2020–21 Rugby Europe International Championships
The 2020–21 Rugby Europe International Championships is the European Championship for tier 2 and tier 3 rugby union nations. The 2020–21 season is the fourth 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.
| 2020–21 Rugby Europe International Championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 6 March 2021 – 18 December 2021 | ||
| Countries | 6 | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Champions | Championship Georgia (13) | ||
| Antim Cup | Georgia (14th title) | ||
| Matches played | 15 | ||
| Attendance | 30,339 (2,023 per match) | ||
| Tries scored | 96 (6.4 per match) | ||
| Top point scorer(s) |  Samuel Marques (74 points) | ||
| Top try scorer(s) | Raffaele Storti (7 tries) | ||
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For all teams competing in the Championship, this year's edition of the Rugby Europe International Championships doubles as the first year of 2023 Rugby World Cup qualifiers for the European region, where the winner and runner-up teams of the two-year cycle, automatically qualifies to the tournament as Europe 1 and Europe 2. The third team qualifies to the Final qualification tournament.
Countries
Pre-tournament World Rugby rankings in parentheses.
Championship
Legend:
* Champion of 2019–20 season; ↑ Promoted from lower division during 2019–20 season;
2021 Rugby Europe Championship
| Champions |
| Pos. | Team | Games | Points | Tries | TBP | LBP | GS | Table points | |||||||
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| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | For | Against | Diff | ||||||
| 1 | Georgia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 73 | +80 | 22 | 6 | +16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
| 2 |  Romania | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 136 | 104 | +32 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Portugal | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 196 | 139 | +57 | 25 | 20 | +5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 4 |  Russia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 97 | 142 | −45 | 11 | 18 | −7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 |  Spain | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 164 | 109 | +55 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7* |
| 6 |  Netherlands | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 73 | 252 | −179 | 10 | 38 | −28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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] * deducted points[3][4] | |||||||||||||||
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