1981–1982 FIRA Trophy

1981-82 FIRA Trophy
Date	25 October 1981 – 22 May 1982
Countries	France  Italy  Romania  Soviet Union  West Germany
Tournament statistics
Champions	France
Matches played	10
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The 1981-82 FIRA Trophy was the 22nd edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams.

The tournament was won by France

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

First division

The first division was reducetd (only for this year to five) teams instead of six.

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	France	4	3	1	0	105	53	+52	11
2	Italy	4	2	1	1	75	52	+23	9
3	Romania	4	2	0	2	102	59	+43	8
4	Soviet Union	4	0	2	2	32	50	-18	6
5	West Germany	4	1	0	3	43	143	-100	6

No relegations

• Results

Point system: try 4 pt, conversion: 2 pt., penalty kick 3 pt. drop 3 pt Click "show" for more info about match (scorers, line-up etc)

25 October 1981	Soviet Union	12 - 12	Italy	Moscow

1 November 1981	France	17 - 9	Romania	Sport et amitié, Narbonne
	Try: Blanco, Elissalde Pen: Gabernet 2 Drop: Laporte		Pen: Constantin 3	Referee: J.A.F. Trigg
France:15.Serge Gabernet, 14.Michel Fabre, 13.Patrick Mesny, 12.Roland Bertranne, 11.Serge Blanco, 10.Guy Laporte, 7.Pierre Lacans, 6.Laurent Rodriguez, 5.Daniel Revailler, 4.Alain Lorieux, 3.Robert Paparemborde (cap.), 2.Philippe Dintrans, 1.Michel Cremaschi9.Jean-Pierre Elissalde, 8.Jean-Luc Joinel,
Romania:15.Gheorghe Florea, 14.Sorin Fuicu, 13.Adrian Lungu, 12.Ion Constantin, 11.Marian Aldea, 10.Dumitru Alexandru, 7.Alexandru Radulescu, 6.Enciu Stoica, 5.Gheorghie Caragea, 4.Gheorghie Dumitru, 3.Constantin Dinu, 2.Mircea Munteanu, 1.Ion Bucan9.Mircea Paraschiv (cap.), 8.Pompiliu Bors, - replacements: 16.Gheorghie Varzaru

1 November 1981	West Germany	10 - 7	Soviet Union	Hanover

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29 November 1981	Italy	23 - 0	West Germany	Rovigo

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21 February 1982	France A1	25 - 19	Italy	Carcassonne

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21 March 1982	West Germany	15 - 53	France A1	Heidelberg

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4 April 1982	Romania	60 - 18	West Germany	Bucharest

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11 April 1982	Italy	21 - 15	Romania	St. Battaglini, Rovigo
	Try: Azzali, Ghizzoni Con: Bettarello 2 Pen: Bettarello 3		Try: Mot 2 Con: Podarascu 2 Pen: Podarascu	Referee: Corris Thomas
Italy:15.Fabrizio Gaetaniello (cap.), 14.Serafino Ghizzoni, 13.Massimo Mascioletti, 12.Giancarlo Morelli, 11.Andrea Azzali, 10.Stefano Bettarello, 7.Marzio Innocenti, 6.Claudio Jannone, 5.Mario Nicolosi, 4.Stefano Annibal, 3.Giancarlo Pivetta, 2.Giorgio Morelli, 1.Renato de Bernardo9.Alessandro Ghini, 8.Gianni Zanon, - replacements: 16.Claudio Torresan
Romania:15.Gheorghe Florea, 14.Ion Constantin, 13.Adrian Lungu, 12.Olimpiu Beches, 11.Marian Aldea, 10.Stelian Podarascu, 7.M. Guramare, 6.Alexandru Radulescu, 5.Gheorghie Dumitru, 4.Gheorghie Caragea, 3.Dinu Gheorghe, 2.Marin Mot, 1.Ion Bucan9.Mircea Paraschiv, 8.Enciu Stoica, - replacements: 16.Florin Constantin

9 May 1982	Romania	18 - 3	Soviet Union	Bucharest

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22 May 1982	Soviet Union	10 - 10	France A1	Moscow

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Second division

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Morocco	5	5	0	0	54	17	+37	15
2	Poland	5	4	0	1	108	37	+71	13
3	Spain	5	3	0	2	70	66	+4	10
4	Netherlands	5	1	0	4	51	76	-25	7
5	Portugal	5	1	0	4	62	124	-62	7
6	Tunisia	5	1	0	4	32	57	-25	7

Morocco Promoted to division 1

Tunisia relegated to division 3

• Results

4 October 1981	Netherlands	9 - 19	Poland	Hilversum

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1 November 1981	Morocco	6 - 3	Poland	Casablanca

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1 July 1982	Morocco	6 - 4	Tunisia	Casablanca

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1982	Netherlands	3 - 10	Morocco	Hilversum

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21 February 1982	Morocco	6 - 0 withdraw	Spain

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7 March 1982	Spain	25 - 12	Netherlands	Barcelona

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21 March 1982	Portugal	7 - 26	Morocco	Lisbon

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28 March 1982	Portugal	13 - 32	Spain	Lisbon

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17 April 1982	Portugal	13 - 16	Tunisia	Lisbon

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25 April 1982	Netherlands	12 - 16	Portugal	Hilversum

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25 April 1982	Spain U.23	7 - 3	Tunisia	Burgas

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28 April 1982	Poland	38 - 13	Portugal	Lodz

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1982	Tunisia	3 - 16	Poland	Tunis

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1982	Tunisia	6 - 15	Netherlands	Tunis

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8 November 1982	Poland	32 - 6	Spain	Lublin

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Third division

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Sweden	4	4	0	0	77	27	+50	12
2	Belgium	4	3	0	1	44	33	11	10
3	Yugoslavia	4	2	0	2	65	30	35	8
4	Switzerland	4	1	0	3	43	51	-8	6
5	Denmark	4	0	0	4	43	131	-88	4

Sweden promoted to division 2

• Results

24 October 1981	Sweden	15 - 9	Belgium	Karlstad

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25 October 1981	Switzerland	34 - 21	Denmark	Lausanne

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15 November 1981	Denmark	6 - 35	Sweden	Copenhagen

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29 November 1981	Belgium	9 - 0	Yugoslavia	Liege

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15 May 1982	Yugoslavia	46 - 4	Denmark	Zenica

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27 November 1981	Switzerland	0 - 10	Yugoslavia	Lausanne

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6 March 1982	Belgium	10 - 6	Switzerland	Anversa

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24 April 1982	Denmark	12 - 16	Belgium	Copenhagen

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8 May 1982	Yugoslavia	9 - 17	Sweden	Lubliana

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20 May 1982	Sweden	10 - 3	Switzerland	Enkoping

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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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• FIRA-AER official website

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