# 2022–23 Rugby Europe International Championships

The 2022–23 Rugby Europe International Championships was the European Championship for tier 2 and tier 3 rugby union nations. The 2022–23 season was the first of its new format and structure.
On February 28, 2022, Russia and Belarus were suspended from all international rugby and cross-border club rugby activities until further notice.

## Countries

Pre-tournament World Rugby rankings in parentheses.
Legend: * Champion of 2021–22 season; ↑ Promoted from lower division during 2021–22 season; • Division Champion but not promoted during 2021–22 season; ‡ Last place inside own division but not relegated during 2021–22; ↓ Relegated from higher division during 2021–22 season

## 2023 Rugby Europe Championship
### Pool A

* Advances to the Grand Finals Semi-Finals
* Advances to the Ranking Finals Semi-Finals
| Pos. | Team | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Tries | Tries | Tries | TBP | LBP | Table points |
| Pos. | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | For | Against | Diff | TBP | LBP | Table points |
| 1 | Georgia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 23 | +133 | 24 | 3 | +21 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 75 | -12 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 61 | 97 | -36 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Germany | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 55 | 140 | -85 | 6 | 19 | -13 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 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 |

### Pool B

* Advances to the Grand Finals Semi-Finals
* Advances to the Ranking Finals Semi-Finals
| Pos. | Team | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Tries | Tries | Tries | TBP | LBP | Table points |
| Pos. | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | For | Against | Diff | TBP | LBP | Table points |
| 1 | Portugal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 157 | 40 | +117 | 24 | 4 | +20 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | Romania | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 143 | 70 | +73 | 21 | 9 | +12 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 147 | -96 | 5 | 24 | -19 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Belgium | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 131 | -94 | 5 | 18 | -13 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 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 |
Matches :
Group Stage :
4 February 2023 14:00 EET (UTC+2)(1 TBP) Romania 67–27 PolandReportArcul de Triumph, Bucharest Attendance: 2,136 Referee: Saba Abulashvili (Georgia)
4 February 2023 19:00 WET (UTC+0)(1 TBP) Portugal 54–17 BelgiumReportEstádio Nacional, Oeiras Attendance: 3,723 Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)
5 February 2023 13:00 GET (UTC+4)(1 TBP) Georgia 75–12 GermanyReportAchvala Stadium, Tbilisi Attendance: 2,960 Referee: Cristian Şerban (Romania)
5 February 2023 12:45 CET (UTC+1)Spain 28–20 NetherlandsReportEstadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)
11 February 2023 11:35 CET (UTC+1)Poland 3–65 Portugal (1 TBP)ReportNarodowy Stadion Rugby, Gdynia Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Andrew Cole (Ireland)
11 February 2023 13:15 CET (UTC+1)Netherlands 8–40 Georgia (1 TBP)ReportNRCA Stadium, Amsterdam Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Ludovic Cayre (France)
11 February 2023 18:30 CET (UTC+1)Belgium 5–56 Romania (1 TBP)ReportSportscentrum Nelson Mandela, Brussels Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Mike English (Wales)
12 February 2023 14:30 CET (UTC+1)Germany 14–32 Spain (1 TBP)ReportFritz Grunebaum Sportpark, Heidelberg Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Clara Munarini (Italy)
18 February 2023 13:15 CET (UTC+1)(1 LBP) Germany 29–33 NetherlandsReportStadion Pichterich, Neckarsulm Attendance: 1,350 Referee: Alexandru Ionescu (Romania)
18 February 2023 19:00 CET (UTC+1)Spain 3–41 Georgia (1 TBP)ReportCampos del Malecón, Torrelavega Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Eoghan Cross (Ireland)
18 February 2023 21:15 CET (UTC+1)Poland 21–15 Belgium (1 LBP)ReportNarodowy Stadion Rugby, Gdynia Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Inigo Atorrasagasti (Spain)
19 February 2023 15:00 WET (UTC+0)(1 TBP) Portugal 38–20 RomaniaReportEstádio do Restelo, Lisbon Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Saba Abulashvili (Georgia) :
Ranking Finals :
Semi-Finals
4 March 2023 12:15 CET (UTC+1)Netherlands 31–19 BelgiumReportNRCA Stadium, Amsterdam Attendance: 1,250 Referee: Michael Todd (Scotland)
5 March 2023 20:00 CET (UTC+1)Poland 18–23 GermanyReportNarodowy Stadion, Gdynia Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Gert Visser (Netherlands)
Seventh Place Final
19 March 2023 12:30 CET (UTC+1)Belgium 18–17 PolandReportNRCA Stadium, Amsterdam Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Cristian Şerban (Romania)
Fifth Place Final
19 March 2023 15:00 CET (UTC+1)Netherlands 50–28 GermanyReportNRCA Stadium, Amsterdam Attendance: 2,750 Referee: Shota Tevzadze (Georgia) :
Grand Finals :
Semi-Finals
4 March 2023 17:00 WET (UTC+0)Portugal 27–10 SpainReportEstádio do Restelo, Lisbon Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Thomas Charabas (France)
5 March 2023 16:00 GET (UTC+4)Georgia 31–7 RomaniaReportAchvala Stadium, Tbilisi Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Federico Vedovelli (Italy)
Bronze Final
19 March 2023 17:15 CET (UTC+1)Romania 31–25 SpainReportEstadio Nuevo Vivero, Badajoz Attendance: 5,300 Referee: Chris Busby (Ireland)
Cup Final
19 March 2023 20:00 CET (UTC+1)Georgia 38–11 PortugalReportEstadio Nuevo Vivero, Badajoz Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Ludovic Cayre (France) :

