2012–2014 European Nations Cup First Division
| Date | 2012–2014 |
|---|---|
| Countries | Division 1A: Belgium Georgia Portugal Romania Russia SpainDivision 1B:  Czech Republic Germany Moldova Poland Sweden Ukraine |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Georgia (2013, 2014) |
| Antim Cup | Georgia (2013, 2014) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | Division 1A: 30 Division 1B: 30 |
| Top scorer(s) | Division 1A: Florin Vlaicu (58) Division 1B: Oleg Kosariev (30) |
| Most tries | Division 1A: Gonçalo Foro Igor Klyuchnikov Tedore Zibzibadze (2) Division 1B: Ian Gowland (3) |
← 2010–12 2014–16 → | |
The 2012–14 European Nations Cup First Division is the premier rugby union competition below the Six Nations Championship in Europe. It is divided into two tiers; Division 1A and Division 1B.
The divisions play on a two-year cycle with the teams playing each other both home and away. From 2009 onward, the title is awarded according to a one-year ranking.[1]
The competition has been slightly altered for the 2012–14 edition. The top tier Division 1A has seen the relegation of Ukraine to Division 1B. They have been replaced with Belgium, who finished at the top of Division 1B in the 2010–12 season. The bottom tier division 1B has seen the relegation of the Netherlands to the European Nations Cup Second Division. They have been replaced by Sweden who won promotion from Division 2A.
The champions of 1B will be promoted to Division 1A for the 2015–16 season, while the last placed team in each division will be relegated.
2015 Rugby World Cup qualifying
As with the 2008–2010 tournament, this edition will also serve a role in the qualification process for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
The top two teams at the end of the overall ENC Division 1A 2013–14 tournament will qualify directly for the 2015 Rugby World Cup. The third placed team will enter a playoff series against the champions of Division 1B and the leaders of the four levels of the ENC Second Division as of the end of the 2012–2013 season. The winner of this playoff will advance to the repechage playoff against teams from other continents.
Division 1A
Point system
Table points are determined as follows:[2]
- 4 points for a win
- 2 points for a draw
- 0 point for a loss
- 1 bonus point for scoring 4 tries in a match
- 1 bonus point for losing by 7 points or fewer
Season 2013
Table
| ENC 2013 Champions |
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | won | drawn | lost | bonus | for | against | diff | |||
| 1 | Georgia (17) |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 135 | 61 | +74 | 19 |
| 2 | Romania (19) |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 114 | 65 | +49 | 19 |
| 3 | Russia (20) |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 110 | 116 | −6 | 14 |
| 4 | Portugal (22) |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 75 | 96 | −21 | 7 |
| 5 | Belgium (21) |
5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 92 | 131 | −39 | 5 |
| 6 | Spain (18) |
5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 72 | 129 | −57 | 5 |
Pre-tournament IRB rankings in parentheses
Games[3]
| 2 February 2013 | Portugal
|
13–19 | Romania
|
Estádio Universitário de Lisboa, Lisbon | ||
| Try: Julien Bardy (63') Con: Pedro Leal Pen: Pedro Leal 2 (24', 69') Cards: Julien Bardy  35' to 45'
|
Team Sheet | Try: Eugen Căpăţână (75') Con: Florin Vlaicu Pen: Florin Vlaicu 4 (5', 29', 35', 51') Cards: Mihăiţă Lazăr 79' to 80'
|
Attendance: 3,000 Referee:  Neil Hennessy
|
| 2 February 2013 | Russia
