1967–1968 FIRA Nations Cup

1967-68 Nations Cup
Date	29 October 1967 - 26 May 198
Countries	France  Romania  West Germany  Czechoslovakia
Tournament statistics
Champions	France
Matches played	6
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The Nations Cup 1967-68 was the eight edition of an european rugby union championship for national teams, and third with the formula and the name of "nations Cup".

The tournament, was won by France

Contents 1 First division 2 Division 2 2.1 Pool 1 2.2 Pool 2 2.3 Final 3 Bibliography 4 References 5 External links

First division

• Table (Italy withdraw)

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	France	3	3	0	0	56	17	39	6
2	Romania	3	2	0	1	47	19	28	4
3	Czechoslovakia	3	1	0	2	18	42	-24	2
4	West Germany	3	0	0	3	19	62	-43	0

• Results

Point system: try 3 pt, conversion: 2 pt., penalty kick 3 pt. drop 3 pt, goal from mark 3 pt. Click "show" for more info about match (scorers, line-up etc)

29 October 1967	Romania	27 - 5	West Germany	Bucharest

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22 November 1967	Czechoslovakia XV	9 - 6	West Germany	Prague

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10 December 1967	France	11 - 3	Romania	Stade M.Saupin, Nantes
	Try: Capendeguy Con: Lacaze Pen: Lacaze Drop: Lacaze		Pen: Penciu	Referee: Patrick d'Arcy
France: 15.Claude Lacaze, 14.Jean-Michel Capendeguy, 13.Jean-Pierre Lux, 12.Jean Trillo, 11.Jean-Jacques Lenient, 10.Jo Maso, 9.Jean-Henri Mir, 8.Andre Herrero, 7.Christian Carrere (cap), 6.Jean-Joseph Rupert, 5.Benoit Dauga, 4.Alain Plantefol, 3.Jean-Michel Esponda, 2.Jean-Michel Cabanier, 1.Jean-Claude Berejnoi
Romania: 15.A. Penciu, 14.M. Wusek, 13.Valeriu Irimescu, 12.Gheorghie Dragomirescu-Rahtopol, 11.Gheorghie Nica, 10.M. Oblemenco, 9.Petre Florescu, 8.Radu Demian (cap), 7.Gheorgie Rascanu, 6.Paul Ciobanel, 5.Ion Tutuianu, 4.Petre Veluda, 3.Constantin Dinu, 2.V. Onutiu, 1.Nicolae Baciu

14 April 1968	France XV	26 - 8	West Germany	Lons-le-Saunier

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5 May 1968	Czechoslovakia XV	6 - 19	France	Prague

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26 May 1968	Romania	17 - 3	Czechoslovakia XV	Bucharest

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Division 2

Pool 1

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Poland	2	2	0	0	54	11	43	4
2	Netherlands	2	1	0	1	43	19	24	2
3	Sweden	2	0	0	2	6	73	-67	0

Poland admiteed to final

• Results

Point system: try 3 pt, conversion: 2 pt., penalty kick 3 pt. drop 3 pt, goal from mark 3 pt.

12 May 1968	Netherlands	8 - 16	Poland	Hilversum

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24 May 1968	Poland	38 - 3	Sweden	Warsaw

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1 June 1968	Sweden	3 - 35	Netherlands	Helsingborg

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Pool 2

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Morocco	3	2	1	0	26	11	15	5
2	Spain	3	2	0	1	33	11	22	4
3	Portugal	3	1	1	1	19	26	-7	3
4	Belgium	3	0	0	3	6	36	-30	0

Marocco admitted to final

• Results

Point system: try 3 pt, conversion: 2 pt., penalty kick 3 pt. drop 3 pt, goal from mark 3 pt.

17 March 1968	Morocco	6 - 5	Spain	Casablanca

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31 March 1968	Spain	14 - 5	Portugal	Madrid

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7 April 1968	Belgium	0 - 14	Spain	Verviers

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13 April 1968	Morocco	14 - 0	Belgium	Casablanca

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21 April 1968	Portugal	8 - 6	Belgium	Lisbon

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5 May 1968	Portugal	6 - 6	Morocco	Lisbon

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Final

2 June 1968	Poland	5 - 0	Morocco	Warsaw

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• Polonia promoted in first division

Bibliography

• (Italian) Francesco Volpe, Valerio Vecchiarelli (2000), 2000 Italia in Meta, Storia della nazionale italiana di rugby dagli albori al Sei Nazioni, GS Editore (2000) ISBN 88-87374-40-6.
• (Italian) Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999).

References

External links

• FIRA-AER official website

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