2016–17 Rugby Europe Trophy

2016-17 Rugby Europe Trophy
2016-17 Rugby Europe Trophy
Date	24 September 2016 – 22 April 2017
Countries	Moldova; Netherlands; Poland; Portugal; Switzerland; Ukraine;
Tournament statistics
Champions	Portugal (1st title)
Grand Slam	Portugal (1)
Matches played	15
Attendance	37,627 (2,508 per match)
Tries scored	89 (5.93 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	David Weersma (52)
Top try scorer(s)	Sep Visser (6)
Official website	Rugby International Championship
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The 2016–17 Rugby Europe Trophy is the second-level rugby union competition below the premier Championship. It is the inaugural Trophy competition under its new format, that will see Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Switzerland and Ukraine compete for the title, and a place in the Championship-Trophy promotion play-off.

This years competition sees Portugal drop down out of the top six, outside the Rugby Europe Championship, replacing Belgium who earned Promotion to the Championship for 2017.^[1]

Table[edit]

Champions and advances to Promotion/relegation play-off
Relegated

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Try BP	Losing BP	Grand Slam BP	Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff	Try BP	Losing BP	Grand Slam BP	Table points
1	Portugal	5	5	0	0	179	37	+142	4	0	1	25
2	Netherlands	5	3	0	2	159	94	+65	2	1	0	15
3	Switzerland	5	3	0	2	140	122	+18	1	0	0	13
4	Poland	5	3	0	2	73	73	0	0	0	0	12
5	Moldova	5	1	0	4	100	162	–62	1	1	0	6
6	Ukraine	5	0	0	5	52	215	–163	0	0	0	0
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:^[2] Win - 4 points Draw - 2 points At least 3 more tries than opponent- 1 point Loss within 8 points - 1 point Loss greater than 8 points - 0 points Completing a Grand Slam - 1 point (will not be counted towards World Cup Qualification)

Fixtures[edit]

24 September 2016
19:30 EET (UTC+02)

Poland	22–0	Ukraine
Try: Penalty try 31' Con: Wojciech Piotrowicz 32' Pen: Wojciech Piotrowicz (5/5) 3', 11', 37', 50', 70'	Report^[3]

Arena Lublin, Lublin
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Dan Jones (Wales)


FB	15	Mateusz Lament
RW	14	Szymon Sirocki
OC	13	Kewin Bracik	65'
IC	12	Patryk Reksulak
LW	11	Radoslaw Rakowski
FH	10	Wojciech Piotrowicz
SH	9	Dawid Plichta
N8	8	Michał Mirosz	63'
OF	7	Aleksander Nowicki
BF	6	Mateusz Bartoszek
RL	5	Paweł Poniatowski
LL	4	Piotr Karpiński	63'
TP	3	Radosław Bysewski
HK	2	Kamil Bobryk (c)
LP	1	Marcin Wilczuk	36' to 41'		65'
Replacements:
	16	Łukasz Kujawa
	17	Adrian Chróściel
	18	Stanisław Niedźwiecki	63'
	19	Piotr Zeszutek
	20	Rafał Janeczko
	21	Daniel Gdula	63'
	22	Tomasz Gasik	65'
	25	Sebastian Kacprzak	36'	41'	65'
Coach:
Blikkies Groenewald


FB	15	Denys Masiukov	70'
RW	14	Ievgen Zalevskyi	30'
OC	13	Sergii Garkavyi
IC	12	Viachesla Ponomarkeno
LW	11	Oleg Kosariev
FH	10	Sergiy Tserkovniy
SH	9	Maksym Kravchenko	70'
N8	8	Eduard Vertyletskyi	64'
OF	7	Valentyn Lytvynenko	30' to 40'
BF	6	Oleksand Mishynov	50'
RL	5	Oleksand Tsapenko	50'
LL	4	Oleksand Lomakin
TP	17	Vitalii Kramarenko	70'
HK	20	Mykola Kirsanov (c)
LP	3	Mykola Aleksandruik	55'
Replacements:
	18	Serhii Sukhih	70'
	1	Konstyan Hurylov	64'
	16	Ivan Zalizniak	55'
	2	Dmitriy Mokretsov	50'
	19	Vitalii Kuznietsov	50'
	23	Myroslav Shuliak	70'
	21	Maksym Churaiev	30'
	22	Volodymy Voitov	70'
Coach:
Valerii Kochanov

Touch judges:
Simon Mills (Wales)
Elgan Williams (Wales)

5 November 2016
14:00 EET (UTC+02)

Ukraine	12–54	Netherlands (1 BP)
Try: Roman Kulakivskiy 58' Valentyn Lytvynenko 78' Con: Oleg Kosariev 58'	Report^[4]	Try: David Weersma 2' Josh Gascoigne 19', 75' Dirk Danen 43' Sep Visser 47', 70' Rob Verbakel 52' Con: Liam McBride 2', 19' David Weersma 52', 70', 75' Pen: Liam McBride 12' Davis Weersma 24', 35'

Stadium Lviv, Lviv
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)


