1976–1977 FIRA Trophy

1976-77 FIRA Trophy
Date	17 October 1976 - 1 May 1977
Countries	France  Italy  Romania  Morocco  Poland  Spain
Tournament statistics
Champions	Romania
Matches played	15
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The 1976-1977 FIRA Trophy was the 17th edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams.

The tournament was won by Romania

Contents 1 First division 2 Second Division 3 Third Division 4 Bibliography 5 References 6 External links

First division

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Romania	5	5	0	0	233	31	+202	15
2	France	5	4	0	1	145	48	+ 97	13
3	Spain	5	2	0	3	68	73	-5	9
4	Italy	5	2	0	3	58	96	-38	9
5	Poland	5	1	0	4	36	111	-75	7
6	Morocco	5	1	0	4	20	201	-181	7

Marocco relegated to division 2 (for worst point difference)

• Results

Point system: try 4 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)

17 October 1976	Poland	8 - 38	Romania	Nowy Dwor

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13 November 1976	Poland	13 - 7	Morocco	Sochzachew

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14 November 1976	Romania	15 - 12	France	Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest
	Try: Alexandru, Murariu Parschiv Drop: Bucos		Try: Bastiat Con: Aguirre Pen: Aguirre 2	Referee: Jeff Kelleher
Romania: 15.Mihai Bucos, 14.Petre Ianusevici, 13.Gheorghie Nica (cap.), 12.Vasile Varga, 11.Petre Motrescu, 10.Dumitru Alexandru, 9.Mircea Paraschiv, 8.Gheorghie Daraban, 7.Enciu Stoica, 6.Florica Murariu, 5.Marin Ionescu, 4.I. Pintea, 3.Constantin Dinu, 2.Mircea Ortelecan, 1.Nicolae Baciu
France: 15.Jean-Michel Aguirre, 14.Dominique Harize, 13.Roland Bertranne, 12.Francois Sangalli, 11.Jean-Luc Averous, 10.Jean-Pierre Pesteil, 9.Richard Astre (cap.), 8.Jean-Pierre Bastiat, 7.Jean-Claude Skrela, 6.Jean-Pierre Rives, 5.Guy Gasparotto, 4.Gerard Cholley, 3.Robert Paparemborde, 2.Alain Paco, 1.Armand Vaquerin

17 November 1976	Romania	89 - 0	Morocco	Bucharest

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27 November 1976	Italy	17 - 4	Spain	Rome

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5 December 1976	France A1	28 - 21	Spain	Hendaye

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6 February 1977	France A1	10 - 3	Italy	Grenoble

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20 February 1977	Spain	21 - 3	Morocco	Madrid

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6 March 1977	Morocco	10 - 9	Italy	Casablanca

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20 March 1977	Morocco	0 - 69	France A1	Casablanca

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2 April 1977	Italy	29 - 3	Poland	Catania

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17 April 1977	Spain	11 - 3	Poland	Madrid

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24 April 1977	Spain	11 - 22	Romania	Barcelona

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1 May 1977	Romania	69 - 0	Italy	Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest
	Try: Motrescu 4, Stoica 2 Daraban,, Murariu Nica, Ortelecan, Con: Bucos 5, Nica 4 Pen: Alexandru			Referee: R.Quintentonn
Romania: 15.Mihai Bucos, 14.Ion Constantin, 13.Gheorghie Nica, 12.Vasile Varga, 11.Petre Motrescu, 10.Dumitru Alexandru, 9.Mircea Paraschiv, 8.Florica Murariu, 7.Gheorghie Daraban, 6.Enciu Stoica, 5.I. Pintea, 4.Marin Ionescu, 3.Iancu Bacioiu, 2.Mircea Ortelecan, 1.Constantin Dinu - replacements: 16.Eduard Suciu
Italy: 15.Fabrizio Gaetaniello, 14.Manrico Marchetto, 13.Nello Francescato, 12.Fiorenzo Blessano, 11.Serafino Ghizzoni, 10.Ennio Ponzi, 9.Agostino Puppo, 8.Antonio Rocca, 7.Loris Salsi, 6.Narcisio Zanella, 5.Adriano Fedrigo (cap.), 4.Andrea Rinaldo, 3.Mario Piovan, 2.Pietro Monfeli, 1.Fulvio di Carlo - replacements: 16.Carlo Casagrande

1977	Poland	9 - 26	France A1	Warsaw

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Second Division

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Czechoslovakia	4	4	0	0	90	31	+59	12
2	Soviet Union	4	3	0	1	106	25	+81	10
3	Netherlands	4	1	1	2	54	31	23	7
4	West Germany	4	1	1	2	67	66	+ 1	7
5	Sweden	4	0	0	4	24	188	-164	4

Czechoslovakia promoted in Division 1

• Results

10 October 1976	Netherlands	34 - 3	Sweden	Hilversum

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17 October 1976	Czechoslovakia	9 - 6	Soviet Union	Ricany

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6 November 1976	Czechoslovakia	22 - 6	Germany	Ricany

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21 November 1976	Germany	13 - 13	Netherlands	Hanover

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1976	Soviet Union	72 - 0	Sweden	Tbilisi

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17 April 1977	Netherlands	7 - 9	Czechoslovakia	Hilversum

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8 May 1977	Sweden	9 - 32	Germany	Stockholm

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21 May 1977	Sweden	12 - 50	Czechoslovakia	Gothenburg

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17 April 1977	Germany	16 - 22	Soviet Union	Hanover

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	Soviet Union	6 – 0 Netherlands withdraw	Netherlands

Third Division

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Belgium	3	3	0	0	57	25	+32	6
2	Yugoslavia	2	1	0	1	24	14	+10	2
3	Switzerland	3	1	0	2	29	47	-18	2
4	Luxembourg	2	0	0	2	7	31	-24	0

• Results

8 December 1976	Belgium	8 - 6	Yugoslavia	Brussel

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11 December 1976	Switzerland	6 - 18	Yugoslavia	Lausanne

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16 April 1977	Switzerland	16 - 25	Belgium	Lausanne

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27 April 1977	Belgium	24 - 3	Luxembourg	Brussel

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14 May 1977	Luxembourg	4 - 7	Switzerland	Luxembourg

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	Yugoslavia	NOT PLAYED	Luxembourg

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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