Rugby Europe Championship

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Established
1936 (90 years old)

First Recorded Event
2017-02-11

Current Season
2027

Current Round
200

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Rugby

Location
Europe

Gender
Male

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Results
15 Mar	Georgia R	17 - 19	Portugal
15 Mar	Romania R	23 - 29	Spain Rug
15 Mar	Switzerla	16 - 39	Belgium R
15 Mar	Germany R	7 - 76	Netherlan
08 Mar	Portugal	26 - 7	Spain Rug
08 Mar	Georgia R	53 - 30	Romania R
07 Mar	Belgium R	38 - 15	Netherlan
07 Mar	Switzerla	35 - 25	Germany R
22 Feb	Portugal	44 - 7	Romania R
22 Feb	Switzerla	29 - 23	Netherlan

Description

The Rugby Europe International Championships is the European Championship for rugby union

The tournament is the latest formation of a competition with history going back to 1932. At that time, France had been expelled from the then Five Nations, and joined with a number of European teams to found an alternative organisation, the International Amateur Rugby Federation (FIRA, now Rugby Europe). While France were eventually readmitted to the Five Nations, the then FIRA-AER continued to run competitions, increasingly taking the role of organiser of European continental rugby below the Five Nations, and in which France continued to compete.

The competition expanded and modified under the new Rugby Europe structure, even as France, then Italy, left to compete solely in the Six Nations. It was held in a variety of formats with a variety of names including the European Nations Cup and the Rugby Europe Nations Championship.

The competition today is split into 3 levels. The highest level is now called the Rugby Europe Championship and, unofficially, was referred to as the Six Nations B, although the event now features eight teams. Below the Championship a six team Rugby Europe Trophy is contested by tier three nations, with promotion and relegation operating between the Championship and the Trophy. Below that, as of 2024, is the Rugby Europe Conference consisting of the lowest ranked teams in Europe in five pools - previously there had been tiers within the conference. A previous Development Tier competition was disbanded at the same time.

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