FB	15	Ihor Snisarenko
RW	14	Ievgen Zalevskyi	54'
OC	13	Oleg Kosariev
IC	12	Viachesla Ponomarkeno
LW	11	Andrii Shakura
FH	10	Sergii Garkavyi
SH	9	Maksym Kravchenko	48'
N8	8	Ruslan Radchuck
OF	7	Oleksand Lomakin	48' to 58'	72'
BF	6	Valentyn Lytvynenko
RL	5	Oleksand Tsapenko
LL	4	Roman Kulakivskiy	74'
TP	3	Mykola Aleksandruik	35'
HK	2	Mykola Kirsanov (c)	65'
LP	1	Sherii Sukhih	76'
Replacements:
	16	Ivan Zalizniak	35'
	22	Sergii Ianchui	48'
	23	Maksym Kovalevskyi	54'
	21	Volodymy Voitov
	17	Konstyan Hurylov	65'
	19	Serhii Cherniachenko	72'
	20	Vitalii Kuznietsov	74'
	18	Oleg Lytvynenko	76'
Coach:
Valerii Kochanov


FB	15	Liam McBride	40'
RW	14	Johnny Nas	66'
OC	13	Josh Gascoigne
IC	12	David Weersma
LW	11	Sep Visser
FH	10	Storm Carroll	56'
SH	9	Amir Rademaker
N8	8	Vincent Wright	72'
OF	7	Huey van Vliet	51'
BF	6	Dirk Danen (c)
RL	5	Chesney Crosby
LL	4	Rob Verbakel
TP	3	Koos de Haan	51'
HK	2	Mark Darlington	68'
LP	1	Hugo Langelaan	71'
Replacements:
	16	Andrew Darlington	51'
	17	Roberto Waremerdam	68'
	18	Kieran Hogg	71'
	19	Bart Jan Romijn	72'
	20	Robin Kok	51'
	23	Eric Wijten	56'
	22	Leon Koenen	66'
	21	Conrad Van der Klauw	40'
Coach:
Gareth Gilbert

Touch judges:
P. Mendes Silva (Portugal)
J. Costa (Portugal)

12 November 2016
13:10 EET (UTC+02)

(1 BP) Moldova	54–15	Ukraine
Try: Maxim Gargallic, 11' Oleg Prepelitta, 16', 34', 70' Veaceslav Titica, 25', 44' Victor Arhip, 50' Ion Cavcaliuc, 77' Con: Mihai Golubenco 12', 17', 26', 35', 45', 51' Alexandru Ungureaunu, 78'	Report^[5]	Try: Oleg Kosariev, 64' Oleg Lytvynenko 80' Con: Oleg Kosariev, 65' Pen: Oleg Kosariev, 55'

Stadionul Central, Bălți
Attendance: 500
Referee: Laurent Cardona (France)


FB	15	Illie Lotca
RW	11	Andrei Cibotari
OC	13	Victor Arhip
IC	12	Ion Cavcaliuc
LW	14	Grigore Lotca
FH	10	Mihai Golubenco	62'
SH	9	Alexandru Ungureanu
N8	6	Maxim Gargalic
OF	8	Oleg Prepelita
BF	7	Veaceslav Titica (c)	75'
RL	4	Andrei Mahu
LL	5	Andrei Romanov	75'
TP	3	Gheorghe Gajon
HK	2	Igor Orgheanu	65'
LP	1	Maxim Cobîlaş	65' to 68'
Replacements:
	17	Christian Ojovan
	16	Ruslan Dorogan	65'
	18	Ion Busila
	19	Sergiu Castravet	75'
	20	Andrei Lungu	65'	68'
	21	Vadim Preguza
	22	Mihai Diacon	62'
	23	Mihai Artic	75'
Coach:
Sergiu Motoc


FB	15	Ihor Snisarenko
RW	14	Ievgen Zalevskyi	40'
OC	13	Oleg Kosariev
IC	12	Viacheslav Ponomarenko
LW	11	Maksym Kravchenko	22' to 32'	75'
FH	10	Volodymy Voitov
SH	9	Sergii Ianchui
N8	8	Ruslan Radchuk
OF	7	Valentyn Lytvynenko
BF	6	Serhii Cherniachenko
RL	5	Oleksand Tsapenko
LL	4	Oleksand Lomakin
TP	3	Mykola Aleksandruik	71'
HK	2	Mykola Kirsanov (c)	71'
LP	1	Serhii Sukhih	52'
Replacements:
	16	Ivan Zalizniak	71'
	17	Konstyan Hurylov	71'
	18	Vadym Milanko	79'
	19	Oleg Lytvynenko	52'
	20	Vitalii Kuznietsov
	21	Andrii Shakura	40'
	22	Petro Kobylianskyi	79'
	23	Maksym Kovalevskyi	75'
Coach:
Valerii Kochanov

Touch judges:
Adrien Descottes (France)
Thierry Guilloton (France)

19 November 2016
15:00 CET (UTC+01)

(1 BP) Netherlands	44–17	Moldova
Try: Rik Roovers 8' Dirk Danen 11', 27' Sep Visser 18' Josh Gascoigne 34', 70' Mark Darlington 46' Con: David Weersma 9', 12', 46' Pen: David Weersma 6'	Report^[6]	Try: Maxim Gargalic 16', 76' Victor Arhip 32' Con: Mihai Golubenco 32'

NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam
Attendance: 3,215
Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)


