2016–17 Rugby Europe International Championships

2016–17 Rugby Europe International Championships
Date September 2016 – May 2017
Countries 36
Tournament statistics
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The 2016–17 Rugby Europe International Championships is the European Championship for tier 2 and tier 3 rugby union nations. The 2016–17 season is the first 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, except the Development league, this year's edition of the Rugby Europe International Championships doubles as the 2019 Rugby World Cup qualifiers for the European region, where the winner of the Championship, excluding Georgia, automatically qualifies to the tournament as Europe 1. All other teams remains in contention, playing in their respective leagues, but also playing in World Cup play-offs, for the right to play in the Europe/Oceania play-off against Oceania 3.

Countries

Pre-tournament World Rugby rankings (from November 28 for Championship, from August 29 for all other levels) in parentheses[1]

Championship[2]

Conference 1
North[3]

South[4]

Development[5]

Trophy[6]

Conference 2
North[7]

South[8]

Notes

^a Due to financial instability, Turkey has cancelled all matches for the 2016-17 season and is no longer part of World Cup Qualifying.[9][10]

2017 Rugby Europe Championship

Champions
Advances Promotion/
Relegation play-off
Place Nation Games Points Try
BP		 Losing
BP		 Grand Slam
BP		 Table
points
played won drawn lost for against diff
1 Georgia 000000+00000
2 Romania 000000+00000
3 Russia 000000+00000
4 Spain 000000+00000
5 Belgium 000000+00000
6 Germany 000000+00000
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:[11]
Win - 4 points : Draw - 2 points  : Loss within 8 points - 1 point : Loss greater than 8 points - 0 points: At least 3 more tries than opponent- 1 point
Completing a Grand Slam - 2 points (will not be counted towards World Cup Qualification)

2016–17 Rugby Europe Trophy

Champions and
advances to Promotion/
Relegation play-off
Relegated
Place Nation Games Points Try
BP		 Losing
BP		 Grand Slam
BP		 Table
points
played won drawn lost for against diff
1 Netherlands 22009829+6920010
2 Moldova 31027159+121106
3 Poland 1100220+220004
4 Portugal 11002810+180004
5  Switzerland 21011028–180004
6 Ukraine 300327130–1030000
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:[12]
Win - 4 points : Draw - 2 points  : Loss within 8 points - 1 point : Loss greater than 8 points - 0 points: At least 3 more tries than opponent- 1 point
Completing a Grand Slam - 2 points (will not be counted towards World Cup Qualification)

2016–17 Rugby Europe Conference

Conference 1

Conference 1 North

Champions and advances to
Promotion play-off
Relegated
Place Nation Games Points Try
BP		 Losing
BP		 Grand Slam
BP		 Table
points
played won drawn lost for against diff
1 Czech Republic22007120+511009
2 Latvia21013735+20105
3 Sweden21013356-231005
4 Lithuania2101116+50004
5 Luxembourg20022450-260101
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:[14]
Win - 4 points : Draw - 2 points  : Loss within 8 points - 1 point : Loss greater than 8 points - 0 points: At least 3 more tries than opponent- 1 point
Completing a Grand Slam - 2 points (will not be counted towards World Cup Qualification)

Conference 1 South

Champions and advances to
Promotion play-off
Relegated
Place Nation Games Points Try
BP		 Losing
BP		 Grand Slam
BP		 Table
points
played won drawn lost for against diff
1 Malta22009418+7620010
2 Croatia21016338+251106
3 Israel22006144+171009
4 Cyprus20023169-380000
5 Andorra200230110-800000
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:[15]
Win - 4 points : Draw - 2 points  : Loss within 8 points - 1 point : Loss greater than 8 points - 0 points: At least 3 more tries than opponent- 1 point
Completing a Grand Slam - 2 points (will not be counted towards World Cup Qualification)

Conference 2

Conference 2 North

Champions and Promoted
Possibly relegated
Place Nation Games Points Try
BP		 Losing
BP		 Grand Slam
BP		 Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
1 Hungary22007818+601009
2 Finland21018254+281005
3 Denmark21013325+81005
4 Norway21014851-30004
5 Estonia200211104-930000
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:[16]
Win - 4 points : Draw - 2 points  : Loss within 8 points - 1 point : Loss greater than 8 points - 0 points: At least 3 more tries than opponent- 1 point
Completing a Grand Slam - 2 points (will not be counted towards World Cup Qualification)

Conference 2 South

Champions and Promoted
Possibly relegated
Place Nation Games Points Try
BP		 Losing
BP		 Grand Slam
BP		 Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
1 Slovenia11007413+611005
2 Austria11002922+70004
3 Bosnia and Herzegovina10012229-70101
4 Turkey000000+00000
5 Serbia10011374-610000
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:[17]
Win - 4 points : Draw - 2 points  : Loss within 8 points - 1 point : Loss greater than 8 points - 0 points: At least 3 more tries than opponent- 1 point
Completing a Grand Slam - 2 points (will not be counted towards World Cup Qualification)

2017 Rugby Europe Development

Champions and Promoted
Place Nation Games Points Try
BP		 Losing
BP		 Grand Slam
BP		 Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
1 Belarus000000+00000
2 Bulgaria000000+00000
3 Montenegro000000+00000
4 Slovakia000000+00000
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:[18]
Win - 4 points : Draw - 2 points  : Loss within 8 points - 1 point : Loss greater than 8 points - 0 points: At least 3 more tries than opponent- 1 point
Completing a Grand Slam - 2 points (will not be counted towards World Cup Qualification)

Play-offs

Championship-Trophy Promotion play-off

May 2017
Bottom placed Championship v Winner Trophy
Championship team home

Conference 1 promotion to Trophy play-off

20th May 2017
Winner Conference 1 N v Winner Conference 1 S
Team with better record hosts

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.worldrugby.org/rankings/mru#!
  2. ↑ http://rugbyeurope.eu/group-311.htm
  3. ↑ http://rugbyeurope.eu/group-313.htm
  4. ↑ http://rugbyeurope.eu/group-314.htm
  5. ↑ http://rugbyeurope.eu/group-317.htm
  6. ↑ http://rugbyeurope.eu/group-312.htm
  7. ↑ http://rugbyeurope.eu/group-315.htm
  8. ↑ http://rugbyeurope.eu/group-316.htm
  9. ↑ http://www.rugby-austria.at/nationalteam/news-nationalteam/detail/absage-tuerkei-gegen-oesterreich-und-freundschaftsspiel-gegen-terenure-college-rfc/
  10. ↑ http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/qualifying/europe/fixtures
  11. ↑ http://www.totalrugby.de/content/view/8530/37/
  12. ↑ http://www.totalrugby.de/content/view/8530/37/
  13. ↑ Game sheet. 2016-11-26.
  14. ↑ http://www.totalrugby.de/content/view/8530/37/
  15. ↑ http://www.totalrugby.de/content/view/8530/37/
  16. ↑ http://www.totalrugby.de/content/view/8530/37/
  17. ↑ http://www.totalrugby.de/content/view/8530/37/
  18. ↑ http://www.totalrugby.de/content/view/8530/37/
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