2012–2014 European Nations Cup Third Division

The 2012–14 European Nations Cup Third Division is the fourth tier of rugby union in Europe behind the Six Nations Championship and the 2012-2014 European Nations Cup First Division and the 2012–14 European Nations Cup Second Division.

This will be the first tournament for Turkey, while returning from the 2010-2012 European Nations Cup Third Division are Slovakia and Azerbaijan. The winning team will be promoted to Division 2D of the European Nations Cup for the 2014–2016 cup.^[1]

This tournament, unlike the 1st and 2nd division tournaments, does not form part of the 2015 Rugby World Cup qualification system.

Division 3A[edit]

2012–13[edit]

Table

Place	Nation	Games					Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	bonus	for	against	difference
1	Turkey	2	2	0	0	2	87	9	+78	10
2	Slovakia	2	1	0	1	0	31	50	−19	4
3	Azerbaijan	2	0	0	2	0	19	78	−59	0

Games^[2]

	11 November 2012	Turkey	34–6	Slovakia	Kemer Kazım Gül Stadium, Antalya, Turkey
		Try: Alı Bökey Sürer 2 (5', 62'), Salım Çavuş 2 (26', 56'), Kerım Galal (48'), Bayram Erdener (67') Con: Alı Bökey Sürer 2	Team Sheet[permanent dead link]	Pen: Michal Kučera (15') Drop: Michal Kučera (9') Cards: Jan Pfeifer 21' to 31', Petr Kalina 37' to 47'	Referee: Frédéric Gracianette

	14 November 2012	Slovakia	25–16	Azerbaijan	Kemer Kazım Gül Stadium, Antalya, Turkey
	14:00	Try: Andrej Rábara (15'), Petr Kozubík (40'), Martin Mihalka (55') Con: Michal Kučera 2 Pen: Michal Kučera 2 (45', 70')	Team Sheet[permanent dead link]	Try: Renard Aliyev (76') Con: Eldar Nasrullayev Pen: Eldar Nasrullayev 3 (6', 25', 53')	Referee: Frédéric Gracianette

	17 November 2012	Turkey	53–3	Azerbaijan	Kemer Kazım Gül Stadium, Antalya, Turkey
	14:00	Try: Zakir Kalabas 3 (12', 30', 47'), Ogun Boz (15'), Ramazan Kilickaya (31'), Mustafa Kurt (36'), Alper Topal (44'), Alı Bökey Sürer (57') Con: Alı Bökey Sürer 5 Pen: Alı Bökey Sürer (7')	Team Sheet	Pen: Eldar Nasrullayev (18') Cards: Parvin Keygubadi 9' to 19', Ilgar Gubadov 28' to 38', Ibraham Abzotov 35' to 45'	Referee: Frédéric Gracianette Game was stopped after 65 minutes due to fights breaking out between players from Azerbaijan and local crowd.[3]

2013–14[edit]

Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Turkey	2	2	0	0	86	6	+80	10
2	Slovakia	2	1	0	1	21	65	−44	5
3	Azerbaijan	2	0	0	2	13	49	−36	0

Games

	17 November 2013	Slovakia	18–10	Azerbaijan	Bratislava, Slovakia
	14:00	Try: Marek Ujček (65'c), Sam Morgan (78') Con: Daniel Puha Pen: Daniel Puha 2 (6', 37')	Team Sheet	Try: Turel Useynov (34'), Ilqar Gubadov (44') Cards: Rauf Mahmudla 19' to 29'	Referee: Csaba Priskin

	20 November 2013	Turkey	31–3	Azerbaijan	Bratislava, Slovakia
	14:00	Try: Erkut Levent Durmuş 2 (2'c, 10'), Yasin Bakar (35'), Mert Zapçı (40'c), Zakir Kalabaş (45'c) Con: Ali Bökeyhan Sürer 3 Cards: Toygun Yıldırım 21' to 31'	Team Sheet	Drop: Ilqar Gubadov (28')	Referee: Štepán Cekal

	23 November 2013	Slovakia	3–55	Turkey	Bratislava, Slovakia
	14:00	Pen: Daniel Puha (11') Cards: Pavel Kozubík 58' to 68'	Team Sheet	Try: Muhammet Bozkurt 3 (14'c, 17', 40'c), Ali Bökeyhan Sürer 2 (25', 63'), Mert Zabçı 2 (37'c, 52'), İbrahim Demircan (47'c), Zakir Kalabaş (80'+5'c) Con: Ali Bökeyhan Sürer 5 Cards: Ogün Boz 80' to 80'	Referee: Matej Razga

2012–2014[edit]

Table

Place	Nation	Games					Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	bonus	for	against	difference
1	Turkey	4	4	0	0	4	173	15	+158	20
2	Slovakia	4	2	0	2	0	52	115	−63	10
3	Azerbaijan	4	0	0	4	0	32	127	−95	0

See also[edit]

• European Nations Cup
• 2012-2014 European Nations Cup First Division
• 2012–2014 European Nations Cup Second Division

References[edit]