1985–1987 FIRA Trophy

1985-87 FIRA Trophy
Date	30 October 1985 – 9 May 1985
Countries	France  Italy  Romania  Portugal  Soviet Union  Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Champions	France
Matches played	30
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The 1985-87 FIRA Trophy was the 26th edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams. It was played along two seasons (1985-1986 e 1986-87)

The tournament was won by France

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

First division

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	France	10	9	0	1	266	74	+192	28
2	Soviet Union	10	7	0	3	178	98	+80	24
3	Romania	10	6	0	4	196	139	+57	22
4	Italy	10	5	0	5	162	122	+40	20
5	Tunisia	10	3	0	7	91	214	-123	16
6	Portugal	10	0	0	10	111	357	-246	10

• Tunisia and Portugal relegated to second division

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)

20 October 1985	Romania	16 - 13	Soviet Union	Bucharest

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1 November 1985	France XV	33 - 0	Tunisia

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10 November 1985	Soviet Union	15 - 13	Italy	Moscow

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7 December 1985	Italy	19 - 13	Romania	L'Aquila
	Try: Appiani, Bettarello, Morelli Con: Bettarello 2 Pen: Bettarello		Pen: Ion	Referee: Y.Bressy
Italy: 15.Luigi Troiani, 14.Massimo Mascioletti, 13.Fabio Gaetaniello, 12.Sergio Zorzi, 11.Serafino Ghizzoni, 10.Stefano Bettarello, 9.Alessandro Fusco, 8.Giuseppe Artuso, 7.Sergio Appiani, 6.Marzio Innocenti (cap.), 5.Antonio Colella, 4.Mauro Gardin, 3.Guido Rossi, 2.Giorgio Morelli, 1.Giancarlo Cucchiella
Romania: 15.Alexandru Marin, 14.R. Voinov, 13.Adrian Lungu, 12.Stefan Tofan, 11.N. Copil, 10.Vasile Ion, 9.Mircea Paraschiv, 8.Florica Murariu, 7.Christian Raducanu, 6.M. Giucal, 5.S. Galan, 4.Laurentiu Constantin, 3.P. Petrisor, 2.Marin Mot, 1.Ion Bucan - replacements: 16.Stelian Podarascu

8 February 1986	Italy	18 - 4	Tunisia	Rovigo

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15 February 1986	France A1	7 - 0	Italy	Annecy

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22 February 1986	Portugal	14 - 34	Romania	Barreiro

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22 March 1986	Portugal	18 - 60	France XV	Lisbon

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12 April 1986	France	25 - 13	Romania	Stade Nord Lille, Villeneuve-d'Ascq
	Try: Erbani, Lagisquet, Sella Bonneval, Charvet Con: Laporte Pen: Laporte		Try: David, Hodorca Con: Ignat Pen: Ignat	Referee: C.Waldrom
France: 15.Serge Blanco, 14.Jean-Baptiste Lafond, 13.Philippe Sella, 12.Denis Charvet, 11.Eric Bonneval, 10.Guy Laporte, 9.Pierre Berbizier, 8.Jean-Luc Joinel, 7.Dominique Erbani, 6.Eric Champ, 5.Jean Condom, 4.Francis Haget, 3.Jean-Pierre Garuet-Lempirou, 2.Daniel Dubroca (cap.), 1.Philippe Marocco - replacements: 16.Patrice Lagisquet, 17.Thierry Picard
Romania: 15.Liviu Hodorca, 14.Marcel Toader, 13.Adrian Lungu, 12.Vasile David, 11.Gheorghie Varzaru, 10.Gelu Ignat, 9.Teodor Coman, 8.Stefan Constantin, 7.M. Giucal, 6.Florica Murariu (cap.), 5.Gheorghie Caragea, 4.Laurentiu Constantin, 3.Vasile Pascu, 2.Marin Mot, 1.Florea Opris - replacements: 16.R. Voinov

13 April 1986	Italy	26 - 24	Portugal	Jesi

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26 April 1986	Tunisia	24 - 21	Portugal	Tunis

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1 May 1986	Soviet Union	7 - 14	France XV

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3 May 1986	Tunisia	17 - 15	Romania	Monastir

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17 May 1986	Portugal	3 - 29	Soviet Union	Barreiro

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May 1986	Tunisia	4 - 12	Soviet Union

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5 October 1986	Romania	37 - 9	Tunisia	Constanta

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18 October 1986	Romania	43 - 7	Portugal	Birlad

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18 October 1986	Tunisia	9 - 22	Italy	Menzel