FB	15	Josh Gascoigne	74'
RW	14	Johnny Nas	72'
OC	22	Rik Roovers
IC	12	David Weersma
LW	11	Sep Visser
FH	10	Storm Carroll
SH	9	Amir Rademaker	62'
N8	8	Vincent Wright	62'
OF	7	Huey van Vliet	40'
BF	6	Dirk Danen
RL	5	Chesney Crosby
LL	4	Rob Verbakel
TP	16	Andrew Darlington	62'
HK	2	Mark Darlington	62'
LP	1	Hugo Langelaan	72'
Replacements:
	18	Floris Kieft	62'
	17	Roberto Waremerdam	62'
	3	Koos De Haan	72'
	19	Bart Jan Romijn	62'
	20	Robin Kok	40'
	21	Rik van Balkom	62'
	13	Sepp Kotten	72'
	23	Leon Koenen	74'
Coach:
Gareth Gilbert


FB	15	Illie Lotca	72'
RW	14	Andrei Cibotari	64'
OC	13	Victor Arhip
IC	12	Ion Cavcaliuc
LW	11	Grigore Lotca
FH	10	Mihai Golubenco
SH	9	Alexandru Ungureanu	72'
N8	8	Maxim Gargalic
OF	7	Oleg Prepelita	64'
BF	6	Veaceslav Titica
RL	5	Andrei Mahu	67'
LL	4	Andrei Romanov
TP	3	Gheorghe Gajon	47'
HK	2	Igor Orgheanu
LP	1	Ruslan Dorogan
Replacements:
	16	Christian Ojovan	47'
	17
	18	Ion Busila	67'
	19	Sergiu Castravet	64'
	20	Andrei Lungu
	21	Vadim Preguza	72'
	22	Mihai Diacon	72'
	23	Mihai Artic	64'
Coach:
Sergiu Motoc

Touch judges:
Finlay Brown (Scotland)
Neil Muir (Scotland)

19 November 2016
15:00 CET (UTC+01)

Switzerland	10–28	Portugal
Try: Penalty Try 51' Con: Simon Perrod 52' Pen: Simon Perrod 6'	Report^[7]	Try: Francisco Bruno 1' Vasco Ribeiro 65' Nuno Guedes 70' Con: Nuno Guedes 2', 70' Pen: Nuno Guedes 33', 54', 61'

Yverdon
Attendance: 2,057
Referee: Emanuele Tomo (Italy)


FB	15	Thibault Grey
RW	14	Ludovic Porret	16'
OC	13	Ghislain Montiel
IC	12	Benjamin Doy
LW	11	Florian Escoffier	72'
FH	10	Sebastien Dimitri	48'
SH	9	Simon Perrod
N8	8	Cyril Lin (c)
OF	7	Ludovic Pommies	67'
BF	6	Jonathan Wullschleger
RL	5	Nicolas Guyou
LL	4	Mathias Bernath-Yendt	67'
TP	3	Clement Bartschi	62'
HK	2	Mathieu Paul	72'
LP	1	Cyril Lafuye	72'
Replacements:
	16	Ashley Cumbers	62'
	17	Manu Ronza	72'
	18	Benjamin Moritz	72'
	19	Alexandre Coullon	67'
	20	Cedric Curdy	67'
	21	Lucas Heinrich	16'
	22	Sylvain Hirsch	72'
	23	Erwan Meudic	48'
Coach:
Olivier Nier


FB	15	Nuno Guedes
RW	14	José Vareta
OC	13	Tomás Appleton
IC	12	Manuel Vilela	62'
LW	11	Gonçalo Foro	68'
FH	10	Nuno Costa
SH	9	Francisco Pinto Magalhães (c)	67'
N8	8	Vasco Mendes
OF	7	Sebastião Villax	51'
BF	6	João Lino
RL	5	Gonçalo Uva
LL	4	Fernando Almeida	50' to 60'	62'
TP	3	Francisco Bruno	59'
HK	2	Duarte Diniz	67'
LP	1	Bruno Medeiros	51'
Replacements:
	16	João Corte-Real	51'
	17	Duarte Foro	67'
	18	José Conde	59'
	19	Máxime Vaz	62'
	20	Miguel Macedo	51'
	21	Pedro Leal	67'
	22	Vasco Ribeiro	62'
	23	Pedro Silvério	68'
Coach:
Ian Smith

Touch judges:
Manuel Bottino (Italy)
Yves Bressy (France)

26 November 2016
15:00 CET (UTC+01)

Switzerland	29–26	Moldova (1 BP)
Try: Florian Escoffier 47' Jeremy To'a 70' Con: Simon Perrod 47', 70' Pen: Simon Perrod 7', 31', 58', 64', 84'	Report^[8]	Try: Andrei Romanov 25' Victor Arhip 37' Oleg Prepelita 79' Cristian Ojovan 86' Con: Mihai Golubenco 37', 79', 86'

Yverdon
Attendance: 1,030
Referee: Frank Himmer (Germany)


FB	15	Thibault Grey
RW	14	Sylvain Hirsch	55'
OC	13	Ghislain Montiel	73'
IC	12	Jeremy To'a	84'
LW	11	Florian Escoffier
FH	10	Benjamin Doy
SH	9	Simon Perrod
N8	8	Cyril Lin (c)
OF	7	Ludovic Pommies	84'
BF	6	Jonathan Wullschleger
RL	5	Nicolas Guyou
LL	4	Mathias Bernath-Yendt	80'
TP	3	Clement Bartschi	78'
HK	2	Mathieu Paul	33'
LP	1	Benjamin Schaerer	73'
Replacements:
	16	Dorian Hustaix	73'
	17	Maxime Lucon	33'
	18	Benjamin Moritz	78'
	19	Tim Vogtli	80'
	20	Cedric Curdy	84'
	21	Gaetan Hirsch	84'
	22	Lucas Heinrich	55'
	23	Erwan Meudic	73'
Coach:
Olivier Nier


