2014–16 European Nations Cup First Division

2014–16 European Nations Cup

Date

Autumn 2014 – Spring 2016

Countries

Division 1A:

Georgia

Germany

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Spain
Division 1B:

Belgium

Moldova

Netherlands

Poland

Sweden

Ukraine

Tournament statistics

Matches played

Division 1A: 15
Division 1B: 7

Top point scorer(s)

Division 1A:

Merab Kvirikashvili (64 points)
Division 1B:

Oleg Prepelita (35 points)

Top try scorer(s)

Division 1A:

Zurabi Zhvania(5 tries)
Division 1B:

Oleg Prepelita (7 tries)

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The 2014–16 European Nations Cup First Division is the premier rugby union competition below the Six Nations Championship in Europe. It is divided into two tiers; Division 1A and Division 1B.

The divisions play on a two-year cycle with the teams playing each other both home and away. From 2009 onward, the title is awarded according to a one-year ranking.^[1]

The competition has been slightly altered for the 2014–16 edition. The top tier Division 1A has seen the relegation of Belgium to Division 1B. They have been replaced with Germany, who finished at the top of Division 1B in the 2012–14 season. The bottom tier division 1B has seen the relegation of the Czech Republic to the European Nations Cup Second Division. They have been replaced by Netherlands who won promotion from Division 2A.

The champions of 1B will be promoted to Division 1A for the 2017–18 season, while the last placed team in each division will be relegated.

Division 1A

Point system

Table points are determined as follows:^[2]

4 points for a win
2 points for a draw
0 point for a loss
1 bonus point for scoring 4 tries in a match
1 bonus point for losing by 7 points or fewer

Season 2015

Table

ENC 2015 Champions

Place	Nation	Games					Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	bonus	for	against	diff	Table points
1	Georgia (15)	5	5	0	0	1	158	42	+116	21
2	Romania (17)	5	3	0	2	3	102	61	+41	15
3	Spain (21)	5	3	0	2	2	131	99	+32	14
4	Russia (19)	5	3	0	2	1	103	119	–16	13
5	Portugal (22)	5	1	0	4	1	52	100	–48	5
6	Germany (25)	5	0	0	5	1	61	186	–125	1

Pre-tournament World Rugby Rankings in parentheses

Games^[3]

	7 February 2015	Portugal	10-37	Romania	Estádio Universitário de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
		Try: Nuno Costa (47'c) Con: Pedro Ávila Pen: Pedro Ávila (26') Cards: Julien Bardy 29' to 39', Duarte Marques 33' to 43'	Team Sheet	Try: Robert Dascalu (20'c), Mihai Macovei (36'c), Ionut Botezatu (42'c), Dănuț Dumbravă (47'c) Con: Valentin Calafeteanu 4 Pen: Valentin Calafeteanu 3 (3', 12', 15')	Attendance: 1000 Referee: Luke Pearce

	7 February 2015	Spain	43-20	Russia	University Stadium, Madrid, Spain
		Try: Jesus Recuerda Nunez (13'c), Martin Heredia 2 (16', 35'c), Pedro Martin Enrique 2 (21', 59'), Guillaume Rouet (48'c), Jaime Nava de Olano (56'c) Con: Daniel Snee 4	Team Sheet	Try: Denis Antonov (39'c), Igor Galinovsky (79'c) Con: Yury Kushnarev 2 Pen: Yury Kushnarev 2 (7', 31') Cards: Denis Antonov 47' to 57'	Attendance: 2500 Referee: Andrew McMenemy

	7 February 2015	Germany	8-64	Georgia	Sportpark Martinsee, Heusenstamm, Germany
		Try: Steffen Liebig (26') Drop: Jeremy Te Huia (2') Cards: Mark Sztyndera 5' to 15'	Team Sheet	Try: Zurabi Zhvania 3 (12'c, 33'c, 38'), Penalty Try 2 (16'c, 59'), Alexander Todua 2 (39', 63'), Lasha Khmaladze (44'c), Giorgi Nemsadze (61'c), Aleksandre Khutsishvili (66'c) Con: Lasha Khmaladze 4, Lasha Malaguradze 3	Attendance: 3000 Referee: Laurent Cardona

