2023–24 Rugby Europe International Championships

2023–24 Rugby Europe International Championships
Date	30 September 2023 – 25 May 2024
Countries	31
Tournament statistics
Champions	Championship  Georgia (16) Trophy   Switzerland (2) Conference  Latvia (2)  Luxembourg (1)  Moldova (2)  Malta (4) Development  Montenegro (1)
Antim Cup	Georgia (18th title)
Matches played	60
Attendance	115,157 (1,919 per match)
Tries scored	421 (7.02 per match)
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The 2023–24 Rugby Europe International Championships is the European Championship for tier 2 and tier 3 rugby union nations.

Countries

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

Group A

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

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

Matches
Group Stage
3 February 2024 13:15 CET (UTC+1) (1 LBP) Netherlands  18–20  Spain Report NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland) 3 February 2024 20:00 CET (UTC+1) Belgium  10–6  Portugal (1 LBP) Report Stade Charles Tondreau, Mons Attendance: 4,600 Referee: Saba Abulashvili (Georgia) 4 February 2024 15:00 CET (UTC+1) Germany  17–28  Georgia Report Paul Greifzu Stadium, Dessau-Roßlau Attendance: 5,400 Referee: Tom Spurrier (Wales) 4 February 2024 18:15 CET (UTC+1) Poland  8–20  Romania Report Narodowym stadion dla rugby, Gdynia Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Keane Davison (Ireland) 10 February 2024 14:00 GET (UTC+4) (1 TBP) Georgia  31–10  Netherlands Report Avchala Stadium, Tbilisi Attendance: 2,963 Referee: Alexandru Ionescu (Romania) 10 February 2024 14:30 EET (UTC+2) (1 TBP) Romania  33–18  Belgium Report Arcul de Triumph, Bucharest Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Inigo Atorrasagasti (Spain) 10 February 2024 20:00 CET (UTC+1) (1 TBP) Portugal  54–7  Poland Report Estádio Nacional, Lisbon Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Ethan Glass (Switzerland) 11 February 2024 12:45 CET (UTC+1) (1 TBP) Spain  27–5  Germany Report Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal) 17 February 2024 16:00 GET (UTC+4) (1 TBP) Georgia  38–3  Spain Report Avchala Stadium, Tbilisi Referee: Sam Grove White (Scotland 17 February 2024 14:00 EET (UTC+2) Romania  24–49  Portugal (1 TBP) Report Arcul de Triumph, Bucharest Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia) 17 February 2024 18:00 CET (UTC+1) (1 TBP) Belgium  39–10  Poland Report Stade du Pachy, Waterloo Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ben Breakspear (Wales) 18 February 2024 13:30 CET (UTC+1) (1 TBP) Netherlands  39–13  Germany report NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Michael Forrestal (Ireland)
Semi-Finals
2 March 2024 16:00 GET (UTC+4) Georgia  43–5  Romania Report Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi Attendance: 10,300 Referee: Peter Martin (Ireland) 2 March 2024 16:15 CET (UTC+1) Netherlands  54–7  Poland Report NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Inigo Atorrasagasti (Spain) 2 March 2024 19:00 CET (UTC+1) Belgium  11–21  Germany Report Stade du Pachy, Waterloo Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Sam Grove White (Scotland 3 March 2024 15:00 WET (UTC+0) Portugal  33–30  Spain Report Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Benoit Rousselet (France)
Ranking Finals
Seventh Place Final 17 March 2024 12:00 CET (UTC+1) Poland  8–34  Belgium Report Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Shota Tevzadze (Georgia) Fifth Place Final 17 March 2024 14:45 CET (UTC+1) Netherlands  45–0  Germany Report Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)
Grand Finals
Bronze Final 17 March 2024 18:15 CET (UTC+1) Romania  33–40  Spain Report Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Adam Jones (Wales) Cup Final 17 March 2024 21:00 CET (UTC+1) Georgia  36–10  Portugal Report Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Dual Trainini (France)

