# 2019–20 Rugby Europe International Championships

The 2019–20 Rugby Europe International Championships is the European Championship for tier 2 and tier 3 rugby union nations. The 2019–20 season is the third 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.
After their win against Germany in the relegation play-off of the 2019 Championship season, Portugal was promoted to the Championship for 2020.
On 12 March 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Rugby Europe announced a suspension of all its matches and tournaments from 13 March 2020 until 15 April 2020. On 26 March, Rugby Europe decided to extend the suspension of all its matches and tournaments indefinitely. On 8 April, Rugby Europe Board of Directors decided to call off the season of Men's Senior XV Conference 1, Conference 2 and Development. There will be no promotion or relegation this year. The same pools will be kept for the 2020–21 season. On 20 October 2020, following the resurgence of COVID-19 pandemic across Europe and local authority restrictions, Rugby Europe has announced a suspension of all matches planned until the end of November 2020.

## Countries

Pre-tournament World Rugby rankings in parentheses. Conference as of 16 September 2019. Trophy as of 21 October 2019. After winning the relegation play-off between the winner of the 2019 Trophy, Portugal, and the last placed 2019 Championship team, Germany, and the win by the former Germany were relegated to the Trophy level, whereas Portugal was promoted to the Championship. Following the 2018–19 season and the promotion of Turkey as well as the relegation of Slovakia, Rugby Europe no changes to the reallocated groups were made, after last year's switch by Austria from Conference 2 South to Conference 2 North for the 2018–19 Conference season.
Legend: * Champion of 2018–19 season; ↑ Promoted from lower division during 2018–19 season; • Division Champion but not promoted during 2018–19 season; ‡ Last place inside own division but not relegated during 2018–19 season; ↓ Relegated from higher division during 2018–19 season

## 2020 Rugby Europe Championship

* Champions
* Advances to promotion/relegation play-off
| Place | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Tries | Tries | Tries | TBP | LBP | GS | Table points |
| Place | Nation | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | For | Against | Diff | TBP | LBP | GS | Table points |
| 1 | Georgia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 197 | 60 | +137 | 28 | 7 | +21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
| 2 | Spain | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 103 | 93 | +10 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 3 | Romania | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 101 | 82 | +19 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | Portugal | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 98 | 111 | -13 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | Russia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 82 | 128 | −46 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 6 | Belgium | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 84 | 171 | −87 | 9 | 21 | −12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 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 | Loss greater than 7 points – 0 points | Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point |
Matches :
1 February 2020 15:55 MSK (UTC+03)Russia 12–31 Spain (1 TBP)RE ReportSlava Metreveli Central Stadium, Sochi Attendance: 8,237 Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)
1 February 2020 14:55 WET (UTC+00)Portugal 23–17 Belgium (1 LBP)RE ReportEstádio Universitário de Lisboa, Lisbon Attendance: 955 Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)
18:00 GET (UTC+04)(1 TBP) Georgia 41–13 RomaniaRE ReportBoris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Tom Foley (England)
8 February 2020 15:00 CET (UTC+01)(1 TBP) Belgium 38–12 RussiaRE ReportStade Communal, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Brussels Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Shota Tevzadze (Georgia)
8 February 2020 14:55 WET (UTC+00)Portugal 22–11 RomaniaRE ReportEstádio Universitário de Lisboa, Lisbon Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Ludovic Cayre (France)
9 February 2020 12:40 CET (UTC+01)Spain 10–23 GeorgiaRE ReportEstadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)
22 February 2020 14:55 EET (UTC+02)Romania 24–7 SpainRE ReportStadionul Municipal, Botoşani Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)
22 February 2020 15:00 GET (UTC+04)1 TBP) Georgia 78–6 BelgiumRE ReportAia Arena, Kutaisi Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Cristian Șerban (Romania)
22 February 2020 16:55 KALT (UTC+02)Russia 19–18 Portugal (1 LBP)RE ReportKaliningrad Attendance: 12 000 Referee: Inigo Atorrasagasti (Spain)
7 March 2020 15:00 CET (UTC+01)(1 LBP) Belgium 23–30 SpainRE ReportStade Communal, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Brussels Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Sean Gallagher (Ireland)
7 March 2020 16:55 MSK (UTC+03)Russia 32–25 Romania (1 LBP)RE ReportKuban Stadium, Krasnodar Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Dan Jones (Wales)
7 March 2020 14:55 CET (UTC+01)Portugal 24–39 Georgia (1 TBP)RE ReportStade Jean-Bouin, Paris Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ben Blain (Scotland)
N/A N/ARomania 28-0 Belgium
7 February 2021 15:00 GET (UTC+04)Georgia 16-7 RussiaMikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)
7 February 2021 12:45 CET (UTC+01)Spain 25-11 PortugalEstadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid Referee: Chris Busby (Ireland) :