FB	15	Illie Lotca	53'
RW	11	Andrei Cibotari	70'
OC	13	Victor Arhip
IC	12	Ion Cavcaliuc
LW	14	Vasile Buzgan
FH	10	Mihai Golubenco
SH	9	Alexandru Ungureanu	64' to 74'
N8	6	Maxim Gargalic (c)
OF	8	Oleg Prepelita
BF	7	Veaceslav Titica	70'
RL	4	Andrei Mahu
LL	5	Andrei Romanov	80'
TP	3	Cristian Ojovan
HK	1	Igor Orgheanu
LP	2	Ruslan Dorogan	50'
Replacements:
	17	Mihai Boian	80'
	16	Ion Dascal
	18	Ion Busila
	19	Sergiu Castravet	70'
	20	Andrei Lungu	50'
	23	Grigore Lotca
	22	Mihai Diacon	70'
	21	Mihai Artic	53'
Coach:
Sergiu Motoc

Touch judges:
Daniel Maughan (Germany)
Joshua Jahn (Germany)

18 February 2017
14:00 WET (UTC+00)

(1 BP) Portugal	35–10	Poland
Try: Nuno Sousa Guedes 13' Manuel Picão 16' Tomás Appleton 23' Francisco Domingues 64' Vasco Fragoso Mendes 80' Con: Nuno Sousa Guedes (5/5) 14', 17', 24', 64', 80' Pen: Nuno Sousa Guedes (0/1)	Report^[9]	Try: Toma Mchedlidze 34' Con: Wojciech Piotrowicz (1/1) 35' Pen: Wojciech Piotrowicz (1/2) 2' Radoslaw Rakowski (0/1)

CAR Rugby do Jamor, Lisbon
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)


FB	15	Nuno Sousa Guedes
RW	14	Pedro Silvério	62'
OC	13	Tomás Appleton
IC	12	José Lima
LW	11	Adérito Esteves
FH	10	Nuno Penha e Costa
SH	9	Francisco Pinto Magalhães (c)	68'
N8	8	Vasco Fragoso Mendes
OF	7	Sebastião Villax	52'
BF	6	Manuel Picão	62'
RL	5	José Fino
LL	4	Gonçalo Uva	68'
TP	3	Francisco Bruno	72'
HK	2	Duarte Diniz	68'
LP	1	Bruno Medeiros	52'
Replacements:
	16	Francisco Domingues	52'
	17	João Corte-Real	68'
	18	José Leal da Costa	72'
	19	Rui D'Orey	68'
	20	João Lino	62'
	21	Miguel Macedo	52'
	22	Pedro Leal	68'
	23	Vasco Ribeiro	62'
Coach:
Martim Aguiar


FB	15	Mateusz Lament	47'
RW	14	Szymon Sirocki
OC	13	Patryk Reksulak
IC	12	Daniel Gdula
LW	11	Radoslaw Rakowski
FH	10	Wojciech Piotrowicz
SH	9	Dawid Plichta	79'
N8	8	Piotr Zeszutek
OF	7	Aleksander Nowicki
BF	6	Mateusz Bartoszek
RL	5	Stanisław Powała-Niedźwiecki	45'
LL	4	Piotr Karpiński II
TP	3	Toma Mchedlidze	51'
HK	2	Kamil Bobryk (c)
LP	1	Marcin Wilczuk	55'
Replacements:
	16	Łukasz Kujawa
	17	Sebastian Kacprzak	55'
	18	Radosław Bysewski	51'
	19	Adrian Ignakzak
	20	Marek Płonka Jr	45'
	21	Mateusz Plichta	79'
	22	Andrzej Charlat	47'
	23	Tomasz Rokicki
Coach:
Blikkies Groenewald

Touch judges:
David Sutherland (Scotland)
Steven Turnbull (Scotland)

4 March 2017
15:00 CET (UTC+01)

Netherlands	10–26	Portugal (1 BP)
Try: Sep Visser 3' Con: Liam McBride (1/1) 4' Pen: David Weersma (1/1) 39'	Report^[10]	Try: Fernando Almeida 17', 53' Vasco Ribeiro 57' Gonçalo Uva 73' Con: Nuno Penha e Costa (3/4) 54' 58' 74'

NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Giuseppe Vivarini (Italy)


FB	15	Liam McBride	22'
RW	14	Johnny Nas	58'
OC	13	Josh Gascoigne
IC	12	David Weersma
LW	11	Sep Visser
FH	10	Storm Carroll
SH	9	Rik Roovers (c)
N8	8	Vincent Wright
OF	7	Huey van Vliet	58'
BF	6	Dirk Danen	58'
RL	5	Chesney Crosby	52'
LL	4	Rob Verbakel
TP	16	Andrew Darlington	76'	80'
HK	2	Mark Darlington	76'
LP	1	Hugo Langelaan	65'
Replacements:
	3	Floris Kieft	65'	80'
	17	Victor Huurman	76'
	18	Roberto Warmerdam	76'
	19	Robin Kok	58'
	20	Vincent Grimbergen	52'
	21	Niels van de Ven	58'
	22	Rik van Balkom	22'
	23	Pieter Mol	58'
Coach:
Gareth Gilbert


