# 2020–21 Rugby Europe International Championships

The 2020–21 Rugby Europe International Championships is the European Championship for tier 2 and tier 3 rugby union nations. The 2020–21 season is the fourth of its new format and structure, where all Levels play on a one-year cycle, replacing the old format of a two-year cycle, with the teams playing each other both home and away.
For all teams competing in the Championship, this year's edition of the Rugby Europe International Championships doubles as the first year of 2023 Rugby World Cup qualifiers for the European region, where the winner and runner-up teams of the two-year cycle, automatically qualifies to the tournament as Europe 1 and Europe 2. The third team qualifies to the Final qualification tournament.

## Countries

Pre-tournament World Rugby rankings in parentheses.
Championship
* Georgia * (12)
* Netherlands ↑ (25)
* Portugal (20)
* Spain (17)
* Romania (19)
* Russia (21)
Legend: * Champion of 2019–20 season; ↑ Promoted from lower division during 2019–20 season;

## 2021 Rugby Europe Championship

* Champions
| Pos. | Team | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Tries | Tries | Tries | TBP | LBP | GS | Table points |
| Pos. | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | For | Against | Diff | TBP | LBP | GS | Table points |
| 1 | Georgia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 73 | +80 | 22 | 6 | +16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
| 2 | Romania | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 136 | 104 | +32 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Portugal | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 196 | 139 | +57 | 25 | 20 | +5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 4 | Russia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 97 | 142 | −45 | 11 | 18 | −7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | Spain | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 164 | 109 | +55 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7* |
| 6 | Netherlands | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 73 | 252 | −179 | 10 | 38 | −28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source - 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 * deducted points |
Matches :
6 March 2021 15:00 MSK (UTC+03)Russia 18–13 Romania (1 LBP)ReportFisht Stadium, Sochi Attendance: 2,895 Referee: Shota Tevzadze (Georgia)
6 March 2021 15:00 WET (UTC+00)Portugal 16–29 Georgia (1 TBP)ReportEstádio Nacional, Lisbon Attendance: 0 Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi (Italy)
13 March 2021 13:00 WET (UTC+00)(1 LBP) Portugal 27–28 RomaniaReportEstádio Nacional, Lisbon Attendance: 30 Referee: Luc Ramos (France)
14 March 2021 12:45 CET (UTC+01)(1 LBP) Spain 19–25 GeorgiaReportEstadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid Attendance: 0 Referee: Pierre Brousset (France)
20 March 2021 13:00 KALT (UTC+02)Russia 6–23 Georgia (1 TBP)ReportKaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)
20 March 2021 15:00 EET (UTC+02)Romania 22–16 Spain (1 LBP)ReportStadionul Steaua II, Bucharest Attendance: 50 Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)
27 March 2021 16:00 WET (UTC+00)Portugal 43–28 SpainReportEstádio de Rugby Jamor, Lisbon Attendance: 0 Referee: Ludovic Cayre (France)
28 March 2021 15:00 GET (UTC+04)Georgia 28–17 RomaniaReportMikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)
26 June 2021 17:00 GET (UTC+04)(1 TBP) Georgia 48–15 NetherlandsReportCaucasus Arena, Telavi Attendance: 700 Referee: Alexandru Ionescu (Romania)
10 July 2021 15:00 CEST (UTC+02)Netherlands 28–61 Portugal (1 TBP)ReportNRCA Stadium, Amsterdam Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Aled Evans (Wales)
17 July 2021 13:30 MSK (UTC+03)Russia 26–49 PortugalReportNizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Ben Blain (Scotland)
6 November 2021 15:00 CET (UTC+01)Netherlands 8–35 Russia (1 TBP)ReportNRCA Stadium, Amsterdam Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Keith Allen (Scotland)
13 November 2021 17:30 EET (UTC+02)(1 TBP) Romania 56–15 NetherlandsReportStadionul Naţional de Rugby Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest Attendance: 0 Referee: Peter Martin (Ireland)
14 November 2021 12:45 CET (UTC+01)(1 TBP) Spain 49–12 RussiaReportEstadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ben Breakspear (Wales)
18 December 2021 14:00 CET (UTC+01)Netherlands 7–52 Spain (1 TBP)ReportNRCA Stadium, Amsterdam Attendance: 0 Referee: Eoghan Cross (Ireland) :