2021–22 Rugby Europe International Championships

2021–22 Rugby Europe International Championships
Date2 October 2021 – 21 May 2022
Countries34
Tournament statistics
ChampionsChampionship
 Georgia (14)
Trophy
 Belgium (3)
Conference 1
 Sweden (3)
 Croatia (1)
Conference 2
 Moldova (1)
 Bulgaria (1)
Development
Antim Cup Georgia (15th title)
Matches played57
Attendance92,517 (1,623 per match)
Tries scored298 (5.23 per match)
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The 2021–22 Rugby Europe International Championships is the European Championship for tier 2 and tier 3 rugby union nations. The 2021–22 season is the fifth 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, this year's edition of the Rugby Europe International Championships doubles as the second year of 2023 Rugby World Cup qualifiers for the European region, where the winner and runner-up teams of the two-year cycle, automatically qualifies to the tournament as Europe 1 and Europe 2. The third team qualifies to the Final qualification tournament.

On February 28, 2022 Russia and Belarus were suspended from all international rugby and cross-border club rugby activities until further notice.[1]

Countries

Pre-tournament World Rugby rankings in parentheses.

Championship

Conference 1
North

Conference 2
North

Development


Trophy


South


South

Legend:
* Champion of 2020–21 season; ↓ Relegated from higher division during 2019–20 season; X Disqualified

2022 Rugby Europe Championship

Champions
Disqualified
Pos. Team Games Points Tries TBP LBP GS Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff For Against Diff
1  Georgia 5 4 1 0 172 73 +99 25 8 +17 2 0 0 20[a]
2  Romania 5 3 0 2 153 128 +25 19 18 +1 1 1 0 14
3  Spain 5 4 0 1 170 135 +35 23 16 +7 1 0 0 12*
4  Portugal 5 2 1 2 139 98 +41 19 11 +8 1 1 0 12[a]
5  Netherlands 5 1 0 4 25 212 -187 3 34 -31 0 0 0 4[a]
6  Russia 5 0 0 5 62 75 -13 7 9 -2 0 1 0 1
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
a Georgia, Portugal and Netherlands awarded 4 points for cancelled games against Russia[3][4]
* deducted points[5][6]
Matches
5 February 2022
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
Romania 34–25 Russia
Report
Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
Attendance: 0
Referee: Adam Leal (England)
5 February 2022
16:00 CET (UTC+1)
(1 TBP) Spain 43–0 Netherlands
Report
Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi (Italy)
6 February 2022
15:00 GET (UTC+4)
Georgia 25–25 Portugal
Report
Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
12 February 2022
13:00 MSK (UTC+3)
(1 LBP) Russia 37–41 Spain
Report
Slava Metreveli Central Stadium, Sochi
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)
12 February 2022
13:15 CET (UTC+1)
Netherlands 10–72 Georgia (1 TBP)
Report
NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam
Attendance: 900
Referee: Ludovic Cayre (France)
12 February 2022
17:30 EET (UTC+2)
Romania 37–27 Portugal
Report
Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Frank Murphy (Ireland)
26 February 2022
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)
(1 TBP) Portugal 59–3 Netherlands
Report
Campo de Rugby Complexo Desportivo, Caldas da Rainha
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Federico Vedovelli (Italy)
27 February 2022
12:45 CET (UTC+1)
Spain 38–21 Romania
Report
Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)
n/a
n/a
Georgia Cancelled[a][7] Russia
n/a
Attendance: n/a
Referee: n/a
n/a
n/a
Russia Cancelled[b][7] Netherlands
n/a
Attendance: n/a
Referee: n/a
12 March 2022
17:30 EET (UTC+2)
(1 LBP) Romania 23–26 Georgia
Report
Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ben Breakspear (Wales)
13 March 2022
12:45 CET (UTC+1)
Spain 33–28 Portugal (1 LBP)
Report
Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Tual Trainini (France)
19 March 2022
13:00 CET (UTC+1)
Netherlands 12–38 Romania (1 TBP)
Report
NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Ben Blain (Scotland)
n/a
n/a
Portugal Cancelled[c][7] Russia
n/a
Attendance: n/a
Referee: n/a
20 March 2022
18:00 GET (UTC+4)
(1 TBP) Georgia 49–15 Spain
Report
Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi[8]
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)
  1. ^ Georgia awarded 4 points
  2. ^ Netherlands awarded 4 points
  3. ^ Portugal awarded 4 points

