2016–17 Rugby Europe International Championships

The 2016–17 Rugby Europe International Championships is the European Championship for tier 2 and tier 3 rugby union nations. The 2016–17 season is the first of its new format and structure, where all Levels play on a one-year cycle, replacing the old format of a two-year cycle, with the teams playing each other both home and away.

For all teams competing, except the Development league, this year's edition of the Rugby Europe International Championships doubles as the 2019 Rugby World Cup qualifiers for the European region, where the winner of the Championship, excluding Georgia, automatically qualifies to the tournament as Europe 1. All other teams remains in contention, playing in their respective leagues, but also playing in World Cup play-offs, for the right to play in the Europe/Oceania play-off against Oceania 3.

Countries

Pre-tournament World Rugby rankings (from November 28 for Championship, from August 29 for all other levels) in parentheses^[1]

Notes

^a Due to financial instability, Turkey has cancelled all matches for the 2016-17 season and is no longer part of World Cup Qualifying.^[9][10]

2017 Rugby Europe Championship

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Try BP	Losing BP	Grand Slam BP	Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff
1	Romania[11]	5	4	0	1	122	78	+44	2	1	0	19
2	Georgia	5	4	0	1	136	44	+92	2	1	0	19
3	Spain	5	3	0	2	91	54	+37	1	0	0	13
4	Russia	5	2	0	3	107	117	–10	1	0	0	9
5	Germany	5	2	0	3	121	201	–80	0	0	0	8
6	Belgium	5	0	0	5	70	153	–83	0	2	0	2
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:[12] Win - 4 points : Draw - 2 points  : Loss within 7 points - 1 point : Loss greater than 7 points - 0 points: At least 3 more tries than opponent- 1 point Completing a Grand Slam - 1 point (will not be counted towards World Cup Qualification)

Matches

11 February 2017 13:15 CET (UTC+01) Germany  41-38  Romania (1 BP) Sparda Bank Hessen Stadium, Offenbach, Germany Attendance: 3,000 Referee: M. Chalon (FRA) 11 February 2017 15:00 CET (UTC+01) Belgium  6-31  Georgia (1 BP) King Baudouin Stadium- Annex 2, Brussels, Belgium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: B. Whitehouse (WAL) 11 February 2017 16:00 CET (UTC+01) Spain  16-6  Russia Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid, Spain Attendance: 8,000 Referee: D. Phillips (IRL) 18 February 2017 13:00 EET (UTC+02) Romania  13-3  Spain Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest Referee: E. Rizzo (ITA) 18 February 2017 15:00 CET (UTC+01) (1 BP) Belgium  18-25  Russia King Baudouin Stadium- Annex 2, Brussels, Belgium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: S. Attalah (FRA) 19 February 2017 15:00 GET (UTC+04) (1 BP) Georgia  50-6  Germany Rustavi Rugby Stadium, Rustavi Attendance: 3,300 Referee: M. Burlet (BEL) 4 March 2017 13:00 MSK (UTC+03) Russia  10-30  Romania (1 BP) Sochi Central Stadium, Sochi Attendance: 2,000 Referee: S. Gallagher (IRL) 4 March 2017 16:00 CET (UTC+01) Spain  10-20  Georgia Estadio Municipal, Medina del Campo Attendance: 7,200 Referee: C. Evans (WAL) 4 March 2017 16:15 CET (UTC+01) Germany  34-29  Belgium (1 BP) Sparda Bank Hessen Stadium, Offenbach, Germany Attendance: 4,126 Referee: I. Atorrasagasti (ESP) 11 March 2017 14:45 CET (UTC+01) Belgium  17-33  Romania (1 BP) King Baudouin Stadium- Annex 2, Brussels, Belgium 11 March 2017 16:00 CET (UTC+01) Germany  15-32  Spain Sportpark Höhenberg, Cologne, Germany 12 March 2017 18:00 GET (UTC+04) Georgia  28-14  Russia Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi 19 March 2017 16:00 CET (UTC+01) (1 BP) Spain  30-0  Belgium Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid, Spain 19 March 2017 14:00 MSK (UTC+03) (1 BP) Russia  52-25  Germany Sochi Central Stadium, Sochi 19 March 2017 15:00 EET (UTC+02) Romania  8-7  Georgia (1 BP) Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest

2016–17 Rugby Europe Trophy

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Try BP	Losing BP	Grand Slam BP	Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff
1	Portugal	5	5	0	0	179	37	+142	4	0	1	25
2	Netherlands	5	3	0	2	159	94	+65	2	1	0	15
3	Switzerland	5	3	0	2	140	122	+18	1	0	0	13
4	Poland	5	3	0	2	73	73	0	0	0	0	12
5	Moldova	5	1	0	4	100	162	-62	1	1	0	6
6	Ukraine	5	0	0	5	52	215	–163	0	0	0	0
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:[13] Win - 4 points : Draw - 2 points  : Loss within 7 points - 1 point : Loss greater than 7 points - 0 points: At least 3 more tries than opponent- 1 point Completing a Grand Slam - 1 point (will not be counted towards World Cup Qualification)

Matches

24 September 2016 19:30 Poland  22–0  Ukraine Report Arena Lublin, Lublin Attendance: 2,500 Referee: D. Jones (WAL) 5 November 2016 14:00 Ukraine  12–54  Netherlands (1 BP) report Stadium Lviv, Lviv Attendance: 1,000 Referee: P. Duarte (POR) 12 November 2016 13:00 (1 BP) Moldova  54–15  Ukraine report Stadionul Central, Bălți Attendance: 500 Referee: C. Laurent (FRA) 19 November 2016 15:00 (1 BP) Netherlands  44–17  Moldova report NRCA, Amsterdam Attendance: 3,215 Referee: S. Grove-White (SCO) 19 November 2016 15:00 Switzerland   10–28  Portugal report Yverdon Attendance: 2,057 Referee: T. Emanuele (ITA) 26 November 2016 15:00 Switzerland   29–26  Moldova (1 BP) report Yverdon Attendance: 1,030[14] Referee: F. Himmer (GER) 18 February 2017 15:00 (1 BP) Portugal  35–10  Poland Lisbon 4 March 2017 15:00 Netherlands  10–26  Portugal (1 BP) Amsterdam 11 March 2017 15:00 (1 BP) Portugal  59–0  Moldova Lisbon 12 March 2017 15:00 (1 BP) Switzerland   54–18  Ukraine Plan-les-Ouates 18 March 2017 13:00 Moldova  3-15  Poland Bălți 18 March 2017 15:00 Netherlands  38-25   Switzerland Amsterdam 1 April 2017 14:00 Ukraine  7-31  Portugal (1 BP) Odessa 8 April 2017 Poland  14-13  Netherlands (1 BP) TBA 22 April 2017 Poland  12-22   Switzerland TBA

2016–17 Rugby Europe Conference

Conference 1

Conference 1 North

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Try BP	Losing BP	Grand Slam BP	Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff
1	Czech Republic	4	4	0	0	158	26	+132	3	0	1	20
2	Lithuania	4	3	0	1	93	45	+48	2	0	0	14
3	Latvia	4	2	0	2	56	98	-42	0	1	0	9
4	Sweden	4	1	0	3	54	124	-70	1	1	0	6
5	Luxembourg	4	0	0	4	39	107	-68	0	1	0	1
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:[15] Win - 4 points : Draw - 2 points  : Loss within 7 points - 1 point : Loss greater than 7 points - 0 points: At least 3 more tries than opponent- 1 point Completing a Grand Slam - 1 point (will not be counted towards World Cup Qualification)

