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2020–21 Rugby Europe International Championships

The 2020–21 Rugby Europe International Championships is the European Championship for tier 2 and tier 3 rugby union nations. The 2020–21 season is the fourth 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.

2020–21 Rugby Europe International Championships
Date6 March 2021 – 18 December 2021
Countries6
Tournament statistics
ChampionsChampionship
 Georgia (13)
Antim Cup Georgia (14th title)
Matches played15
Attendance30,339 (2,023 per match)
Tries scored96 (6.4 per match)
Top point scorer(s)Portugal Samuel Marques (74 points)
Top try scorer(s)Portugal Raffaele Storti (7 tries)
← 2019–20 (Previous) (Next) 2021–22 →

For all teams competing in the Championship, this year's edition of the Rugby Europe International Championships doubles as the first year of 2023 Rugby World Cup qualifiers for the European region, where the winner and runner-up teams of the two-year cycle, automatically qualifies to the tournament as Europe 1 and Europe 2. The third team qualifies to the Final qualification tournament.

Countries edit

Pre-tournament World Rugby rankings in parentheses.

Championship

Legend:
* Champion of 2019–20 season; ↑ Promoted from lower division during 2019–20 season;

2021 Rugby Europe Championship edit

Main article: 2021 Rugby Europe Championship
Champions
Pos. Team Games Points Tries TBP LBP GS Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff For Against Diff
1   Georgia 5 5 0 0 153 73 +80 22 6 +16 3 0 1 24
2   Romania 5 3 0 2 136 104 +32 16 9 +7 1 1 0 14
3   Portugal 5 3 0 2 196 139 +57 25 20 +5 1 1 0 14
4   Russia 5 2 0 3 97 142 −45 11 18 −7 1 0 0 9
5   Spain 5 2 0 3 164 109 +55 21 14 +7 2 2 0 7*
6   Netherlands 5 0 0 5 73 252 −179 10 38 −28 0 0 0 0
Source - [1]
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 | Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point[2]
* deducted points[3][4]


References edit

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  2. ^ "Rugby Europe International Championships 2018-2019 Manual" (PDF). Rugby Europe. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Independent Judicial Committee decision: Rugby World Cup 2023 European qualifying ｜ Rugby World Cup 2023".
  4. ^ "WR Independent Judicial Committee decision: RWC 2023 European qualifying".
  5. ^ "2021 Rugby Europe Championship Fixtures announced".
  6. ^ a b "New dates unveiled for Rugby Europe Championship".
  7. ^ "ზაფხულის სანაკრებო სეზონი თელავში გაიხსნება". 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  8. ^ "2020/21 Men - Women Rugby Europe International Championships Game Sheet" (PDF). rugbyeurope.eu. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Сборная России сыграет с Португалией в Нижнем Новгороде".
  10. ^ a b c d "Championship 2021".
  11. ^ "Stejarii vor întâlni Uruguay, Țările de Jos și Tonga în meciurile din luna noiembrie, pe Stadionul Național de Rugby Arcul de Triumf". FRR (in Romanian). 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  12. ^ "Italia A, Fiyi y Rusia, rivales en un otoño de nivel para el XV del León en Madrid". FER (in Spanish). 4 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
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