2023–24 Rugby Europe Trophy
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.
| 2023–24 Rugby Europe Trophy | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 28 October 2023 - 13 April 2024 | ||
| Countries | Croatia Czech Republic Lithuania Sweden Switzerland Ukraine | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Champions | Switzerland (2nd title) | ||
| Matches played | 15 | ||
| Attendance | 13,818 (921 per match) | ||
| Tries scored | 111 (7.4 per match) | ||
| |||
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 | Klaipėda Central Stadium Šiauliai Rugby Academy Stadium |
4,428 4,000 |
Klaipėda Šiauliai |
Gediminas Marcišauskas | Tautvydas Krasauskas |
| Sweden | Olympiastadion Östervångsstadion |
14,417 n/a |
Stockholm Trelleborg |
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 to Conference |
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Tries | TBP | LBP | GS | Table points | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | For | Against | Diff | ||||||
| 1 | Switzerland (P) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 198 | 64 | +134 | 25 | 8 | +17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 2 | Sweden | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 145 | 112 | +33 | 21 | 13 | +8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 192 | 153 | +39 | 26 | 19 | +7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 4 | Croatia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 130 | 132 | -2 | 20 | 10 | +1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | Lithuania | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 103 | 143 | -40 | 12 | 20 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Ukraine | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 61 | 225 | -164 | 8 | 33 | -25 | 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) |
| 9 March 2024 14:00 CET (UTC+1) |
| Czech Republic | 25–41 | Switzerland |
| Report |
| Markéta Stadium, Prague Attendance: 600 Referee: Joshua Ferreira (Germany) |
| 16 March 2024 14:30 CET (UTC+1) |
| (1 TBP) Croatia | 37–22 | Lithuania |
| Report |
| Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić, Zagreb Attendance: 300 Referee: Maria Latos (Germany) |
| 23 March 2024 13:00 CET (UTC+1) |
| Ukraine | 18–48 | Czech Republic (1 TBP) |
| Report |
| Rugby Club Havirov Stadium, Havířov Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Mike Hawkins (Denamrk) |
| 23 March 2024 14:00 EET (UTC+2) |
| Lithuania | 8–27 | Sweden (1 TBP) |
| Report |
| Šiauliai Rugby Academy Stadium, Šiauliai Attendance: 300 Referee: Pedro Mendes-Silva (Portugal) |
| 23 March 2024 15:30 CET (UTC+1) |
| (1 TBP) Switzerland | 35–10 | Croatia |
| Report |
| Stade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains Attendance: 1,518 Referee: Nicola Fratila (Romania) |
| 6 April 2024 14:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
| (1 TBP) Sweden | 36–24 | Ukraine |
| Report |
| Östervångsstadion, Trelleborg Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Gert Visser (Netherlands) |
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 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 362 | 111 | +251 | 49 | 13 | +36 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 38 |
| 2 | Sweden | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 179 | 214 | -35 | 26 | 27 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| 3 | Croatia | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 208 | 217 | -9 | 28 | 30 | -2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| 4 | Lithuania | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 176 | 231 | -55 | 23 | 31 | -8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | Ukraine | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 160 | 312 | -152 | 21 | 46 | -25 | 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] | |||||||||||||||
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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