Matches

3 September 2016 15:00 Sweden  14-56  Czech Republic (1 BP) Report Enköpings Rugbyklubb, Enkoping Attendance: 400 Referee: M. Burlet (BEL) 22 October 2016 15:00 Latvia  31-24  Luxembourg (1 BP) report Jelgava Stadium, Jelgava Attendance: 450 Referee: T. Tuma (CZE) 5 November 2016 Lithuania  11-6  Latvia (1 BP) report Siaulai Attendance: 500 Referee: K. Artur (RUS) 5 November 2016 Luxembourg  0-19  Sweden (1 BP) report Luxembourg stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg Attendance: 1,200 Referee: T. Luca (ITA) 12 November 2016 14:00 Czech Republic  15-6  Lithuania report Rugby Club Tatra Smichov, Prague Attendance: 1,500 Referee: N. Amashukelli (GEO) 15 April 2017 14:00 (1 BP) Czech Republic  54-3  Latvia Prague 22 April 2017 15:00 Lithuania  24-12  Luxembourg Vilnius 29 April 2017 Latvia  16-9  Sweden (1 BP) Riga 6 May 2017 15:00 Sweden  12-52  Lithuania (1 BP) Enkoping 6 May 2017 Luxembourg  3-33  Czech Republic (1 BP) Luxembourg

Conference 1 South

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Try BP	Losing BP	Grand Slam BP	Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff
1	Malta	4	3	1	0	147	49	+98	3	0	0	17
2	Israel	4	3	0	1	135	100	+35	2	0	0	14
3	Croatia	4	2	1	1	106	79	+27	1	1	0	12
4	Andorra	4	1	0	3	62	181	-119	0	0	0	4
5	Cyprus	4	0	0	4	72	113	-41	0	2	0	2
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:[16] Win - 4 points : Draw - 2 points  : Loss within 7 points - 1 point : Loss greater than 7 points - 0 points: At least 3 more tries than opponent- 1 point Completing a Grand Slam - 1 point (will not be counted towards World Cup Qualification)

Matches

22 October 2016 18:00 Andorra  15-63  Malta (1 BP) report Andorra La Vella Attendance: 400 Referee: R. Angelucci (ITA) 29 October 2016 14:00 (1 BP) Malta  31-3  Cyprus report Hibernians Stadium, Paola, Malta Referee: A. Cabral (ISR) 29 October 2016 14:00 (1 BP) Croatia  47-15  Andorra report Stari Plac Stadion, Split, Croatia Attendance: 1,000 Referee: I. Bodea (ROM) 5 November 2016 14:00 Israel  23-16  Croatia (1 BP) report Wingate Institute, Netanya Attendance: 1,700 Referee: J. Catteau (BEL) 12 November 2016 14:30 Cyprus  28-38  Israel (1 BP) report Paphos Attendance: 500 Referee: M. Rázga (CZE) 11 February 2017 18:00 Andorra  15-14  Cyprus (1 BP) Andorra La Vella 8 April 2017 14:00 (1 BP) Israel  57-17  Andorra Netanya 22 April 2017 14:00 Malta  39-17  Israel Paola, Malta 29 April 2017 Croatia  14-14  Malta 6 May 2017 15:00 (1 BP) Cyprus  27-29  Croatia Paphos

Conference 2

Conference 2 North

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Try BP	Losing BP	Grand Slam BP	Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff
1	Hungary	4	4	0	0	157	30	+127	3	0	1	20
2	Denmark	4	3	0	1	161	42	+119	3	0	0	15
3	Norway	4	2	0	2	98	109	-11	1	0	0	9
4	Finland	4	1	0	3	92	144	-52	1	0	0	5
5	Estonia	4	0	0	4	39	222	-183	0	0	0	0
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:[17] Win - 4 points : Draw - 2 points  : Loss within 7 points - 1 point : Loss greater than 7 points - 0 points: At least 3 more tries than opponent- 1 point Completing a Grand Slam - 1 point (will not be counted towards World Cup Qualification)

