1992–1993 FIRA Preliminary Tournament

1992–94 FIRA Trophy
Date	1 October 1992 – 24 May 1994
Countries	Belgium  France  Germany  Italy  Morocco  Portugal  Romania  Russia  Spain  Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Champions	France
Matches played	41
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The 1992–94 "FIRA Trophy" was arranged with a new format.

Ten teams were admitted to first division and divided into two pools to play a "Preliminary Tournament", that qualified five teams to play for the Trophy in the 1993–1994 season.

Contents 1 Pool A 2 Pool B 3 Barrage 4 References 5 Bibliography 6 External links

Pool A

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	France	4	4	0	0	219	57	+162	12
2	Russia	4	3	0	1	66	+113	−47	10
3	Morocco	4	2	0	2	62	+70	−8	8
4	Germany	4	1	0	3	53	117	−64	6
5	Belgium	4	0	0	4	36	79	−43	4

• France and Russia qualified for Pool Title 1993–94
• Morocco qualified to Barrage
• Germany and Belgium qualified to the Pool for 6th place 1993–94

11 October 1992	Belgium	11–17	Russia	Brussels

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18 October 1992	France XV	76–12	Russia	Villeneuve-sur-Lot

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25 October 1992	Russia	13–10	Germany	Moscow

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1 November 1992	Belgium	9–11	Morocco	Brussels

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15 November 1992	Germany	13–10	Belgium	Stuttgart

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21 March 1993	France Military	38–6	Belgium	Soissons

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17 April 1993	Morocco	23–3	Germany	Casablanca

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15 May 1993	Russia	24–16	Morocco	Moscow

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29 May 1993	Morocco	12–34	France XV	Casablanca

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30 May 1993	Germany	27–71	France XV	Hanover

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Pool B

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Italy	4	4	0	0	158	22	+136	12
2	Romania	4	3	0	1	128	50	+78	10
3	Spain'	4	2	0	2	72	108	−36	8
4	Tunisia	4	1	0	3	30	132	−102	6
5	Portugal	4	0	0	4	49	125	−76	4

• Italy and Romania Russia qualified for Pool Title 1993–94
• Spain qualified to Barrage
• Tunisia and Portugal qualified to the Pool for 6th place 1993–94

Point system: try 5 points, conversion: 2 points, penalty kick or drop goal 3 points. Click "show" for more info about match (scorers, line-up etc)

1 October 1992	Italy	22–3	Romania	Stadio Flaminio, Rome
	Try: Bottacchiari, Checchinato Mar Cuttitta Con: Bonomi, Troiani Pen: Bonomi		Drop: Nichitean	Referee: D. Salle
Italy: 15.Luigi Troiani, 14.Paolo Vaccari, 13.Stefano Barba, 12.Sergio Zorzi, 11.Marcello Cuttitta, 10.Massimo Bonomi, 9.Ivan Francescato, 8.Tito Ciccio', 7.Julian Gardner, 6.Alessandro Bottacchiari, 5.Mark Giacheri, 4.Carlo Checchinato, 3.Giovanni Grespan, 2.Giancarlo Pivetta (cap), 1.Massimo Cuttitta – Replacements: Ramiro Cassina, Umberto Casellato, Mauro Tommasi – Coach: Bertrand Fourcade
Romania: 15.Vasile Brici, 14.Lician Colceriu, 13.Nicolae Racean, 12.Nicolae Fulina, 11.Gheorghe Solomie, 10.Neculai Nichitean, 9.Mihai Foca, 8.Ionut Seceleanu, 7.Tiberiu Brinza, 6.Gheorghe Dinu, 5.Tudor Constantin, 4.Sandu Ciorascu, 3.Gabriel Vlad, 2.Christian Gheorghe, 1.Gheorghe Leonte – Replacements: Andrei Guranescu, Constantin Stan

30 January 1993	Tunisia	8–20	Spain	Tunisia

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14 February 1993	Spain	0–52	Italy	Campo Universitario Madrid
			Try: M.Cuttitta, Dotto Rigo 2, Venturi 2 Con: Dominguez 5 Pen: Dominguez 4	Referee: Caulet
Spain : 15.Francisco Puertas Soto, 14.Pablo Calderon Sole, 13.Javier Torres Morote, 12.Gabriel Rivero Macia, 11.Jose Angel Hermosilla Olmos, 10.Miguel Sanchez Gonzalez-Bermudo, 9.Javier Diaz Paternain, 8.Emilio Illaregui Etxabe, 7.Jaime Gutierrez Merelles, 6.Inaki Laskurain Gonzalez, 5.Alberto Malo Navio, 4.Alejandro Esteve Herrera, 3.Jose Luis Moral Iglesias, 2.Javier Aguiar Cayetano, 1.Julio Alvarez Ruiz de Temino – replacemnts: Aitor Gorrotxategui Fernandez, Mario Auzmendi Ripoll, Jordi Camps Riba
Italy : 15.Luigi Troiani, 14.Edgardo Venturi, 13.Stefano Barba, 12.Stefano Bordon, 11.Marcello Cuttitta, 10.Diego Dominguez, 9.Umberto Casellato, 8.Tito Ciccio', 7.Massimo Giovanelli (cap.), 6.Stefano Rigo, 5.Mark Giacheri, 4.Roberto Favaro, 3.Giovanni Grespan, 2.Carlo Orlandi, 1.Massimo Cuttitta – replacements: Pier Massimiliano Dotto, Francesco Pietrosanti – Coach: Bertrand Fourcade

27 March 1993	Italy A	51–8	Tunisia	Leno

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3 April 1993	Portugal	13–41	Romania	Lisbon

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17 April 1993	Portugal	11–33	Italy	Stadium S.Conceicao, Coimbra
	Try: de Morais Pen: Queimado 2		Try: Casellato, Coppo, Perziano Rigo, Tommasi Con: Filizzola Pen: Filizzola 2	Referee: Yves Peyrelongue
Portugal : 15.Pedro Rogerio Arsenio, 14.Paulo Murinello, 13.R.C. Pereira, 12.Nuno Mourao, 11.Trigo de Morais, 10.Joao Queimado, 9.Joao Jonet, 8.Antonio Cunha, 7.Jorge Heredia, 6.F. Borges, 5.Pedro Correia Neiva, 4.Simao Cunha, 3.Luis Luis Nieves, 2.Miguel Baptista, 1.Eduardo Macedo – replacements: Joaquim Ferreira
Italy : 15.Gabriel Filizzola, 14.Massimo Brunello, 13.Stefano Bordon, 12.Mauro Tommasi, 11.Leonardo Perziano, 10.Hector de Marco, 9.Umberto Casellato, 8.Fabio Coppo, 7.Massimo Giovanelli (cap.), 6.Stefano Rigo, 5.Mark Giacheri, 4.Carlo Checchinato, 3.Massimo Cuttitta, 2.Alessandro Moscardi, 1.Mauro dal Sie – replacements: Giuliano Faltibà, Andrea Sgorlon

24 April 1993	Tunisia	14–10	Portugal	Tunis

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8 May 1993	Romania	51–0	Tunisia	Bucharest

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16 May 1993	Portugal	15–37	Spain	Lisbon

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29 May 1993	Romania	33–15	Spain	Bucharest

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Barrage

28 November 1993	Spain	48–17	Morocco	Toulouse

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• Spain qualified for Title Pool.

References

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).

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• FIRA-AER official website

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