2012–14 European Nations Cup Second Division

2012–14 European Nations Cup

Date

2012–2014

Countries

Division 2A:

Croatia

Lithuania

Malta

Netherlands

Switzerland
Division 2B:

Andorra

Denmark

Israel

Latvia

Serbia
Division 2C:

Austria

Bulgaria

Cyprus

Hungary

Slovenia
Division 2D:

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Finland

Greece

Luxembourg

Norway

Tournament statistics

Matches played

Division 2A: 1

Division 2B: 4

Division 2C: 3

Division 2D: 2

Top point scorer(s)

Division 2A: Bart Viguurs (44)

Division 2B: Boris Martić (31)

Division 2C: Marcus Holden (75)

Division 2D: Armin Vehabovic (45)

Top try scorer(s)

Division 2A: Cyril Lin (3)

Division 2B: Eitan Humphreys (4)

Division 2C: 4 Try scorers (4)

Division 2D: 6 Try scorers (2)

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The 2012–14 European Nations Cup Second Division is the third tier rugby union in Europe behind the Six Nations Championship and the 2012-2014 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 for relegation and promotion only the two years ranking are considered. The first in the 2012–2014 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 2014–16 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.

In addition to the season competitions, the 2012–2013 seasons in all four pools doubles as a 2015 Rugby World Cup qualifier. The winning teams in each pool will play off for the chance to challenge the Division 1 teams for the repechage place for Europe.^[1]

Division 2A

2012–2013

Table

2012–13 Champions & qualified for RWC 15 European Qualifiers Round 3

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Bonus points	Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference	Bonus points	Table points
1	Netherlands (47)	4	4	0	0	125	57	+68	2	18
2	Switzerland (52)	4	3	0	1	92	75	+17	2	14
3	Croatia (44)	4	1	0	3	78	92	-14	3	7
4	Malta (45)	4	1	0	3	73	104	-31	1	5
5	Lithuania (36)	4	1	0	3	69	109	-40	0	4

Pre tournament rankings in parentheses.

Games^[2]

	27 October 2012	Croatia	20 - 19	Malta	Makarska, Croatia
		Try: Nik Jurišić (24'), Tonći Buzov (51') Con: Jai Ayoub 2 Pen: Jai Ayoub 2 (38', 40'+3') Cards: Tomislav Burazin 54' to 64'	Team Sheet	Try: Vince Stivila (48'), Mark Davey (76') Pen: James O'Brien 2 (3', 11'), Thomas Holloway (54')	Referee: Tomáš Tuma

	3 November 2012	Malta	34 - 17	Lithuania	Hibernians Ground, Paola, Malta
		Try: Robert Hollaway (25'), Mark Davey (31'), Vince Stivala (59') Con: James O'Brien 2 Pen: James O'Brien 5 (2', 8', 22' 34', 53') Cards: Daniel Apsee 38' to 48'	Team Sheet	Try: Mindaugas Misevičius (39'), Tomas Zibolis (77') Con: Kęstutis Marcišauskas 2 Pen: Kęstutis Marcišauskas (17') Cards: Richardus Stankus 62' to 72'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Luc Janssens

	3 November 2012	Switzerland	29 - 20	Croatia	Stade de Colovray, Nyon, Switzerland
		Try: Penalty Try (5'), Cyril Lin (37'), Matthieu Guyou (42'), Cyril Coulot (65') Con: Simon Perrod 3 Pen: Simon Perrod (80') Cards: Thibault Gery 71' to 80'	Team Sheet	Try: Filip Mijić (67'), Tomislav Burazin (73'), Mario Ozich (76') Con: Jai Ayoub Pen: Jai Ayoub (47')	Attendance: 1,053 Referee: Pedro Montoya

	10 November 2012	Lithuania	16 - 24	Netherlands	Radviliškio miesto centrinis stadionas, Šiauliai, Lithuania
		Try: Maksim Guseinov (67') Con: Kęstutis Marcišauskas Pen: Kęstutis Marcišauskas 3 (2', 35', 50')	Team Report	Try: Storm Carroll (38'), Richard van den Broek (63') Con: Bart Viguurs Pen: Bart Viguurs 4 (2', 8', 12', 46') Cards: Jay Jay Boske 55' to 65'	Referee: Alexey Bryzgalin

	17 November 2012	Netherlands	24 - 7	Switzerland	Netherlands National Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands
		Try: Vincent Booiman (22'), Cain Elisara (33') Con: Vincent Booiman Pen: Vincent Booiman 4 (3', 13', 47', 67') Cards: Vincent Grimbergen 60' to 70'	Team Sheet	Try: Simon Perrod (62') Con: Simon Perrod Cards: Cyril Coulot 12' to 22', Clément Bartschi 33' to 43'	Referee: Frank Himmer

	6 April 2013	Malta	10 - 19	Switzerland	Hibernians Football Stadium, Paola, Malta
		Try: Thomas Holloway (31'), James O'Brien (64') Cards: Luke Watts 66' to 76'	Team Sheet	Try: Cyril Lin (14'), Mathieu Paul (69') Pen: Simon Perrod 3 (4', 34', 60') Cards: Cyril Lin 22' to 32', Nicolas Guyou 40' to 50'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Vlad Iordachescu