## 2019–20 Rugby Europe Trophy

* Champions and advances to Promotion/relegation play-off
| Pos. | Team | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Tries | Tries | Tries | Table points |
| Pos. | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | For | Against | Diff | Table points |
| 1 | Netherlands (25) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 144 | 38 | +106 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 2 | Switzerland (30) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 93 | 52 | +41 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Ukraine (38) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 60 | 74 | −19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 4 | Germany (28) | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 62 | 85 | −23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | Lithuania (37) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 61 | 103 | −42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Poland (35) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 44 | 112 | −68 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Pre-tournament rankings in parentheses. Points were awarded to the teams as follows: Win – 4 points | Draw – 2 points | Loss – 0 points Match bonus points: Scoring at least 3 more tries than the opponent – 1 point | Losing by 7 points or less – 1 point | Overall bonus point: Completing a Grand Slam (winning all matches) – 1 point |||||||||||| |
Matches :
26 October 2019 16:00 EEST (UTC+03)(1 TBP) Ukraine 27–10 LithuaniaGamesheetDynamo Stadium, Kharkiv Attendance: 500 Referee: Federico Vedovelli (Italy)
2 November 2019 15:00 CET (UTC+01)Poland 15–35 GermanyGamesheetStadion ŁKS, Łódź Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Shota Tezvadze (Georgia)
9 November 2019 14:55 CET (UTC+01)(1 TBP) Netherlands 64–8 UkraineGamesheetNRCA Stadium, Amsterdam Referee: Jonathan Dufort (France)
16 November 2019 16:00 EET (UTC+02)Lithuania 9–40  Switzerland (1 TBP)GamesheetSavivaldybė Stadium, Šiauliai Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ross Mabon (Scotland)
23 November 2019 15:00 CET (UTC+01)(1 LBP) Switzerland 20–23 PolandGamesheetStade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Robert O'Sullivan (Ireland)
23 November 2019 15:00 CET (UTC+01)Germany 7–37 Netherlands (1 TBP)GamesheetFritz-Grunebaum-Sportpark, Heidelberg Attendance: 2,731 Referee: Inigo Atorrasagasti (Spain)
29 February 2020 15:00 CET (UTC+01)Germany 20–33  SwitzerlandGamesheetFritz-Grunebaum-Sportpark, Heidelberg Attendance: 650 Referee: Saba Abulashvili (Georgia)
29 February 2020 15:00 CET (UTC+01)Netherlands 7–6 Poland (1 LBP)GamesheetNRCA Stadium, Amsterdam Attendance: 2,050 Referee: Killian O'Brian (Germany)
7 March 2020 14:55 CET (UTC+01)Netherlands 36–17 LithuaniaGamesheetNRCA Stadium, Amsterdam Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Joao Costa (Portugal)
N/A N/ASwitzerland 0–0 Netherlands
N/A N/AGermany 0–0 Lithuania
N/A N/A(1 TBP) Lithuania 25–0 Poland
N/A N/APoland 0–25 Ukraine (1 TBP)
N/A N/AUkraine 0–0  Switzerland
N/A N/AUkraine 0–0 Germany :

