2010–12 European Nations Cup Second Division

The 2010–12 European Nations Cup Second Division is the third tier rugby union in Europe behind the Six Nations Championship and the 2010–12 European Nations Cup First Division.

The second division comprises four pools (2A, 2B, 2C, and 2D). Teams within each division play each other in a home and away round robin schedule over a two-year period.

At the end of every season a champion was declared according but fot relegation and promotion only the two years ranking are considered.

The first in the 2010–2012 ranking of each pool will be promoted while last place teams will be relegated. Winners of pool 2A, will be promoted to division 1-pool B for the 2012-14 edition while the last place team in pool 2A will be relegated to pool 2B. Likewise, winners of 2B will be promoted to 2A, last place in 2B will be relegated to 2C, winner of 2C will be promoted to 2B, last place of 2C will be relegated to 2D, winner of 2D will be promoted to 2C and last place of 2D will be relegated to 3; The winner of 3 replacing the relegated 2D team. Additionally, there will be playoff matches between second place teams and fourth place teams between pools. Winners of these playoffs will determine if additional promotions/relegation occur. There will no playoff between the fourth of 2D and the second of 3.^[1]

Contents 1 Division 2A 1.1 Season 2010-2011 1.2 Season 2011-2012 1.3 Table 2010-12 2 Division 2B 2.1 Season 2010-11 2.2 Season 2011-12 2.3 Table 2010-2012 3 Division 2C 3.1 Season 2010-11 3.2 Season 2011-12 3.3 Season 2011-12 4 Division 2D 4.1 Season 2010-11 4.2 Season 2011-12 4.3 Table 2011-12 5 References

Division 2A

Season 2010-2011

• Table

2010-11 Champions

Place	Nation	Games					Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	Bonus	for	against	difference
1	Sweden	4	4	0	0	2	136	77	+59	18
2	Lithuania	4	3	0	1	3	117	47	+70	15
3	Latvia	4	1	0	3	3	77	151	-74	7
4	Malta	4	1	0	3	3	66	80	-14	7
5	Croatia	4	1	0	3	1	53	94	-41	5

• Matches

24 October 2010	Croatia	13 – 32	Sweden	Split, Croatia
	Try: Jurišić 32' Con: Mijić 33' Pen: Mijić 2' Jurišić 59'	Report	Try: Borg 10' Daish 15' Karlsson 45' Sullivan 70' Con: Gowland 16' Arvidsson 46', 71' Pen: Arvidsson 28' Gowland 61'	Referee: Tomas Tuma (Czech Republic)

30 October 2010	Latvia	12 – 14	Croatia	Riga, Latvia

30 October 2010	Lithuania	9 – 6	Malta	Savivaldybė Stadium, Šiauliai, Lithuania

6 November 2010	Malta	26 – 33	Latvia	Paola, Malta

6 November 2010	Sweden	26 – 22	Lithuania	Trelleborg, Sweden
	Try: Arvidsson 21' Daish 43' Gowland 59' Con: Arvidsson 22' Pen: Arvidsson 7', 18', 66'	Report	Try: Petronis 3' Grigas 62' Zibolis 80+' Con: Astrauskas 63' Misevicus 80+' Pen: Marcišauskas 46'	Attendance: 300 Referee: Frank Himmer (Germany)

30 April 2011	Lithuania	57 – 3	Latvia	Kaunas, Lithuania

30 April 2011	Malta	21 – 14	Croatia	Paola, Malta

7 May 2011	Croatia	5 – 10	Lithuania	Split, Croatia

7 May 2011	Sweden	24 – 13	Malta	Enköping, Sweden
	Try: Eriksson 5' Wiklund 49' Youngman 62' Con: Arvidsson 5', 49', 62' Pen: Arvidsson 71'	Report	Try: Sacco 59' Con: O'Brien 59' Pen: O'Brien 11', 64'	Referee: Vladamir Volovik (Russia)

14 May 2011	Latvia	29 – 54	Sweden	Riga, Latvia
	Try: Krūmiņš 58' Skuja 69' Jauntēvs 76' penalty try 80+' Con: K. Bērziņš 59', 70', 80+' Pen: K. Bērziņš 18'	Report	Try: Borg 23', 47' Nave 28', 42' T. Johansson 32' Gowland 40+', 53' Con: Arvidsson 24', 33', 40+', 43', 54' Pen: Arvidsson 12', 15', 73'	Referee: Marcin Zeszitek (Poland)