FB	15	Manuel Vilela
RW	14	Gonçalo Foro	77'
OC	13	Tomás Appleton
IC	12	Vasco Ribeiro
LW	11	Adérito Esteves	77'
FH	10	Nuno Penha e Costa
SH	9	Francisco Pinto Magalhães (c)	70'
N8	8	Vasco Fragoso Mendes
OF	7	Sebastião Villax	65'
BF	6	João Lino
RL	5	Gonçalo Uva
LL	4	Fernando Almeida	60'
TP	3	Francisco Bruno	70'
HK	2	Duarte Diniz	77'
LP	1	João Corte-Real	40'
Replacements:
	16	Bruno Medeiros	40'
	17	Nuno Mascarenhas	77'
	18	José Leal da Costa	70'
	19	Manuel Picão	60'
	20	Miguel Macedo	65'
	21	Pedro Leal	70'
	22	Tiago Fernandes	77'
	23	António Vidinha	77'
Coach:
Martim Aguiar

Touch judges:
Alan Falzone (Italy)
Andrea Spadoni (Italy)

11 March 2017
14:00 WET (UTC+00)

(1 BP) Portugal	59–0	Moldova
Try: Gonçalo Foro 2' Nuno Penha e Costa 18', 34' Francisco Pinto Magalhães 40' Manuel Vilela 51' Afonso Rodrigues 60' Sebastião Villax 64' Vasco Ribeiro 73' Nuno Mascarenhas 79' Con: Nuno Penha e Costa 3', 19', 35', 40' Pedro Leal 61', 65', 74'	Report^[11]

CAR Rugby do Jamor, Lisbon
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Stuart Gaffikin (Ireland)


FB	15	Manuel Vilela	53'
RW	14	Gonçalo Foro
OC	13	Tomás Appleton	46'
IC	12	Vasco Ribeiro
LW	11	Adérito Esteves
FH	10	Nuno Penha e Costa
SH	9	Francisco Pinto Magalhães (c)	46'
N8	8	Vasco Fragoso Mendes	30' to 40'
OF	7	Miguel Macedo
BF	6	João Lino	53'
RL	5	Gonçalo Uva	49'
LL	4	Fernando Almeida
TP	3	José Leal da Costa	44'
HK	2	Duarte Diniz	53'
LP	1	Bruno Medeiros	49'
Replacements:
	16	João Corte-Real	49'
	17	Nuno Mascarenhas	53'
	18	Francisco Bruno	44'
	19	Manuel Picão	49'
	20	Sebastião Villax	53'	75' to 80'
	21	Pedro Leal	46'
	22	António Vidinha	46'
	23	Afonso Rodrigues	53'
Coach:
Martim Aguiar


FB	15	Dorin Petrache	37' to 40'
RW	14	Vasili Buzgan
OC	13	Mihail Boian
IC	12	Ion Cavcaliuc	37'
LW	11	Andrei Cibotari
FH	10	Craig Felston	61'
SH	9	Vadim Preguza	15'
N8	8	Sergiu Castravet	64'
OF	7	Veaceslav Titica (c)
BF	18	Ion Busila
RL	5	Andrei Romanov
LL	4	Andrei Mahu	77' to 80'
TP	3	Ion Dascal	46'
HK	2	Ruslan Dorogan	42'
LP	1	Igor Orghianu	65'
Replacements:
	16	Dumitru Vasilachi	65'
	17	Sergiu Moroșanu	42'
	6
	19	Dorin Botan	64'
	20	Andrei Lungu	46'
	21	Stefan Opre	15'
	22	Ion Constantin	37'	40'	61'
	23	Grigore Lotca	37'
Coach:
Sergiu Motoc

Touch judges:
Stuart Douglas (Ireland)
Chris Harrington (Ireland)

12 March 2017
15:00 WET (UTC+01)

(1 BP) Switzerland	54–18	Ukraine
Try: Thibault Géry 8', 55' Simon Perrod 19' Julien Gros 48', 53' Cyril Lin 69' Jonathan Wullschläger 77' Con: Simon Perrod 20', 54', 56' Gaëtan Hirsch 70', 78' Pen: Simon Perrod 16', 25', 40'	Report^[12]	Try: Ruslan Radchuk 38' Mykola Aleksandriuk 58' Con: Oleg Kosariev 39' Pen: Oleg Kosariev 13', 21'

CS Cherpines, Plan-les-Ouates
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)


FB	15	Thibault Géry
RW	14	Florian Escoffier
OC	13	Ludovic Porret		54'	71'
IC	12	Ghislain Montiel
LW	11	Lucas Heinrich		71'
FH	10	Julien Gros
SH	9	Simon Perrod		61'
N8	8	Cyril Lin (c)
OF	7	Ludovic Pommies		71'
BF	6	Jonathan Wullschläger
RL	5	Nicolas Guyou	4' to 14'		61'
LL	4	Tim Vogtli
TP	3	Clément Bärtschi		63'
HK	2	Mathieu Paul		59'
LP	1	Cyril Lafuye		10'
Replacements:
	16	Ashley Cumbers		63'
	17	Maxime Luçon		59'
	18	Dorian Hustaix		10'
	19	Mathias Bernath-Yendt		71'
	20	Edgar Alber		61'
	21	Gaëtan Hirsch		61'
	22	Francis Gangath-Samba		54'
	23	Liam Kavanagh
Coach:
Olivier Nier


