') Drop: Armin Vehabovic (15')	Referee: Ramonas Grumbinas

	10 November 2012	Luxembourg ^[6]	15 - 8	Norway	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
		Try: Adrien Timmermans (38'),^[6] Philippe Vimond (52'), Vincent Giffard (63')	IRB Team List Team Sheet	Try: Kristoffer Borsheim (71') Pen: Kristoffer Borsheim (60')	Attendance: 700 Referee: Christophe Secat

	17 November 2012	Greece	22 - 17	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Thessaloniki, Greece
		Try: Platon Moysiadis (40') Con: Platon Moysiadis Pen: Quram Kizikurashrili 4 (2', 20', 23', 66'), Konstantino Meidinger (75')	Team Sheet	Try: Senad Turčinović 2 (5', 55'), Sabahudin Subašić (35') Con: Sabahudin Subašić Cards: Senad Turčinović 61' to 71'	Referee: Afonso Nogueira

	30 March 2013	Greece	11 - 13	Finland	Dasos Haidariou Municipal Stadium, Athens, Greece
		Try: Quram Kizikurashrili (13') Pen: Quram Kizikurashrili 2 (55', 71') Cards: Grigol Chatzis 49' to 59'	Team Sheet	Try: Lasse Sariola (27'), Joakim Grader (38') Pen: Jussi Viljanen (48')	Attendance: 300 Referee: Csaba Priskin

	13 April 2013	Bosnia and Herzegovina	33 - 23	Luxembourg

	13 April 2013	Greece	21 - 14	Norway

	20 April 2013	Luxembourg	20 - 7	Greece

	20 April 2013	Bosnia and Herzegovina	19 - 15	Finland

2013–14

Table

2013–14 Champions

Place	Nation	Games					Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	Bonus	for	against	difference	Table points
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0
2	Finland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0
3	Greece	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0
4	Luxembourg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0
5	Norway	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0

Games TBA

2012–2014

Promoted to Division 2C for 2014–16 ENC
Playoff for promotion to Division 2C in 2014–16
Relegated to Division 3A for 2014–16 ENC

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Bonus points	Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference	Bonus points	Table points
1	Luxembourg (95)	4	3	0	1	74	62	+12	0	12
2	Norway (93)	4	2	0	2	65	48	+17	3	11
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina (87)	4	2	0	2	78	71	+7	2	10
4	Greece (NR)	4	2	0	2	61	64	-3	1	9
5	Finland (96)	4	1	0	3	45	78	-33	2	6

Pre-tournament rankings in parentheses. NR=No ranking

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References

^ "ENC 2A First Leg". FIRA-AER. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
^ "ENC 2B First Leg". FIRA-AER. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
^ "ENC 2C First Leg". FIRA-AER. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
^ Farmer, Stuart; Vou, Andrew (16 March 2013). "Cyprus on verge of historic win". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
^ "ENC 2D First Leg". FIRA-AER. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
^ ^a ^b FIRA Match sheet shows incorrectly that Tertius Barnard scored.

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