## 2022–23 Rugby Europe Trophy

* Champions
| Place | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Tries | Tries | Tries | TBP | LBP | Table points |
| Place | Nation | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | For | Against | Diff | TBP | LBP | Table points |
| 1 | Switzerland | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 205 | 72 | +133 | 29 | 8 | +21 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| 2 | Ukraine | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 117 | 135 | -18 | 15 | 20 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | Sweden | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 82 | 139 | -57 | 11 | 19 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | Lithuania | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 97 | 122 | -25 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Croatia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 100 | 133 | -33 | 12 | 18 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 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 |
Matches :
22 October 2022 14:15 CEST (UTC +2)(1 LBP) Croatia 22–27 UkraineReportStadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić, Zagreb Attendance: 650 Referee: Pedro Mendes-Silva (Portugal)
29 October 2022 14:00 CEST (UTC +2)(1TBP) Sweden 37–17 CroatiaReportOlympiastadion, Stockholm Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Eugeniu Procopi (Moldova)
5 November 2022 14:00 EET (UTC+2)(1 TBP) Lithuania 39–20 UkraineReportŠiauliai Rugby Academy Stadium, Šiauliai Attendance: 700 Referee: Sulkhan Chikladze (Georgia)
5 November 2022 14:00 CET (UTC +1)Sweden 12–69  Switzerland (1 TBP)ReportMalmö Stadion, Malmö Attendance: 200 Referee: Ignacio Munoz-Martin (Spain)
12 November 2022 15:00 CET (UTC +1)(1 TBP) Switzerland 45–6 LithuaniaReportStade Juan Antonio Samaranch, Lausanne Attendance: 650 Referee: John Catteau (Belgium)
11 March 2023 14:00 CET (UTC +1)Ukraine 32–59  Switzerland (1 TBP)ReportStadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić, Zagreb Attendance: 150 Referee: Anthony Lac (Monaco)
18 March 2023 15:30 CET (UTC +1)(1 TBP) Ukraine 38–15 SwedenReportStari plac, Split Attendance: 250 Referee: Kevin Sulejmani (Belgium)
25 March 2023 14:00 EET (UTC +2)(1 LBP) Lithuania 37–39 CroatiaReportŠiauliai Rugby Academy Stadium, Šiauliai Attendance: 600 Referee: Ignacio Munoz-Martin (Spain)
1 April 2023 14:00 EEST (UTC +3)(1 LBP) Lithuania 15–18 SwedenReportRegbio stadionas, Šiauliai Attendance: n/a Referee: Lukasz Jasinski (Poland)
1 April 2023 16:00 CEST (UTC +2)Croatia 22–32  SwitzerlandReportGradski sportski centar, Makarska Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Killian O'Brien (Germany) :

