1968–1969 FIRA Nations Cup

1968-69 Nations Cup
Date	27 October 1968 - 26 May 1969
Countries	Czechoslovakia  France  West Germany  Poland  Romania
Tournament statistics
Champions	Romania
Matches played	9
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The Nations Cup 1968-69 was the ninth edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams, and fourth with the formula and the name of "Nations Cup".

The tournament, was won for the first time by Romania

Contents 1 First division 2 Second Division 2.1 Pool 1 2.2 Pool 2 2.3 Pool 3 2.4 Final Pool 3 Bibliography 4 References 5 External links

First division

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Romania	4	4	0	0	79	37	42	12
2	France	4	2	1	1	135	35	100	9
3	Czechoslovakia	4	1	1	2	66	71	-5	7
4	West Germany	3	0	0	3	20	44	-24	3
5	Poland	3	0	0	3	19	132	-113	3

Poland and Germany relegated to division 2

• 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)

Poland-Germany not played

27 October 1968	Czechoslovakia XV	9 - 18	Romania	Ricany

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1 December 1968	Romania	15 - 14	France	Bucharest
	Pen: Irimescu 4 Drop: Irimescu		Try: Bonal Con: Paries Pen: Paries 3	Referee: Joseph
Romania : 15 V. Daiciulescu, 14 Mihai Suciu, 11 Dan Coravu, 13 M. Wusek, 12 Valeriu Irimescu, 10 .Dragomirescu-Rahtopol, 9 Petre Florescu, 8 R. Demian (c), 7 Gh. Rascanu, 6 P. Ciobanel, 5 Ion Tutuianu, 4 Constantin Serban, 3 C. Dinu, 2 V.Iorgulescu, 1 G. Stoica, sostituti:, 16 Nicolae Baciu
France: 15 Henri Magois, 14 Jean-Marie Bonal, 11 Jean Sillieres, 13 Jo Maso, 12 Andre Ruiz, 10 Lucien Paries, 9 Marcel Puget, 8 W. Sganghero, 7 C. Carrere (c), 6 B. Dutin, 5 Elie Cester, 4 Benoit Dauga, 3 J.M. Esponda, 2 M.Yachvili, 1 J.C. Noble

5 April 1969	West Germany	6 - 20	France XV	Koln

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27 April 1969	France XV	34 - 14	Czechoslovakia	Besancon

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15 June 1969	Romania	40 - 11	Poland	Bucharest

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25 August 1969	Czechoslovakia	25 - 8	Poland	Havirov

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26 October 1969	West Germany	11 - 18	Czechoslovakia	Hamburg

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9 November 1969	West Germany	3 - 6	Romania	Konylisy, Hanover

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1969	Poland	0 - 67	France XV	Warsaw

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Second Division

Pool 1

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Italy	2	2	0	0	39	3	+36	6
2	Yugoslavia	2	1	0	1	25	28	-3	4
3	Bulgaria	2	0	0	2	6	39	-33	2

• 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 December 1968	Italy	22 - 3	Yugoslavia	San Donà
	Try: Autore, Gini , Rista U. Conforto, Pignotti Bollesan Con: R. Martini 2		Try: Kesvic	Referee: Genet (France)

2 March 1969	Bulgaria	0 - 17	Italy	Sofia
			Try: Pignotti, Ambron Cioni 2 Con: Pacifici Pen: Di Zitti	Attendance: Sckvor (Czecosl.) Referee: Sckvor

1 May 1969	Yugoslavia	22 - 6	Bulgaria	Pancevo

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Pool 2

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Spain	2	2	0	0	33	11	+22	6
2	Portugal	2	1	0	1	26	21	+5	4
3	Morocco	2	0	0	2	6	33	-27	2

• Results

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

23 March 1969	Portugal	11 - 15	Spain	Barreiro

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13 April 1969	Spain	18 - 0	Morocco	Madrid

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20 April 1969	Morocco	6 - 15	Portugal	Casablanca

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Pool 3

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Belgium	1	1	0	0	9	5	+4	3
2	Netherlands	1	0	0	1	5	9	-4	1

• Results

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

30 March 1969	Belgium	9 - 5	Netherlands	Nivelles

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Final Pool

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Italy	2	2	0	0	42	5	37	6
2	Spain	2	1	0	1	46	15	31	4
3	Belgium	2	0	0	2	3	71	-68	2

Italy promoted to division 1

• 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)

4 May 1969	Italy	12 - 5	Spain	L'Aquila
	Try: Pacifici Pen: Di Zitti Drop: Pacifici, Ricci		Try: Modrego Con: Fonfo
Spain: 15.Del Valle, 14.Abecia, 13.Del rey, 12.Curujo, 11.Matutano, 10.Fonto (63' Maturola), 9.Fonfo, 7.Gomez-Reino, 8.Bueno, 6.Mocoroa, 5.Caltazar, 4.Irarorza, 3.Espalza, 2.Hacha, 1.Modrego

10 May 1969	Belgium	0 - 30	Italy	Brussel
Belgium : 15.Sluys, 14.Michel, 13.Vachandex, 12.Van Krinktiwelt II, 11.Donnez, 10.Brunet, 9.Antoine, 1.Van Krinktiwelt I, 2.Stalmans, 3.Vanderberghe, 4.Maillon, 5.Lefevre, 6.Pirodde, 7.Jacquemin, 8.Van Severen
Italy: 15.Angelo Autore, 14.Elio Michelon, 13.Vittorio Ambron, 12.Fernando Pignotti, 11.Walter Rista, 10.Giampiero Ricci, 9.Umberto Conforto, 7.Franco Cioni, 8.Marco Bollesan, 6.Lucio Boccaletto, 5.Luigi Bettella, 4.Antonio di Zitti (cap), 3.Dominico Armellin, 2.Alessandro Brunelli, 1.Massimo Gini

17 May 1969	Spain	41 - 3	Belgium	Madrid

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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

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