# 1977–78 FIRA Trophy

The 1977-1978 FIRA Trophy was the 18th edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams.
The tournament was won by France, with a Grand Slam. Romania finished in 2nd place, while Spain had a surprising 3rd place, defeating Italy (10-3), in Madrid, to repeat the same place of the previous tournament. Italy had a very disappointing performance, finishing in 5th place, below Poland, who also beat them (12-6).

## 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 | France | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 158 | 77 | +81 | 15 |
| 2 | Romania | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 190 | 49 | +141 | 12 |
| 3 | Spain | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 134 | -70 | 11 |
| 4 | Poland | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 93 | 110 | -17 | 9 |
| 5 | Italy | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 67 | -29 | 8 |
| 6 | Czechoslovakia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 61 | 167 | -106 | 5 |
Czechoslovakia relegated to division 2
* Results
* Point system: try 4 pt, conversion: 2 pt., penalty kick 3 pt. drop 3 pt Click "show" for more info about match (scorers, line-up etc)
* 2 October 1977
| France XV | 63 - 35 | Czechoslovakia |
* Stade Municipal, Hagondange
* 23 October 1977
| Poland | 12 - 6 | Italy |
* Warsaw
* 29 October 1977
| Czechoslovakia | 4 - 10 | Italy |
* Prague
* 5 November 1977
| Romania | 38 - 21 | Poland |
* Bucharest
* 17 December 1977
| Spain | 10 - 3 | Italy |
* Estadio de Vallehermoso, Madrid
* 1978
| France XV | 35 - 24 | Poland |
* Stadium Municipal, Albi
* 29 January 1978
| Spain | 3 - 20 | France XV |
* Estadio de Vallehermoso, Madrid
* 4 February 1978
| Italy | 9 - 31 | France XV |
* Stadio Tommaso Fattori, L'Aquila
* 9 April 1978
| Romania | 60 - 6 | Czechoslovakia |
* Bucharest
* 16 April 1978
| Romania | 76 - 3 | Spain |
* Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest
* 7 May 1978
| Spain | 20 - 13 | Czechoslovakia |
* CN Montjuïc, Barcelona
* 21 May 1978
| Poland | 22 - 28 | Spain |
* Warsaw
* 28 May 1978
| Czechoslovakia | 3 - 14 | Poland |
* Vyškov

## 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 | Yugoslavia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | +26 | 6 |
| 2 | Morocco | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 20 | +5 | 4 |
| 3 | Belgium | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | -31 | 2 |
* Results
* 1 July 1977
| Morocco | 0 - 20 | Yugoslavia |
* Casablanca
* 29 October 1977
| Belgium | 0 - 25 | Morocco |
* Brussels
| Yugoslavia | 6-0 forfait | Belgium |

### 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 | Soviet Union | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 15 | +87 | 6 |
| 2 | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 49 | -27 | 4 |
| 3 | West Germany | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 80 | -60 | 2 |
* Results
* 9 October 1977
| Sweden | 6 - 38 | Soviet Union |
* Vanersborg
* 30 October 1977
| West Germany | 11 - 16 | Sweden |
* Berlin
* 9 May 1978
| Soviet Union | 64 - 9 | West Germany |
* Kharkov

### Finals

* 14 May 1978
| Yugoslavia | 3 - 18 | Soviet Union |
* Sarajevo
* 18 May 1978
| Yugoslavia | 6 - 16 | Soviet Union |
* Travnik
Soviet Union promoted to division 1