2021–22 Rugby Europe Trophy
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.
| 2021–22 Rugby Europe Trophy | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 9 October 2021 – 9 April 2022 | ||
| Countries | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium Germany Lithuania Poland.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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) | ||
| |||
Participants
| 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 |
Regbio stadionas (Šiauliai Rugby Academy) | 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
| 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
| 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 |
| Regbio stadionas, Šiauliai Attendance: 500 Referee: Ethan Glass (Switzerland) |
| 30 October 2021 15:00 EEST (UTC+03) |
| Lithuania | 16–46 | Germany (1 TBP) |
| Report |
| Regbio stadionas, 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 |
| Regbio stadionas, 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) |
References
- "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
- Rugby Europe - Official Site
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.