## 2019–20 Rugby Europe Conference
### Conference 1
#### Conference 1 North

| Pos. | Team | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Tries | Tries | Tries | Table points |
| Pos. | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | For | Against | Diff | Table points |
| 1 | Czech Republic | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 7 | +93 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Hungary | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 77 | −39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Luxembourg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 36 | −16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 35 | −9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Latvia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 64 | −29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Points were awarded to the teams as follows: Win – 4 points : Draw – 2 points : Loss within seven points – 1 point : Loss greater than seven points – 0 points: At least three more tries than opponent – 1 point Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point |||||||||||||
Matches :
21 September 2019 14:30 CEST (UTC+02)(1 TBP) Czech Republic 64–0 HungaryGamesheetStadion ragby Císařka, Prague Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Killian O'Brien (Germany)
12 October 2019 15:00 CEST (UTC+02)(1 TBP) Hungary 38–13 LatviaGamesheetKincsem Park, Budapest Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Gert Visser (Netherlands)
19 October 2019 15:00 CEST (UTC+02)Luxembourg 7–36 Czech Republic (1 TBP)GamesheetStade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City Attendance: 700 Referee: John Catteau (Belgium)
26 October 2019 16:00 EEST (UTC+03)(1 LBP) Latvia 22–26 SwedenGamesheetSlokas Stadium, Jūrmala Attendance: 350 Referee: Alexandru Ionescu (Romania)
2 November 2019 15:00 CET (UTC+01)Sweden 0–13 LuxembourgGamesheetMalmö Stadion, Malmö Attendance: 200 Referee: Artur Kaptyukh (Russia)
18 April 2020Czech Republic Cancelled LatviaPrague
2 May 2020Latvia Cancelled Luxembourg
9 May 2020Sweden Cancelled Czech RepublicNorrköping
11 May 2019Luxembourg Cancelled HungaryStade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City
16 May 2019Hungary Cancelled Sweden :

#### Conference 1 South

| Pos. | Team | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Tries | Tries | Tries | Table points |
| Pos. | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | For | Against | Diff | Table points |
| 1 | Croatia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 30 | +34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Malta | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 32 | +26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Cyprus | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Slovenia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 70 | −28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Israel | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 67 | −29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Points were awarded to the teams as follows: Win – 4 points : Draw – 2 points : Loss within seven points – 1 point : Loss greater than seven points – 0 points: At least three more tries than opponent – 1 point Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point |||||||||||||
Matches :
12 October 2019 15:00 CEST (UTC+02)(1 TBP) Croatia 39–10 IsraelGamesheetStadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić, Zagreb Attendance: 300 Referee: Mike English (Wales)
19 October 2019 16:00 EEST (UTC+03)(1 LBP) Cyprus 20–25 CroatiaGamesheetStelios Kyriakides Stadium, Paphos Attendance: 500 Referee: Matej Razga (Czech Republic)
19 October 2019 15:00 CEST (UTC+02)Slovenia 28–28 IsraelGamesheetStanežiče Oval, Ljubljana Attendance: 250 Referee: Anthony Lac (Monaco)
9 November 2019 15:00 CET (UTC+01)Slovenia 14–42 Malta (1 TBP)GamesheetStanežiče Oval, Ljubljana Attendance: 150 Referee: Alexei Lebedev (Russia)
23 November 2019 13:55 CET (UTC+01)(1 LBP) Malta 16–18 CyprusGamesheetHibernians Stadium, Paola Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ethan Glass (Switzerland)
21 March 2020Malta Cancelled IsraelHibernians Stadium, Paola
28 March 2020Croatia Cancelled Slovenia
28 March 2020Israel Cancelled CyprusWingate Institute, Netanya
4 April 2020Croatia Cancelled Malta
25 April 2020Cyprus Cancelled SloveniaStelios Kyriakides Stadium, Paphos :

