# 1968–69 FIRA Nations Cup

The Nations Cup 1968–69 was the ninth edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams, and fourth with the formula and the name of "Nations Cup".
The tournament was won for the first time by Romania, who won all their four games, including a 15–14 win over France at home.

## First division

* Table
| Place | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Table points |
| Place | Nation | played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | Table points |
| 1 | Romania | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 37 | 42 | 12 |
| 2 | France | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 135 | 35 | 100 | 9 |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 71 | −5 | 7 |
| 4 | West Germany | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 44 | −24 | 3 |
| 5 | Poland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 132 | −113 | 3 |
Poland and Germany relegated to division 2
* Results
* Point system: try 3 pt, conversion: 2 pt., penalty kick 3 pt. drop 3 pt, goal from mark 3 pt. Click "show" for more info about match (scorers, line-up etc)
Poland-Germany not played
* 27 October 1968
| Czechoslovakia XV | 9 – 18 | Romania |
* Říčany
* 5 April 1969
| West Germany | 6 – 20 | France XV |
* Cologne
* 27 April 1969
| France XV | 34 – 14 | Czechoslovakia |
* Besançon
* 15 June 1969
| Romania | 40 – 11 | Poland |
* Bucharest
* 25 August 1969
| Czechoslovakia | 25 – 8 | Poland |
* Havířov
* 26 October 1969
| West Germany | 11 – 18 | Czechoslovakia |
* Hamburg
* 9 November 1969
| West Germany | 3 – 6 | Romania |
* Konylisy, Hanover
* 1969
| Poland | 0 – 67 | France XV |
* Warsaw

## Second division
### Pool 1

* Table
| Place | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Table points |
| Place | Nation | played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | Table points |
| 1 | Italy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 3 | +36 | 6 |
| 2 | Yugoslavia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 28 | −3 | 4 |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 39 | −33 | 2 |
* Results
* Point system: try 3 pt, conversion: 2 pt., penalty kick 3 pt. drop 3 pt, goal from mark 3 pt. Click "show" for more info about match (scorers, line-up etc)
* 1 May 1969
| Yugoslavia | 22 – 6 | Bulgaria |
* Pančevo

### Pool 2

* Table
| Place | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Table points |
| Place | Nation | played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | Table points |
| 1 | Spain | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 11 | +22 | 6 |
| 2 | Portugal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 21 | +5 | 4 |
| 3 | Morocco | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 33 | −27 | 2 |
* Results
* Point system: try 3 pt, conversion: 2 pt., penalty kick 3 pt. drop 3 pt, goal from mark 3 pt.
* 23 March 1969
| Portugal | 11 – 15 | Spain |
* Barreiro
* 13 April 1969
| Spain | 18 – 0 | Morocco |
* Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid
* 20 April 1969
| Morocco | 6 – 15 | Portugal |
* Casablanca

### Pool 3

* Table
| Place | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Table points |
| Place | Nation | played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | Table points |
| 1 | Belgium | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 3 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 1 |
* Results
* Point system: try 3 pt, conversion: 2 pt., penalty kick 3 pt. drop 3 pt, goal from mark 3 pt.
* 30 March 1969
| Belgium | 9 – 5 | Netherlands |
* Nivelles

### Final Pool

* Table
| Place | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Table points |
| Place | Nation | played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | Table points |
| 1 | Italy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 5 | 37 | 6 |
| 2 | Spain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 15 | 31 | 4 |
| 3 | Belgium | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 71 | −68 | 2 |
Italy promoted to division 1
* Results
* Point system: try 3 pt, conversion: 2 pt., penalty kick 3 pt. drop 3 pt, goal from mark 3 pt. Click "show" for more info about match (scorers, line-up etc)
* 17 May 1969
| Spain | 41 – 3 | Belgium |
* Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid