2023–24 Rugby Europe International Championships

The 2023–24 Rugby Europe International Championships is the European Championship for tier 2 and tier 3 rugby union nations.

2023–24 Rugby Europe International Championships
Date30 September 2023 – May 2024
Countries31
Tournament statistics
ChampionsChampionship
 Georgia (16)
Trophy
  Switzerland (2)
Conference
 Latvia (2)
 Luxembourg (1)


Development
 Montenegro (1)
Antim Cup Georgia (18th title)
Matches played55
Attendance111,981 (2,036 per match)
Tries scored390 (7.09 per match)
2022–23 (Previous) (Next) 2024–25

Countries edit

Pre-tournament World Rugby rankings in parentheses.

Legend:
* Champion of 2022–23 season; ↑ Promoted from lower division during 2021–22 season; • Division Champion but not promoted during 2021–22 season; ‡ Last place inside own division but not relegated during 2022–23; ↓ Relegated from higher division during 2022–23 season

2024 Rugby Europe Championship edit

Group A edit

Advances to the Grand Finals Semi-Finals
Advances to the Ranking Finals Semi-Finals
Pos. Team Games Points Tries TBP LBP Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff For Against Diff
1   Georgia 3 3 0 0 97 30 +67 15 3 +12 2 0 14
2   Spain 3 2 0 1 50 61 -11 6 9 -3 1 0 9
3   Netherlands 3 1 0 2 67 64 +3 8 8 0 1 1 6
4   Germany 3 0 0 3 35 94 -59 4 13 -9 0 0 0
Source - [1]
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:
Win – 4 points | Draw – 2 points | At least 3 more tries than opponent – 1 point | Loss within 7 points – 1 point

Group B edit

Advances to the Grand Finals Semi-Finals
Advances to the Ranking Finals Semi-Finals
Pos. Team Games Points Tries TBP LBP Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff For Against Diff
1   Portugal 3 2 0 1 109 41 +68 14 5 +9 2 1 11
2   Romania 3 2 0 1 77 75 +2 11 9 +2 1 0 9
3   Belgium 3 2 0 1 59 49 +10 7 6 +1 1 0 9
4   Poland 3 0 0 3 25 105 -80 3 15 -12 0 0 0
Source - [1]
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:
Win – 4 points | Draw – 2 points | At least 3 more tries than opponent – 1 point | Loss within 7 points – 1 point

2023–2024 Rugby Europe Trophy edit

Champions
Relegated to Conference
Place Nation Games Points Tries TBP LBP GS Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff For Against Diff
1    Switzerland (P) 5 5 0 0 198 64 +134 25 8 +17 2 0 0 22
2   Sweden 5 4 0 1 145 112 +33 21 13 +8 2 0 0 18
3   Czech Republic 5 3 0 2 192 153 +39 26 19 +7 2 0 0 14
4   Croatia 5 2 0 3 130 132 -2 20 10 +1 2 1 0 11
5   Lithuania 5 1 0 4 103 143 -40 12 20 -8 0 0 0 4
6   Ukraine 5 0 0 5 61 225 -164 8 33 -25 0 0 0 0
Source - [2]
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:
Win – 4 points | Draw – 2 points | At least 3 more tries than opponent – 1 point | Loss within 7 points – 1 point | Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point
[3]
(P) - promoted to 2025 Rugby Europe Championship

2023–24 Rugby Europe Conference edit

Pool A edit

Champions and possibly advances to Promotion play-off
Place Nation Games Points TBP LBP GS Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff
1   Latvia 4 3 0 1 128 78 +50 3 0 0 15
2   Denmark 4 2 0 2 112 56 +56 2 2 0 12
3   Finland 3 2 0 1 59 56 +3 1 0 0 9
4   Andorra 3 1 0 2 36 64 -28 1 0 0 5
5   Norway 2 0 0 2 13 94 -81 0 0 0 0
Source - [4]
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:
Win – 4 points | Draw – 2 points | At least 3 more tries than opponent – 1 point | Loss within 7 points – 1 point | Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point
[5]

Pool B edit

Champions and possibly advances to Promotion play-off
Place Nation Games Points TBP LBP GS Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff
1   Luxembourg 4 4 0 0 190 46 +144 3 0 0 19
2   Hungary 4 2 0 2 133 70 +63 2 0 0 11
3   Austria 4 2 0 2 112 111 +1 2 0 0 10
4   Slovenia 4 2 0 2 72 151 -79 0 0 0 8
5   Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 0 0 4 57 186 -129 0 1 0 1
Source - [8]
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:
Win – 4 points | Draw – 2 points | At least 3 more tries than opponent – 1 point | Loss within 7 points – 1 point | Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point
[5]

Pool C edit

Champions and possibly advances to Promotion play-off
Place Nation Games Points TBP LBP GS Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff
1   Moldova 2 2 0 0 64 25 +39 1 0 0 9
2   Bulgaria 2 2 0 0 70 31 +39 1 0 0 9
3   Turkey 3 1 0 2 69 95 -26 0 0 0 4
4   Serbia 3 0 0 3 40 122 -82 0 0 0 0
Source - [9]
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:
Win – 4 points | Draw – 2 points | At least 3 more tries than opponent – 1 point | Loss within 7 points – 1 point | Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point
[5]

Pool D edit

Champions and possibly advances to Promotion play-off
Place Nation Games Points TBP LBP GS Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff
1   Malta 1 1 0 0 22 17 +5 0 0 0 4
2   Cyprus 1 0 0 1 17 22 -5 0 1 0 1
3   Israel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source - [10]
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:
Win – 4 points | Draw – 2 points | At least 3 more tries than opponent – 1 point | Loss within 7 points – 1 point | Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point
[5]

2023–24 Rugby Europe Development edit

Champions and promoted
Place Nation Games Points TBP LBP GS Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff
1   Montenegro 2 1 0 1 35 39 -4 1 0 0 5
2   Kosovo 2 1 0 1 39 35 +4 0 0 0 4
Source - [12]
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:
Win – 4 points | Draw – 2 points | At least 3 more tries than opponent – 1 point | Loss within 7 points – 1 point | Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point
[5]

Play-offs edit

Conference promotion to Trophy play-off edit

25-26 May 2024[13]
TBA
TBAvTBA
TBA
Referee: TBA

References edit

  1. ^ a b "2024 Rugby Europe Championship Standings".
  2. ^ "2023-24 Rugby Europe Trophy standings".
  3. ^ "Rugby Europe International Championships 2018-2019 Manual" (PDF). Rugby Europe. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  4. ^ "2023-24 Rugby Europe Conference standings".
  5. ^ a b c d e "Rugby Europe International Championships 2018-2019 Manual" (PDF). Rugby Europe. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  6. ^ https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/competitions/conference-23-24/andorra-v-latvia-a/
  7. ^ https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/competitions/conference-23-24/andorra-v-finland-a/
  8. ^ "2023-24 Rugby Europe Conference standings".
  9. ^ "2023-24 Rugby Europe Conference standings".
  10. ^ "2023-24 Rugby Europe Conference standings".
  11. ^ a b https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/news/rugby-europe-postpones-matches-of-israel/
  12. ^ "2022-23 Rugby Europe Development standings".
  13. ^ https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/yu0ntbbt/rugby-europe-senior-xv-tournament-manual-23-24.pdf