|
13–9 | Spain
|
Sochi Central Stadium, Sochi | ||
| Try: Mikhail Babaev (11') Con: Igor Klyuchnikov (1/1) Pen: Igor Klyuchnikov (59', 71') |
Team Sheet[permanent dead link] | Pen: Jaime Nava de Olano (14') Drop: Jaime Nava de Olano (45', 54') |
Attendance: 400 (IRB) Referee:  David Willinson
|
| 2 February 2013 | Belgium
|
13–17 | Georgia
|
King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels | ||
| Try: Alain Miriallakis (25') Con: Alan Williams Pen: Alan Williams 2 (39', 43') Cards: Maxime Jadot  3',Norman Wende 51' to 61'
|
Team Sheet | Try: Mamuka Gorgodze (50'), Levan Chilachava (71') Con: Merab Kvirikashvili (2/2) Pen: Merab Kvirkashvili (27') Cards: Davit Kubriashvili 3',Viktor Kolelishvili 38' to 48'
|
Referee:  Matteo Liperini
|
| 9 February 2013 | Georgia
|
25–12 | Portugal
|
Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi | ||
| Try: Lasha Khmaladze (3'), Tedore Zibzibadze 2 (64', 79') Con: Merab Kvirikashvili 2 Pen: Merab Kvirikashvili 2 (59', 72') |
Team Sheet | Pen: Pedro Leal 4 (8', 55' 60', 70') | Referee: Gia Amirkhanashvili (Appointed referee and assistant referees were unable to make it Tbilisi in time for kick off – local officials used for this match)
|
| 9 February 2013 | Romania
|
29–14 | Russia
|
Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest | ||
| Try: Robert Dascălu (58'), Florin Vlaicu (79') Con: Florin Vlaicu 2 Pen: Florin Vlaicu 5 (7', 38', 44', 71', 75') Cards: Daniel Carpo 46' to 56'
|
Team Sheet | Try: Dmitry Gerasimov (15') Pen: Igor Klyuchnikov 3 (13', 40', 71') Cards: Andrey Garbuzov 74' to 80'
|
Attendance: 2,500 Referee:  Luke Pearce
|
| 9 February 2013 | Belgium
|
21–21 | Spain
|
King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels | ||
| Try: Julien Berger (23'), Guillaume Piron (50') Con: Alan Williams Pen: Alan Williams 3 (1', 7', 75') |
Team Sheet | Try: Matías Tudela Perret (4'), Jaike Carter (71') Con: Corey Smith Pen: Corey Smith (38', 57', 64') |
Referee:  Stephan Pomarede
|
| 23 February 2013 | Russia
|
9–23 | Georgia
|
Sochi Central Stadium, Sochi | ||
| Pen: Igor Klyuchnikov 2 (6', 66'), Sergey Sugrobov (76') Cards: Alexey Volkov (70') |
[1] | Try: Viktor Kolelishvili (60') Davit Kubriashvili (80') Con: Merab Kvirikashvili 2 (60', 80') Pen: Merab Kvirikashvili (11', 25', 71') Cards: Konstantine Mikautadze (64') |
Referee: Laurent Cardona
|
| 23 February 2013 | Spain
|
15–25 | Romania
|
Las Mestas, Gijón, Spain | ||
| Try: Lionel Pardo (46'), César Sempere (78') Con: Corey Simpson (46') Pen: Corey Simpson (19') |
Team Sheet | Try: Cătălin Fercu (22') Con: Florin Vlaicu (22') Pen: Florin Vlaicu 6 (6', 12', 17', 29', 49', 67') Cards: Mihai Macovei 41' to 51'
|
Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Giuseppe Vivarini
|
| 23 February 2013 | Portugal
|
18–12 | Belgium
|
Lisbon, Portugal | ||
| Try: Gonçalo Foro (17') (61') Con: Pedro Leal (62') Pen: Pedro Leal 2 (6', 76') |
Pen: Alan Williams 4 (4', 8', 40', 70') Cards: Mathieu Verschelden (35') Carlos Fierro (72') |
Referee: Vlad Iordăchescu
|
| 9 March 2013 | Georgia
|
61–18 | Spain
|
Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi | ||
| Try: Dimitri Basilaia 2 (22', 63'), Merab Sharikadze (26'), Lasha Khmaladze (33'), Irakli Machkhaneli (46'), Vasil Kakovin (49'), Tamaz Mchedlidze 2 (69', 79') Con: Merab Kvirikashvili 4, Beka Tsiklauri 2 Pen: Merab Kvirikashvili 3 (8', 21', 31') |
Team Sheet | Try: Matías Tudela Perret (57'), Jaike Christian Carter (67') Con: Corey Noel Simpson Cards: Lorenzo Gabriel Ortiz Crivelli 79' to 80'
|
Referee:  Stuart Gaffikin
