The 2023–24 Rugby Europe Trophy is the sixth season of the second premier rugby union competition for European national teams outside the Six Nations Championship which itself is a part of the Rugby Europe International Championships. The confirmed teams that are competing include Czechia, Croatia, Lithuania, Sweden, Switzerland and Ukraine.
| 2023–24 Rugby Europe Trophy | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 28 October 2023 - 13 April 2024 | ||
| Countries |  Croatia Czech Republic Lithuania Sweden Switzerland Ukraine | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Champions | Switzerland (2nd title) | ||
| Matches played | 15 | ||
| Attendance | 13,818 (921 per match) | ||
| Tries scored | 111 (7.4 per match) | ||
| |||
Participants edit
| Nation | Stadium | Head coach | Captain | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home stadium | Capacity | Location | |||
| Croatia
|
Stadion Stari plac Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić |
5,000 5,000 |
Split Zagreb |
 Anthony Posa
|
Nik Jurišić |
| Czech Republic
|
Markéta Stadium | 10,000 | Prague | Miroslav Němeček
|
Dan Hošek |
| Lithuania
|
Klaipėda Central Stadium Šiauliai Rugby Academy Stadium |
4,428 4,000 |
Klaipėda Šiauliai |
Gediminas Marcišauskas
|
Tautvydas Krasauskas |
| Sweden
|
Olympiastadion Östervångsstadion |
14,417 n/a |
Stockholm Trelleborg |
 Alex Laybourne
|
Sami Paulsson |
| Switzerland
|
Stade Municipal Yverdon Colovray Sports Centre Centre Sportif des Cherpines |
6,600 7,200 1,000 |
Yverdon-les-Bains Nyon Plan-les-Ouates |
 Olivier Nier
|
Cyril Lin |
| Ukraine
|
Makarska City Stadium* Rugby Club Havirov Stadium* |
3,000 300 |
Makarska* Havířov* |
Valerii Kochanov
|
Oleg Kosariev Viacheslav Ponomarenko |
* Owing to the ongoing war in Ukraine, Ukraine's home matches will be played in Croatia and Czech Republic
Table 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 - [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 | Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point[2] (P) - promoted to 2025 Rugby Europe Championship | |||||||||||||||
Fixtures edit
| 28 October 2023 14:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Sweden | 48–37 | Czech Republic |
| Report |
| Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Eugeniu Procopi (Moldova) |
| 4 November 2023 13:00 CET (UTC+1) |
| (1 TBP) Czech Republic | 48–22 | Croatia |
| Report |
| Markéta Stadium, Prague Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Adrian Pawlik (Poland) |
| 4 November 2023 14:00 CET (UTC +1) |
| Ukraine | 14–32 | Lithuania |
| Report |
| Makarska City Stadium, Makarska Attendance: 300 Referee: Ethan Glass (Switzerland) |
| 4 November 2023 15:30 CET (UTC+1) |
| Switzerland | 23–12 | Sweden |
| Report |
| Stade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains Attendance: n/a Referee: Killian O'Brien (Germany) |
| 11 November 2023 14:00 EET (UTC+2) |
| Lithuania | 17–31 | Switzerland |
| Report |
| Klaipėda Central Stadium, Klaipėda Attendance: 500 Referee: Sulkhan Chikladze (Georgia) |
| 11 November 2023 14:30 CET (UTC +1) |
| Ukraine | 5–41 | Croatia (1 TBP) |
| Report |
| Makarska City Stadium, Makarska Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Luis Fernandez (Spain) |
| 18 November 2023 14:30 CET (UTC +1) |
| (1 LBP) Croatia | 20–22 | Sweden |
| Report |
| Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić, Zagreb Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Lukasz Jasinski (Poland) |
| 25 November 2023 14:00 CET (UTC+1) |
| Czech Republic | 34–24 | Lithuania |
| Report |
| Markéta Stadium, Prague Attendance: 700 Referee: Gert Visser (Netherlands) |
| 9 March 2024 14:00 CET (UTC+1) |
| Czech Republic | 25–41 | Switzerland |
| Report |
| Markéta Stadium, Prague Attendance: 600 Referee: Joshua Ferreira (Germany) |
| 16 March 2024 14:30 CET (UTC+1) |
| (1 TBP) Croatia | 37–22 | Lithuania |
| Report |
| Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić, Zagreb Attendance: 300 Referee: Maria Latos (Germany) |
| 23 March 2024 13:00 CET (UTC+1) |
| Ukraine | 18–48 | Czech Republic (1 TBP) |
| Report |
| Rugby Club Havirov Stadium, Havířov Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Mike Hawkins (Denamrk) |
| 23 March 2024 14:00 EET (UTC+2) |
| Lithuania | 8–27 | Sweden (1 TBP) |
| Report |
| Šiauliai Rugby Academy Stadium, Šiauliai Attendance: 300 Referee: Pedro Mendes-Silva (Portugal) |
| 23 March 2024 15:30 CET (UTC+1) |
| (1 TBP) Switzerland | 35–10 | Croatia |
| Report |
| Stade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains Attendance: 1,518 Referee: Nicola Fratila (Romania) |
| 6 April 2024 14:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
| (1 TBP) Sweden | 36–24 | Ukraine |
| Report |
| Östervångsstadion, Trelleborg Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Gert Visser (Netherlands) |
Two-Year overall table edit
| Promoted to Championship |
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Tries | TBP | LBP | GS | Table points | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | For | Against | Diff | ||||||
| 1 | Switzerland |
8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 362 | 111 | +251 | 49 | 13 | +36 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 38 |
| 2 | Sweden |
8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 179 | 214 | -35 | 26 | 27 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| 3 | Croatia |
8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 208 | 217 | -9 | 28 | 30 | -2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| 4 | Lithuania |
8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 176 | 231 | -55 | 23 | 31 | -8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | Ukraine |
8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 160 | 312 | -152 | 21 | 46 | -25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Source - [3] 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[4] | |||||||||||||||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "2023-24 Rugby Europe Trophy standings".
- ^ "Rugby Europe International Championships 2018-2019 Manual" (PDF). Rugby Europe. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ "2022-23 Rugby Europe Trophy standings".
- ^ "Rugby Europe International Championships 2018-2019 Manual" (PDF). Rugby Europe. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
External links edit
- Rugby Europe - Official Site