2021–22 Rugby Europe Trophy

Champions and promoted to Championship
Promoted to Championship
Place Nation Games Points Tries TBP LBP GS Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff For Against Diff
1  Belgium 5 4 0 1 149 76 +73 21 5 +16 4 1 0 21
2  Poland 5 4 0 1 139 116 +23 15 15 0 1 0 0 17
3  Germany 5 3 0 2 150 95 +55 16 9 +7 3 2 0 17
4   Switzerland 5 2 0 3 120 117 +3 9 14 −5 1 0 0 9
5  Ukraine 5 1 0 4 63 148 −85 9 13 −4 0 1 0 5
6  Lithuania 5 1 0 4 108 177 −69 12 26 −14 0 1 0 5
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[10]
Matches
9 October 2021
13:00 EEST (UTC +3)
(1 LBP) Ukraine 24–27 Poland
Report
Yunist Stadion, Lviv
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: John Catteau (Belgium)
23 October 2021
14:00 EEST (UTC+03)
(1 LBP) Lithuania 37–39 Ukraine
Report
Šiauliai Rugby Academy Stadium, Šiauliai
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ethan Glass (Switzerland)
30 October 2021
15:00 EEST (UTC+03)
Lithuania 16–46 Germany (1 TBP)
Report
Šiauliai Rugby Academy Stadium, Šiauliai
Attendance: 450
Referee: Gert Visser (Netherlands)
13 November 2021
13:00 CET (UTC+01)
Poland 21–16 Germany (1 LBP)
Report
Narodowy Stadion Rugby, Gdynia
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Saba Abulashvili (Georgia)
13 November 2021
15:30 CET (UTC+01)
Switzerland 20–28 Lithuania
Report
Centre Sportif de Colovray, Nyon
Attendance: 1,140
Referee: Dan O'Connell (Germany)
20 November 2021
14:30 CET (UTC+01)
Poland 37–25  Switzerland
Report
Stadion Polonii, Warsaw
Attendance: N/A
Referee: Eki Fanlo (Spain)
12 February 2022
n/a
(1 TBP) Belgium 28–0[11] Ukraine
n/a
n/a
Attendance: n/a
Referee: n/a
19 February 2022
15:00 CET (UTC+01)
(1 LBP) Germany 26–33 Belgium (1 TBP)
Report
Fritz Grunebaum Sportpark, Heidelberg
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Shota Tevzadze (Georgia)
12 March 2022
15:30 CET (UTC+01)
Switzerland 22–18 Belgium (1 LBP)
Report
Stade des Cherpines, Geneva
Attendance: 1,376
Referee: Alexandru Ionescu (Romania)
19 March 2022
14:00 CET (UTC+01)
(1 TBP) Germany 34–25  Switzerland
Report
Sportzentrum Martinsee, Heusenstamm
Attendance: 800
Referee: Gert Visser (Ireland)
19 March 2022
15:00 CET (UTC+01)
(1 TBP) Belgium 41–11 Poland
Report
Sportscentrum Nelson Mandela, Brussels
Attendance: 1,850
Referee: Andrew Cole (Netherlands)
26 March 2022
14:00 EST (UTC+03)
Lithuania 17–29 Belgium (1 TBP)
Report
Šiauliai Rugby Academy Stadium, Šiauliai
Attendance: 300
Referee: Inigo Atorrasagasti (Spain)
9 April 2022
14:45 CEST (UTC+02)
(1 TBP) Poland 43–10 Lithuania
Report
Narodowy Stadion Rugby, Gdynia
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Eugeniu Procopi, (Romania)
16 April 2022
n/a
Ukraine 0–28[12]  Switzerland
n/a
n/a
Attendance: n/a
Referee: n/a
30 April 2022
n/a
Germany 28–0[13] Ukraine
n/a
n/a
Attendance: n/a
Referee: n/a