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23 October 1986	Romania	3 - 20	France	Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest
	Pen: Nastase		Try: Andrieu, Berot, Blanco Con: Berot Pen: Berot 2	Referee: David Bishop
Romania: 15.Gheorghe Florea, 14.Cornel Popescu, 13.Adrian Lungu, 12.Stefan Tofan, 11.Marcel Toader, 10.V. Nastase, 9.S. Seceleanu, 8.Laurentiu Constantin, 7.Haralambie Dumitras, 6.Ioan Doja, 5.Gheorghie Caragea, 4.Gheorghie Dumitru, 3.Gheorghie Corneliu, 2.Mircea Munteanu (cap.), 1.Florea Opris - replacements: 16.Gheorghe Ion
France: 15.Serge Blanco, 14.Philippe Berot, 13.Philippe Sella, 12.Eric Bonneval, 11.Marc Andrieu, 10.Jean-Patrick Lescarboura, 9.Pierre Berbizier, 8.Alain Carminati, 7.Laurent Rodriguez, 6.Eric Champ, 5.Jean Condom, 4.Alain Lorieux, 3.Jean-Pierre Garuet-Lempirou, 2.Daniel Dubroca (cap.), 1.Herve Chabowski

16 November 1986	Italy	14 - 16	Soviet Union	Genova

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1987	France XV	9 - 15	Soviet Union

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18 January 1987	Portugal	3 - 41	Italy	Lisbon

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8 February 1987	France XV	38 - 6	Portugal	Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse

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22 February 1987	Italy	6 - 22	France A1	Padua

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12 April 1987	Romania	9 - 3	Italy	Stade 1. May, Constanta
	Pen: Alexandru 3		Pen: Bettarello	Referee: JC Yche
Romania: 15.Vasile Ion, 14.Marcel Toader, 13.Adrian Lungu, 12.Stefan Tofan, 11.Liviu Hodorca, 10.Dumitru Alexandru, 9.Mircea Paraschiv, 8.Ene Necula, 7.Haralambie Dumitras, 6.Florica Murariu, 5.Laurentiu Constantin, 4.Stefan Constantin, 3.Gheorghe Leonte, 2.Emilian Grigore, 1.Ion Bucan - replacements: 16.Christian Raducanu
Italy: 15.Daniele Tebaldi, 14.Serafino Ghizzoni, 13.Oscar Collodo, 12.Stefano Barba, 11.Marcello Cuttitta, 10.Stefano Bettarello, 9.Fulvio Lorigiola, 8.Gianni Zanon, 7.Giuseppe Artuso, 6.Marzio Innocenti (cap.), 5.Franco Berni, 4.Mauro Gardin, 3.Tito Lupini, 2.Antonio Galeazzo, 1.Guido Rossi

18 April 1987	Portugal	9 - 12	Tunisia	Lisbon

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25 April 1987	Soviet Union	12 - 13	Romania	Moscow

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1 May 1987	Soviet Union	9 - 6	Tunisia

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9 May 1987	Soviet Union	50 - 6	Portugal	Kharkov

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May 1987	Tunisia	6 - 38	France XV

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Second division

Pool A

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Spain	6	5	0	1	158	40	+118	16
2	Poland	6	3	0	2	95	100	-5	12
3	Morocco	6	2	0	4	42	76	-34	10
4	West Germany	6	2	0	5	37	116	-79	8

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27 October 1985	Poland	3 - 24	Spain	Sopot

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10 November 1985	West Germany	13 - 11	Spain	Hanover

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9 February 1986	Spain	23 - 12	Morocco	Madrid

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13 April 1986	Poland	28 - 12	West Germany	Poznań

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27 April 1986	West Germany	6 - 0	Morocco	Heidelberg

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11 May 1986	Morocco	16 - 14	Poland	Casablanca

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29 November 1986	Spain	50 - 0	West Germany	Madrid

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14 December 1986	Morocco	3 - 12	Spain	Casablanca

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5 April 1987	Morocco	7 - 0	West Germany	Casablanca

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12 April 1987	Poland	21 - 4	Morocco	Ruda Slaska

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26 April 1987	Spain	38 - 9	Poland	Madrid

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10 May 1987	West Germany	6 - 20	Poland	Hannover

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Pool B

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Netherlands	6	5	0	1	83	52	+31	16
2	Czechoslovakia	6	4	0	2	128	51	+77	14
3	Belgium	6	2	0	4	44	62	-18	10
4	Sweden	6	1	0	5	30	120	-90	8

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5 October 1985	Sweden	11 - 16	Netherlands	Aarstad

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19 November 1985	Czechoslovakia	14 - 3	Belgium	Prague

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16 March 1986	Belgium	0 - 11	Netherlands	Dondermonde

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13 April 1986	Netherlands	9 - 6	Czechoslovakia	Hilversum

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10 May 1986	Sweden	12 - 6	Belgium	Malmo

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1 June 1986	Czechoslovakia	51 - 3	Sweden	Tatra

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17 October 1986	Netherlands	23 - 0	Sweden	Castricum

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19 October 1986	Belgium	9 - 0	Sweden	Brussel

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22 November 1986	Belgium	18 - 15	Czechoslovakia	Vise

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8 March 1987	Netherlands	10 - 8	Belgium	Hilversum

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12 April 1987	Czechoslovakia	27 - 14	Netherlands

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24 May 1987	Sweden	4 - 15	Czechoslovakia	Romenby

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Final

10 May 1987	Spain	28 - 10	Netherlands	Bordeaux

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• 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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