	13 April 2013	Switzerland	37 - 21	Lithuania	Stade de Colovray, Nyon, Switzerland
		Try: Jake Serex (9'), Cyril Lin (33'), Jonathan Wullschleger (75'), Nicolas Dimitri (80'+7') Con: Simon Perrod 2, Benjamin Doy 2 Pen: Simon Perrod 3 (6', 61', 65')	Team Sheet	Try: Mindaugas Misevisius (39'), Edmundas Grybauksas (52') Con: Donastas Vilimavicius Pen: Donastas Vilimavicius (19', 30', 63') Cards: Karolis Navickas 74' to 80'	Attendance: 1,545 Referee: Stefano Pennè

	13 April 2013	Netherlands	48 - 10	Malta	Amsterdam National Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands
		Try: Sep Visser (24'), Vincent Booiman (27'), Vincent Grimbergen 2 (52', 56'), Huey Van Vliet 2 (67', 74') Con: Bart Viguurs 4, Leon Koenen 2 Pen: Bart Viguurs 2	Team Sheet	Try: Toby Quarendon (72') Con: Toby Quarendon Pen: James O'Brien (47') Cards: Clayton Cassar 18' to 28', Dominic Busuttil 51' to 61'	Attendance: 1,012 Referee: Tomasz Jarowicz

	20 April 2013	Croatia	24 - 29	Netherlands	Zagreb, Croatia
		Try: Paško Ivančić (38'), Penalty Try(50'), Jai Ayoub (56'), Ivan Miljak (80') Con: Jai Ayoub 2	Team Sheet	Try: Bart Viguurs (13'), Rik van Balkom (16'), Sep Visser (30'), Cain Elisara (72') Con: Bart Viguurs 3 Pen: Bart Viguurs (53') Cards: Richard van den Broek 50' to 60'	Referee: Zeszutek Marcin

	27 April 2013	Lithuania	15 - 14	Croatia	Academy of Rugby, Vilnius, Lithuania
		Try: Mindaugas Norvaisas (9'), Donatas Vilimavicius (40') Con: Donatas Vilimavicius Pen: Andrius Sutkus (64') Cards: Mantautas Vilimavicius 74' to 80'	Team Sheet	Try: Caleb Brown (76') Pen: Jai Ayoub 3 (13', 30', 33')	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Volovik Vladimir

2013–14

Table

2013–14 Champions

Place	Nation	Games					Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	Bonus	for	against	difference	Table points
1	Netherlands	4	3	1	0	3	132	68	+64	17
2	Malta	4	3	0	1	1	89	75	+14	13
3	Lithuania	4	1	0	3	3	80	90	-106	7
4	Switzerland	4	1	1	2	1	78	84	-6	7
5	Croatia	4	1	0	3	0	67	129	-62	4

Games

	2 November 2013	Lithuania	10 - 13	Malta	Vilnius, Lithuania
		Try: Mantatutas Vilimavicius (79'c) Con: Donatas Vilimavicius Pen: Donatas Vilimavicius (71')	Team Sheet	Try: Samuel Borg (25'c) Con: James O'Brien Pen: James O'Brien 2 (9', 80')	Attendance: 700 Referee: Vadim Pikhovkin

	2 November 2013	Croatia	11 - 26	Switzerland	Split, Croatia
		Try: Ivan Šuta (35'm) Pen: Jason Davor Newton 2 (7', 17')	Team Sheet	Try: Maxime Lucon (3'c), Cyril Lin (24'm), Jonathan Wullschleger (41'm) Con: Simon Perrod Pen: Simon Perrod (15', 40', 78') Cards: Romain Maitre 79' to 80'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Tomáš Tuma

	9 November 2013	Malta	37 - 18	Croatia	Hibernians Ground, Paola, Malta
		Try: James Kirk (9'c), Dominic Busutill (18'c), Daniel Apsee (42'm), Vince Stivala (64'c), Oliver Sacco (79'm) Con: James O'Brien 3 Pen: James O'Brien 2 (78', 80'+3') Cards: Toby Quaredon 71' to 80'	Team Sheet	Try: Marko Grcic (37'm), Tonci Buzov (73'm), Luca Pertain (80') Pen: Nik Jurisic (36')	Referee: Igotz Gallestegi

	9 November 2013	Netherlands	34 - 25	Lithuania	Castricumse Rugbyclub, Castricum, Netherlands
		Try: Alexander Barendregt (14'm), Dirk Danen (38'c), Benjamin Blom (40'm), Sep Visser 2 (44'c, 65'm), Leon Koenen (73'm) Con: Leon Koenen 2 Cards: Sep Visser 79' to 80'	Team Sheet	Try: Jonas Mikalcius 2 (8'c, 69'c), Vytaras Bloskys (55'm) Con: Kestutis Marcisauskas 2 Pen: Kestutis Marcisauskas 2 (27', 52') Cards: Arturas Rachimovas 38' to 48', Gediminas Marcisauskas 65' to 75'	Attendance: 955 Referee: Marcin Zeszutek

	16 November 2013	Switzerland	20 – 20	Netherlands	Switzerland
		Try: penalty try (54') Jake Serex (80') Con: Simon Perrod (55') Julien Gros (80') Pen: Simon Perrod 2 (19', 64') Cards: Thibault Gery 38' to 48' Arnaud Ramey 39' to 49'	Report	Try: Benjamin Blom (11') Bart Viguurs 2 (40', 66') Con: Storm Carroll (12') Pen: Storm Carroll (80') Cards: Vincent Grimbergen 52' to 62' Barry Roijen 77' to 80'	Attendance: 1453 Referee: Stepan Cekal

	5 April 2014	Malta	10 - 33	Netherlands	Hibernians Ground, Paola, Malta
		Try: Mark Davey (17'm), Daniel Apsee (41'm)	Team Sheet	Try: Bart Viguurs (6'c), Andy Darlington (23'c), Huey Van Vliet (30'c), Vincent Grimbergen (54'm), Norbeccio Mambo (78' c) Con: Norbeccio Mambo 4	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Jorge Molpeceres