|
| 9 March 2013 | Portugal
|
23–31 | Russia
|
Estádio Universitário de Lisboa, Lisbon | ||
| Try: Aderito Esteves (55') Pen: Pedro Leal 3 (4', 17', 32'), Samuel Marques 3 (21', 30', 38') Cards: Julian Bardy 43' to 53'
|
Team Sheet | Try: Vladimir Ostroushko (22'), Kirill Kulemin (45'), Andrey Temnov (48'), Vasily Artemyev (65') Con: Sergey Yanyushkin 3, Sergey Sugrobov Pen: Sergey Yanyushkin (8') Cards: Alexey Volkov 5' to 15',Alexey Makovetskiy 38' to 48',Dmitry Gerasimov 55' to 65'
|
Referee: J.P. Matheu
|
| 9 March 2013 | Belgium
|
14–32 | Romania
|
King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels | ||
| Try: Thomas Demolder (64') Pen: Alan Williams 3 (2', 29', 39') |
Team Sheet | Try: Andrei Radoi (3'), Penalty Try (35'), Mihai Macovei (41'), Ionut Dimofte (55') Con: Florian Vlaicu 3 Pen: Florian Vlaicu (14'), Ionut Dimofte (71') |
Referee:  Andy Ireland
|
| 16 March 2013 | Romania
|
9–9 | Georgia
|
Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest | ||
| Pen: Florian Vlaicu 3 (15', 20' 52') Cards: Florian Vlaicu 72' to 80'
|
Team Sheet | Pen: Merab Kvirikashvili 3 (7', 30', 44') Cards: Shalva Sutiashvili 70' to 80'
|
Referee: Ian Davies
|
| 16 March 2013 | Spain
|
9–9 | Portugal
|
Estadio San Lázaro, Santiago de Compostela | ||
| Pen: Corey Simpson 2 (10', 80'), Jaime Nava Olana (16') Cards: Unai Lasa Arratibel 39' to 49',Matthew Cook 69' to 79'
|
Team Sheet[permanent dead link] | Pen: Pedro Leal (46',69'), Samuel Marques (62') Cards: Aurelian Beco 12' to 22',Juan Murre 39' to 49'
|
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Cedric Marchat
|
| 16 March 2013 | Russia
|
43–32 | Belgium
|
Sochi Central Stadium, Sochi | ||
| Try: Victor Gresev (7'), Kirill Kulemin 2 (21', 66'), Penalty Try (36'), Dmitry Gerasimov (48'), Andrey Temnov (53'), Grigory Tsnobiladze (80'+3') Con: Igor Klyuchnikov 4 Cards: Grigory Tsnobiladze 59' to 69',Kirill Kulemin 74' to 80'
|
Team Sheet | Try: Alain Miriallakis (17'), Cyril Nana (62'), Julien Berger (69'), Penalty Try (80') Con: Carlos Fierro 3 Pen: Carlos Fierro 2 (11', 38) Cards: Mathieu Vershelden 70' to 80'
|
Referee: Claudio Blessano
|
Season 2014
Table
| ENC 2014 Champions |
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | won | drawn | lost | Bonus | for | against | difference | |||
| 1 | Georgia |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 151 | 45 | +106 | 22 |
| 2 | Romania |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 128 | 41 | +87 | 19 |
| 3 | Russia |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 109 | 133 | −24 | 14 |
| 4 | Spain |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 87 | 114 | −27 | 10 |
| 5 | Portugal |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 70 | 126 | −56 | 5 |
| 6 | Belgium |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 42 | 128 | −86 | 1 |
Games[4]
| 1 February 2014 | Romania
|
24–0 | Portugal
|
Cluj Arena, Cluj | ||
| Try: Rădoi, Gal Con: Vlaicu (1) Pen: Vlaicu (4) |
Attendance: 5,000 |
| 1 February 2014 | Spain
|
25–28 | Russia
|
Madrid, Spain | ||
| 1 February 2014 | Georgia
|
35–0 | Belgium
|
Tbilisi, Georgia | ||
| Try: 6 Con: 1 Pen: 1 Drop: 0 |
Try: 0 Con: 0 Pen: 0 Drop: 0 |
| 8 February 2014 | Portugal
|
9–34 | Georgia
|
Lisbon, Portugal | ||
| Try: 0 Con: 0 Pen: 3 Drop: 0 |
Try: 3 Con: 2 Pen: 5 Drop: 0 |
| 8 February 2014 | Russia
|
3–34 | Romania
|
Nebug, Russia | ||
| Try: 0 Con: 0 Pen: Kushnarev |
Try: Burcea, Lucaci, Dumitru, Manole Con: Vlaicu (3), Calafeteanu Pen: Vlaicu (2) |
| 8 February 2014 | Spain
|
11–6 | Belgium
|
Madrid, Spain | ||
