2017–18 Rugby Europe International Championships

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2017–18 Rugby Europe International Championships
DateOctober 2017 – June 2018
Countries35
Tournament statistics
ChampionsChampionship
File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia (10)
Trophy
File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal (2)
Conference 1
File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania (2)
File:Flag of Malta.svg Malta (2)
Conference 2
File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg (1)
File:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus (1)
Development
File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria (1)
Antim CupGeorgia (country) (11th title)
Matches played73
Attendance190,278 (2,607 per match)
Tries scored509 (6.97 per match)
Top point scorer(s)Championship
Russia Yuri Kushnarev (45)
Trophy
Netherlands Liam McBride (57)
Conference
Denmark Cassius Deschamps (59)
Development
Bulgaria Petar Nikolov (41)
Top try scorer(s)Championship
Romania Sione Faka'osilea (3)
Romania Paula Kinikinilau (3)
Georgia (country) Giorgi Kveseladze (3)
Spain Fernando López Pérez (3)
Russia Anton Rudoy (3)
Trophy
Netherlands Sep Visser (8)
Conference
Luxembourg Gauthier Bares (5)
Serbia Igor Dejanović (5)
Malta James Kirk (5)
Denmark Christian Melgaard (5)
Malta Luke Watts (5)
Development
Bulgaria Ivayilo Ivanov (4)
Official websiteRugby Europe
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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. Trophy and Conference as of 9 October 2017. Championship as of 5 February 2018.

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 2016–17 season.

2018 Rugby Europe Championship

Main article: 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. Following the match on 18 March 2018 between Belgium and Spain, an appeal by the Spanish Rugby Federation to World Rugby and Rugby Europe was published for the match to be replayed, following the appointment of a Romanian referee – Romania needed Spain to lose in order to qualify. In the meantime, World Rugby also received complaints amid European countries fielding ineligible players, in breach of Regulation 8, during the qualification process; issues were made against all competing five nations. The appeal from Spain for their match to be replayed was held whilst the appointed panel investigated the accused ineligible players, although the final verdict around the Belgium–Spain was for the result to stand. The neutral panel cleared Germany and Russia of the alleged ineligible players, but found Belgium, Romania and Spain guilty of breaching Regulation 8. The panel determined that each nation would be deducted 5 points for each game they had fielded an ineligible player, regardless of if more than one ineligible player had been fielded. The investigation found that Belgium and Romania had fielded ineligible players 6 times (a deduction of 30 points) and Spain 8 times (a deduction of 40 points) during the qualification process. This meant, with the deducted points for the respective nations, Russia would qualify ahead of Romania and Germany would advance to the play-off's ahead of Spain.[1][2][3]

Champions
Advances Promotion/
Relegation play-off
Pos. Team Games Points TBP LBP GS Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff
1 File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia 5 5 0 0 188 35 +153 3 0 1 24
2 File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 5 2 0 3 142 84 +58 2 1 0 11
3 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 5 0 0 5 34 359 −325 0 0 0 0
4 File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 5 2 0 3 106 182 −76 1 0 0 -1*
5 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 5 3 0 2 146 74 +72 1 0 0 -7*
6 File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 5 3 0 2 198 80 +118 2 0 0 -11*
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 (will not be counted towards World Cup Qualification)
* deducted points [5][6][7]

2017–18 Rugby Europe Trophy

Main article: 2017–18 Rugby Europe Trophy
Champions and
advances to Promotion/
Relegation play-off
Relegated
Pos. Team Games Points TBP LBP GS Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff
1 File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal 5 5 0 0 168 76 +92 2 0 1 23
2 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 5 4 0 1 199 110 +89 3 0 0 19
3 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 5 3 0 2 93 120 −27 0 0 0 12
4 File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 5 2 0 3 109 122 −13 0 2 0 10
5 File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland 5 1 0 4 106 147 −41 0 3 0 7
6 File:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova 5 0 0 5 58 158 −100 0 1 0 1
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 (will not be counted towards World Cup Qualification)