FB	15	Volodymy Voitov
RW	14	Ihor Snisarenko
OC	13	Sergii Garkavyi		50'
IC	12	Viacheslav Ponomarenko
LW	11	Oleg Kosariev
FH	10	Sergiy Tserkovniy
SH	9	Sergii Ianchyi		40'
N8	8	Ruslan Radchuk
OF	7	Oleksand Lomakin		52'
BF	6	Valentyn Lytvynenko
RL	5	Oleksand Tsapenko
LL	4	Roman Kulakivskyi
TP	3	Mykola Aleksandriuk		63'
HK	2	Mykola Kirsanov (c)		72'
LP	1	Serhii Sukhih	4' to 14'
Replacements:
	16	Ivan Zalizniak		63'
	17	Konstyantyn Hurylov		72'
	18	Oleg Lytvynenko
	19	Serhii Cherniachenko		52'
	20	Vitalii Kuznietsov
	21	Maksym Kravchenko
	22	M. Delyergiev		40'
	23	Maksym Churaiev		50'
Coach:
Valerii Kochanov

Touch judges:
Vlad Iordăchescu (Romania)
Emanuel Gorodea (Romania)

18 March 2017
13:30 EET (UTC+02)

Moldova	3–15	Poland
Pen: Ion Constantin 29'	Report^[13]	Try: Grzegorz Szczepański 18' Radosław Rakowski 68' Con: Wojciech Piotrowicz 19' Pen: Wojciech Piotrowicz 33'

Stadionul Raional, Anenni Noi^[14]
Attendance: 350
Referee: Alexey Bryzgalin (Russia)


FB	15	Dorin Petrache
RW	14	Grigore Lotca	60' to 70'	80+4'
OC	13	Vasili Buzgan
IC	12	Ion Cavcaliuc
LW	11	Andrei Cibotari
FH	10	Ion Constantin
SH	9	Alexandru Ungureanu		80+3'
N8	8	Sergiu Castravet		51'
OF	7	Veaceslav Titica (c)
BF	6	Maxim Gargalic
RL	5	Andrei Romanov
LL	4	Andrei Mahu
TP	3	Ion Dascal
HK	2	Ruslan Dorogan		75'
LP	1	Igor Orgheanu		78'
Replacements:
	16	Dumitru Vasilachi		75'
	17	Dumitru Ursu		78'
	18	Ion Spatari
	19	Dorin Botan		51'
	20	Andrei Lungu
	21	Vadim Preguza		80+3'
	22	Ion Chitic		80+4'
	23	Mihail Boian
Coach:
Sergiu Motoc


FB	15	Sebastian Gruszczyński	38'
RW	14	Wojciech Brzezicki
OC	13	Daniel Gdula
IC	12	Grzegorz Szczepański
LW	11	Radosław Rakowski
FH	10	Wojciech Piotrowicz
SH	9	Dawid Plichta
N8	8	Piotr Zeszutek (c)
OF	7	Stanisław Powała-Niedźwiecki
BF	6	Mateusz Bartoszek
RL	5	Karol Perzak	60'
LL	4	Piotr Karpiński II	69'
TP	3	Toma Mchedlidze	38'
HK	2	Łukasz Kujawa	38'
LP	1	Marcin Wilczuk	70'
Replacements:
	16	Sebastian Kacprzak	38'
	17	Radosław Bysewski	70'
	18	Adrian Ignaczak	38'
	23	Piotr Wiśniewski	69'
	20	Marek Płonka Jr	60'
	25	Tomasz Rokicki
	22	Mateusz Plichta	38'
	19	Adrian Chróściel
Coach:
Blikkies Groenewald

Touch judges:
Artur Kaptyukh (Russia)
Georgy Kopp (Russia)

18 March 2017
15:00 CET (UTC+01)

Netherlands	38–25	Switzerland
Try: Johnny Nas 23' Josh Gascoigne 61' Sep Visser 73' Con: David Weersma 73' Pen: David Weersma 14', 32', 40', 42', 50', 59', 67'	Report^[15]	Try: Tim Vogtli 20' Mathias Bernath-Yendt 37' Penalty Try 40' Con: Benjamin Doy 20', 40' Pen: Benjamin Doy 1', 45'

NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Iñigo Atorrasagasti (Spain)


FB	15	Josh Gascoigne
RW	14	Johnny Nas		79'
OC	23	Rik Roovers (c)
IC	12	David Weersma
LW	11	Sep Visser
FH	10	Storm Carroll	40' to 50'	78'
SH	9	Amir Rademaker		78'
N8	8	Vincent Wright
OF	7	Robin Kok		45'
BF	6	Dirk Danen	36' to 46'
RL	5	Chesney Crosby
LL	4	Rob Verbakel		46'
TP	18	Andrew Darlington		45'
HK	2	Mark Darlington		78'
LP	1	Hugo Langelaan		79'
Replacements:
	16	Roy Schermer		79'
	17	Roberto Warmerdam		78'
	3	Floris Kieft		45'
	19	Tyler Koning		46'
	20	Huey van Vliet		45'
	21	Siem Noorman		21'
	22	Marc Mistou Keijser		78'
	13	Pieter Mol		79'
Coach:
Gareth Gilbert


