2020–21 Rugby Europe International Championships

The 2020–21 Rugby Europe International Championships is the European Championship for tier 2 and tier 3 rugby union nations. The 2020–21 season is the fourth 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.

2020–21 Rugby Europe International Championships
DateFebruary 2021 – TBA
Countries36
Tournament statistics
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For all teams competing in the Championship, this year's edition of the Rugby Europe International Championships doubles as the first year of 2023 Rugby World Cup qualifiers for the European region, where the winner and runerr-up teams of the two-year cycle, automatically qualifies to the tournament as Europe 1 and Europe 2. The third tema qualifies to the Final qualification tournament.

Countries

Pre-tournament World Rugby rankings in parentheses.

Legend:
* Champion of 2019–20 season; ↑ Promoted from lower division during 2019–20 season; • Division Champion but not promoted during 2019–20 season; ‡ Last place inside own division but not relegated during 2019–20 season; ↓ Relegated from higher division during 2019–20 season

2021 Rugby Europe Championship
Main article: 2021 Rugby Europe Championship
Champions
Advances to Promotion/Relegation play-off
Pos. Team Games Points Tries Try
BP		 Losing
BP		 Grand Slam
BP		 Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff For Against Diff
1 Georgia 00000000000000
2 Spain 00000000000000
3 Romania 00000000000000
4 Portugal 00000000000000
5 Russia 00000000000000
6TBC 00000000000000
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 | Loss greater than 7 points – 0 points | Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point[2]

2020–21 Rugby Europe Trophy
Main article: 2020–21 Rugby Europe Trophy
Champions and advance to Promotion/Relegation play-off
Advances to Promotion/Relegation play-off
Pos. Team Games Points Tries Try
BP		 Losing
BP		 Grand Slam
BP		 Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff For Against Diff
1 Germany 00000000000000
2 Lithuania 00000000000000
3 Poland 00000000000000
4 Ukraine 00000000000000
5  Switzerland 00000000000000
6TBC 00000000000000
Pre-tournament rankings in parentheses.[4]
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:[5]
Win – 4 points | Draw – 2 points | Loss – 0 points
Match bonus points:
Scoring at least 3 more tries than the opponent – 1 point | Losing by 7 points or less – 1 point | Overall bonus point: Completing a Grand Slam (winning all matches) – 1 point
Postponed[6]
 Lithuania v  Ukraine
Postponed[7]
 Ukraine v  Poland
TBC
TBC
 Germany v TBC
TBC
Referee: TBC
TBC
TBC
 Lithuania v   Switzerland
TBC
Referee: TBC
TBC
TBC
TBC v  Lithuania
TBC
Referee: TBC
TBC
TBC
  Switzerland v  Ukraine
TBC
Referee: TBC
TBC
TBC
 Germany v  Poland
TBC
Referee: TBC
TBC
TBC
 Ukraine v TBC
TBC
Referee: TBC
TBC
TBC
 Poland v   Switzerland
TBC
Referee: TBC
TBC
TBC
 Lithuania v  Germany
TBC
Referee: TBC
TBC
TBC
TBC v  Poland
TBC
TBC
TBC
 Germany v   Switzerland
TBC
Referee: TBC
TBC
TBC
  Switzerland v TBC
TBC
Referee: TBC
TBC
TBC
 Poland v  Lithuania
TBC
Referee: TBC
TBC
TBC
 Ukraine v  Germany
TBC
Referee: TBC

2020–21 Rugby Europe Conference

Conference 1 North
Champions and promoted to
2019–20 Rugby Europe Trophy
Relegated
Place Nation Games Points Try
BP		 Losing
BP		 Grand Slam
BP		 Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff
1 Czech Republic 00000000000
2 Hungary 00000000000
3 Luxembourg 00000000000
4 Sweden 00000000000
5 Latvia 00000000000
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:[8]
Win – 4 points : Draw – 2 points : Loss within seven points – 1 point : Loss greater than seven points – 0 points: At least three more tries than opponent – 1 point
Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point

Conference 1 South
Champions
Relegated
Place Nation Games Points Try
BP		 Losing
BP		 Grand Slam
BP		 Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff
1 Croatia 00000000000
2 Malta 00000000000
3 Cyprus 00000000000
4 Slovenia 00000000000
5 Israel 00000000000
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:[8]
Win – 4 points : Draw – 2 points : Loss within seven points – 1 point : Loss greater than seven points – 0 points: At least three more tries than opponent – 1 point
Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point

Conference 2 North
Champions and promoted
Possible relegation
Place Nation Games Points Try
BP		 Losing
BP		 Grand Slam
BP		 Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff
1 Denmark 00000000000
2 Moldova 00000000000
3 Austria 00000000000
4 Finland 00000000000
5 Norway 00000000000
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:[8]
Win – 4 points : Draw – 2 points : Loss within seven points – 1 point : Loss greater than seven points – 0 points: At least three more tries than opponent – 1 point
Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point

Conference 2 South
Champions and promoted
Possible relegation
Place Nation Games Points Try
BP		 Losing
BP		 Grand Slam
BP		 Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff
1 Bulgaria 00000000000
2 Turkey 00000000000
3 Andorra 00000000000
4 Serbia 00000000000
5 Bosnia and Herzegovina 00000000000
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:[8]
Win – 4 points : Draw – 2 points : Loss within seven points – 1 point : Loss greater than seven points – 0 points: At least three more tries than opponent – 1 point
Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point

2021 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 Belarus 00000000000
2 Estonia 00000000000
3 Montenegro 00000000000
4 Slovakia 00000000000
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:[8]
Win – 4 points : Draw – 2 points : Loss within seven points – 1 point : Loss greater than seven points – 0 points: At least three more tries than opponent – 1 point
Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point

Play-offs

Championship–Trophy promotion play-off
TBC
TBC
6th place of 2021 Rugby Europe Championship v 1st place of 2021 Rugby Europe Trophy
TBC
Referee: TBC

Trophy–Conference 1 promotion play-off

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References
  1. https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/competitions/2019-20-reic-men-xv
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/news/decisions-on-rugby-europe-championship-2020/
  4. "World Rugby Men's Ranking". WR.org. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  5. "Competition Manual 2019-20" (PDF). Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  6. "Rugby Europe announces suspension of all matches planned in 2020". 19 October 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  7. "Rugby Europe announces suspension of all matches planned in 2020". 19 October 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  8. Rugby Europe. Rugby Europe International Championships 2019-2020 Manual (PDF). p. 14. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
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