	12 April 2014	Netherlands	45 - 13	Croatia	National Rugby Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands
		Try: Bart Viguurs (7'm), Rik Roovers (18'c), Vincent Grimbergen (54'm), Nicky Verhoeven (57'c), Dirk Danen (67'c), Bart-Jan Romijn (70'c), Huey Van Vliet (77'c) Con: Leon Koenen 5 Cards: Andy Darlington 47' to 57'	Team Sheet	Try: Marko Grcic (75'c) Con: Jai Ayoub Pen: Jai Ayoub 2 (15', 45') Cards: Buzov Tonci 66' to 76'	Attendance: 400 Referee: Andrea Spadoni

	12 April 2014	Switzerland	14 - 29	Malta	Winterthur, Switzerland
		Try: Nicolas Dimitri (49'm) Pen: Simon Perrod 3 (8', 24', 33') Cards: Benjamin Schaerer 29' to 39', Benoit Camps 73' to 80'	Team Sheet	Try: Daniel Apsee (78'c), James Morris (80'+5'c) Con: Dominic Busutill 2 Pen: Dominic Busutill 5 (13', 25', 30', 56', 80'+2') Cards: Rhodri Apsee 46' to 56'	Attendance: 1,083 Referee: Gert Visser

	19 April 2014	Croatia	25 - 21	Lithuania	Stadion Kranjčevićeva, Zagreb, Croatia
		Try: Jason Newton (42'c), Nik Jurisic (45'c), Ivan Suta (52'm) Con: Jai Ayoub 2 Pen: Jai Ayoub 2 (4', 61')	Team Sheet	Try: Arturas Rachimovas (24'm), Karolis Navickas (65'm), Mindaugas Misevicius (79'm) Pen: Donatas Vilimavicius (40'), Evaldas Stitilis (47')	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Tuma Tomas

	26 April 2014	Lithuania	24 - 18	Switzerland	Šiauliai, Lithuania
		Try: Ignas Darkintis (5'm), Evaldas Stitilis (12'c), Jonas Mikalcius (29'm), Mindaugas Norvaisas (76'c) Con: Donatas Vilimavicius, Dovydas Taujanskas Cards: Gediminas Marcisauskas 56' to 66'	Team Sheet	Try: Mathieu Paul (2'm), Jonathan Wullchleger 2 (16'm, 41'm) Drop: Sebastien Dimitri (9')	Referee: Vladimir Volovik

2012–2014

Promoted to Division 1B for 2014–16 ENC
Playoff to remain Division 2A in 2014–16
Relegated to Division 2B for 2014–16 ENC

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Bonus points	Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference	Bonus points	Table points
1	Netherlands (47)	8	7	1	0	257	125	+132	5	35
2	Switzerland (52)	8	4	1	3	170	159	+11	3	21
3	Malta (45)	8	4	0	4	162	179	-17	2	18
4	Croatia (44)	8	2	0	6	145	221	-76	3	11
5	Lithuania (36)	8	2	0	6	149	199	-50	3	11

Pre tournament rankings in parentheses.

Division 2B

2012–2013

Table

2012–13 Champions & qualified for RWC 15 European Qualifiers Round 2

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Bonus points	Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference	Bonus points	Table points
1	Israel (56)	4	4	0	0	137	45	+92	3	19
2	Latvia (72)	4	2	0	2	85	82	+3	3	11
3	Denmark (61)	4	1	1	2	62	79	-17	1	7
4	Andorra (62)	4	1	1	2	48	77	-29	0	6
5	Serbia (73)	4	1	0	3	84	133	-49	2	6

Numbers in parentheses are pre-tournament rankings.
Games^[3]

	13 October 2012	Denmark	6 - 6	Andorra	Odense Atletikstadion, Odense, Denmark
		Pen: Joshua Jensen (4'), Andrew Grantham (49') Cards: Gaspard Nau Valbak 72' to 80'	Report	Pen: Roger Fité 2 (7', 40+5')	Attendance: 500 Referee: Mike Hoyer

	13 October 2012	Israel	48 - 22	Serbia	Wingate Institute, Netanya, Israel
		Try: Ronan Tollman (3'), Michael Eli (19'), Martan Brosh (30'), Eitan Humphreys (38'), Adrian Rainstein (43'), Nimrod Kaplan 2 (59', 71'), Fabian Maguid (74') Con: Ronan Tollman 3, Adrian Rainstein Cards: Mordechy Radashovich 65' to 75'	Report	Try: Ivan Pirkovic (47'), Milan Orlovic (55'), Vitor Ljubicic (78') Con: Boris Martic 2 Pen: Boris Martic (15') Cards: Jerko Labus 34' to 44'	Referee: Frank Himmer

	27 October 2012	Andorra	5 - 26	Israel	Andorra La Vella, Andorra
		Try: Benjamin Taurinya (32')	Team Report	Try: Eitan Humphreys 2 (20', 59'), Penalty Try (50'), Matan Brosh (74') Con: Ronen Tollman 2, Adrian Rainstein Cards: Nathan Amos 72' to 80'	Referee: Ken Lambrechts

	27 October 2012	Serbia	39 - 21	Latvia	Milicionar Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia
		Try: Marko Kapor 2 (7', 40'+2'), Jerko Labus (25'), Boris Martić (42'), Milan Rastovac (60'), Andrija Janković (68') Con: Boris Martić 3 Pen: Boris Martić (29') Cards: Marko Kapor 51' to 61'	Team Sheet	Try: Jānis Skuja (34'), Reinis Pepa (47'), Māris Streikisš (80') Con: Valters Raņķis, Mihails Tunins 2 Cards: Reinis Pepa 51' to 61'	Referee: Poplavski

