2001 European Nations Cup First Division

2001 European Nations Cup
Date	4 February - 8 April 2001
Countries	Georgia  Netherlands  Portugal  Romania  Russia  Spain
Tournament statistics
Champions	Georgia
Grand Slam	Georgia
Matches played	15
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The 2001 European Nations Cup was the second annual competition for tier 2 & 3 European Rugby Union nations. The competition was originally planned to continue on an annual basis like the Six Nations but at the end of the season it was decided to change to a two year cycle allowing home & away games.

The results of these season were added to the 2001-2002 European Nations Cup First Divisionstandings. Georgia won their first ever European Championship, which was overshadowed slightly by Romania winning the extended championship the following year. Morocco were also replaced by Russia.

Contents 1 Table 2 Matches 3 See also 4 Sources

Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Georgia	5	5	0	0	167	68	+99	15
2	Romania	5	4	0	1	188	71	+117	13
3	Russia	5	3	0	2	152	143	+9	11
4	Spain	5	2	0	3	118	128	-10	9
5	Portugal	5	1	0	4	77	165	-88	7
6	Netherlands	5	0	0	5	57	184	-127	5

Matches

4 February 2001	Netherlands	3 - 32	Georgia	Amsterdam

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4 February 2001	Portugal	0 - 47	Romania	Lisbon

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4 February 2001	Spain	29 - 30	Russia	Madrid

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17 February 2001	Georgia	36 - 12	Portugal	Tblisi

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18 February 2001	Spain	12 - 27	Romania	Seville

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18 February 2001	Netherlands	20 - 41	Russia	Amsterdam

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4 March 2001	Russia	23 - 25	Georgia	Krasnodar

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4 March 2001	Romania	52 - 15	Netherlands	Constanta

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4 March 2001	Spain	31 - 15	Portugal	Madrid

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18 March 2001	Georgia	43 - 10	Spain	Tblisi

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18 March 2001	Romania	42 - 13	Russia	Bucharest

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18 March 2001	Portugal	23 - 6	Netherlands	Lisbon

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7 April 2001	Russia	45 - 27	Portugal	Krasnodar

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8 April 2001	Netherlands	16 - 36	Spain	Amsterdam

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8 April 2001	Romania	20 - 31	Georgia	Bucharest

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See also

• 2001 European Nations Cup Second Division
• 2003 Rugby World Cup – European qualification

Sources

• www.irb.com

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