2021–22 Rugby Europe Conference

Conference 1

Conference 1 North

Champions and promoted to 2022–23 Rugby Europe Trophy
Place Nation Games Points TBP LBP GS Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff
1  Sweden 4 4 0 0 154 73 +81 2 0 1 19
2  Czech Republic 4 3 0 1 142 70 +72 3 0 0 15
3  Latvia 3 1 0 2 67 109 -42 1 0 0 5
4  Luxembourg 4 1 0 3 56 128 -72 0 0 0 4
5  Hungary 3 0 0 3 61 90 -29 0 2 0 2
Source - [14]
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[15]
Matches
23 October 2021
14:00 CEST (UTC +2)
(1 TBP) Sweden 51–5 Luxembourg
Report
Bollspelaren, Norrköping
Attendance: 305
Referee: Artur Kisle (Latvia)
6 November 2021
13:00 CET (UTC+01)
(1 TBP) Czech Republic 31–13 Hungary
Report
Stadion ragby Císařka, Prague
Attendance: 550
Referee: Eugeniu Procopi (Moldova)
27 November 2021
18:00 CET (UTC+01)
Luxembourg 12–39 Czech Republic (1TBP)
Report
Stade de Luxembourg, Gasperich
Attendance: 0
Referee: Vaidotas Girdvainis (Lithuania)
12 March 2022
18:00 CET (UTC+01)
Luxembourg 30–23 Hungary (1 LBP)
Report
Stade de Luxembourg, Gasperich
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Francisca Serra (Portugal)
2 April 2022
14:00 EEST (UTC+03)
(1 TBP) Latvia 25–9 Luxembourg
Report
Baldones stadions, Baldone
Attendance: 400
Referee: Hrvoje Bartolic (Croatia)
23 April 2022
15:00 EEST (UTC+03)
Latvia 25–46 Sweden (1 TBP)
Report
Baldones stadions, Baldone[16]
Attendance: 200
Referee: Mike Hawkins (Denmark)
7 May 2022
14:00 CEST (UTC +2)
(1 LBP) Hungary 25–29 Sweden
Report
Rugby Center at Kincsem Park, Budapest
Attendance: 800
Referee: Nicolas Vandecauter (Belgium)
7 May 2022
14:00 CEST (UTC +2)
(1 TBP) Czech Republic 54–17 Latvia
Report
Rugby Club Sparta Praha, Prague
Attendance: 400
Referee: Lukas Kasinski (Poland)
14 May 2022
14:00 CEST (UTC +2)
Sweden 28–18 Czech Republic
Report
Olympiastadion, Stockholm
Referee: Kilian O'Brien (Germany)
n/a
n/a
Hungary n/a Latvia
n/a
Sportközpont, Százhalombatta
Referee: n/a

Conference 1 South

Champions and promoted to 2022–23 Rugby Europe Trophy
Place Nation Games Points TBP LBP GS Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff
1  Croatia 4 4 0 0 111 33 +78 2 0 1 19
2  Malta 4 3 0 1 69 40 +29 0 1 0 13
3  Israel 4 2 0 2 62 54 +8 0 1 0 9
4  Cyprus 4 1 0 3 58 70 -12 1 1 0 6
5  Slovenia 4 0 0 4 13 116 -103 0 0 0 0
Source - [17]
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[18]
Matches
30 October 2021
14:00 CEST (UTC+02)
Slovenia 10–24 Malta
Report
Oval Ljubljana, Ljubljana
Attendance: 0
Referee: Norbert Matrai (Hungary)
6 November 2021
14:00 CET (UTC+01)
(1 TBP) Croatia 48–3 Slovenia
Report
Stari plac, Split
Attendance: 100
Referee: Benjamin Loader (Austria)
13 November 2021
15:00 EET (UTC+02)
Cyprus 8–29 Croatia (1 TBP)
Report
Stelios Kyriakides Stadium, Paphos
Attendance: 0
Referee: Florin Bonea (Romania)
13 November 2021
13:00 CET (UTC+01)
Malta 15–13 Israel (1 LBP)
Report
Tony Bezzina stadium, Paola
Attendance: 0
Referee: Pedro Mendes-Silva (Portugal)
26 March 2022
n/a
(1 TBP) Cyprus 28–0[19] Slovenia
n/a
n/a
Attendance: n/a
Referee: n/a
2 April 2022
14:00 CEST (UTC+02)
Slovenia 0–16 Israel
Report
Oval Ljubljana, Ljubljana
Attendance: 225
Referee: Rutger Van Faasen (Netherlands)
2 April 2022
14:15 CEST (UTC+02)
Croatia 7–3 Malta (1 LBP)
Report
Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić, Zagreb
Attendance: 350
Referee: Ethan Glass (Switzerland)
9 April 2022
15:00 IDT (UTC+03)
Israel 19–27 Croatia
Report
Yizre'el Rugby Club, Yizre'el
Attendance: 300
Referee: Eki Fanlo (Spain)
16 April 2022
14:00 CEST (UTC+02)
Malta 27–10 Cyprus
Report
Tony Bezzina stadium, Paola
Attendance: 931
Referee: Benjamin Loader (Austria)
30 April 2022
14:00 IST (UTC+02)
Israel 14–12 Cyprus (1 LBP)
Report
Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium, Petah Tikva
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jeremy Coomans (Belgium)

