2021–22 Rugby Europe Trophy
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| 2021–22 Rugby Europe Trophy | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 9 October 2021 – 9 April 2022 | ||
| Countries |  Belgium Germany Lithuania Poland Switzerland Ukraine | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Champions | Belgium (3rd title) | ||
| Matches played | 12 | ||
| Attendance | 13,916 (1,160 per match) | ||
| Tries scored | 78 (6.5 per match) | ||
| |||
The 2021–22 Rugby Europe Trophy is the fifth season of the second premier rugby union competition for European national teams outside the Six Nations Championship which itself is a part of the Rugby Europe International Championships. The confirmed teams that are competing include Belgium, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Switzerland and Ukraine.
Participants[edit]
| Nation | Stadium | Head coach | Captain | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home stadium | Capacity | Location | |||
| Belgium | Stade Communal Fallon | 2,500 | Brussels |  Frédéric Cocqu | Jean-Maurice Decubber |
| Germany | Fritz-Grunebaum-Sportpark | 5,000 | Heidelberg | Mark Kuhlmann | Jörn Schröder |
| Lithuania | Šiauliai Rugby Academy Stadium | 4,000 | Šiauliai | Gediminas Marcišauskas | Tautvydas Krasauskas |
| Poland | Narodowy Stadion Rugby Stadion Polonii | 2,425 7,150 | Gdynia Warszawa |  Christian Hitt | Piotr Zeszutek |
| Switzerland | Stade Municipal Yverdon Colovray Sports Centre Centre Sportif des Cherpines | 6,600 7,200 1,000 | Yverdon-les-Bains Nyon Plan-les-Ouates | Olivier Nier | Cyril Lin |
| Ukraine | Spartak Stadium Skif Stadium KhTZ Stadium | 4,800 3,742 2,000 | Odesa Lviv Kharkiv | Valerii Kochanov | Oleg Kosariev Viacheslav Ponomarenko |
Table[edit]
| Champions and promoted to Championship |
| Promoted to Championship |
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Tries | TBP | LBP | GS | Table points | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | For | Against | Diff | ||||||
| 1 | Belgium | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 149 | 76 | +73 | 21 | 5 | +16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| 2 | Poland | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 139 | 116 | +23 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 3 | Germany | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 150 | 95 | +55 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| 4 | Switzerland | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 120 | 117 | +3 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | Ukraine | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 63 | 148 | −85 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Lithuania | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 108 | 177 | −69 | 12 | 26 | −14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Source - [1] 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[2] | |||||||||||||||
Fixtures[edit]
| 9 October 2021 13:00 EEST (UTC +3) |
| (1 LBP) Ukraine | 24–27 | Poland |
| Report |
| Yunist Stadion, Lviv Attendance: 2,000 Referee: John Catteau (Belgium) |
| 23 October 2021 14:00 EEST (UTC+03) |
| (1 LBP) Lithuania | 37–39 | Ukraine |
| Report |
| Šiauliai Rugby Academy Stadium, Šiauliai Attendance: 500 Referee: Ethan Glass (Switzerland) |
| 30 October 2021 15:00 EEST (UTC+03) |
| Lithuania | 16–46 | Germany (1 TBP) |
| Report |
| Šiauliai Rugby Academy Stadium, Šiauliai Attendance: 450 Referee: Gert Visser (Netherlands) |
| 13 November 2021 13:00 CET (UTC+01) |
| Poland | 21–16 | Germany (1 LBP) |
| Report |
| Narodowy Stadion Rugby, Gdynia Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Saba Abulashvili (Georgia) |
| 13 November 2021 15:30 CET (UTC+01) |
| Switzerland | 20–28 | Lithuania |
| Report |
| Centre Sportif de Colovray, Nyon Attendance: 1,140 Referee: Dan O'Connell (Germany) |
| 20 November 2021 14:30 CET (UTC+01) |
| Poland | 37–25 | Switzerland |
| Report |
| Stadion Polonii, Warsaw Attendance: N/A Referee: Eki Fanlo (Spain) |
| 19 February 2022 15:00 CET (UTC+01) |
| (1 LBP) Germany | 26–33 | Belgium (1 TBP) |
| Report |
| Fritz Grunebaum Sportpark, Heidelberg Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Shota Tevzadze (Georgia) |
| 12 March 2022 15:30 CET (UTC+01) |
| Switzerland | 22–18 | Belgium (1 LBP) |
| Report |
| Stade des Cherpines, Geneva Attendance: 1,376 Referee: Alexandru Ionescu (Romania) |
| 19 March 2022 14:00 CET (UTC+01) |
| (1 TBP) Germany | 34–25 | Switzerland |
| Report |
| Sportzentrum Martinsee, Heusenstamm Attendance: 800 Referee: Gert Visser (Ireland) |
| 19 March 2022 15:00 CET (UTC+01) |
| (1 TBP) Belgium | 41–11 | Poland |
| Report |
| Sportscentrum Nelson Mandela, Brussels Attendance: 1,850 Referee: Andrew Cole (Netherlands) |
| 26 March 2022 14:00 EST (UTC+03) |
| Lithuania | 17–29 | Belgium (1 TBP) |
| Report |
| Šiauliai Rugby Academy Stadium, Šiauliai Attendance: 300 Referee: Inigo Atorrasagasti (Spain) |
| 9 April 2022 14:45 CEST (UTC+02) |
| (1 TBP) Poland | 43–10 | Lithuania |
| Report |
| Narodowy Stadion Rugby, Gdynia Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Eugeniu Procopi, (Romania) |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "2021-22 Rugby Europe Trophy standings".
- ^ "Rugby Europe International Championships 2018-2019 Manual" (PDF). Rugby Europe. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ "Belgium v Ukraine - Cancelled".
- ^ "Ukraine v Switzerland".
- ^ "Germany v Ukraine".
External links[edit]
- Rugby Europe - Official Site