Season 2011-2012

• Table

2011-12 Champions

Place	Nation	Games					Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	Bonus	for	against	difference
1	Malta	2	2	0	0	1	42	10	+32	8
2	Sweden	2	1	1	0	0	54	48	+6	6
3	Croatia	2	1	0	1	2	52	32	+20	6
4	Lithuania	2	0	1	1	2	40	44	-4	4
5	Latvia	2	0	0	2	0	8	62	-54	0

• Matches

22 October 2011	Lithuania	30 – 30	Sweden	Kaunas, Lithuania
14:00 UTC+3	Try: Grigas 30', 62', 78' Misevičius 48' Con: Marcišauskas 31', 49' Pen: Marcišauskas 3', 14'	Report	Try: Letele 29' Johansson 55' Con: Taylor 56' Pen: Taylor 12', 24', 33', 36', 38', 40+'	Referee: Tomas Tuma (Czech Republic)

29 October 2011	Latvia	0 – 28	Malta	Riga, Latvia
15:00 UTC+3	Try: Collins 40' Holloway R. 45' Quarendon 47' O'Brien 80' Con: O'Brien 48' Pen: O' Brien 3' 58'	Report		Referee: Vadim Pikhovkin (Russia)

29 October 2011	Sweden	24 – 18	Croatia	Enköping, Sweden
15:00 UTC+2	Try: Blaha 18', Sandberg 26', Pettersson 63' Con: Fransson 19', 27', 64' Pen: Fransson 2'	Report	Try: Brown 34', Kumarich 66' Con: Ayoub 35' Pen: Ayoub 4', 31'	Referee: Frank Himmer (Germany)

05 November 2011	Malta	14 – 10	Lithuania	Valetta, Malta
	Try: O'Brien 59' Pen: O'Brien 45' 55' Drop: O'Brien 56'	Report	Try: Grigas 40' Con: Marcisaukas 40' Pen: Marcisaukas 23'	Referee: Montoya (Spain)

05 November 2011	Croatia	34 – 8	Latvia	Split, Croatia
	Try: Sekovanec 21', Ayoub 23' Suta 56' Juresko 59' Con: Lovreta 22' 24' 57' 60' Pen: Lovreta 5' 11'	Report	Try: Jakuss 20' Drop: Kotlevs 9'	Referee: M.Hoyer (Netherlands)

21 April 2012	Malta	v	Sweden	Valetta, Malta

28 April 2012	Latvia	v	Lithuania	Riga, Latvia

28 April 2012	Croatia	v	Malta	Zagreb, Croatia

05 May 2012	Sweden	v	Latvia	Enköping, Sweden

05 May 2012	Lithuania	v	Croatia

Table 2010-12

Promoted to division 1 - Pool 2

to play-off

Relegated for 2012–2014

Place	Nation	Games					Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	Bonus	for	against	difference
1	Sweden	6	5	1	0	2	190	125	+65	24
2	Lithuania	6	3	1	2	5	157	91	+66	19
3	Malta	6	3	0	3	4	108	90	+18	16
4	Croatia	6	2	0	4	3	105	126	-21	11
5	Latvia	6	1	0	5	3	85	213	-128	7

Division 2B

Season 2010-11

• Table

2010-11 Champions

Place	Nation	Games					Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	Bonus	for	against	difference
1	Switzerland	4	3	0	1	2	99	64	+35	14
2	Andorra	4	2	0	2	1	85	68	+17	11
3	Armenia	4	2	0	2	2	80	62	+18	10
4	Serbia	4	2	0	2	0	66	108	−42	8
5	Slovenia	4	1	0	2	0	50	78	−28	4

• Matches

2 October 2010	Switzerland	30 – 27	Armenia	Lausanne, Switzerland
15:00 UTC+2	Try: Guyou 41' Bjornson 50' Dubois 55' Con: Meyer 41', 50' 55' Pen: Meyer 4', 15', 40'	Report	Try: Bedrossian 19' Boyadjian 24' Julliat 71' Con: Boyadjian 19', 24', 71' Pen: Boyadjian 9', 45'	Referee: Frank Himmer (Germany)