	14 February 2015	Georgia	20-15	Portugal	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia
		Try: Davit Kacharava (1') Pen: Merab Kvirikashvili 5 (23', 38', 40', 46', 70') Cards: Shalva Sutiashvili 65' to 75', Zurab Zhvania 78' to 80'	Team Sheet	Pen: Pedro Ávila 5 (10' 15', 36', 66', 80') Cards: Bruno Rocha 69' to 79'	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Vlad Iordachescu

	14 February 2015	Romania	29-8	Spain	Cluj Arena, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
		Try: Adrian Apostol (15') Viorel Lucaci (36'c) Andrei Ursache (61') Valentin Calafeteanu (63') Marius Sîrbe (75'c) Con: Valentin Calafeteanu 1, Dănuț Dumbravă 1	Team Sheet	Try: Guillaume Rouet (50') Pen: Guillaume Rouet 1 (6') Cards: Jaime Nava de Olano 58' to 68'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: David Wilkinson

	14 February 2015	Germany	22-46	Russia	Pforzheim, Germany
		Try: Kehoma Brenner 3 (5', 32'c, 56'c) Con: Christopher Hilsenbeck 2 Pen: Christopher Hilsenbeck (1') Cards: Paul Bosch 18' to 28'	Team Sheet	Try: Vasily Artemyev 2 (20', 79'c), Stanislav Selskii (24'c), Igor Kurashov 2 (61'c, 74'), Alexey Volkov 2 (65'c, 70') Con: Ramil Gaisin 4 Pen: Ramil Gaisin (68')	Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Cedric Marchat

	28 February 2015	Spain	13-26	Georgia	Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
		Try: Julen Goia Iriberri (24'c) Con: Bradley Linklater Pen: Bradley Linklater 2 (1', 38') Cards: Javier De Juan Roldán 65' to 75'	Team Sheet	Try: Zurab Zhvania (28'c), Davit Kacharava (80'c) Con: Merab Kvirikashvili 2 Pen: Merab Kvirikashvili 4 (12', 35', 57', 65') Cards: Giorgi Nemsadze 62' to 72', Levan Datunashvili 67' to 77'	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Alexandre Ruiz

	28 February 2015	Russia	16-13	Romania	Krasnodar, Russia
		Try: Denis Antonov (45'c) Con: Ramil Gaisin Pen: Ramil Gaisin 3 (13', 54', 59')	Team Sheet	Try: Valentin Calafeteanu (20'c) Con: Valentin Calafeteanu Pen: Valentin Calafeteanu 2 (40', 61')	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Ian Davies

	28 February 2015	Portugal	11-3	Germany	Estádio Universitário de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
		Try: Francisco Sousa (30') Pen: Pedro Bettencourt 2 (76', 80')	Team Sheet	Pen: Christopher Hilsenbeck (55')	Attendance: 700 Referee: Giuseppe Vivarini

	14 March 2015	Georgia	33-0	Russia	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia
		Try: Davit Kacharava (71'c), Zurab Zhvania (79'c), Karlen Asieshvili (80'c) Con: Merab Kvirikashvili 3 Pen: Merab Kvirikashvili 4 (3', 29, 55', 64') Cards: Mikheil Nariashvili 58' to 68'	Team Sheet	Cards: Nikolay Serkov 66' to 76', Pavel Butenko 75' to 80'	Attendance: 30,000 (approx)^[4] Referee: Neil Hennessy

	14 March 2015	Portugal	8-19	Spain	Estádio Municipal Sérgio Conceição, Coimbra, Portugal
		Try: Tomas Noronha (29') Pen: Nuno Costa (20')	Team Sheet	Try: Julen Goia Iriberri (1'), Sergi Aubanell Sevilla (65') Pen: Sergi Aubanell Sevilla 3 (13', 60', 76')	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Matthew Carley