Matches

1 October 2016 14:00 Estonia  5-53  Hungary (1BP) Report Kalevi Keskstaadion, Tallinn Attendance: 200 Referee: G. Kopp (RUS) 8 October 2016 14:00 Norway  48-31  Finland report Bislett Stadium, Oslo Referee: A. Nogueria (POR) 8 October 2016 15:00 Hungary  25-13  Denmark report Esztergom Referee: H. Bartoli (CRO) 22 October 2016 13:00 (1 BP) Finland  51-6  Estonia report Myllpuro, Helsinki Attendance: 300 Referee: R. Grumbinas (LTU) 22 October 2016 16:00 (1 BP) Denmark  20-0  Norway report Odense Attendance: 500 Referee: D. Maughan (GER) 22 April 2017 16:00 Denmark  53-5  Finland Odense 22 April 2017 Hungary  42-7  Norway 29 April 2017 14:00 Estonia  12-75  Denmark (1 BP) Tallinn 6 May 2017 13:00 Finland  5-37  Hungary (1 BP) Helsinki 6 May 2017 14:00 (1 BP) Norway  43-16  Estonia Stavanger

Conference 2 South

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Try BP	Losing BP	Grand Slam BP	Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4	3	0	1	90	54	+36	0	1	0	13
2	Austria	4	3	0	1	79	51	+28	0	0	0	12
3	Slovenia	4	2	0	2	114	48	+66	1	1	0	10
4	Serbia	4	2	0	2	77	107	-30	1	0	0	9
5	Turkey	4	0	0	4	0	100	-100	0	0	0	0
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:[18] Win - 4 points : Draw - 2 points  : Loss within 7 points - 1 point : Loss greater than 7 points - 0 points: At least 3 more tries than opponent- 1 point Completing a Grand Slam - 1 point (will not be counted towards World Cup Qualification)

Matches

8 October 2016 15:00 Austria  29-22  Bosnia and Herzegovina (1 BP) report Wiener Sportclub-Platz, Dornbach, Vienna Attendance: 700 Referee: S. Cekal (CZE) 29 October 2016 14:00 (1 BP) Slovenia  74-13  Serbia report Ljubliana Attendance: 500 Referee: M. Liperini (ITA) 5 November 2016 14:00 Serbia  cancelled (25-0)  Turkey Zrenjanin 12 November 2016 Turkey  cancelled (0-25)  Austria 26 November 2016 Turkey  cancelled (0-25)  Slovenia 4 March 2017 14:00 Bosnia and Herzegovina  cancelled (25-0)  Turkey Zenica 8 April 2017 14:00 (1 BP) Slovenia  15-22  Bosnia and Herzegovina Ljubliana 22 April 2017 17:00 Austria  13-0  Slovenia 22 April 2017 15:00 Bosnia and Herzegovina  21-10  Serbia Zenica 29 April 2017 14:00 (1 BP) Serbia  29-12  Austria Belgrade

2017 Rugby Europe Development

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Try BP	Losing BP	Grand Slam BP	Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff
1	Slovakia	2	1	0	1	52	42	+10	0	1	0	5
2	Montenegro	2	1	0	1	62	51	+11	1	0	0	5
3	Bulgaria	2	1	0	1	41	62	+2	0	0	0	4
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:[19] Win - 4 points : Draw - 2 points  : Loss within 7 points - 1 point : Loss greater than 7 points - 0 points: At least 3 more tries than opponent- 1 point Completing a Grand Slam - 1 point (will not be counted towards World Cup Qualification)

Matches
14 May 2017 15:00 Montenegro  20-32  Slovakia Bulgaria 17 May 2017 15:00 Bulgaria  22-20  Slovakia Bulgaria 20 May 2017 15:00 Montenegro  42-19  Bulgaria Bulgaria

Play-offs

Championship-Trophy Promotion play-off

20 May 2017

Belgium	29-18	Portugal

Championship team home

Conference 1 promotion to Trophy play-off

20th May 2017

Czech Republic	48-14	Malta

Team with better record hosts

See also

• 2019 Rugby World Cup – Europe qualification

References