9 October 2010	Andorra	22 – 7	Slovenia	Andorra la Vella, Andorra

23 October 2010	Slovenia	33 – 3	Serbia	Ljubljana, Slovenia

13 November 2010	Armenia	15 – 12	Andorra	Abovyan, Armenia

20 November 2010	Serbia	18 – 15	Switzerland	Belgrade, Serbia

19 February 2011	Andorra	42 – 25	Serbia	Andorra la Vella, Andorra

19 March 2011	Switzerland	21 – 9	Andorra	Nyon, Switzerland

30 April 2011	Slovenia	10 – 33	Switzerland	Ljubljana, Slovenia

7 May 2011	Serbia	20 – 18	Armenia	Belgrade, Serbia

28 May 2011	Armenia	20 – 0 (forfeit)	Slovenia	Abovyan, Armenia

Season 2011-12

• Table

2010-11 Champions

Place	Nation	Games					Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	Bonus	for	against	difference
1	Switzerland	2	2	0	0	1	49	40	+9	9
2	Serbia	2	1	0	1	1	71	27	+44	5
3	Andorra	2	1	0	1	1	36	28	+8	5
4	Slovenia	2	0	0	2	0	6	67	-61	0
5	Armenia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

29 October 2011	Serbia	52 – 0	Slovenia	Roxal, Belgrade Serbia
				Referee: T. Tuma, (Czech Republic)

12 November 2011	Switzerland	27 – 19	Serbia	Monthey Switzerland
				Referee: V.Bouchet , (Norway)

12 November 2011	Slovenia	6 – 15	Andorra	Stanežiče, Slovenia
				Referee: Mossford (Finland)

26 November 2011	Andorra	21 – 22	Switzerland	Andorra La Vella
				Referee: Muldoon (Netherlands)

17 March 2012	Switzerland	v	Slovenia

07 April 2012	Andorra	v	Armenia

14 April 2012	Armenia	v	Switzerland

14 April 2012	Serbia	v	Andorra

28 April 2012	Armenia	v	Serbia

12 May 2012	Slovenia	v	Armenia	Stanežiče, Slovenia

Table 2010-2012

Promoted to Pool 1

to play-off

Relegated for 2012–2014

Place	Nation	Games					Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	Bonus	for	against	difference
1	Switzerland	6	5	0	1	3	148	104	+44	23
2	Andorra	6	3	0	3	2	121	96	+25	16
3	Serbia	6	3	0	3	1	137	135	+2	13
4	Armenia	4	2	0	2	2	80	62	+18	10
5	Slovenia	6	1	0	5	0	56	145	−89	4

Division 2C

Season 2010-11

• Table

2010-11 Champions

Place	Nation	Games					Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	Bonus	for	against	difference
1	Israel	4	3	0	1	0	77	55	+22	12
2	Denmark	4	2	1	1	1	78	76	+2	11
3	Hungary	4	2	0	2	2	77	65	0	10
4	Austria	4	2	0	2	1	65	67	-2	9
5	Norway	4	0	1	3	1	31	65	-34	3

• Matches

16 October 2010	Hungary	22 – 16	Austria	Budapest, Hungary

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16 October 2010	Norway	14 – 14	Denmark	Oslo, Norway

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30 October 2010	Israel	23 – 14	Hungary	Wingate Institute, Netanya, Isreal

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6 November 2010	Denmark	21 – 20	Hungary	Odense, Denmark

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6 November 2010	Austria	15 – 9	Norway	Vienna, Austria

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9 April 2011	Israel	20 – 11	Austria	Wingate Institute, Netanya, Isreal

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7 May 2011	Denmark	27 – 19	Israel	Odense, Denmark

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14 May 2011	Austria	23 – 16	Denmark	Vienna, Austria

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14 May 2011	Norway	3 – 15	Israel	Oslo, Norway

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4 June 2011	Hungary	21 – 5	Norway	Budapest, Hungary

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Season 2011-12

• Table

2011-12 Champions

Place	Nation	Games					Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	Bonus	for	against	difference
1	Israel	2	2	0	0	1	50	37	+13	9
2	Denmark	2	2	0	0	0	49	18	+31	8
3	Austria	2	1	0	1	2	64	35	+31	6
4	Hungary	2	0	0	2	0	20	59	-39	0
5	Norway	2	0	0	2	0	16	50	-34	0

• Matches

15 October 2011	Denmark	28 – 5	Norway	Odense, Denmark

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22 October 2011	Austria	26 – 28	Israel	Vienna, Austria

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29 October 2011	Hungary	13 – 21	Denmark	Esztergom, Hungary

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29 October 2011	Israel	22 – 11	Norway	Wingate Institute, Netanya, Isreal

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05 November 2011	Austria	38 – 7	Hungary	Vienna, Austria

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21 April 2012	Hungary	v	Israel	Esztergom, Hungary