	3 November 2012	Latvia	27 - 15	Denmark	Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia
		Try: Janis Skuja (15'), Nauris Bērzinš (40'+4'), Matīss Zalcmanis (47'), Māris Streikišs (63') Con: Mihail Tumins 2 Pen: Mihail Tumins (6')	Team Sheet	Try: Oliver Leroux (36'), Christian Mellgaard (79') Con: Joshua Jensen Pen: Andrew Grantham (57')	Referee: Ucha Narimanidze

	3 November 2012	Serbia	23 - 26	Andorra	Police Sport & Recreation Centre, Belgrade Serbia
		Try: Marko Kapor (26'), Miladin Živanov (51') Con: Boris Martić 2 Pen: Marko Kapor (15'), Boris Martić 2 (34', 56')	Team Sheet	Try: Albert Canturri (61') Pen: Marc Abello 6 (8', 18', 23', 31', 55', 78') Drop: Esteve Dolsa (48')	Referee: Grzegorz Michalik

	30 March 2013	Andorra	11 - 22	Latvia	Camp d'Esports del M.I. Consell General, Andorra la Vella, Andorra
		Try: Cristian Garcia (43') Pen: Cristian Pons 2 (20', 64')	Team Sheet	Try: Borisons Andrejs 2 (10', 50'), Halckis Vitalijs (47'), Zalcmanis Matiss (73') Con: Halckis Vitalijs Cards: Provizors Martins 35' to 45', Robezniek Maris 61' to 71'	Attendance: 450 Referee: Hrvoje Bartolic

	6 April 2013	Israel	17 - 15	Latvia	Wingate Institute, Netanya, Israel
		Try: Mordechay Radashkovich (7'), Jonathan Radashkovich (15'), Michael Eli (23') Con: Eitan Humphreys	Team Sheet	Try: Zagorskis Davis 2 (39', 66') Con: Zagorskis Davis Pen: Haleckis Vitalijs (3') Cards: Provizors Martins 74' to 80'	Referee: Mario Jelavic

	13 April 2013	Denmark	38 - 0	Serbia	Odense, Denmark
		Try: Joshua Jensen (10'), Andreas Robertson (17'), Gaspard Valbak (55'), Andy Nielsen (75'), Oliver Le Roux (80') Con: Andrew Grantham 5 Pen: Andrew Grantham (46') Cards: Kasper Pedersen 40' to 50'	Team Sheet	Cards: Branislav Petrovic 79' to 80'	Attendance: 300 Referee: George Mossford

	20 April 2013	Israel	46 - 3	Denmark	Wingate Institute, Netanya, Israel
		Try: Jonathan Radashkovich (20'), Mordechay Radashkovich (35'), Eitan Humphreys (40'), Matan Brosh (42'), Jonathan Shaki (46'), Yonatan Kaplan (68'), Guy Matisis (78') Con: Vitalii Pryimak 4 Pen: Vitalii Pryimak (12') Cards: Stan Gurtovoy 80' to 80'	Team Sheet	Pen: Andrew Grantham (27') Cards: Jonas Harreskov 75' to 80'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Tomas Tuma

2013–14

Table

2013–14 Champions

Place	Nation	Games					Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	Bonus	for	against	difference	Table points
1	Latvia	4	3	0	1	3	89	67	+22	15
2	Israel	4	3	0	1	2	75	64	+11	14
3	Andorra	4	3	0	1	2	83	63	+20	14
4	Denmark	4	1	0	3	3	66	72	-6	7
5	Serbia	4	0	0	4	0	52	99	-47	0

Games

	12 October 2013	Latvia	25 - 14	Serbia	Valmiera, Latvia
		Try: Arvis Pilenieks (18', 39') Mareks Larionovs (63') Kristaps Bērziņš (77') Con: Kristaps Bērziņš (77') Pen: Kristaps Bērziņš (14') Cards: Arvis Pilenieks 56' to 66'	Report	Try: Vlado Kusic (53') Vitor Ljubicic (56') Con: Milan Orlovic (54', 56') Cards: Aleksandar Madjanovic 56' to 66'	Attendance: 173 Referee: Vladimir Volovik

	19 October 2013	Serbia	6 - 18	Israel	Serbia
		Pen: Milan Orlović (14', 28')	Report	Try: Jonathan Radahkovich (25') Adam Rozenberg (59') Guy Dotan (77') Pen: Vitali Pryimak (3')	Attendance: 450 Referee: Lionel Da Silva

	26 October 2013	Latvia	19 - 22	Andorra	Riga, Latvia
		Try: Edgars Cirulis (52') Kristaps Berzins (62') Pen: Kristaps Berzins (8', 24', 60') Cards: Viktors Silvoniks 31' to 41'	Report	Try: Roger Fite (43') Con: Marc Abello (43') Pen: Marc Abello (6', 10', 68', 77') Drop: Marc Abello (33')	Attendance: 300 Referee: Gerd Visser