2023–24 Rugby Europe Trophy

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

Matches

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) 13 April 2024 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) (1 TBP) Switzerland  68–0  Ukraine Report Utogrund, Zürich Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Ignacio Munoz Martin (Spain)

2023–24 Rugby Europe Conference

Pool A

Champions

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	Finland	4	3	0	1	116	63	+53	2	0	0	14
3	Denmark	4	2	0	2	112	56	+56	2	2	0	12
4	Andorra	4	2	0	2	68	72	-4	2	0	0	10
5	Norway	4	0	0	4	28	183	-155	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]

Matches

30 September 2023 15:00 CEST (UTC+2) (1 TBP) Denmark  36–8  Andorra Report Rugby Club Speed Stadium, Copenhagen Attendance: 300 Referee: Phila Bitterhout (Netherlands) 7 October 2023 15:00 EEST (UTC+3) Finland  14–10  Denmark (1 LBP) Report Myllypuro Sports Park, Helsinki Attendance: 100 Referee: Vadims Galajevs (Latvia) 21 October 2023 15:00 EEST (UTC+3) Finland  17–46  Latvia (1 TBP) Report Myllypuro Sports Park, Helsinki Attendance: 200 Referee: Romain Rouzairol (Norway) 4 November 2023 17:00 CET (UTC+1) (1 TBP) Andorra  28–0[a][6]  Latvia n/a Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella Attendance: n/a Referee: n/a 11 November 2023 13:00 EET (UTC+2) (1 TBP) Latvia  53–8  Norway Report Baldones Stadions, Baldone Attendance: 300 Referee: Gela Lemonjava (Georgia) 13 April 2024 n/a Andorra  0–28[b][7]  Finland (1 TBP) n/a n/a Attendance: n/a Referee: n/a 13 April 2024 14:00 CEST (UTC+2) (1 TBP) Denmark  41–5  Norway Report Rugby Club Speed Stadium, Copenhagen Attendance: 400 Referee: Vladislav Ilnitskyi (Ukraine) 20 April 2024 13:00 EEST (UTC+3) (1 TBP) Latvia  29–25  Denmark (1 LBP) Report Zemgale Olympic Center stadium, Jelgava Attendance: 350 Referee: Diogo Miranda (Portugal) 4 May 2024 14:00 CEST (UTC+2) Norway  8–32  Andorra (1 TBP) Report Lystlunden Stadion, Horten Attendance: 150 Referee: Joshua Jahn (Germany) 11 May 2024 14:00 CEST (UTC+2) Norway  7–57  Finland (1 TBP) Report Lystlunden Stadion, Horten Attendance: 80 Referee: Vaidotas Girdvainis (Lithuania) ^ Latvia forfeited the fixture due to insufficient finances ^ Cancelled due to a dispute between the Union and the local government

Pool B

Champions and 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]