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21 April 2012	Denmark	v	Austria	Odense, Denmark

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05 May 2012	Israel	v	Denmark	Wingate Institute, Netanya, Isreal

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05 May 2012	Norway	v	Austria	Oslo, Norway

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19 May 2012	Norway	v	Hungary

Season 2011-12

• Table

Promoted to Pool 2B

to play-off

Relegated to Pool "C

Place	Nation	Games					Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	Bonus	for	against	difference
1	Israel	6	5	0	1	1	127	92	+35	21
2	Denmark	6	4	1	1	1	127	94	+33	19
3	Austria	6	3	0	3	3	129	102	+27	15
4	Hungary	6	2	0	4	2	97	124	-27	10
5	Norway	6	0	1	5	1	47	115	-68	3

Division 2D

Season 2010-11

• Table

2010-11 Champions

Place	Nation	Games					Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	Bonus	for	against	difference
1	Cyprus	4	4	0	0	4	208	31	+177	20
2	Bulgaria	4	3	0	1	0	63	95	-32	13
3	Greece	4	1	0	3	3	72	87	-15	7
4	Finland	4	1	0	3	1	41	107	-66	5
5	Luxembourg	4	1	0	3	0	44	108	-64	4

• ’’’Matches’’’:

15 October 2010	Finland	10 – 18	Luxembourg	Jyväskylä, Finland

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5 November 2010	Bulgaria	25 – 22	Greece	Pernik, Bulgaria

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13 November 2010	Luxembourg	8 – 18	Bulgaria	Luxembourg

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20 November 2010	Greece	13 – 33	Cyprus	Athens, Greece

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12 March 2011	Cyprus	55 – 8	Bulgaria	Paphos, Cyprus

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26 March 2011	Cyprus	70 – 10	Finland	Paphos, Cyprus

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2 April 2011	Greece	30 – 18	Luxembourg	Athens, Greece

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7 May 2011	Luxembourg	0 – 50	Cyprus	Luxembourg

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14 May 2011	Bulgaria	12 – 10	Finland	Pernik, Bulgaria

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11 June 2011	Finland	11 – 7	Greece	Helsinki, Finland

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8 October 2011	Cyprus	48 – 7	Luxembourg	Paphos, Cyprus

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Season 2011-12

2010-11 Champions

Place	Nation	Games					Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	Bonus	for	against	difference
1	Greece	2	2	0	0	1	63	13	+50	9
2	Cyprus	1	1	0	0	1	48	7	+41	5
3	Bulgaria	2	1	0	1	0	26	63	-37	4
4	Luxembourg	2	0	0	2	1	23	67	-44	1
5	Finland	1	0	0	1	0	6	16	-10	0

22 October 2011	Bulgaria	19 – 16	Luxembourg	Pernik, Bulgaria

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05 November 2011	Greece	47 – 7	Bulgaria	Thessaloniki, Greece

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12 November 2011	Greece	16 – 6	Finland	Athens, Greece

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21 April 2012	Luxembourg	v	Finland	Luxembourg

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28 April 2012	Bulgaria	v	Cyprus	Pernik, Bulgaria

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05 May 2012	Luxembourg	v	Greece	Luxembourg

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26 May 2012	Cyprus	v	Greece	Paphos, Cyprus

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26 May 2012	Finland	v	Bulgaria	Turku, Finland

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09 June 2012	Finland	v	Cyprus	Helsinki, Finland

Table 2011-12

Promoted to Pool 2C

to play-off

Relegated to 3rd division

Place	Nation	Games					Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	Bonus	for	against	difference
1	Cyprus	5	5	0	0	5	256	38	+218	25
2	Bulgaria	6	4	0	2	0	89	158	-69	16
3	Greece	6	3	0	3	4	135	10	+35	16
4	Finland	5	1	0	4	1	47	123	-76	5
5	Luxembourg	6	1	0	5	1	67	175	-108	5

References

• Division 2A
• Division 2B
• Division 2C
• Division 2D

European Nations Cup First Division 2000 • 2001 • 2001–02 • 2003–04 • 2004–06 • 2006–08 • 2008–10 • 2010–12 Second Division 2000 • 2000–01 • 2001–02 • 2002–04 • 2004–06 • 2006–08 • 2008–10 • 2010–12 Third Division 2000 • 2000–01 • 2001–02 • 2002–03 • 2003–04 • 2004–06 • 2006–08 • 2008–10 • 2010–12 Fourth Division 2000 Association: FIRA – Association of European Rugby