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

| Pos. | Team | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Tries | Tries | Tries | Table points |
| Pos. | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | For | Against | Diff | Table points |
| 1 | Denmark | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 3 | +63 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Moldova | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 32 | +32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Austria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 58 | −8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Finland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 37 | −17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Norway | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 82 | −70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Points were awarded to the teams as follows: Win – 4 points : Draw – 2 points : Loss within seven points – 1 point : Loss greater than seven points – 0 points: At least three more tries than opponent – 1 point Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point |||||||||||||
Matches :
12 October 2019 13:55 CEST (UTC+02)Norway 3–44 Denmark (1 TBP)GamesheetLade idrettsanlegg, Trondheim Attendance: 200 Referee: Benjamin Loader (Austria)
12 October 2019 15:00 EEST (UTC+03)Finland 20–15 Moldova (1 LBP)GamesheetMyllypuron urheilupuisto, Helsinki Attendance: 100 Referee: Mike Hawkins (Denmark)
26 October 2019 15:00 CEST (UTC+02)(1 TBP) Denmark 22–0 FinlandGamesheetOdense Athletics Stadium, Odense Attendance: 500 Referee: Vaidotas Girdvainis (Lithuania)
2 November 2019 14:55 CET (UTC+01)(1 TBP) Austria 38–9 NorwayGamesheetSportklub Stadium, Vienna Referee: Ariel Cabral (Israel)
16 November 2019 16:00 EET (UTC+02)(1 TBP) Moldova 49 – 12 AustriaGamesheetStadionul Central, Criuleni Attendance: 250 Referee: Rami Aro (Sweden)
11 April 2020Moldova Cancelled Norway
9 May 2020Denmark Cancelled Moldova
16 May 2020Norway Cancelled Finland
23 May 2020Austria Cancelled Denmark
30 May 2020Finland Cancelled AustriaMyllypuron urheilupuisto, Helsinki :

#### Conference 2 South

| Pos. | Team | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Tries | Tries | Tries | Table points |
| Pos. | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | For | Against | Diff | Table points |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 10 | +112 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Turkey | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 42 | +9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Andorra | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 46 | +11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Serbia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 86 | −49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 96 | −83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Points were awarded to the teams as follows: Win – 4 points : Draw – 2 points : Loss within seven points – 1 point : Loss greater than seven points – 0 points: At least three more tries than opponent – 1 point Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point |||||||||||||
Matches :
12 October 2019 16:00 TRT (UTC+03)(1 TBP) Turkey 36–12 AndorraGamesheetKızılcahamam İlçe Stadyumu, Ankara Attendance: 200 Referee: Dejan Stiglic (Serbia)
12 October 2019 15:00 CEST (UTC+02)(1 TBP) Bulgaria 71–7 SerbiaGamesheetNational Sports Academy "Vasil Levski", Sofia Attendance: 501 Referee: Maksiuk Valerii (Ukraine)
19 October 2019 13:55 CEST (UTC+02)Serbia 30–15 TurkeyGamesheetKing Peter I Stadium, Belgrade Attendance: 215 Referee: Norbert Mátrai (Hungary)
26 October 2019 13:55 CEST (UTC+02)Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–51 Bulgaria (1 TBP)GamesheetStadion Kamberovića polje, Zenica Attendance: 200 Referee: Hrvoje Bartolic (Croatia)
9 November 2019 16:55 CET (UTC+01)(1 TBP) Andorra 45–10 Bosnia and HerzegovinaGamesheetEstadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella Attendance: 400 Referee: Lionel da Silva (Malta)
11 April 2020Bosnia and Herzegovina Cancelled SerbiaStadion Kamberovića polje, Zenica
18 April 2020Turkey Cancelled Bosnia and HerzegovinaSamsun
2 May 2020Bulgaria Cancelled Turkey
9 May 2020Serbia Cancelled AndorraKing Peter I Stadium, Belgrade
16 May 2020Andorra Cancelled BulgariaEstadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella :

## 2020 Rugby Europe Development

| Pos. | Team | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Tries | Tries | Tries | Table points |
| Pos. | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | For | Against | Diff | Table points |
| 1 | Belarus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Estonia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Montenegro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Points were awarded to the teams as follows: Win – 4 points : Draw – 2 points : Loss within seven points – 1 point : Loss greater than seven points – 0 points: At least three more tries than opponent – 1 point Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point |||||||||||||
Matches :
18 April 2020Estonia Cancelled Belarus
18 April 2020Slovakia Cancelled Montenegro
9 May 2020Montenegro Cancelled Estonia
9 May 2020Belarus Cancelled Slovakia
31 May 2020Estonia Cancelled Slovakia
31 May 2020Belarus Cancelled Montenegro :

## Play-offs
### Championship–Trophy promotion play-off

* 29 May 2021 14:00 CEST (UTC+02)
| Belgium | 21–23 | Netherlands |
* ASUB Rugby Field, Waterloo Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)

### Trophy–Conference 1 promotion play-off

* Cancelled