2003–04 European Nations Cup First Division

2003-04 European Nations Cup
Date	16 February 2003 - 27 March 2004
Countries	Netherlands  Georgia  Portugal  Romania  Russia  Spain
Tournament statistics
Champions	Portugal
Matches played	29
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The 2003/2004 European Nations Cup was the fourth edition of the newly reformed European Championship for tier 2 & 3 Rugby Union Nations. This was the second two year cycled championship, the first to be planned from the start.

The Championship saw another new face in the Czech Republic who replaced the relegated Netherlands. The Championship was won by the surprise package of Portugal, with their Iberian neighbours Spain being relegated.

Contents 1 Table 2 Results 3 See also 4 Sources

Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Portugal	10	9	0	1	245	180	+65	28
2	Romania	10	8	0	2	320	123	+197	26
3	Georgia	10	5	1	4	193	148	+45	21
4	Russia	9	3	0	6	198	175	+23	14
5	Czech Republic	9	3	0	6	139	263	-124	14
6	Spain	10	0	1	9	129	335	-206	11

Results

• Week 1

16 February 2003	Portugal	34 - 30	Georgia	Lisbon

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16 February 2003	Spain	19 - 52	Russia	Mallorca

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22 June 2003	Czech Republic	5 - 42	Romania	Prague

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Czech Republic-Romania was originally scheduled for 15 february but was postponed.

• Week 2

22 February 2003	Georgia	34 - 3	Spain	Tbilisi

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22 February 2003	Portugal	16 - 15	Romania	Lisbon

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14 June 2003	Czech Republic	27 - 13	Russia	Prague

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Czech Republic-Russia was originally scheduled for 22 february but was postponed.

• Week 3

8 March 2003	Portugal	43 - 10	Czech Republic	Lisbon

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9 March 2003	Russia	17 - 23	Georgia	Krasnodar

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9 March 2003	Spain	6 - 31	Romania	Madrid

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Week 4

22 March 2003	Czech Republic	15 - 30	Georgia	Prague

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22 March 2003	Romania	23 - 12	Russia	Bucharest

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23 March 2003	Portugal	35 - 16	Spain	Coimbra

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• Week 5

29 March 2003	Russia	14 - 25	Portugal	Krasnodar

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30 March 2003	Georgia	6 - 19	Romania	Tbilisi

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30 March 2003	Spain	38 - 40	Czech Republic	Madrid

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• Week 6

14 February 2004	Romania	55 - 11	Czech Republic	Bucharest

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14 February 2004	Georgia	14 - 19	Portugal	Tbilisi

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14 February 2004	Russia	36 - 6	Spain	Krasnodar

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• Week 7

21 February 2004	Romania	36 - 6	Portugal	Constanta

22 February 2004	Spain	6 - 6	Georgia	Tarragona

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• Russia-Czech Republic, originally scheduled for 21 february 2004 and postponed due snow, wasn't played.

• Week 8

6 March 2004	Romania	50 - 10	Spain	Bucharest

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6 March 2004	Georgia	9 - 3	Russia	Tblisi

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6 March 2004	Czech Republic	8 - 13	Portugal	Prague

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• Week 9

20 March 2004	Russia	33 - 24	Romania	Krasnodar

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20 March 2004	Spain	19 - 45	Portugal	Ibiza

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20 March 2004	Georgia	23 - 7	Czech Republic	Tbilisi

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• Week 10

27 March 2004	Czech Republic	16 - 6	Spain	Prague

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27 March 2004	Portugal	19 - 18	Russia	Coimbra

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27 March 2004	Romania	25 - 18	Georgia	Iași

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See also

• 2002–2004 European Nations Cup Second Division
• 2002–2003 European Nations Cup Third Division
• 2003–2004 European Nations Cup Third Division

Sources

• www.irb.com

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