	2 November 2013	Denmark	13 - 15	Israel	Denmark
		Try: 1 Con: 1 Pen: 2		Try: 2 Con: 1 Pen: 1

	23 November 2013	Andorra	22 - 11	Denmark	Andorra la Vella, Andorra
		Try: 3 Con: 2 Pen: 1		Try: 1 Pen: 2

	29 March 2014	Andorra	23 - 13	Serbia	Andorra la Vella, Andorra
		Try: 4 Pen: 1	Report	Try: 1 Con: 2 Pen: 2

	12 April 2014	Israel	20 - 16	Andorra	Netanya, Israel
		Try: 3 Con: 1 Pen: 1	Report	Try: 1 Con: 1 Pen: 3

	12 April 2014	Serbia	19 - 33	Denmark	Belgrade, Serbia
		Try: 3 Con: 2	Report	Try: 4 Con: 2 Pen: 3

	26 April 2014	Latvia	29 - 22	Israel	Riga, Latvia
		Try: 5 Con: 2 Pen: 0 Drop: 0 Cards: 0	http://www.fira-aer-rugby.com/upload/file/1398520727_140426%20ENC2B%20LV%20IL%20Game%20sheet.PDF	Try: 4 Con: 1 Pen: 0 Drop: 0 Cards: 0	Attendance: ~400 Referee: Pikhovkin

	3 May 2014	Denmark	9 - 16	Latvia	Odense, Denmark

2012–2014

Promoted to Division 2A for 2014–16 ENC
Playoff for promotion to Division 2A in 2014–16
Playoff to remain Division 2B in 2014–16
Relegated to Division 2C for 2014–16 ENC

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Bonus points	Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference	Bonus points	Table points
1	Israel (56)	8	7	0	1	212	109	+103	5	33
2	Latvia (72)	8	5	0	3	174	149	+25	6	26
3	Andorra (62)	8	4	1	3	131	140	-9	2	20
4	Denmark (61)	8	2	1	5	128	151	-23	3	14
5	Serbia (73)	8	1	0	7	136	232	-96	2	6

Numbers in parentheses are pre-tournament rankings.

Division 2C

2012–2013

Table

2012–13 Champions

Place	Nation	Games					Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	Bonus	for	against	difference	Table points
1	Cyprus (NR)	4	4	0	0	3	198	53	+145	19
2	Slovenia (81)	4	2	0	2	2	52	96	-44	10
3	Hungary (85)	4	2	0	2	2	61	57	+4	10
4	Bulgaria (79)	4	2	0	2	1	65	128	-63	9
5	Austria (84)	4	0	0	4	3	57	99	-42	3

Pre tournament rankings in parentheses. NR=no ranking

Games^[4]

	6 October 2012	Hungary	28 - 23	Bulgaria	Széktói Stadion, Kecskemét, Hungary
		Try: Achilles Gyurcsik (3'), Mate Toth (19'), Attila Refi (40') Con: Szabolis Nagyhegyesi 2 Pen: Szabolis Nagyhegyesi 2 (73', 79') Drop: Gareth Lloyd (32')	Team Sheet Report	Try: Petar Nikolov (28'), Ivailo Ivanov (46') Con: Aleks Minchev, Petar Nikolov Pen: Aleks Minchev 3 (12', 23', 39')	Referee: Jean-Luc Rebollal

	20 October 2012	Bulgaria	12 - 7	Austria	Vasil Levski National Sports Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria
		Try: Ivailo Ivanov 2 (43', 53') Con: Aleks Minchev Cards: Teodor Bogdanov 48' to 58'	Report	Try: Lukas Kolb (32') Con: Maximilian Nevas Cards: Julian Zochling 39' to 49'	Referee: Gia Amirkhanashvili

	27 October 2012	Slovenia	8 - 7	Hungary	Ljubljana, Slovenia
		Try: Damjan Jovič (29') Pen: Dali Suljič (57') Cards: Grega Miljuš 30' to 40', Blaž Pilko 76' to 80'	Team Sheet	Try: Gregő Bán (49') Con: Gregoise Collet Cards: Zoltán Heckel 58' to 68'	Attendance: 400 Referee: George Kaloxilos

	17 November 2012	Austria	20 - 54	Cyprus	Stadion Hohe Warte, Vienna, Austria
		Try: Constantin Vana (12'), Manuel Polak (33'), Julian Zoechling (69') Con: Maximilian Navas Pen: Maximilian Navas (27')	Team Sheet	Try: Christoforo Thoma (6'), Georgios Agathocleous (19'), Marcus Holden (25'), Fidias Efthymiou (29'), Tom Loizidis (36'), Penalty Try (50'), Burhan Torgut (72') Con: Marcus Holden 5 Pen: Marcus Holden 3 (15', 46', 55')	Referee: Karlis Sarkans

	8 December 2012	Cyprus	49 - 8	Slovenia	Paphos, Cyprus
		Try: Jack Bilton 2 (5', 41'), Matthew King 2 (8', 17'), Thomas Loizidis (35'), Antonis Thoma (56'), Andrew Binikos (61'), Marko Mladenovic (72') Con: Jack Bilton 3 Pen: Jack Bilton (32') Cards: Matthew King 24' to 34', Costas Pavlou 78' to 80'	Team Sheet	Try: Dragen Jovanovič (26') Pen: Dali Suljič (80') Cards: David Horvat 27' to 37', Žarko Krsmanovič 30' to 40'	Attendance: 500 Referee: Lionel Da Silva

	16 March 2013	Cyprus	79 – 10	Bulgaria	Pathon Stadium, Cyprus
		Try: Reno Ioannides 4 (6', 23', 33', 78'), Tom Loizides 2 (19', 31'), Burhan Torgut (21'), Fidias Efthymiou 3 (39', 59', 70'), Marcus Holden (41'), Andrew Binikos (55') Con: Marcus Holden 8 Pen: Marcus Holden (9') Cards: Giorgios Agathokleous 50' to 60'	Team Sheet	Try: Martin Stoyanov (51') Con: Martin Stoyanov Pen: Martin Stoyanov (3') Cards: Radoslav Damyanov 75' to 80'	Attendance: 500 Referee: Didier Welfring