	14 March 2015	Germany	12-17	Romania	Fritz-Grunebaum-Sportpark, Heidelberg, Germany
		Pen: Jeremy Te Huia 3 (23', 58', 75') Drop: Dale Garner (17')	Team Sheet	Try: Adrian Apostol (20') Pen: Florin Vlaicu 4 (2', 69', 76', 78')	Attendance: 2,513 Referee: Lloyd Linton

	21 March 2015	Romania	6-15	Georgia	Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest, Romania
		Pen: Valentin Calafeteanu (15'), Danut Dumbrava (68') Cards: Ionut Botezatu 36' to 46'	WR Sheet	Pen: Merab Kvirikashvili 5 (19', 34', 39', 45', 63') Cards: Giorgi Nemsadze 29' to 39'	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Gary Conway

	21 March 2015	Russia	21-8	Portugal	Sochi Central Stadium, Sochi, Russia
		Try: Alexey Panasenko (7'c), Alexey Shcherban (59') Con: Yury Kushnarev Pen: Yury Kushnarev 3 (19', 40'+1', 80'+4')	Team Sheet	Try: Salvador Santos (72') Drop: Nono Costa (25')	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Ian Tempest

	21 March 2015	Spain	48-16	Germany	Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
		Try: Julen Goia Iriberri 2 (20', 45'c), Guillaume Guy Rouet 2 (50'c, 53'), Fabien Francois Grammatico (64'c), David Barrera Howarth (66'c), Jesús Recuerda Núñez (70'c) Con: Bradley Linklater 5 Pen: Bradley Linklater (12') Cards: Julen Goia Iriberri 48' to 58'	Team Sheet	Try: Kieran Manawatu (59'), Umberto Pilla (80') Pen: Christopher Hilsenbeck 2 (25', 49') Cards: Julius Nostadt 48' to 58'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Claudio Blessano

Season 2016

Table

Place	Nation	Games					Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	bonus	for	against	difference	Table points
1	Georgia (0)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Germany (0)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Portugal (0)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Romania (0)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Russia (0)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Spain (0)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Combined Table 2015-2016

Place	Nation	Games					Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	bonus	for	against	diff	Table points
1	Georgia (15)	5	5	0	0	1	158	42	+116	21
2	Romania (17)	5	3	0	2	3	102	61	+41	15
3	Spain (21)	5	3	0	2	2	131	99	+32	14
4	Russia (19)	5	3	0	2	1	103	119	–16	13
5	Portugal (22)	5	1	0	4	1	52	100	–48	5
6	Germany (25)	5	0	0	5	1	61	186	–125	1

Top 5

	Season	Game	Home team	Visitor	Attendance
1	2015	2	Georgia	Russia	30,000
2	2015	1	Georgia	Portugal	12,000
3	2015	2	Spain	Georgia	9,000
4	2015	2	Romania	Georgia	4,500
5	2015	1	Germany	Georgia	3,000

Average home attendances SEASON 2015-2016

Pos	Team	GP	Total	High	Low	Average
1	Georgia	2	42,000	30,000	12,000	21,000
2	Spain	3	13,500	9,000	2,000	4,500
3	Romania	2	6,000	4,500	1,500	3,000
4	Germany	3	6,813	3,000	1,300	2,271
5	Russia	2	2,700	1,500	1,200	1,350
6	Portugal	3	3,700	2,000	,700	1,233

Division 1B

Season 2014–15

Table

2015 Champions

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Bonus points	Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference	Bonus points	Table points
1	Belgium (30)	5	5	0	0	189	78	+111	2	22
2	Moldova (29)	5	3	0	2	158	83	+75	4	16
3	Poland (35)	4	2	0	2	86	126	-40	1	9
4	Netherlands (31)	3	1	0	2	47	42	+5	2	6
5	Ukraine (32)	3	1	0	2	70	54	+16	1	5
6	Sweden (44)	4	0	0	4	35	202	-167	0	0

