2018 Rugby Europe Championship

2018 Rugby Europe Championship
Countries  Belgium
 Georgia
 Germany
 Romania
 Russia
 Spain
Tournament statistics
Official website Rugby International Championship
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The 2018 Rugby Europe Championship is the premier rugby union competition outside of the Six Nations Championship in Europe. It is the inaugural Championship under its new format, that will see Georgia, Germany, Romania, Russia, Spain and Belgium compete for the title.

This year's edition of the Rugby Europe Championship also serves as the 2019 Rugby World Cup qualifiers for the European region. The team with the best record across the 2017 and 2018 Championships qualifies as Europe 1.[1] As Georgia have already secured qualification automatically, in the event of a Georgian win, the runner-up will take the Europe 1 qualification spot.

Table

Champions
Advances Promotion/Relegation play-off
Place Nation Games Points Tries
Try
BP		 Losing
BP		 Grand Slam
BP		 Table
points
played won drawn lost for against diff for against diff
1 Romania 000000+000+00000
2 Germany 000000+000+00000
3 Georgia 000000+000+00000
4 Russia 000000+000+00000
5 Spain 000000+000+00000
6 Belgium000000+000+00000
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:
Win - 4 points
Draw - 2 points
At least 3 or more tries than opponent - 1 point
Loss within 7 points - 1 point
Loss greater than 7 points - 0 points
Completing a Grand Slam - 1 points (not counted towards World Cup qualification)[2]

Pre-tournament world ranking in parentheses.[3]

Fixtures

Week 1

10 February 2018
15:00 GET (UTC+04)
Georgia  v  Belgium

10 February 2018
14:00 MSK (UTC+03)
Russia  v  Spain
10 February 2018
13:00 EET (UTC+02)
Romania  v  Germany

Week 2

17 February 2018
14:30 CET (UTC+01)
Germany  v  Georgia

17 February 2018
14:00 MSK (UTC+03)
Russia  v  Belgium
19 February 2018
12:30 CET (UTC+01)
Spain  v  Romania

Week 3

3 March 2018
15:00 GET (UTC+04)
Georgia  v  Spain

3 March 2018
15:00 CEST (UTC+02)
Belgium  v  Germany

Week 4

10 March 2018
15:00 MSK (UTC+03)
Russia  v  Georgia

Week 5

18 March 2018
13:00 GET (UTC+04)
Georgia  v  Romania

18 March 2018
13:00 CEST (UTC+02)
Belgium  v  Spain

Attendances (2017-2018)

Top 5

Season Game Home team Visitor AttendanceSources
1 2017 4  Georgia  Russia 52,000
2 2017 1  Spain  Russia 8,000
3 2017 5  Spain  Belgium 7,800
4 2017 3  Spain  Georgia 7,000
5 2017 5  Romania  Georgia 5,500

Average home attendances

Pos TeamGP Total High Low Average
1  Georgia 2 58,400 55,100 3,300 27,650
2  Spain 3 23,000 8,000 7,000 7,667
3  Romania 2 8,500 5,500 3,000 4,250
4  Germany 3 11,6004,500 3,000 3,867
5  Belgium 2 6,500 4,000 2,500 3,250
6  Russia 2 4,500 2,500 2,000 2,250

See also

References

  1. ↑ rugbyworldcup.com. "Rugby World Cup 2019". rugbyworldcup.com. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  2. ↑ http://www.rugbyeurope.eu/sites/default/files/document/170217_re_staff_manual_rec_2016-2017_-_add_1.pdf
  3. ↑ "World Rugby Ranking". World Rugby. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
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