1971–1972 FIRA Nations Cup

1971-72 Nations Cup
Date	11 December 1971- 21 May 1972
Countries	Czechoslovakia  France  Morocco  Romania
Tournament statistics
Champions	France
Matches played	6
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The Nations Cup 1971-72 was the 12th edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams, and seventh with the formula and the name of "Nations Cup".

The tournament was won by France

Contents 1 First division 2 Second Division 3 Bibliography 4 References 5 External links

First division

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	France	3	3	0	0	171	18	153	9
2	Romania	3	2	0	1	92	40	52	7
3	Morocco	3	1	0	2	30	133	-103	5
4	Czechoslovakia	3	0	0	3	9	111	-102	3

Czechoslovakia 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)

11 December 1971	France	31 - 12	Romania	Parc Saucleres, Beziers
	Try: Cantoni, Dourthe Dubertrand, Maso Con: Villepreux 3 Pen: Villepreux 3		Pen: Irimescu Drop: Durbac, Nicolescu
France15.Pierre Villepreux, 14.Andre Dubertrand, 13.Claude Dourthe, 12.Jo Maso, 11.Jack Cantoni, 10.Jean-Louis Berot, 9.Richard Astre, 8.Yvan Buonomo, 7.Victor Boffelli, 6.Olivier Saisset, 5.Benoit Dauga (cap.), 4.Claude Spanghero, 3.Jean-Louis Martin, 2.Rene Benesis, 1.Armand Vaquerin
Romania:15.Radu Durbac, 14.Radu Ionescue, 13.Valeriu Irimescu, 12.Gheorghie Nica, 11.Mihai Suciu, 10.Mihai Nicolescu, 9.Vasile Tata, 8.Ion Tutuianu, 7.Gheorgie Rascanu (cap.), 6.Paul Ciobanel, 5.Alexandru Atanasiu, 4.Constantin Serban, 3.Constantin Dinu, 2.Valeriu Iorgulescu, 1.Nicolae Baciu

• Historical note: Valeriu Irimescu score, almost surely, the last goal from mark scored in an International match.^[1][2]

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30 January 1972	Morocco	3 - 72	France XV	Casablanca

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22 April 1972	France XV	68 - 3	Czechoslovakia	Colmar

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27 April 1972	Czechoslovakia	3 - 21	Morocco	Millau

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2 May 1972	Romania	58 - 6	Morocco	Bucharest

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21 May 1972	Czechoslovakia	3 - 22	Romania	Vyskov

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Second Division

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)

• Semifinals

20 february 1972	Italy	0 - 0	Portugal	Stadio Plebiscito, Padua

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2 april 1972	Portugal	7 - 15	Italy	Lisbon

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• Aggregate; Italy 15 - Portugal 7

5 December 1971	Spain	26 - 4	Yugoslavia	Madrid

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30 April 1972	Yugoslavia	7 - 21	Spain	Split

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• Aggregate; Spain 47 - Yugoslavia 11

• Final

14 May 1972	Spain	10 - 0	Italy	Madrid

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21 May 1972	Italy	6 - 6	Spain	Ivrea

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• Aggregate; Spain 16 - Italy 6
• Spain promoted to division 1

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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