2017–18 Rugby Europe International Championships

2017–18 Rugby Europe International Championships
Date October 2017 – May 2018
Countries 36
Tournament statistics
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The 2017–18 Rugby Europe International Championships is the European Championship for tier 2 and tier 3 rugby union nations. The 2017–18 season is the second 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 in the Championship, except for Georgia, this year's edition of the Rugby Europe International Championships doubles as the second year of 2019 Rugby World Cup qualifiers for the European region, where the winner of the two year cycle, excluding Georgia, automatically qualifies to the tournament as Europe 1. All other teams remain 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 in parentheses.

Championship

Conference 1
North

Conference 2
North

Development

Trophy


South


South

Legend:
* Champion of 2016-17 season; ↑ Promoted from lower division during 2016-17 season; • Division Champion but not promoted during 2016-17 season; ‡ Last place inside own division but not relegated during 2016-17 season; ↓ Relegated from higher division during 2016-17season

2018 Rugby Europe Championship

The six teams participating in the 2018 Championship remain the same as the 2017 season, after Belgium survived a relegation threat by defeating Portugal in a playoff in May 2017.

Champions
Advances Promotion/
Relegation play-off
Place Nation Games Points Try
BP
Losing
BP
Grand Slam
BP
Table
points
played won drawn lost for against diff
1 Romania000000+00000
2 Georgia000000+00000
3 Spain000000+00000
4 Russia000000+00000
5 Germany000000+00000
6 Belgium000000+00000
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:[1]
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)

2017–18 Rugby Europe Trophy

Champions and
advances to Promotion/
Relegation play-off
Relegated
Place Nation Games Points Try
BP
Losing
BP
Grand Slam
BP
Table
points
played won drawn lost for against diff
1 Portugal000000+00000
2 Netherlands000000+00000
3  Switzerland000000+00000
4 Poland000000+00000
5 Moldova 000000+00000
6 Czech Republic000000+00000
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:[2]
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

2017–18 Rugby Europe Conference

Conference 1

Conference 1 North

Champions and advances to
Promotion play-off
Relegated
Place Nation Games Points Try
BP
Losing
BP
Grand Slam
BP
Table
points
played won drawn lost for against diff
1 Ukraine000000+00000
2 Lithuania000000+00000
3 Latvia000000+00000
4 Sweden000000+00000
5 Hungary000000+00000
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:[3]
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

Conference 1 South

Champions and advances to
Promotion play-off
Relegated
Place Nation Games Points Try
BP
Losing
BP
Grand Slam
BP
Table
points
played won drawn lost for against diff
1 Malta000000+00000
2 Israel000000+00000
3 Croatia000000+00000
4 Andorra000000+00000
5 Bosnia and Herzegovina000000+00000
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:[4]
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

Conference 2

Conference 2 North

Champions and Promoted
Relegation play-offs
Place Nation Games Points Try
BP
Losing
BP
Grand Slam
BP
Table
points
played won drawn lost for against diff
1 Luxembourg000000+00000
2 Denmark000000+00000
3 Norway000000+00000
4 Finland000000+00000
5 Estonia000000+00000
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:[5]
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

Conference 2 South

Champions and Promoted
Relegation play-offs
Place Nation Games Points Try
BP
Losing
BP
Grand Slam
BP
Table
points
played won drawn lost for against diff
1 Cyprus000000+00000
2 Austria000000+00000
3 Slovenia000000+00000
4 Serbia000000+00000
5 Slovakia000000+00000
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:[6]
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

2018 Rugby Europe Development

Champions and Promoted
Place Nation Games Points Try
BP
Losing
BP
Grand Slam
BP
Table
points
played won drawn lost for against diff
1 Turkey000000+00000
2 Montenegro000000+00000
3 Bulgaria000000+00000
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:[7]
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

Play-offs

Championship-Trophy Promotion play-off

TBA 2018
v
Championship team home

Conference 1 promotion to Trophy play-off

TBA 2018
v
Team with better record hosts

Conference 2 relegation to Development play-off

TBA 2018
v
Team with better record hosts

See also

References

  1. Rugby Europe. Staff Manual REC 2016-17 (PDF). p. 14. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  2. Rugby Europe. Staff Manual REC 2016-17 (PDF). p. 14. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  3. Rugby Europe. Staff Manual REC 2016-17 (PDF). p. 14. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  4. Rugby Europe. Staff Manual REC 2016-17 (PDF). p. 14. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  5. Rugby Europe. Staff Manual REC 2016-17 (PDF). p. 14. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  6. Rugby Europe. Staff Manual REC 2016-17 (PDF). p. 14. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  7. Rugby Europe. Staff Manual REC 2016-17 (PDF). p. 14. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
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