## 2022–23 Rugby Europe Conference
### Conference 1
#### Conference 1 North

* Champions and advances to Promotion play-off
| Place | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | TBP | LBP | Table points |
| Place | Nation | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | TBP | LBP | Table points |
| 1 | Czech Republic | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 41 | +110 | 4 | 0 | 20 |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 56 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Moldova | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 69 | 67 | +2 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | Latvia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 92 | -35 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | Hungary | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 42 | 119 | -77 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 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 |
Matches :
8 October 2022 15:00 CEST (UTC+2)Hungary 21–41 Czech Republic (1 TBP)ReportRugby Center at Kincsem Park, Budapest Attendance: 200 Referee: Mike Hawkins (Denmark)
22 October 2023 14:00 EEST (UTC+3)(1 TBP) Latvia 28–0 Luxembourgn/aBaldones stadions, Baldone Attendance: n/a Referee: n/a
29 October 2022 14:00 EEST (UTC+3)(1 TBP) Moldova 28–0 Latvian/aDinamo stadium, Chișinău Attendance: n/a Referee: n/a
12 November 2022 14:00 CET (UTC+1)(1 TBP) Czech Republic 39–13 MoldovaReportStadion Mládeže, Zlín Attendance: 1,384 Referee: Maria Latos (Germany)
26 November 2022 n/a(1 TBP) Luxembourg 28–0 Hungaryn/an/a Attendance: n/a Referee: n/a
14 April 2023 20:30 CEST (UTC+2)Luxembourg 28–0 Moldovan/an/a Attendance: n/a Referee: n/a
22 April 2023 14:00 CEST (UTC+2)Czech Republic 28–0 Luxembourgn/aRugby Club Havirov Stadium, Havířov Attendance: n/a Referee: n/a
29 April 2023 13:00 EEST (UTC+3)Latvia 7–43 Czech Republic (1 TBP)ReportDaugava stadium, Liepāja Attendance: 500 Referee: Dominik Jastrzebski (Poland)
29 April 2023 n/a(1 TBP) Moldova 28–0 Hungaryn/an/a Attendance: n/a Referee: n/a
6 May 2023 16:00 CEST (UTC+2)(1 LBP) Hungary 21–22 LatviaReportRugby Center at Kincsem Park, Budapest Attendance: 400 Referee: Nikola Zachariev (Czech Republic) :

#### Conference 1 South

* Champions and advances to Promotion play-off
| Place | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | TBP | LBP | Table points |
| Place | Nation | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | TBP | LBP | Table points |
| 1 | Israel | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 115 | 62 | +53 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 113 | 83 | +30 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 3 | Cyprus | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 146 | 87 | +59 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | Malta | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 101 | 85 | +16 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | Slovenia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 43 | 101 | -148 | 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 |
Matches :
1 October 2022 14:00 CEST (UTC+2)Slovenia 7–56 Cyprus (1 TBP)n/aOval Ljubljana, Ljubljana Attendance: n/a Referee: Dominik Jastrzebski (Poland)
15 October 2022 14:00 CEST (UTC+2)Malta 14–23 BulgariaReportHibernians Stadium, Paola Attendance: 350 Referee: Lukasz Jazinski (Poland)
22 October 2022 14:00 CEST (UTC+2)Slovenia 10–46 Malta (1 TBP)ReportOval Ljubljana, Ljubljana Attendance: 100 Referee: Kevin Suljemani (Belgium)
5 November 2022 15:00 EET (UTC+2)Bulgaria 34–15 IsraelReportNational Sports Academy Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Valeriu Chipercean (Romania)
12 November 2022 13:00 EET (UTC+2)(1 LBP) Cyprus 21–22 IsraelReportCommunity Stadium, Maroni Attendance: 200 Referee: Francisco Serra (Portugal)
25 March 2023 14:00 CET (UTC+1)(1 TBP) Malta 41–24 CyprusReportHibernians Stadium, Paola Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Liam Wright (Netherlands)
15 April 2023 14:00 IDT (UTC+3)(1 TBP) Israel 28–0 Maltan/aYizre'el Rugby Club, Yizre'el Attendance: n/a Referee: n/a
22 April 2023 14:00 IDT (UTC+3)(1 TBP) Israel 50–7 SloveniaReportYizre'el Rugby Club, Yizre'el Attendance: 500 Referee: Jonathan Teppler (Germany)
29 April 2023 15:00 CEST (UTC+2)(1 TBP) Bulgaria 39–19 SloveniaReportNational Sports Academy Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 1,110 Referee: Ivan Zelic (Croatia)
13 May 2023 14:00 EEST (UTC+3)Cyprus 35–17 BulgariaReportRugby field at Makareio, Nicosia Referee: Luis Fernandez (Spain) :