Matches

30 September 2023 15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Austria  10–53  Hungary (1 TBP) Report Pappelstadion, Mattersburg Attendance: 500 Referee: Emmanuel Jacques (Denmark) 14 October 2023 14:00 CEST (UTC+2) Bosnia and Herzegovina  10–59  Luxembourg (1 TBP) Report Kamberovica Polje Stadium, Zenica Attendance: 150 Referee: Andrei Gheorghe (Romania) 14 October 2023 14:30 CEST (UTC+2) Hungary  17–29  Slovenia Report Budapest Rugby Center, Budapest Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ondrej Fort (Czech Republic) 21 October 2023 14:00 CEST (UTC+2) Slovenia  22–17  Bosnia and Herzegovina (1 LBP) Report Oval Rugby Stadium, Ljubljana Attendance: 500 Referee: Anatolie Tipa (Moldova) 4 November 2023 18:00 CET (UTC+1) (1 TBP) Luxembourg  27–14  Austria Report Stade de Luxembourg, Gasperich Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Kevin Jalibat (Switzerland) 6 April 2024 14:00 CEST (UTC+2) (1 LBP) Hungary  15–18  Luxembourg Report National Rugby Center, Budapest Attendance: 400 Referee: Adele Robert (Belgium) 6 April 2024 15:00 CEST (UTC+2) (1 TBP) Austria  57–17  Bosnia and Herzegovina Report Stadion Stadlau, Vienna Attendance: 200 Referee: Valeriu Chipercean (Moldova) 13 April 2024 13:45 CEST (UTC+2) Slovenia  14–31  Austria (1 TBP) Report Oval Rugby Stadium, Ljubljana Attendance: 200 Referee: Edwin Vanderspeck (Netherlands) 20 April 2024 14:00 CEST (UTC+2) Bosnia and Herzegovina  13–48  Hungary (1 TBP) Report Kamberovica Polje Stadium, Zenica Attendance: 500 Referee: Vadims Galajevs (Latvia) 20 April 2024 18:00 CEST (UTC+2) (1 TBP) Luxembourg  86–7  Slovenia Report Stade de Luxembourg, Gasperich Attendance: 1,250 Referee: Francisco Serra (Portugal)

Pool C

Champions and advances to Promotion play-off

Place	Nation	Games				Points			TBP	LBP	GS	Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff
1	Moldova	3	3	0	0	112	31	+81	2	0	0	14
2	Bulgaria	3	2	0	1	76	79	-3	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]

Matches

30 September 2023 16:00 TRT (UTC+3) Turkey  14–33  Moldova Report Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul Attendance: 350 Referee: Filippos Manolopoulos (Austria) 7 October 2023 13:00 EEST (UTC+3) (1 TBP) Moldova  31–11  Serbia Report Dinamo stadium, Chișinău Attendance: 500 Referee: Nicolae Fratila (Romania) 28 October 2023 15:00 EEST (UTC+3) Bulgaria  40–24  Turkey Report Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Diogo Inacio (Portugal) 13 April 2024 15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Serbia  22–31  Turkey Report Borac Starčevo Stadium, Starčevo Attendance: 200 Referee: Liam Wright (Netherlands) 20 April 2024 15:00 EEST (UTC+3) (1 TBP) Bulgaria  30–7  Serbia Report Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Dominik Jastrzebski (Poland) 4 May 2024 16:00 EEST (UTC+3) (1 TBP) Moldova  48–6  Bulgaria Report Dinamo stadium, Chișinău Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Eki Fanlo (Spain)

Pool D

Champions

Place	Nation	Games				Points			TBP	LBP	GS	Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff
1	Malta	2	2	0	0	46	31	+15	0	0	0	8
2	Cyprus	2	0	0	2	31	46	-15	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]

Matches

4 November 2023 14:00 CET (UTC+1) Malta  22–17  Cyprus Report Tony Bezzina Stadium, Paola Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Ivan Zelic (Croatia) 4 May 2024 14:00 EEST (UTC+3) Cyprus  14–24  Malta Report Tsirio Stadium, Limassol Attendance: 427 Referee: Paul Warman (Germany) TBA[11] TBA Cyprus  Cancelled[a]  Israel TBA Referee: TBA TBA[11] TBA Israel  Cancelled[a]  Malta TBA Referee: TBA TBA TBA Israel  Cancelled[a]  Cyprus TBA Referee: TBA TBA TBA Malta  Cancelled[a]  Israel TBA Referee: TBA ^ a b c d Cancelled due to Israel–Hamas war

2023–24 Rugby Europe Development

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]

Matches
3 December 2023 14:00 CET (UTC+1) Kosovo  27–0  Montenegro Report Hajvali Stadium, Pristina Attendance: n/a Referee: John Stuyck (Belgium) 14 April 2024 13:50 CEST (UTC+3) (1 TBP) Montenegro  35–12  Kosovo Report Stadion Topolica, Bar Attendance: 500 Referee: Victor Lungu (Moldova)

Play-offs

Conference promotion to Trophy play-off

References