| Try: 1 | Try: 0 |
| 22 February 2014 | Georgia
|
36–10 | Russia
|
Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi | ||
| Attendance: 54,000 |
| 22 February 2014 | Romania
|
32–6 | Spain
|
Cluj Arena, Cluj | ||
| Try: I.Dumitru (2), V. Calafeteanu, Penalty Try Con: F. Vlaicu (3) Pen: F. Vlaicu (2) |
Try: 0 Con: 0 Pen: Malie (2) |
Attendance: 6,000 |
| 22 February 2014 | Belgium
|
6–19 | Portugal
|
Brussels, Belgium | ||
| Try: 0 Con: 0 Pen: Alan Williams (rugby union) (2) Drop: 0 |
Try: Gonçalo Uva, Carl Murray Con: 0 Pen: Pedro Avila (3) Drop: 0 |
| 8 March 2014 | Spain
|
17–24 | Georgia
|
Madrid, Spain | ||
| 8 March 2014 | Russia
|
34–18 | Portugal
|
Sochi, Russia | ||
| 8 March 2014 | Romania
|
29–10 | Belgium
|
Constanța, Romania | ||
| 15 March 2014 | Georgia
|
22–9 | Romania
|
Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia | ||
| Try: 1 Con: 1 Pen: 5 |
Try: 0 Con: 0 Pen: 3 |
Attendance: 25,517 Referee: Luke Pearce
|
| 15 March 2014 | Portugal
|
24–28 | Spain
|
Lisbon, Portugal | ||
| 15 March 2014 | Belgium
|
20–34 | Russia
|
Brussels, Belgium | ||
Table 2013–2014
| Relegated to Division 1B |
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Bonus points |
Table points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | diff | ||||
| 1 | Georgia |
10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 286 | 106 | +180 | 3 | 41 |
| 2 | Romania |
10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 242 | 106 | +136 | 4 | 38 |
| 3 | Russia |
10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 219 | 249 | −30 | 4 | 28 |
| 4 | Spain |
10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 159 | 243 | −84 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | Portugal |
10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 145 | 222 | −77 | 2 | 12 |
| 6 | Belgium |
10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 134 | 259 | −125 | 4 | 6 |
| Points were awarded to the teams as follows: Win – 4 points Draw – 2 points 4 or more tries – 1 point Loss within 7 points – 1 point Loss greater than 7 points – 0 points | ||||||||||
Division 1B
Season 2012–13
Table
| 2013 Champions |
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Bonus points |
Table points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | ||||
| 1 | Germany (31) |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 191 | 89 | +102 | 4 | 20 |
| 2 | Moldova (34) |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 119 | 136 | −17 | 3 | 15 |
| 3 | Poland (28) |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 95 | 71 | +24 | 1 | 13 |
| 4 | Sweden (38) |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 122 | 130 | −8 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | Ukraine (30) |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 122 | 122 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Czech Republic (40) |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 56 | 157 | −101 | 1 | 1 |
Pre-tournament rankings in parentheses
Games[5] Template:2012-2013 ENC Div1B Games
Season 2013–14
| 2014 Champions |
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | won | drawn | lost | Bonus | for | against | difference | |||
| 1 | Germany |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 207 | 91 | +116 | 19 |
| 2 | Moldova |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 148 | 92 | +56 | 19 |
| 3 | Ukraine |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 105 | 105 | 0 | 14 |
| 4 | Czech Republic |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 86 | 153 | −67 | 10 |