2017–18 Rugby Europe Conference

Conference 1

Main article: 2017–18 Rugby Europe Conference § Conference 1

Conference 1 North

Champions and advances to
Promotion play-off
Relegated
Pos. Team Games Points TBP LBP GS Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff
1 File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania 4 4 0 0 127 78 +49 2 0 1 19
2 File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 4 2 1 1 92 63 +79 2 0 0 12
3 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 4 2 0 2 92 109 −17 1 0 0 9
4 File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 4 0 1 3 60 72 −12 0 3 0 5
5 File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia 4 1 0 3 72 121 −49 0 0 0 4
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 (will not be counted towards World Cup Qualification)

Conference 1 South

Champions and advances to
Promotion play-off
Relegated
Pos. Team Games Points TBP LBP GS Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff
1 File:Flag of Malta.svg Malta 4 4 0 0 221 48 +173 3 0 1 20
2 File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 4 2 1 1 85 97 −12 1 0 0 11
3 File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel 4 2 0 2 105 86 +19 1 1 0 10
4 File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 1 0 3 54 140 −86 0 0 0 4
5 File:Flag of Andorra.svg Andorra 4 0 1 3 60 154 −94 0 2 0 4
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 (will not be counted towards World Cup Qualification)

Conference 2

Main article: 2017–18 Rugby Europe Conference § Conference 2

Conference 2 North

Champions and Promoted
Relegated
Pos. Team Games Points TBP LBP GS Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff
1 File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg 4 4 0 0 162 24 +138 2 0 1 19
2 File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 4 3 0 1 211 45 +166 2 0 0 14
3 File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland 4 2 0 2 107 120 −13 1 0 0 9
4 File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway 4 1 0 3 83 90 −7 1 1 0 6
5 File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 4 0 0 4 31 315 −284 0 0 0 0
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 (will not be counted towards World Cup Qualification)

Conference 2 South

Champions and Promoted
Pos. Team Games Points TBP LBP GS Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff
1 File:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus 4 3 0 1 114 51 +63 2 0 0 14
2 File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria 4 3 0 1 110 85 +25 1 0 0 13
3 File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia 4 2 0 2 131 98 +33 1 1 0 10
4 File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 4 2 0 2 82 75 +7 0 1 0 9
5 File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 4 0 0 4 45 173 −128 0 0 0 0
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 (will not be counted towards World Cup Qualification)

2018 Rugby Europe Development

Champions and Promoted
Pos. Team Games Points TBP LBP GS Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff
1 File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 2 2 0 0 96 25 +71 1 0 0 9
2 File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 2 1 0 1 38 47 −9 0 0 0 4
3 File:Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro 2 0 0 2 8 70 −62 0 1 0 1
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 (will not be counted towards World Cup Qualification)

Play-offs

Championship-Trophy Promotion play-off

10 November 2018
14:00 EET (UTC+02)
Romania File:Flag of Romania.svg36–6File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal
Gamesheet
Stadionul Lascăr Ghineț (Arena Zimbrilor), Baia Mare
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: England Ian Tempest

Conference 1 promotion to Trophy play-off

19 May 2018
14:00 EEST (UTC+03)
Lithuania File:Flag of Lithuania.svg81–10File:Flag of Malta.svg Malta
Gamesheet
Šiaulių savivaldybės stadionas, Šiauliai
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: France Rémy Charleroy

See also

References

  1. ↑ World Rugby statement regarding the independent disputes committee's decision
  2. ↑ "MEDIA RELEASE – RWC-2019-QUALIFICATION-DISPUTE-JUDGMENT". Archived from the original on 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  3. ↑ No changes were made on the standings yet, due to the 14-day appeal window
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Rugby Europe. Rugby Europe International Championships 2017–18 Manual (PDF). p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "Judicial Committee judgement" (PDF). Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  6. ↑ Committee decision
  7. ↑ "FINAL RANKING OF REC 2018 | Rugby Europe". Archived from the original on 2018-06-13. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
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