FB	15	Thibault Géry		65'
RW	14	Florian Escoffier
OC	13	Ludovic Porret	54' to 64'	74'
IC	12	Baptiste Cariat
LW	11	Lucas Heinrich
FH	10	Benjamin Doy
SH	9	Gaëtan Hirsch		59'
N8	8	Cyril Lin (c)
OF	7	Corentin Delabays
BF	6	Tim Vogtli
RL	5	Nicolas Guyou
LL	4	Mathias Bernath-Yendt		54'
TP	3	Clément Bärtschi		67'
HK	2	Maxim Luçon		72'
LP	1	Dorian Hustaix		75'
Replacements:
	16	Nathan Pelsy		75'
	17	Manu Ronza		72'
	18	Ashley Cumbers		67'
	19	Edgar Albert		54'
	20	Cédric Curdy
	21	Jeremy To'a		59'	68' to 78'
	22	Francis Gangath-Samba		74'
	23	Louis Beaudoin		65'
Coach:
Olivier Nier

Touch judges:
Marc Riera (Spain)
Alfonso Mirat (Spain)

1 April 2017
15:00 EEST (UTC+03)

Ukraine	7–31	Portugal (1 BP)
Try: Valentyn Lytvynenko 39' Con: Mykola Delyergiev 40'	Report^[16]	Try: Francisco Pinto Magalhães 10' Bernardo Seara Cardoso 29' Gonçalo Foro 68' João Lino 74' Nuno Penha e Costa 79' Con: Nuno Penha e Costa 11' 30' 69'

Spartak Stadium, Odesa
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Vlad Iordăchescu (Romania)


FB	15	Volodymyr Voitov
RW	14	Ievgen Zalevskyi	74'
OC	13	Sergii Garkavyi
IC	12	Viacheslav Ponomarenko
LW	11	Oleg Kosariev	59' to 69'
FH	10	Sergiy Tserkovniy
SH	9	Mykola Delyergiev	56'
N8	8	Ruslan Radchuk
OF	7	Serhii Cherniachenko
BF	6	Valentyn Lytvynenko
RL	5	Oleksandr Tsapenko
LL	4	Roman Kulakivskyi	49'
TP	3	Mykola Aleksandriuk	63'
HK	2	Mykola Kirsanov (c)
LP	20	Vitalii Kramarenko	55'
Replacements:
	16	Ivan Zalizniak	63'
	17	Konstyantyn Hurylov
	18	Oleg Lytvynenko
	19	Oleksandr Lomakin	49'
	1	Serhii Sukhih	55'
	21	Maksym Kravchenko	56'	64' to 74'
	22	Maksym Kovalevskyi	74'
	23	Maksym Churaev
Coach:
Valerii Kochanov


FB	15	Nuno Sousa Guedes
RW	14	Gonçalo Foro
OC	13	Bernardo Seara Cardoso
IC	12	Manuel Vilela
LW	11	Adérito Esteves	76'
FH	10	Nuno Penha e Costa
SH	9	Francisco Pinto Magalhães (c)	72'
N8	8	Vasco Fragoso Mendes	53'
OF	7	Miguel Macedo
BF	6	João Lino
RL	5	José Fino
LL	4	Fernando Almeida	49'
TP	3	Francisco Bruno	49'
HK	2	Duarte Diniz	60'
LP	1	Bruno Medeiros	72'
Replacements:
	16	José Leal da Costa	72'
	17	João Corte-Real	60'
	18	Diogo Hasse Ferreira	49'
	19	José Sousa d'Alte	49'
	20	Sebastião Villax	53'
	21	Afonso Rodrigues
	22	Manuel Queirós	72'
	23	Fábio Conceição	76'
Coach:
Martim Aguiar

Touch judges:
Madalin Girbau (Romania)
Alexandru Ionescu (Romania)

8 April 2017
18:00 CEST (UTC+02)

Poland	14–13	Netherlands (1 BP)
Try: Wojciech Brzezicki 53' Pen: Wojciech Piotrowicz 10', 40', 74'	Report^[17]	Try: Storm Carroll 28' Sep Visser 38' Pen: Josh Gascoigne 7'

Stadion Widzewa, Łódź^[18]
Attendance: 8,500^[18]
Referee: Tual Trainini (France)


FB	15	Mateusz Lament
RW	14	Wojciech Brzezicki
OC	13	Grzegorz Szczepański
IC	12	Daniel Gdula
LW	11	Andrzej Charlat
FH	10	Wojciech Piotrowicz		79'
SH	9	Dawid Plichta	27' to 37'	56'
N8	8	Piotr Zeszutek (c)^[19]
OF	7	Michał Mirosz
BF	6	Stanisław Powała-Niedźwiecki		71'
RL	5	Paweł Poniatowski		40'
LL	4	Piotr Karpiński II
TP	25	Radosław Bysewski		40'
HK	2	Adrian Ignaczak
LP	1	Marcin Wilczuk
Replacements:
	16	Sebastian Kacprzak		40'	71' to 81'
	17	Sebastian Kostałkowski
	18	Jonathan Michalak		71'
	19	Marek Płonka Jr		40'
	20	Piotr Wiśniewski
	21	Maciej Panasiuk
	22	Mateusz Plichta		56'
	23	Tomasz Gasik		79'
Coach:
Blikkies Groenewald


