The 2006–2008 European Nations Cup (ENC) Second Division (a European rugby union competition for national teams) will be contested over two years during which all teams meet each other home and away. The winner of Division 2A, Germany, will be promoted to Division 1 and fifth place, Netherlands, relegated to Division 2B. The winner, Poland, and loser of Division 2B shall be promoted to Division 2A and relegated to Division 3A, respectively.

In 2006 Ukraine was relegated from the First Division to Division 2A and Latvia promoted from Division 3A to 2B. The other teams joined from Round 3 of the qualification for the World Cup 2007. Spain, the winner of Round 3 of WC qual., was thereby promoted to the First Division in 2006.

Division 2A

Pos Team Games Points Table
Points
Play Won Draw Lost For Ag. Diff.
1 Germany8602191124+6720
2 Belgium8602214147+6720
3 Moldova8503163157+618
4 Ukraine8305117128−1114
5 Netherlands800897226−1298
  • In the event of a tie the following rules apply: champion to be decided by 1. Winner of the games between tied teams 2. Best difference points for and against in all pool matches 3. Best difference between tried in all pool matches 4. Higher number of points 5. Higher number of tries [1]
  • Germany was promoted because they won on aggregate in the two games played between them and Belgium (32 – 13 and 18 – 32 giving an aggregate of 50 – 45).
4 November 2006
Belgium 24–11 Ukraine
Brussels

11 November 2006
Moldova 26–24 Germany
Chisinau

18 November 2006
Netherlands 18–29 Ukraine
Amsterdam

18 November 2006
Germany 32–13 Belgium
Heidelberg

26 November 2006
Moldova 43–7 Netherlands
Chisinau

21 April 2007
Ukraine 14–22 Germany
Kyiv

21 April 2007
Belgium 27–29 Moldova
Brussels

28 April 2007
Germany 21–12 Netherlands
Hannover

5 May 2007
Ukraine 16–17 Moldova
Kyiv

5 May 2007
Netherlands 20–27 Belgium
Amsterdam

10 November 2007
Ukraine 13–7 Netherlands
Kyiv

10 November 2007
Belgium 32–18 Germany
Brussels

17 November 2007
Netherlands 13–15 Moldova
Amsterdam

24 November 2007
Germany 34–5 Moldova
Heidelberg

24 November 2007
Ukraine 15–18 Belgium
Feodosiya

12 April 2008
Moldova 19–22 Belgium
Chisinau

19 April 2008
Germany 13–5 Ukraine
Hannover

26 April 2008
Netherlands 17–27 Germany
Amsterdam

3 May 2008
Moldova 9–14 Ukraine
Chisinau

3 May 2008
Belgium 51–3 Netherlands
Brussels

Division 2B

Pos Team Games Points Table
Points
Play Won Draw Lost For Ag. Diff.
1 Poland870126667+19922
2 Latvia8503150165−1518
3 Croatia8404133134−116
4 Malta8206125210−8512
5 Andorra8206118216−9812
  • Andorra was relegated because they lost on aggregate in the two games played between them and Malta (24 – 24 and 17 – 16 giving an aggregate of 41 – 47).
7 October 2006
Poland 54–8 Andorra
Try: Hotowski (2)
Sajur (2)
Komisarczuk
Łukasiewicz
Urbanowicz
Wojaczek
Con: Stępień (7)
Try: Duran
Pen: Abelló
Kraków
Attendance: approx. 300–400
Referee: Paolo Ventura

4 November 2006
Andorra 21–34 Latvia
Andorre

4 November 2006
Malta 18–49 Croatia
Paola

28 October 2006
Croatia 11–12 Poland
Try: Hotowski (2)
Con: Banaszek (2/2)
Makarska

29 October 2006
Latvia 27–16 Malta
Riga

31 March 2007
Croatia 7–27 Latvia
Makarska

7 April 2007
Andorra 24–13 Croatia
Andorra La Vella

5 May 2007
Latvia 9–33 Poland
Try: Sajur (2)
Hotowski
Łukasiewicz
Pisarek
Con: Bukhalo (4)
Riga

12 May 2007
Malta 31–24 Andorra
Paola

19 May 2007
Poland 36–3 Malta
Try: Królikowski
Łukasiewicz
Mirosz
Miśkiewicz
Wojaczek
Con: Bukhalo (4)
Pen: Bukhalo
Pen: Mirabell
Siedlce
Attendance: 2500
Referee: Gheorghe Sabău

29 September 2007
Andorra 5–33 Poland
Try: AlieuTry: Hotowski (3)
Banaszek
Pisarek
Con: Banaszek (4)
Andorra la Vella
Attendance: approx. 300–400
Referee: Paolo Ventura

27 October 2007
Poland 14–15 Croatia
Try: Michalak
Pen: Bukhalo (3)
Pen: Ursić (5)
Gdynia

10 November 2007
Croatia 24–9 Malta
Makarska

17 November 2007
Malta 16–13 Latvia
Marsa

24 November 2007
Latvia 20–9 Andorra
Riga

19 April 2008
Croatia 15–10 Andorra
Split

26 April 2008
Poland 55–0 Latvia
Try: Banaszek (2)
Hotowski (2)
Pisarek
Popławski
Stępień
Con: Bukhalo (7)
Pen: Bukhalo (2)
Koszalin

10 May 2008
Malta 16–29 Poland
Try: Banaszek
Bukhalo
Miśkiewicz
Podolski
Con: Banaszek (2)
Bukhalo
Pen: Bukhalo
Marsa

10 May 2008
Latvia 20–8 Croatia
Riga

17 May 2008
Andorra 17–16 Malta
Andorra la Vella

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