1969–70 European Rugby League Championship

1969–70 (1969–70) European Championship ()
Number of teams	3
Winner	England (7th title)
Matches played	6
Tournaments < 1955–56 1975 >

This was the sixteenth European Championship and was won for the seventh time by England after a gap of thirteen years.^[1]

Results

18 October

England	40–23	Wales

Leeds

23 October

France	8–2	Wales

Salford

25 October

England	11–11	France

Wigan

25 January

Wales	15–11	France

Perpignan

24 February

England	26–7	Wales

Leeds

15 March

France	14–9	England

Toulouse

Final standings

Team	Played	Won	Drew	Lost	For	Against	Diff	Points
England	4	2	1	1	86	55	+31	5
France	4	2	1	1	44	37	+7	5
Wales	4	1	0	3	47	85	−38	2

England win the tournament on points difference.

References

↑ Raymond Fletcher; David Howes (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 425. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.

Rugby League European Cup

Teams	France Ireland Scotland Wales

European Championship	1935 1935–36 1936–37 1938 1938–39 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1955–56 1969–70 1975 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1995 1996

European Nations Cup	2003 2004 2005

European Cup	2009 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

European Cup European Championship B European Championship C

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