This was the 18th consecutive Test match win for Cyprus, a new world record. The previous record of 17 was held jointly by New Zealand, South Africa, and Lithuania. (Although International Rugby Board records credit Lithuania with 18 consecutive wins from 2006 to 2010, ESPN Scrum pointed out that this streak should be reduced by one, as this 18-match sequence in fact included one loss.)^[5]

	6 April 2013	Austria	10 - 11	Hungary	Dirnelwiese, Vienna, Austria
		Try: Milad Farkhondeh-Fal (30' c) Con: Maximilian Navas (30') Pen: Maximilian Navas (52')		Try: Gregoire Collet (73') Pen: Gregoire Collet 2 (36', 55') Cards: Andre Brand 21' to 31', Gareth Lloyd 25' to 35'	Attendance: 500 Referee: Stepan Cekal

	6 April 2013	Bulgaria	20 - 14	Slovenia	Stadium N.S.A., Sofia, Bulgaria
		Try: Antonio Ivanov (2') Con: 0 Pen: Smilko Debrenliev 5 (15', 30', 40+3', 48', 80+4') Drop: 0 Cards: Dragomir Radin 62' to 72'		Try: Anže Troppan (6' c), David Horvat (46' c) Con: Enej Radelj Šemrov (6'), Jaka Sajevic (46')	Attendance: 500 Referee: S. Poplavski

	20 April 2013	Hungary	15 - 16	Cyprus	Esztergom, Hungary
		Pen: Gregoire Collet 5 (2', 29', 49', 59', 72')		Try: Luke Frixou (24' c) Con: Marcus Holden (24') Pen: Marcus Holden 3 (17', 21', 53')	Attendance: 300 Referee: Dejan Stiglic

	20 April 2013	Slovenia	22 - 20	Austria	Oval Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia
		Try: Iztok Javornik (18'), Tit Hočevar 2 (43', 47' c), David Horvat (76') Con: Enej Radelj Šemrov (48') Cards: Damjan Jovič 29 to 39		Try: Johannes Dachler (4' c), Milad Farkondeh-Fal (37' c) Con: Maximilian Navas 2 (5', 37') Pen: Maximilian Navas 2 (15', 54') Cards: Maximilian Müller 74' to end'	Referee: Inigo Atorrasagasti

2013–14

Table

2013–14 Champions

Place	Nation	Games					Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	Bonus	for	against	difference	Table points
1	Cyprus	4	4	0	0	3	148	39	+109	19
2	Hungary	4	3	0	1	2	138	66	+72	14
3	Austria	4	2	0	2	1	98	67	+31	9
4	Slovenia	4	1	0	3	1	57	106	-49	5
5	Bulgaria	4	0	0	4	0	51	214	-163	0

Games

	5 October 2013	Bulgaria	5 - 67	Hungary	Sofia, Bulgaria
		Try: Martin Todorov (79')	Report	Try: Daniel Toth (9', 11', 70'), Gyorgy Komuves (16', 39', 55'), Szilard Jung (23'), David Darquier (33', 43'), Jonathan Katona (82') Con: Gregoire Collet (10', 12', 23', 34', 70', 83'), Szabolcs Nagyhegyesi (65') Pen: Gregoire Collet (2')	Referee: Marijo Jelavic

	19 October 2013	Austria	58 - 14	Bulgaria	Austria
		Try: 7 Con: 4 Pen: 5		Try: 1 Pen: 3

	26 October 2013	Hungary	35 - 3	Slovenia	Hungary
		Try: Nicolas Valoo (13') Ducrocq Thomas (64') Zoltán Máthé (75') Attilla Prakter (80') Con: Gregoire Collet (14', 76', 80') Pen: Gregoire Collet (2', 27', 52') Cards: Ducrocq Thomas 50' to 60'		Pen: Pavel Žle (50')	Attendance: 600 Referee: Sergei Poplavskyi

	9 November 2013	Slovenia	3 - 34	Cyprus	Slovenia

	30 November 2013	Cyprus	22 - 8	Austria	Cyprus
		Try: 3 Con: 2 Pen: 1		Try: 1 Pen: 1

	12 April 2014	Hungary	23 - 12	Austria	Hungary
		Try: 2 Con: 2 Pen: 3	Report	Try: 2 Con: 1

	12 April 2014	Slovenia	43 - 17	Bulgaria	Ljubljana, Slovenia
		Try: 7 Con: 4	Report	Try: 3 Con: 1

	26 April 2014	Bulgaria	15 - 46	Cyprus	Sofia, Bulgaria
		Try: 2 Con: 1 Pen: 1 Drop: 0 Cards: 0	http://www.fira-aer-rugby.com/upload/file/1398525843_140426%20ENC2C%20BG%20CY%20Game%20sheet.PDF	Try: 8 Con: 3 Pen: 0 Drop: 0 Cards: 0	Referee: Poplavskyi

	3 May 2014	Austria	20 - 8	Slovenia	Austria

	17 May 2014	Cyprus	46 - 13	Hungary	Cyprus

2012–2014

Promoted to Division 2B for 2014–16 ENC
Playoff for promotion to Division 2B in 2014–16
Playoff to remain Division 2C in 2014–16
Relegated to Division 2D for 2014–16 ENC