Pre-tournament IRB rankings in parentheses (as at 1 September 2014)

Games^[5]

	6 September 2014	Poland	29-17	Sweden	Stadion Polonii, Warsaw, Poland
		Try: Tomasz Gasik 2 (5'c, 33'c), Piotr Zeszutek (44'c), Grzegorz Buczek (79') Con: Banaszek Dawid 3 Pen: Banaszek Dawid (77') Cards: Piotr Jurkowski 22' to 32', Paweł Dąbrowski 63' to 73'	Team Sheet Report	Try: Jonathon Edwards (18'c), Penalty Try (68'c) Con: Neil Erasmus 2 Pen: Neil Erasmus (23')	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Petrescu Radu

	18 October 2014	Poland	9 - 8	Netherlands	Warsaw, Poland
		Pen: Banaszek Dawid 3 (10', 13', 73')	Team Sheet	Try: Pieter Mol (63') Pen: Tomasz Rokicki (17')	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Maxime Burlet

	18 October 2014	Sweden	0 - 45	Ukraine	Enköping, Sweden
			Team Sheet	Try: Vitalii Krasnodemskyi 2 (2', 32'), Sergii Garkavyi 2 (20'c, 37'), Oleg Kosariev (55'c), Eduard Vertyletskyi (80'c) Con: Oleg Kosariev 3 Pen: Oleg Kosariev 2 (16', 40') Drop: Volodymyr Voitov (30')	Referee: Graeme Wells

	8 November 2014	Moldova	29 - 15	Ukraine	Dinamo Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova
		Try: Nicolae Chirila (6'), Ion Cavcaliuc (21'), Ruslan Dorogan (32'c), Gheorghe Gajion (65'c), Maxim Cobilas (73') Con: Graig Felston 2	Team Sheet	Try: Vitalii Krasnodemsky (12'c), Oleksandr Khomenko (58') Con: Ihor Snisarenko Pen: Ihor Snisarenko (18')	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Charabas Thomas

	15 November 2014	Moldova	48 - 25	Poland	Dinamo Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova
		Try: Oleg Prepelita 4 (7', 32'c, 65'c, 75'), Gheorghe Gajion (16'c), Dumitru Arhip (21'), Penalty Try (29'c), Vasili Buzgan (42') Con: Mihai Golubenco 4	Team Sheet	Try: Robert Kwiatkowski (38'c), Tomasz Rokicki 2 (46'c, 50') Con: Dawid Banaszek 2 Pen: Dawid Banaszek 2 (4', 40'+4')	Attendance: 900 Referee: Vivarini Giuseppe

	15 November 2014	Belgium	25 - 10	Ukraine	Namur, Belgium
		Try: Julien Berger (48'c) Con: Nicolas Meeus Pen: Nicolas Meeus 6 (4', 40', 54', 71', 77', 80')	Team Sheet	Try: Oleksandr Polianskyi (18'c) Con: Volodymyr Voitov Pen: Andrii Shakura (45')	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Radu Petrescu

	22 November 2014	Moldova	57 - 8	Sweden	Dinamo Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova
		Try: Oleg Prepelita 3 (11'c, 22'c, 63'c), Gheorghe Gajion (34'c), Andrei Romanov 3 (43'c, 47', 69'), Mihai Artic (55'c), Gheorghe Volosciuc (79') Con: Mihai Golubenco 6	Team Sheet	Try: Daniel Chamberlain (71') Pen: Ian Gowland (9')	Attendance: 500 Referee: Tomáš Tuma