Conference 2

Conference 2 North

Champions and promoted
Place Nation Games Points TBP LBP GS Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff
1  Moldova 3 3 0 0 83 19 +64 2 0 0 14
2  Denmark 3 3 0 0 95 46 +49 1 0 0 9
3  Finland 3 1 0 2 43 60 -17 1 0 0 5
4  Norway 3 0 0 3 3 104 -101 0 0 0 0
Source - [20]
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[21]
Matches
9 October 2021
14:00 CEST (UTC+02)
Denmark 29–19 Finland
Report
Odense Athletics Stadium, Odense
Attendance: 500
Referee: Jonathan Teppler (Germany)
23 October 2021
15:00 CEST (UTC+02)
Norway 0–47 Denmark (1 TBP)
Report
Bislett Stadium, Oslo
Attendance: 550
Referee: Liam Wright (Netherlands)
16 April 2022
n/a
(1 TBP) Moldova 28–0[22] Norway
n/a
n/a
Attendance: n/a
Referee: n/a
7 May 2022
14:00 CEST (UTC+02)
Norway 3–24 Finland (1 TBP)
Report
Kanalbanen stadion, Horten
Attendance: 100
Referee: David Horner (Denmark)
7 May 2022
15:00 CEST (UTC+02)
Denmark 19–27 Moldova
Report
Odense Athletics Stadium, Odense
Attendance: 400
Referee: Artur Kisle (Latvia)
n/a
n/a
Finland 0–28[23] Moldova
n/a
Myllypuro Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: n/a
Referee: n/a

Conference 2 South

Champions and promoted
Place Nation Games Points TBP LBP GS Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff
1  Bulgaria 4 4 0 0 134 61 +73 2 0 1 19
2  Serbia 4 3 0 1 110 74 +36 1 1 0 14
3  Andorra 4 1 0 3 69 72 +3 0 3 0 7
4  Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 1 1 2 81 124 -43 0 0 0 6
5  Turkey 4 0 1 3 55 132 -77 0 0 0 2
Source - [24]
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[25]
Matches
2 October 2021
13:55 CEST (UTC+2)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 24–49 Bulgaria (1 TBP)
Report
Kamberovića Polje, Zenica
Attendance: 300
Referee: Francisco Serra, (Portugal)
9 October 2021
10:50 TRT (UTC+03)
Turkey 12–22 Andorra
Report
Burdur MAKÜ Spor Toto Stadyumu, Burdur
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ivan Zelic (Croatia)
16 October 2021
15:00 CEST (UTC+02)
Bulgaria 14–11 Serbia (1 LBP)
Report
National Sports Academy Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 0
Referee: Valeriu Chipercean (Romania)
23 October 2021
14:00 CEST (UTC+02)
(1 TBP) Serbia 37–14 Turkey
Report
Borac Starčevo, Starčevo
Attendance: 0
Referee: Valeriy Maksiuk (Ukraine)
30 October 2021
16:00 CEST (UTC+02)
(1 LBP) Andorra 18–19 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Report
Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella
Attendance: 400
Referee: Adèle Robert (Belgium)
2 April 2022
14:00 CEST (UTC+02)
(1 LBP) Andorra 13–17 Bulgaria
Report
Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella
Attendance: 250
Referee: Liam Wright (Netherlands)
16 April 2022
14:00 CEST (UTC+02)
Serbia 24–18 Andorra (1 LBP)
Report
Borac Starčevo, Starčevo
Attendance: 400
Referee: Florin Bonea (Romania)
7 May 2022
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 19–38 Serbia
Report
Kamberovića Polje, Zenica
Attendance: 350
Referee: Inaki Munoz (Spain)
7 May 2022
15:00 CEST (UTC+02)
(1 TBP) Bulgaria 54–13 Turkey
Report
National Sports Academy Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Norbert Matrai (Hungary)
21 May 2022
12:00 TRT (UTC+03)
Turkey 19–19 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Report
Edirne 25 Kasım Stadium, Edirne
Attendance: 300
Referee: Robert Diaconescu (Romania)

2022 Rugby Europe Development

Champions
Place Nation Games Points TBP LBP GS Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff
1  Slovakia 1 1 0 0 65 0 +65 1 0 0 5
2  Montenegro 2 1 0 1 28 65 -37 1 0 0 5
3  Estonia 1 0 0 1 0 28 -28 0 0 0 0
Source - [26]
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[27]
Matches
23 April 2022[28]
15:00 CET (UTC+01)
(1 TBP) Slovakia 65–0 Montenegro
n/a
Bratislava Cunovo, Bratislava
Attendance: n/a
Referee: Diogo Inacio (Portugal)
14 May 2022[29]
14:00 CEST (UTC+02)
(1 TBP) Montenegro 28–0 Estonia
n/a
Stadion Topolica, Bar
Attendance: n/a
Referee: George Mossford (Finland)
n/a
n/a
Estonia v Slovakia
n/a
Referee: n/a

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