Place	Nation	Games					Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	Bonus	for	against	difference	Table points
1	Cyprus (NR)	8	8	0	0	6	346	92	+254	38
2	Hungary (85)	8	5	0	3	4	176	111	+65	24
3	Slovenia (81)	8	3	0	5	3	109	194	-93	15
4	Austria (84)	8	2	0	6	4	143	143	0	12
5	Bulgaria (79)	8	2	0	6	1	116	342	-169	9

Pre tournament rankings in parentheses. NR=no ranking

Division 2D

2012–2013

Table

2012–13 Champions & qualified for RWC 15 European Qualifiers Round 1

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Bonus points	Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference	Bonus points	Table points
1	Luxembourg (95)	4	3	0	1	74	62	+12	0	12
2	Norway (93)	4	2	0	2	65	48	+17	3	11
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina (87)	4	2	0	2	78	71	+7	2	10
4	Greece (NR)	4	2	0	2	61	64	-3	1	9
5	Finland (96)	4	1	0	3	45	78	-33	2	6

Pre-tournament rankings in parentheses. NR=No ranking
Games^[6]

	6 October 2012	Finland	14 - 16	Luxembourg	Myllypuro Sports Park, Helsinki, Finland
		Try: Mikko Luopio (56'), Andras Devenyi (76') Con: Mikko Luopio, Antti Cammi	IRB Team List Report	Try: Philippe Vimond (49') Con: Yared Ketema Pen: Yared Ketema 2 (26', 46'), James Harris (40') Cards: Jason Limpach 28' to 38'	Referee: Michael Vestorp

	20 October 2012	Norway	32 - 3	Finland	Bislett Stadion, Oslo, Norway
		Try: Alex Deissner 2 (21', 42'), Finn James Gormley (38'), Thierry Davy (59'), James Buncle (79') Con: Kristoffer Borsheim 2 Pen: Kristoffer Borsheim (25')	Report	Pen: Antti Lammi (13')	Referee: Kacper Michalkiewicz

	3 November 2012	Norway	11 - 9	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Fana Stadion, Bergen, Norway
		Try: Kim-Robin Petterson (66') Pen: Kristoffer Borsheim 2 (59', 80'+2')	Team Sheet	Pen: Armin Vehabovic 2 (33', 44') Drop: Armin Vehabovic (15')	Referee: Ramonas Grumbinas

	10 November 2012	Luxembourg ^[7]	15 - 8	Norway	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
		Try: Adrien Timmermans (38'),^[7] Philippe Vimond (52'), Vincent Giffard (63')	IRB Team List Team Sheet	Try: Kristoffer Borsheim (71') Pen: Kristoffer Borsheim (60')	Attendance: 700 Referee: Christophe Secat

	17 November 2012	Greece	22 - 17	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Kavtantzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki, Greece
		Try: Platon Moysiadis (40') Con: Platon Moysiadis Pen: Quram Kizikurashrili 4 (2', 20', 23', 66'), Konstantino Meidinger (75')	Team Sheet	Try: Senad Turčinović 2 (5', 55'), Sabahudin Subašić (35') Con: Sabahudin Subašić Cards: Senad Turčinović 61' to 71'	Referee: Afonso Nogueira

	30 March 2013	Greece	11 - 13	Finland	Dasos Haidariou Municipal Stadium, Athens, Greece
		Try: Quram Kizikurashrili (13') Pen: Quram Kizikurashrili 2 (55', 71') Cards: Grigol Chatzis 49' to 59'	Team Sheet	Try: Lasse Sariola (27'), Joakim Grader (38') Pen: Jussi Viljanen (48')	Attendance: 300 Referee: Csaba Priskin

	13 April 2013	Bosnia and Herzegovina	33 - 23	Luxembourg	Stadion Tosk, Tešanj, Bosnia and Herzegovina
		Try: Armin Vehabović 2 (32', 39'), Selmir Glavaš (68') Con: Armin Vehabović 3 Pen: Armin Vehabović 4 (9', 21', 40', 55') Cards: Armin Zadić 24' to 34'	Team Sheet	Try: Stuart Logier (29'), Yarad Ketema (52'), Matthew Hopwood (80') Con: Bertrand Cohen-Sabban Pen: Bertrand Cohen-Sabban (10'), Ciaran Keane (65')	Attendance: 800 Referee: Alan Falzone

	13 April 2013	Greece	21 - 14	Norway	Athens, Greece
		Try: Givi Gorgisheli (30'), Quram Kizikurashrili (47') Con: Quram Kizikurashrili Pen: Quram Kizikurashrili 3 (15', 68', 76') Cards: Grigol Chatzis 19' to 29', Veniamin Davidis 39' to 49'	Team Sheet	Try: Andre Ellingsen Slaata (70') Pen: Finn Gormley 3 (27', 44', 53') Cards: Finn Gormley 67' to 77'	Attendance: 100 Referee: Ariel Cabral

	20 April 2013	Luxembourg	20 - 7	Greece	Luxembourg, Luxembourg
		Try: Jan Louw (31'), Adrien Timmermans (48') Con: Ciaran Keane 2 Pen: Ciaran Keane (39'), Yarad Ketema (80') Cards: Tertius Barnard 60' to 70'	Team Sheet	Try: Filippos Sotiriadis (65') Con: Vasileios Katsakos Cards: Georgios-Anastasios Dimitriadis 54' to 64'	Attendance: 500 Referee: Christian Doering

	20 April 2013	Bosnia and Herzegovina	19 - 15	Finland	Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
		Try: Edin Pojskić (32') Con: Armin Vehabović Pen: Armin Vehabović 2 (12', 50') Drop: Sabahudi Subašić (46'), Semir Pašić (47')	Team Sheet	Try: Crispin Maenpaa 2 (15', 58'), Kalle Salminen (49')	Referee: Paulo Duarte