	21 February 2015	Netherlands	21-23	Belgium	National Rugby Centre Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
		Try: Pieter Mol (35'), Pascal van Overeem (39'c) Con: Leon Koenen Pen: Leon Koenen 2 (25', 32'), Storm Carroll (77') Cards: Dirk Danen 11' to 21', Rik van Balkom 53' to 63', Storm Carroll 78' to 80'	Team Sheet	Try: Penalty Try (15'c), Baptiste Lescarboura 2 (27', 80') Con: Nicolus Meeus Pen: Nicolus Meeus 2 (8', 23') Cards: Julien Massimi 32' to 42'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Leo Colgan

	28 February 2015	Netherlands	18-10	Moldova	National Rugby Centre Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
		Try: Dirk Danen (27'), Sep Visser (40'), Leon Koenen (72') Pen: Leon Koenen (5') Cards: Johannes van Vliet 31' to 41', Stefan Vos 50' to 60'	Team Sheet	Try: Veaceslav Titica 2 (53', 79') Cards: Ruslan Dorogan 37' to 47'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Paulo Duarte

	14 March 2015	Belgium	17-14	Moldova	Brussels, Belgium
			Team Sheet		Referee: Iñigo Atorrasagasti

	28 March 2015	Belgium	71-10	Sweden	KVW-Zaventem Stadium, Brussels, Belgium
		Try: Thomas Demolder (7'c), Baptiste Lescarboura 3 (10'c, 36', 46'c), Alan Williams (18'), Alain Miriallakis 3 (22'c, 27'c, 39'c), Floriant Piron 2 (54'c, 74'c), Hugo Sensee (59') Con: Alan Williams 7, Pablo Francisco Villar	Team Sheet	Try: Andreas Austa (25'c) Con: Andreas Nilserius Pen: Jonathan Edwards (13')	Attendance: 950 Referee: Ben Whitehouse

	18 April 2015	Belgium	53-23	Poland	Brussels, Belgium

	9 May 2015	Poland	v	Ukraine	Poland

	23 May 2015	Ukraine	v	Netherlands	Odessa, Ukraine

	20 May 2015	Netherlands	v	Sweden	Amsterdam, Netherlands

Combined Table 2014–2016

Promoted to Division 1A
Relegated to Division 2A

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Bonus points	Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference	Bonus points	Table points
1	Belgium (30)	5	5	0	0	189	78	+111	2	22
2	Moldova (29)	5	3	0	2	158	83	+75	4	16
3	Poland (35)	4	2	0	2	86	126	-40	1	9
4	Netherlands (31)	3	1	0	2	47	42	+5	2	6
5	Ukraine (32)	3	1	0	2	70	54	+16	1	5
6	Sweden (44)	4	0	0	4	35	202	-167	0	0

Pre-tournament IRB rankings in parentheses (as at 1 September 2014)

References

↑ "ENC 2010–12 – DRAFT New format for the competition FIRA-AER" (in Polish). Retrieved 1 June 2010.
↑ FIRA-AER – New bonus point system FIRA-AER website, published: 15 November 2010, accessed: 15 February 2011
↑ "2014-16 European Nations Cup - ENC 1A". Rugby Europe. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
↑ "Rugby: Georgia beats Russia in European Nations Cup match". agenda.ge. 14 March 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
↑ "ENC 1B 1st Leg". FIRA-AER. Retrieved 3 October 2012.

External links

FIRA-AER official website

European Nations Cup

First Division	2000 2000–01 2001–02 2003–04 2004–06 2006–08 2008–10 2010–12 2012–14 2014–16

Second Division	2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–04 2004–06 2006–08 2008–10 2010–12 2012–14 2014–16

Third Division	2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–04 2004–06 2006–08 2008–10 2010–12 2012–14 2014–16

Fourth Division	2000

Association: Rugby Europe

2014–16 European Nations Cup First Division

Division 1A

Point system

Season 2015

Season 2016

Combined Table 2015-2016

Top 5

Average home attendances SEASON 2015-2016

Division 1B

Season 2014–15

Combined Table 2014–2016

See also

References

External links