FB	15	Josh Gascoigne
RW	14	Pieter Mol	57'
OC	22	Rik Roovers (c)^[20]
IC	12	Storm Carroll	61'
LW	11	Sep Visser
FH	10	Liam McBride	68'
SH	9	Amir Rademaker
N8	8	Vincent Wright
OF	7	Robin Kok
BF	6	Dirk Danen	49'	72'
RL	5	Chesney Crosby
LL	4	Mark Wokke	40'
TP	18	Andrew Darlington	49'
HK	2	Mark Darlington	66'
LP	1	Hugo Langelaan	72'
Replacements:
	16	Roy Schermer
	17	Roberto Warmerdam	66'
	3	Floris Kieft	49'
	19	Tyler Koning	40'
	20	Huey van Vliet	49'
	21	Conrad van der Klauw	68'
	13	Alex Povel	61'
	23	Johnny Nas	57'
Coach:
Gareth Gilbert

Touch judges:
Flavien Hourquet (France)
Mikael Simon (France)

22 April 2017
17:00 CEST (UTC+02)

Poland	12–22	Switzerland
Try: Mateusz Lament 67' Piotr Zeszutek 78' Con: Tomasz Gasik (1/2) 68'	Report^[21]	Try: Lucas Heinrich 2', 44' Cyril Lin 39' Con: Gaëtan Hirsch (2/3) 3', 40' Pen: Gaëtan Hirsch 80'

Stadion Polonii Warszawa, Warsaw
Attendance: (Not reported)
Referee: Matthew Carley (England)


FB	15	Mateusz Lament
RW	14	Wojciech Brzezicki		49'
OC	13	Grzegorz Szczepański
IC	12	Daniel Gdula		50'
LW	11	Tomasz Gasik
FH	10	Mateusz Plichta
SH	9	Dawid Plichta
N8	8	Piotr Zeszutek (c)
OF	7	Michał Mirosz
BF	6	Marek Płonka Jr	17' to 27'	60'
RL	5	Stanisław Powała-Niedźwiecki
LL	4	Piotr Karpiński II		68'
TP	3	Sebastian Kacprzak
HK	2	Adrian Ignaczak
LP	1	Marcin Wilczuk		68'
Replacements:
	16	Paweł Grabski
	17	Sebastian Kostałkowski
	18	Jonathan Michalak		68'
	19	Sebastian Wisniewśki		60'
	20	Maciej Panasiuk		68'
	21	Markijan Grabowski		50'
	22	Szymon Sirocki		49'
	23	Adam Piotrowski
Coach:
Blikkies Groenewald


FB	15	Iain Mowat
RW	14	Liam Kavanagh		57'
OC	13	Erwan Meudic
IC	12	Francis Gangath-Samba
LW	11	Lucas Heinrich
FH	10	Baptiste Cariat
SH	9	Gaëtan Hirsch
N8	8	Cyril Lin (c)
OF	7	Corentin Delabays	17' to 27'
BF	6	Jonhathan Wullschläger
RL	5	Nicolas Guyou		72'
LL	4	Tim Vogtli		77'
TP	3	Clément Bärtschi		78'
HK	2	Maxime Luçon
LP	1	Nathan Pelsy
Replacements:
	16	Simon Wood
	17	Romain Chamand
	18	Edgar Albert		77'
	19	Mathias Bernath-Yendt		72'
	20	Ludovic Pommies		57'
	21	Pascal Chevaillier-Wullschleger
	22	Mathieu Guyou
	23	Dominic Gorman		78'
Coach:
Olivier Nier

Touch judges:
Andrew Jackson (England)
Clare Daniels (England)

Statistics[edit]

Top points scorers[edit]

Pos	Name	Team	Pts
1	David Weersma	Netherlands	52
2	Simon Perrod	Switzerland	44
3	Wojciech Piotrowicz	Poland	36
4	Nuno Penha e Costa	Portugal	35
5	Nuno Sousa Guedes	Portugal	33
6	Sep Visser	Netherlands	30
7	Josh Gascoigne	Netherlands	28
8	Oleg Prepelita	Moldova	20
	Oleg Kosariev	Ukraine
	Mihai Golubenco	Moldova
11	Dirk Danen	Netherlands	15
	Vasco Ribeiro	Portugal
	Victor Arhip	Moldova

Top try scorers[edit]

Pos	Name	Team	Tries
1	Sep Visser	Netherlands	6
2	Josh Gascoigne	Netherlands	5
3	Oleg Prepelita	Moldova	4
4	Nuno Penha e Costa	Portugal	3
	Dirk Danen	Netherlands
	Vasco Ribeiro	Portugal
	Victor Arhip	Moldova
8	Nuno Sousa Guedes	Portugal	2
	Cyril Lin	Switzerland
	Fernando Almeida	Portugal
	Francisco Pinto Magalhães	Portugal
	Gonçalo Foro	Portugal
	Julien Gros	Switzerland
	Lucas Heinrich	Switzerland
	Maxim Gargalic	Moldova
	Thibault Géry	Switzerland
	Valentyn Lytvynenko	Ukraine
	Veaceslav Titica	Moldova

References[edit]

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FIRA-AER official website

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