2013–14

Table

2013–14 Champions

Place	Nation	Games					Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	Bonus	for	against	difference	Table points
1	Luxembourg	4	3	0	1	1	100	46	+54	13
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4	2	0	2	3	109	61	+48	11
3	Norway	4	2	0	2	2	76	87	-11	10
4	Finland	4	2	0	2	2	83	96	-13	10
5	Greece	4	1	0	3	0	71	149	-78	4

Games

	28 September 2013	Finland	35 - 20	Greece	Paavo Nurmi Stadium, Turku
		Try: Aaro Katainen (6', 70'), Crispin Mäenpää (16'), Ilkka Tuomaala (42'), Dawid van de Walt (57') Con: Andrew Myrie (6', 58') Pen: Andrew Myrie (3', 67')	Report	Try: Pliatsikas Stephen Peter (19'), Grigorios Bourgos (48') Con: Leo Huisman (20', 49') Pen: Leo Huisman (22') Drop: George Dennis Gargoulakis (35') Cards: Christos Fiotakis 54' to 64', Konstantinos Meidinger 78' to 80'	Attendance: 400 Referee: Michael Vestorp

	12 October 2013	Finland	12 - 24	Norway	Finland

	12 October 2013	Bosnia and Herzegovina	17 - 20	Greece	Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

	19 October 2013	Norway	7 - 9	Luxembourg	Norway
		Try: 1 Con: 1		Pen: 3

	9 November 2013	Luxembourg	12 - 24	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
		Try: 2 Con: 1		Try: 2 Con: 1 Pen: 3 Drop: 1 Cards: 64' to 74'

	19 April 2014	Bosnia and Herzegovina	43 - 0	Norway	Bosnia and Herzegovina

	26 April 2014	Greece	8 - 52	Luxembourg	Greece

	10 May 2014	Norway	45 - 23	Greece	Stavanger, Norway

	10 May 2014	Luxembourg	27 - 7	Finland	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

	31 May 2014	Finland	29 - 25	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Finland

2012–2014

Promoted to Division 2C for 2014–16 ENC
Playoff for promotion to Division 2C in 2014–16
Relegated to Division 3A for 2014–16 ENC

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Bonus points	Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference	Bonus points	Table points
1	Luxembourg (95)	8	6	0	2	174	107	+67	1	25
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina (87)	8	4	0	4	187	132	+55	5	21
3	Norway (93)	8	4	0	4	141	135	+6	5	21
4	Finland (96)	8	3	0	5	128	174	-46	4	16
5	Greece (NR)	8	3	0	5	132	215	-81	1	13

Pre-tournament rankings in parentheses. NR=No ranking

Promotion/Relegation Playoffs

Division 2A-Division 2B

Division 2B's 2nd placed Latvia hosted Division 2A's 4th placed Croatia. Croatia won and retained their place in the ENC Division 2A for 2014-2016, while Latvia will play in the ENC Division 2B.

	21 June 2014	(62) Latvia	10 - 16	Croatia (55)	University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
		Try: Matiss Zalcmanis (29'c) Con: Kristaps Berzins Pen: Kristaps Berzins (16') Cards: Uldis Saulite 41' to 51'	Team Sheet	Try: Jason Newton (66'c) Con: Jason Newton Pen: Jason Newton 3 (8', 50' 53')	Attendance: 250 Referee: Alexey Bryzgalin

Division 2B-Division 2C

Division 2C's 2nd placed Hungary were due to host Division 2B's 4th placed Denmark. However, Denmark chose not to play the match, and therefore Hungary were promoted to Division 2B for 2014-16, while Denmark was relegated to Division 2C.^[8]

Division 2C-Division 2D

Division 2D's 2nd placed Bosnia and Herzegovina hosted Division 2C's 4th placed Austria. Austria won and retained their place in the ENC Division 2C for 2014-2016, while Bosnia and Herzegovina will remain in the ENC Division 2D.

	7 June 2014	(91) Bosnia and Herzegovina	12 - 26	Austria (83)	Tešanj, Bosnia and Herzegovina
		Try: Dženan Durgut 2 (15', 65'c) Con: Sabahudin Subašić Cards: Armin Zadić 38' to 48'	Team Sheet	Try: Stephan Reiseneder (36'c), Philip Waidmann (40'+2'c) Con: Maximilian Nevas 2 Pen: Maximilian Nevas 4 (5', 10', 32', 50')	Attendance: 450 Referee: Afonso Nogueira

Pre-game rankings in parentheses

References

↑ Note: Though Cyprus is participating in ENC Division 2C, they are not IRB members and are thus not eligible to participate in Rugby World Cup qualifying. As Cyprus won this division's 2013 round, the runner-up team, Slovenia, entered the RWC play-offs.
↑ "ENC 2A First Leg". FIRA-AER. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
↑ "ENC 2B First Leg". FIRA-AER. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
↑ "ENC 2C First Leg". FIRA-AER. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
↑ Farmer, Stuart; Vou, Andrew (16 March 2013). "Cyprus on verge of historic win". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
↑ "ENC 2D First Leg". FIRA-AER. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
1 2 FIRA Match sheet shows incorrectly that Tertius Barnard scored.
↑ "Mérkőzés nélkül kerülhetünk fel az ENC 2B csoportba". Hungarian Rugby Union. 2014-05-23. Retrieved 2014-06-11.

European Nations Cup

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