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2024 Rugby Europe Championship
Date3 February – 17 March 2024
Countries
Tournament statistics
Champions Georgia (16th title)
Antim Cup Georgia (18th title)
Matches played20
Attendance83,163 (4,158 per match)
Tries scored122 (6.1 per match)
Top point scorer(s)Portugal Hugo Aubry (48 Points)
Top try scorer(s)Georgia (country) Aka Tabutsadze (7 Tries)
Player of the tournamentGeorgia (country) Ilia Spanderashvili
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The 2024 Rugby Europe Championship was be the eighth Rugby Europe Championship, the annual rugby union competition for the top European national teams outside the Six Nations Championship, and the 53rd edition of the competition (including all its previous incarnations as the FIRA Tournament, Rugby Union European Cup, FIRA Nations Cup, FIRA Trophy, and European Nations Cup).

Eight teams took part in the 2024 championship. The championship was be contested by Belgium, Georgia, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania and Spain.

The serpentine system was applied to allocate each team to their respective groups.[1] Each team played a total of five games (three round robin group matches to determine the team's path and two play-off matches).[1] Seeding (for a group) and relegation were calculated over a two-year cycle, as was the promotion from the Trophy competition.[1][2]

Georgia entered the tournament as defending champions, having won the 2023 tournament final against Portugal. Georgia won the tournament, thus claiming their 16th title, again defeating Portugal in the final.

Participants[edit]

Nation Stadium Head coach Captain
Home stadium Capacity Location
 Belgium Stade Charles Tondreau
Stade du Pachy 		8,000
3,000 		Mons
Waterloo 		France Laurent Dossat Jens Torfs
 Georgia Avchala Stadium
Mikheil Meskhi Stadium 		2,500
27,223 		Tbilisi England Richard Cockerill Merab Sharikadze
 Germany Fritz-Grunebaum-Sportpark
Stadion Pichterich 		5,000
6,000 		Heidelberg
Neckarsulm 		Germany Mark Kuhlmann Jörn Schröder
 Netherlands NRCA Stadium 7,000 Amsterdam Wales Lyn Jones Hugo Langelaan
 Poland Narodowy Stadion Rugby 2,425 Gdynia Wales Christian Hitt Piotr Zeszutek
 Portugal Estádio Nacional
Estádio do Restelo 		37,593
19,856 		Lisbon Argentina Daniel Hourcade (interim) Tomás Appleton
 Romania Stadionul Arcul de Triumf 8,207 Bucharest France David Gérard Mihai Macovei
 Spain Estadio Nacional Complutense 7,000 Madrid Argentina Pablo Bouza Mario Pichardie

Two-Year overall standings[edit]

Relegated to Trophy
2023-24 Rugby Europe Championships
Pos
Event 
Team
 2023 2024 Points
total
1  Georgia 10 10 20
2  Portugal 8 8 16
3  Romania[a] 6 5 11
4  Spain[a] 5 6 11
5  Netherlands 4 4 8
6  Germany 3 3 6
7  Belgium 2 2 4
8  Poland 1 1 2

  1. ^ a b Overall points difference - Romania +12, Spain -42

Tables and Fixtures[edit]

Group A[edit]

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 - [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

Week 1[edit]

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)
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)

Week 2[edit]

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)
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)

Week 3[edit]

17 February 2024
16:00 GET (UTC+4)
(1 TBP) Georgia 38–3 Spain
Report
Avchala Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Sam Grove White (Scotland)
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)

Group B[edit]

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 - [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

Week 1[edit]

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
18:15 CET (UTC+1)
Poland 8–20 Romania
Report
Narodowym stadion dla rugby, Gdynia
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Keane Davison (Ireland)

Week 2[edit]

10 February 2024
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
(1 TBP) Romania 33–18 Belgium
Report
Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Inigo Atorrasagasti (Spain)
10 February 2024
19:00 WET (UTC+0)
(1 TBP) Portugal 54–7 Poland
Report
Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Ethan Glass (Switzerland)

Week 3[edit]

17 February 2024
16:30 EET (UTC+2)
Romania 24–49 Portugal (1 TBP)
Report
Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)
17 February 2024
19:00 CET (UTC+1)
(1 TBP) Belgium 31–10 Poland
Report
Stade du Pachy, Waterloo
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ben Breakspear (Wales)

Ranking Finals[edit]

 
Semi-finalsFifth-place Final
 
      
 
2 March – NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam
 
 
 Netherlands54
 
17 March – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 Poland7
 
 Netherlands45
 
2 March – Stade du Pachy, Waterloo
 
 Germany0
 
 Belgium11
 
 
 Germany21
 
Seventh-place Final
 
 
17 March – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 
 Poland8
 
 
 Belgium34

Semi-finals[edit]

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)

Seventh-place final[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

 
Semi-finalsCup Final
 
      
 
2 March – Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi
 
 
 Georgia43
 
17 March – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 Romania5
 
 Georgia36
 
3 March – Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon
 
 Portugal10
 
 Portugal33
 
 
 Spain30
 
Bronze Final
 
 
17 March – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 
 Romania33
 
 
 Spain40

Semi-finals[edit]

2 March 2024
16:00 GET (UTC+4)
Georgia 43–5 Romania
Report
Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 10,300
Referee: Peter Martin (Ireland)
3 March 2024
15:00 WET (UTC+0)
Portugal 33–30 Spain
Report
Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Benoit Rousselet (France)

Bronze Final[edit]

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[edit]

17 March 2024
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Georgia 36–10 Portugal
Report
Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Tual Trainini (France)

Final standings[edit]

Pos. Team Points
1  Georgia 10
2  Portugal 8
3  Spain 6
4  Romania 5
5  Netherlands 4
6  Germany 3
7  Belgium 2
8  Poland 1

Team of the Tournament[edit]

On 25 March 2024 Rugby Europe published its Team of the Tournament[4]
Ilia Spanderashvili was voted the player of the tournament by the fans.[5]

International broadcasters[edit]

Country Broadcaster[6] Summary
 Belgium — Rugby Europe (registration required)
 Georgia Rugby TV
Imedi TV 		Georgia games shown live via Rugby TV and Imedi TV. Also Georgia games are streamed and free on Rugby TV Facebook page
 Germany ProSieben Maxx
Joyn
Ran 		Pro7 Maxx for Germany games, with others via streaming platforms Joyn and Ran
 Netherlands Ziggo Netherlands' games only.
 Poland — Rugby Europe (registration required)
 Portugal Sport TV Portugal games shown live
 Romania — Rugby Europe (registration required)
 Spain Movistar Plus+ Spain games only
Rest of the World Rugby Europe
RugbyPassTV 		All games available through streaming via Rugby Europe (registration required). Some games are streamed and free on Rugby Europe Youtube channel
One game from each round will be broadcast on World Rugby-owned RugbyPassTV

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "New Format for Rugby Europe Championship". Rugby Europe. 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Schedule set for Rugby Europe Championship 2024". Rugby Europe. 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  3. ^ a b "2024 Rugby Europe Championship Standings".
  4. ^ "Team of the Men's Championship 2024".
  5. ^ https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/news/men-s-rugby-europe-player-of-the-tournament-2024
  6. ^ "Where to Watch: Men's Rugby Europe Championship".
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