2001–02 European Nations Cup First Division

2001-02 European Nations Cup
Date	4 February 2001 - 7 April 2002
Countries	Georgia  Netherlands  Portugal  Romania  Russia  Spain
Tournament statistics
Champions	Romania
Matches played	30
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The 2001/2002 European Nations Cup was the 3rd Edition of the newly reformed European Championship. It was the first championship to be decided over two years.

Since the format had changed at the end of 2001, Georgia where allowed to keep their 2001 title. The Championship simply carried on from 2001 with the standings starting as they had finished & playing the reversed fixtures.

Also new to the Championship was the introduction of Promotion/Releagation between Division 1 & 2A. The Netherlands after 3 consecutive bottom placed finishes deserved to go down at the end of the season.

The Champions of the first two year season were Romania, overtaking Georgia's lead from 2001.

Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Romania	10	9	0	1	373	148	+225	28
2	Georgia	10	8	1	1	351	152	+199	27
3	Russia	10	6	1	3	332	230	+102	23
4	Spain	10	3	0	7	246	247	-1	16
5	Portugal	10	3	0	7	170	295	-125	16
6	Netherlands	10	0	0	10	84	484	-400	10

• Results

For 2000-2001 season see here

3 February 2002	Georgia	88 - 0	Netherlands	Tblisi

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3 February 2002	Romania	44 - 17	Portugal	Bucharest

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3 February 2002	Russia	35 - 25	Spain	Krasnodar

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16 February 2002	Portugal	23 - 27	Georgia	Lisbon

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17 February 2002	Russia	73 - 10	Netherlands	Krasnodar

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17 February 2002	Romania	34 - 12	Spain	Constanta

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3 March 2002	Netherlands	3 - 49	Romania	Amsterdam

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3 March 2002	Georgia	12 - 12	Russia	Tblisi

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3 March 2002	Portugal	13 - 10	Spain	Caldas da R.

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24 March 2002	Spain	18 - 34	Georgia	Madrid

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24 March 2002	Netherlands	11 - 27	Portugal	Amsterdam

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24 March 2002	Russia	22 - 27	Romania	Krasnodar

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6 April 2002	Spain	63 - 3	Netherlands	Murcia

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6 April 2002	Georgia	23 - 31	Romania	Tblisi

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7 April 2002	Portugal	13 - 38	Russia	Lousa

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Sources

• www.irb.com

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