2024 Rugby Europe Championship
The 2024 Rugby Europe Championship will be the eighth Rugby Europe Championship, the annual rugby union competition for the top European national teams outside the Six Nations Championship, and the 53rd edition of the competition (including all its previous incarnations as the FIRA Tournament, Rugby Union European Cup, FIRA Nations Cup, FIRA Trophy, and European Nations Cup).
| 2024 Rugby Europe Championship | |||
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| Date | 3 February – 17 March 2024 | ||
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| Tournament statistics | |||
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Eight teams will take part in the 2024 championship. The championship will be contested by Belgium, Georgia, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, and Spain.
Georgia will be entering the tournament as defending champions. They won the final against Portugal in the 2023 tournament, claiming their 15th title. The serpentine system was applied to allocate each team to their respective groups.[1] Each team plays a total of five games (three round robin group matches to determine the team's path and two play-off matches).[1] Seeding (for a group) and relegation are calculated over a two-year cycle, as is the promotion from the Trophy competition.[1][2]
Participants
| Nation | Stadium | Head coach | Captain | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home stadium | Capacity | Location | |||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium |
Stade Nelson Mandela | 2,100 | Brussels |  Mike Ford |
Jens Torfs |
 Georgia |
Avchala Stadium | 3,500 | Tbilisi | TBA | Merab Sharikadze |
 Germany |
Fritz-Grunebaum-Sportpark Stadion Pichterich |
5,000 6,000 |
Heidelberg Neckarsulm |
Mark Kuhlmann |
Jörn Schröder |
 Netherlands |
NRCA Stadium | 7,000 | Amsterdam |  Lyn Jones |
Hugo Langelaan |
 Poland |
Narodowy Stadion Rugby | 2,425 | Gdynia | Christian Hitt |
Piotr Zeszutek |
 Portugal |
Estádio do Restelo Estádio Nacional |
19,856 37,593 |
Lisbon |  Sébastien Bertrank |
Tomás Appleton |
 Romania |
Stadionul Arcul de Triumf | 8,207 | Bucharest | Eugen Apjok |
Mihai Macovei |
 Spain |
Estadio El Malecón Estadio Nacional Complutense Estadio Nuevo Vivero |
6,007 12,400 14,898 |
Torrelavega Madrid Badajoz |
Santiago Santos |
Jon Zabala |
Tables and Fixtures
Group A
| Advances to the Grand Finals Semi-Finals |
| Advances to the Ranking Finals Semi-Finals |
| Pos. | Team | Games | Points | Tries | TBP | LBP | Table points | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | For | Against | Diff | |||||
| 1 | Georgia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source - [3] 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 | ||||||||||||||
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Group B
| Advances to the Grand Finals Semi-Finals |
| Advances to the Ranking Finals Semi-Finals |
| Pos. | Team | Games | Points | Tries | TBP | LBP | Table points | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | For | Against | Diff | |||||
| 1 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Portugal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source - [3] 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 | ||||||||||||||
Week 1
Week 2
Ranking Finals
Semi-finals
| 2-3 March 2024 TBA |
| TBA | v | TBA |
| TBA Referee: TBA |
| 2-3 March 2024 TBA |
| TBA | v | TBA |
| TBA Referee: TBA |
Seventh-place final
| 17 March 2024 TBA |
| TBA | v | TBA |
| TBA Referee: TBA |
Fifth-place final
| 17 March 2024 TBA |
| TBA | v | TBA |
| TBA Referee: TBA |
Grand Finals
Semi-finals
| 2-3 March 2024 TBA |
| TBA | v | TBA |
| TBA Referee: TBA |
| 2-3 March 2024 TBA |
| TBA | v | TBA |
| TBA Referee: TBA |
Bronze Final
| 17 March 2024 TBA |
| TBA | v | TBA |
| TBA Referee: TBA |
Final
| 17 March 2024 TBA |
| TBA | v | TBA |
| TBA Referee: TBA |
Two-Year overall standings
| Relegated |
| Pos | Event Team |
2023 | 2024 | Points total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia |
10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Portugal |
8 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Romania |
6 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Spain |
5 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Netherlands |
4 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Germany |
3 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Belgium |
2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Poland |
1 | 0 | 0 |
International broadcasters
| Country | Broadcaster[4] | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium |
— | Rugby Europe (registration required) |
| Georgia |
Rugby TV Imedi TV |
Georgia games shown live via Rugby TV and Imedi TV. Also Georgia games are streamed and free on Rugby TV Facebook page |
| Germany |
— | Rugby Europe (registration required) |
| Netherlands |
Ziggo | Selected games live on Ziggo Sport |
| Poland |
TVP Sport | Poland's home games shown live |
| Portugal |
Sport TV | Portugal games shown live |
| Romania |
— | Rugby Europe (registration required) |
| Spain |
Teledeporte | Spain games shown live via Teledeporte |
| France |
RugbyZone Archived 2022-02-01 at the Wayback Machine | All games available through streaming via RugbyZone Archived 2022-02-01 at the Wayback Machine |
| North America | FloRugby | All games available through streaming via FloSports |
| Rest of the World | Rugby Europe | All games available through streaming via Rugby Europe (registration required). Some games are streamed and free on Rugby Europe Youtube channel |
References
- "New Format for Rugby Europe Championship". Rugby Europe. 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- "Schedule set for Rugby Europe Championship 2024". Rugby Europe. 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- "2024 Rugby Europe Championship Standings".
- "Where to Watch: Rugby Europe Championship 2022".