| 2023–24 Rugby Europe Trophy | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 28 October 2023 - April 2024 | ||
| Countries |  Croatia Czech Republic Lithuania Sweden.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Switzerland Ukraine | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 8 | ||
| Attendance | 5,900 (738 per match) | ||
| Tries scored | 56 (7 per match) | ||
| |||
The 2023–24 Rugby Europe Trophy is the sixth 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 Czechia, Croatia, Lithuania, Sweden, Switzerland, and Ukraine.
Participants
| Nation | Stadium | Head coach | Captain | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home stadium | Capacity | Location | |||
| Croatia |
Stadion Stari plac Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić |
5,000 5,000 |
Split Zagreb |
 Anthony Posa |
Nik Jurišić |
| Czech Republic |
Markéta Stadium | 10,000 | Prague | Miroslav Němeček |
Dan Hošek |
| Lithuania |
Regbio stadionas (Šiauliai Rugby Academy) | 4,000 | Šiauliai | Gediminas Marcišauskas |
Tautvydas Krasauskas |
| Sweden |
Malmö Stadion Olympiastadion |
26,500 14,417 |
Malmö Stockholm |
 Alex Laybourne |
Sami Paulsson |
| 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 |
Makarska City Stadium* Rugby Club Havirov Stadium* |
3,000 300 |
Makarska* Havířov* |
Valerii Kochanov |
Oleg Kosariev Viacheslav Ponomarenko |
* Owing to the ongoing war in Ukraine, Ukraine's home matches will be played in Croatia and Czech Republic
Table
| Champions |
| Relegated |
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Tries | TBP | LBP | GS | Table points | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | For | Against | Diff | ||||||
| 1 | Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 119 | 94 | +25 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Switzerland (P) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 29 | +25 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 82 | 80 | +2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | Croatia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 83 | 75 | +8 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Lithuania | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 73 | 79 | -6 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Ukraine | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 73 | -54 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 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] (P) - promoted to 2025 Rugby Europe Championship | |||||||||||||||
Fixtures
| 28 October 2023 14:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Sweden | 48–37 | Czech Republic |
| Report |
| Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Eugeniu Procopi (Moldova) |
| 4 November 2023 13:00 CET (UTC+1) |
| (1 TBP) Czech Republic | 48–22 | Croatia |
| Report |
| Markéta Stadium, Prague Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Adrian Pawlik (Poland) |
| 4 November 2023 14:00 CET (UTC +1) |
| Ukraine | 14–32 | Lithuania |
| Report |
| Makarska City Stadium, Makarska Attendance: 300 Referee: Ethan Glass (Switzerland) |
| 4 November 2023 15:30 CET (UTC+1) |
| Switzerland | 23–12 | Sweden |
| Report |
| Stade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains Attendance: n/a Referee: Killian O'Brien (Germany) |
| 11 November 2023 14:00 EET (UTC+2) |
| Lithuania | 17–31 | Switzerland |
| Report |
| Klaipėda Central Stadium, Klaipėda Attendance: 500 Referee: Sulkhan Chikladze (Georgia) |
| 11 November 2023 14:30 CET (UTC +1) |
| Ukraine | 5–41 | Croatia (1 TBP) |
| Report |
| Makarska City Stadium, Makarska Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Luis Fernandez (Spain) |
| 18 November 2023 14:30 CET (UTC +1) |
| (1 LBP) Croatia | 20–22 | Sweden |
| Report |
| Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić, Zagreb Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Lukasz Jasinski (Poland) |
| 25 November 2023 14:00 CET (UTC+1) |
| Czech Republic | 34–24 | Lithuania |
| Report |
| Markéta Stadium, Prague Attendance: 700 Referee: Gert Visser (Netherlands) |
| 23 March 2024 14:00 CET (UTC+1) |
| Ukraine | v | Czech Republic |
| Rugby Club Havirov Stadium, Havířov Referee: TBA |
Two-Year overall table
| Promoted to Championship |
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Tries | TBP | LBP | GS | Table points | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | For | Against | Diff | ||||||
| 1 | Switzerland | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 259 | 101 | +158 | 34 | 12 | +22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 28 |
| 2 | Sweden | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 116 | 182 | -66 | 16 | 23 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 3 | Croatia | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 161 | 160 | +1 | 21 | 22 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 | Lithuania | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 146 | 167 | -21 | 19 | 21 | -2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | Ukraine | 6 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 136 | 208 | -72 | 18 | 30 | -12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 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 | Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point[4] | |||||||||||||||
See also
References
- ↑ "2023-24 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.
- ↑ "2022-23 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.
External links
- Rugby Europe - Official Site
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