1982–1983 FIRA Trophy

1982-83 FIRA Trophy
Date	24 October 1982 – 22 May 1983
Countries	France  Italy  West Germany  Morocco  Romania  Soviet Union
Tournament statistics
Champions	Romania
Matches played	15
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The 1982-83 FIRA Trophy was the 23rd 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

The first division return to six teams participating

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Romania	5	5	0	0	95	40	+55	15
2	Italy	5	3	1	1	60	35	+25	12
3	Soviet Union	5	3	0	2	80	54	+26	11
4	France	5	2	1	2	121	40	+81	10
5	Morocco	5	1	0	4	43	87	-44	7
6	West Germany	5	0	0	5	37	180	-143	5

Germany relegated to second division

• 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)

24 October 1982	Soviet Union	31 - 9	West Germany	Moscow

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31 October 1982	Romania	13 - 9	France	Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest
	Try: Paraschiv Pen: Ion, Podarascu Drop: Podarascu		Try: Fabre Con: Camberabero Drop: Camberabero	Referee: J.Anderson
Romania: 15.Vasile Ion, 14.Sorin Fuicu, 13.Mihai Holban, 12.Adrian Lungu, 11.Marian Aldea, 10.Stelian Podarascu, 9.Mircea Paraschiv (cap.), 8.Gheorghie Dumitru, 7.Enciu Stoica, 6.Florica Murariu, 5.Gheorghie Caragea, 4.Gheorghie Daraban, 3.Constantin Dinu, 2.Mircea Munteanu, 1.Ion Bucan
France: 15.Serge Blanco, 14.Michel Fabre, 13.Philippe Sella, 12.Pierre Chadebech, 11.Patrick Esteve, 10.Didier Camberabero, 9.Pierre Berbizier, 8.Jean-Luc Joinel, 7.Laurent Rodriguez, 6.Jean-Pierre Rives (cap.), 5.Jean Condom, 4.Daniel Revailler, 3.Robert Paparemborde, 2.Philippe Dintrans, 1.Pierre Dospital - replacements: 16.Eric Buchet

1 November 1982	France XV	6 - 12	Soviet Union	Merignac

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7 November 1982	West Germany	3 - 23	Italy	Hanover

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19 December 1982	Morocco	3 - 13	Italy	Casablanca

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6 February 1983	Italy	6 - 6	France A1	Rovigo

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20 February 1983	France XV	84 - 0	West Germany	Bourg-en-Bresse

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27 February 1983	Morocco	3 - 28	Romania	Casablanca

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27 March 1983	West Germany	12 - 26	Romania	Heidelburg

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10 April 1983	Morocco	9 - 16	France XV	Casablanca

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10 April 1983	Romania	13 - 6	Italy	Buzau
	Try: Varzaru Con: Alexandru, Ion 2		Pen: Bettarello Drop: Bettarello	Referee: A. Welsby
Romania: 15.Vasile Ion, 14.Sorin Fuicu, 13.Adrian Lungu, 12.Gheorghie Varzaru, 11.Marian Aldea, 10.Dumitru Alexandru, 9.Mircea Paraschiv, 8.O. Sugar, 7.Gheorghie Dumitru, 6.Florica Murariu, 5.Gheorghie Caragea, 4.Gheorghie Daraban, 3.Constantin Dinu, 2.Mircea Munteanu, 1.Ion Bucan - replacements: 16.Pompiliu Bors, 17.Vasile Pascu
Italy: 15.Fabrizio Gaetaniello (cap.), 14.Alberto Osti, 13.Massimo Mascioletti, 12.Rino Francescato, 11.Andrea Azzali, 10.Stefano Bettarello, 9.Alessandro Ghini, 8.Claudio Tinari, 7.Gianni Zanon, 6.Giuseppe Artuso, 5.Mauro Gardin, 4.Antonio Colella, 3.Guido Rossi, 2.Giorgio Morelli, 1.Renato de Bernardo - replacements: 16.Fulvio Lorigiola

8 May 1983	West Germany	13 - 16	Morocco	Heidelburg

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11 May 1983	Soviet Union	17 - 12	Morocco	Kiev

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15 May 1983	Soviet Union	10 - 15	Romania	Kiev

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22 May 1983	Italy	12 - 10	Soviet Union	Catania

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Second division

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Poland	4	3	0	1	82	30	+52	10
2	Spain	4	3	0	1	83	26	+57	10
3	Portugal	4	2	0	2	38	46	-8	8
4	Netherlands	4	2	0	2	38	58	-20	8
5	Sweden	4	0	0	4	25	106	-81	4

• Poland promoted to division 1

• Results

10 October 1982	Poland	6 - 13	Netherlands	Warsaw

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24 October 1982	Poland	54 - 6	Sweden	Poznan

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6 November 1982	Sweden	7 - 16	Netherlands	Malmo

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13 March 1983	Netherlands	3 - 32	Spain	Hilversum

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26 March 1983	Spain	25 - 4	Portugal	Madrid

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10 April 1983	Netherlands	6 - 13	Portugal	Hilversum

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24 April 1983	Spain	7 - 16	Poland	Valencia

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30 April 1983	Portugal	4 - 6	Poland	Lisbon

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8 May 1983	Sweden	3 - 19	Spain	Arstad

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21 May 1983	Portugal	17 - 9	Sweden	Lisbon

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Third division

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Czechoslovakia	4	4	0	0	67	31	+36	12
2	Tunisia	4	3	0	1	64	33	+31	10
3	Yugoslavia	4	2	0	2	73	80	-7	8
4	Belgium	4	1	0	3	44	65	-21	6
5	Switzerland	4	0	0	4	37	76	-39	4

Czechoslovakia promoted to division 2

• Results

14 November 1982	Czechoslovakia	17 - 9	Yugoslavia	Prague

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27 November 1982	Belgium	6 - 21	Czechoslovakia	Brussel

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27 November 1982	Yugoslavia	36 - 19	Switzerland

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12 December 1982	Tunisia	3 - 0	Switzerland	Tunis

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23 October 1982	Belgium	12 - 13	Tunisia	Brussel

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5 March 1983	Switzerland	9 - 23	Belgium	Geneva

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23 April 1983	Switzerland	9 - 14	Czechoslovakia	Nafels

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30 April 1983	Yugoslavia	22 - 3	Belgium	Ljubliana

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7 May 1983	Czechoslovakia	15 - 7	Tunisia	Prague

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14 May 1983	Tunisia	41 - 6	Yugoslavia	Tunis

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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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