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.

Championship
Pool A

• Georgia * (11)
• Germany (32)
• Netherlands (26)
• Spain (20)

Trophy

• Croatia (42)
• Czech Republic ↑ (35)
• Lithuania (40)
• Switzerland (27)
• Sweden (39)
• Ukraine (36)

Pool B

• Belgium (29)
• Poland (34)
• Portugal (16)
• Romania (19)

Conference
Pool A

• Andorra (88)
• Denmark (77)
• Finland (72)
• Latvia (60)
• Norway (100)

Pool C

• Bulgaria (59)
• Moldova (57)
• Serbia (71)
• Turkey (94)

Development

• Kosovo (NR)
• Montenegro ↓ (NR)

Pool B

• Austria ↑ (87)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina (93)
• Hungary (70)
• Luxembourg (64)
• Slovenia (80)

Pool D

• Cyprus (NR)
• Israel (61)
• Malta (44)

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

Main article: 2024 Rugby Europe Championship

Pool A

Germany against Georgia during the European Rugby Championship 2023/24 in Dessau-Roßlau.

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 - 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

Pool 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 - 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

Main article: 2023–24 Rugby Europe Trophy

Champions

Relegated to Conference

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Tries			TBP	LBP	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	22
2	Sweden	5	4	0	1	145	112	+33	21	13	+8	2	0	18
3	Czech Republic	5	3	0	2	192	153	+39	26	19	+7	2	0	14
4	Croatia	5	2	0	3	130	132	-2	20	10	+1	2	1	11
5	Lithuania	5	1	0	4	103	143	-40	12	20	-8	0	0	4
6	Ukraine	5	0	0	5	61	225	-164	8	33	-25	0	0	0
Source - 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 (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 (Denmark) 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	Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff
1	Latvia	4	3	0	1	128	78	+50	3	0	15
2	Finland	4	3	0	1	116	63	+53	2	0	14
3	Denmark	4	2	0	2	112	56	+56	2	2	12
4	Andorra	4	2	0	2	68	72	-4	2	0	10
5	Norway	4	0	0	4	28	183	-155	0	0	0
Source - 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

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 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 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)

Pool B

Champions and advances to Promotion play-off

Place	Nation	Games				Points			TBP	LBP	Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff
1	Luxembourg	4	4	0	0	190	46	+144	3	0	19
2	Hungary	4	2	0	2	133	70	+63	2	0	11
3	Austria	4	2	0	2	112	111	+1	2	0	10
4	Slovenia	4	2	0	2	72	151	-79	0	0	8
5	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4	0	0	4	57	186	-129	0	1	1
Source - 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

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	Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff
1	Moldova	3	3	0	0	112	31	+81	2	0	14
2	Bulgaria	3	2	0	1	76	79	-3	1	0	9
3	Turkey	3	1	0	2	69	95	-26	0	0	4
4	Serbia	3	0	0	3	40	122	-82	0	0	0
Source - 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

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	Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff
1	Malta	2	2	0	0	46	31	+15	0	0	8
2	Cyprus	2	0	0	2	31	46	-15	0	1	1
3	Israel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Source - 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

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 TBA Cyprus Cancelled Israel TBA Referee: TBA TBA TBA Israel Cancelled Malta TBA Referee: TBA TBA TBA Israel Cancelled Cyprus TBA Referee: TBA TBA TBA Malta Cancelled Israel TBA Referee: TBA

2023–24 Rugby Europe Development

Champions and promoted

Promoted

Place	Nation	Games				Points			TBP	LBP	Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff
1	Montenegro	2	1	0	1	35	39	-4	1	0	5
2	Kosovo	2	1	0	1	39	35	+4	0	0	4
Source - 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

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

25 May 2024 18:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Luxembourg	19–0	Moldova
	Report

Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Luis Fernandez (Spain)