| 5 | Poland |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 113 | 112 | +1 | 9 |
| 6 | Sweden |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 71 | 177 | −106 | 1 |
Games[6]
| 7 September 2013 | Poland
|
30–9 | Sweden
|
Stadion Polonii, Warsaw | ||
| Try: Mateusz Bartoszek (9'), Lukasz Szostek (39'), Szymon Sirocki (80') Con: Dawid Banaszek 3 (9', 39', 80') Pen: Dawid Banaszek 3 (25', 68', 72') Cards: Kamil Bobryk 53' to 63',Marek Płonka 78' to 80'
|
Report[7] | Pen: Robin Fransson 3 (28', 33', 58') | Referee: Maxime Burlet
|
| 12 October 2013 | Poland
|
30–10 | Czech Republic
|
Stadion Polonii, Warsaw | ||
| Try: Robert Pawelec (68'), Michal Kruzycki (70') Con: Dawid Banaszek (70') Pen: Dawid Banaszek 5 (4', 16', 39', 53', 60,), Tomasz Gasik (27') Cards: Dawid Banaszek 23' to 33',Marek Plonka 33'
|
[2] | Try: Robert Voves (65') Con: Petr Cizek (65') Pen: Petr Cizek (40) |
Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Frank Himmer
|
| 19 October 2013 | Sweden
|
11–17 | Czech Republic
|
Stockholm | ||
| [3] |
| 26 October 2013 | Ukraine
|
16–28 | Germany
|
Kharkiv | ||
| Try: Vyacheslav Ponomarenko (54'), Sergiy Tserkovniy (65') Pen: Maksym Tyurikov (12', 29') |
Report[8] | Try: Pieter Jordaan (20'), Mark Sztyndera (25', 72') Con: Raynor Parkinson (21', 72') Pen: Raynor Parkinson (9', 58', 63') |
Referee: Vlad Iordăchescu
|
| 2 November 2013 | Ukraine
|
35–11 | Sweden
|
Kiev | ||
| Try: Oleg Kosariev (14', 19') Mykola Aleksandriuk (25') Denys Masiukov (37') Viachesl Krasylnyk (70') Con: Oleg Kosariev (15', 20', 26', 38', 71') Cards: Mykola Aleksandriuk 50' to 60'Sergiy Tserkovniy 73' to 80'
|
Report[9] | Try: Andrew Daish (78') Pen: Niklas Ståhle (28', 35') Cards: Andrew Daish 62' to 72'
|
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Petrescu Radu
|
| 9 November 2013 | Moldova
|
50–20 | Sweden
|
Chișinău | ||
| 9 November 2013 | Germany
|
43–13 | Poland
|
Berlin | ||
| Try: Widiker (16 m, 32 m) Parkinson (24 c) Jordaan (38 c) Szczesny (52 c) Nostadt (67 c) Mai (74 m) Con: Parkinson (4/7) |
Try: Gask (80 c) Con: Banaszek (1/1) Pen: Banaszek (2,9) |
| 16 November 2013 | Moldova
|
30–15 | Germany
|
Chișinău | ||
| 16 November 2013 | Czech Republic
|
10–17 | Ukraine
|
Zlin | ||
| 5 April 2014 | Germany
|
76–12 | Czech Republic
|
Heidelberg | ||
| 5 April 2014 | Poland
|
12–21 | Moldova
|
Warsaw | ||
| 12 April 2014 | Moldova
|
28–8 | Ukraine
|
Chișinău | ||
| 26 April 2014 | Czech Republic
|
37–19 | Moldova
|
Prague | ||
| Attendance: 800 |
| 26 April 2014 | Sweden
|
20 -45 | Germany
|
Stockholm | ||
| 26 April 2014 | Ukraine
|
29 -28 | Poland
|
Lviv | ||
Table 2012–2014
| Promoted to Division 1A |
| Relegated to Division 2A |
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | won | drawn | lost | Bonus | for | against | diff | |||
| 1 | Germany |
10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 398 | 180 | +218 | 39 |
| 2 | Moldova |
10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 267 | 228 | +39 | 34 |
| 3 | Ukraine |
10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 227 | 227 | 0 | 24 |
| 4 | Poland |
10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 208 | 183 | +25 | 22 |
| 5 | Sweden |
10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 193 | 307 | −114 | 14 |
| 6 | Czech Republic |
10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 142 | 310 | −168 | 11 |
See also
- European Nations Cup (rugby union)
- Rugby Europe
- Six Nations Championship
- Antim Cup
- 2015 Rugby World Cup qualifying
References
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