### Conference 2
#### Conference 2 North

* Champions and promoted
| Place | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | TBP | LBP | Table points |
| Place | Nation | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | TBP | LBP | Table points |
| 1 | Finland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 32 | +52 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Denmark | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 51 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | Andorra | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 69 | 62 | +7 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Norway | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 70 | -51 | 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 |
Matches :
1 October 2022 15:00 CEST (UTC+2)Denmark 25–10 Andorran/aRugby Club Speed Stadium, Copenhagen Attendance: n/a Referee: Rami Aro (Sweden)
15 October 2022 15:00 EEST (UTC+3)(1 TBP) Finland 31–6 DenmarkReportMyllypuron urheilupuisto, Helsinki Attendance: 300 Referee: Boris Bovsunovsky (Ukraine)
22 October 2022 14:00 EEST (UTC+3)(1 TBP) Finland 22–3 NorwayReportMyllypuron urheilupuisto, Helsinki Attendance: 350 Referee: Norbert Matrai (Hungary)
22 April 2023 17:00 CEST (UTC+2)Andorra 23–31 FinlandReportEstadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Anatolie Tipa (Moldova)
29 April 2023 16:50 CEST (UTC+2)(1 TBP) Andorra 26–6 NorwayReportEstadi Esportiu de Prada de Moles, Encamp Attendance: 400 Referee: Sahar Zivan (Croatia)
13 May 2023 14:00 CEST (UTC+2)Norway 10–22 DenmarkReportStavanger Stadion, Stavanger Attendance: 100 Referee: Edwin Van Der Spek (Netherlands) :

#### Conference 2 South

* Champions and promoted
* Withdrawn
| Place | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | TBP | LBP | Table points |
| Place | Nation | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | TBP | LBP | Table points |
| 1 | Serbia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 18 | +107 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 71 | -14 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | Montenegro | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 106 | -62 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Turkey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 74 | -31 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 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 |
Matches :
1 October 2022 14:00 CEST (UTC+3)Bosnia and Herzegovina 25–13 Turkeyn/aKamberovića Polje, Zenica Attendance: n/a Referee: Benjamin Loader (Austria)
8 October 2022 14:00 CEST (UTC+2)(1 TBP) Serbia 62–0 MontenegroReportKing Peter I Stadium, Belgrade Attendance: 500 Referee: Andrei Gheorghe (Romania)
15 October 2022 14:00 TRT (UTC+3)Turkey 6–23 Serbia (1 TBP)ReportVakfıkebir İlçe Stadyumu, Trabzon Attendance: 800 Referee: Sahar Zivan (Israel)
29 October 2022 12:00 CEST (UTC+3)(1 LBP) Montenegro 18–20 Bosnia and HerzegovinaReportStadion Topolica, Bar Attendance: 300 Referee: Diogo Miranda (Portugal)
29 April 2023 14:00 CEST (UTC+3)Bosnia and Herzegovina 12–40 Serbia (1 TBP)ReportKamberovića Polje, Zenica Attendance: 500 Referee: Mario Dragicevic (Croatia)
13 May 2023 11:00 CEST (UTC+3)Montenegro 26–24 Turkey (1 LBP)ReportStadion Topolica, Bar Attendance: 200 Referee: Vaidotas Girdvaines Lithuania :

## 2023 Rugby Europe Development
### Conference 2 South

* Champions and promoted
| Place | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | TBP | LBP | Table points |
| Place | Nation | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | TBP | LBP | Table points |
| 1 | Austria | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 10 | +136 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Kosovo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 146 | -136 | 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 |
Matches :
1 April 2023 13:00 CEST (UTC+2)Kosovo 7–51 Austria (1 TBP)ReportHajvali Stadium, Pristina Attendance: 300 Referee: Tomasz Stepien (Poland)
22 April 2023 16:00 CEST (UTC+2)(1 TBP) Austria 95–3 KosovoReportSportanlage Stadlau, Vienna Attendance: 500 Referee: Kevin Jalibat (Switzerland) :

## Play-off
### Conference 1 promotion to Trophy play-off

* 27 May 2023 14:00 CEST (UTC+2)
| Czech Republic | 64–19 | Israel |
* RC Mountfield Říčany stadium. Říčany Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ethan Glass (Switzerland)