# 2019–20 Rugby Europe Trophy

The 2019–20 Rugby Europe Trophy is the second-level rugby union competition below the premier Championship. It is the fourth Trophy competition under its new format, that will see Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, and Switzerland compete for the title, and a place in the Championship–Trophy promotion play-off.
This year's competition sees Ukraine joining the Trophy after winning its division in Conference 1 North. After the Championship–Trophy promotion play-off of the 2018–19 season, which was played on 15 June 2019 between Portugal and Germany, Portugal was promoted after its third try and Germany relegated to the Trophy level.

## Table

* 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 |||||||||||| |

## Fixtures

* 26 October 2019 13:52 EEST (UTC+03)
| (1 TBP) Ukraine | 27–10 | Lithuania |
| Try: Vertyletskyi (2) 30' c, 40'+1 m Radchuk 66' m Kosariev 80'+4 c Con: Kosariev (2/4) 30', 80'+4 Pen: Kosariev 10' | Gamesheet | Try: Miezys 35' c Con: Vilimavičius (1/1) 35' Pen: Vilimavičius 19' |
* Dynamo Stadium, Kharkiv Attendance: 500 Referee: Federico Vedovelli (Italy)
* 2 November 2019 14:52 CET (UTC+01)
| Poland | 15–35 | Germany |
| Try: Buczek 40' m Cal 55' c Con: Gdula (1/2) 55' Pen: Gdula (1) 7' | Gamesheet | Try: Rinklin 29' c Lammers (2) 35' c, 40' m Paine 72' c Con: Klewinghaus (3/4) 29', 35', 72' Pen: Klewinghaus (3) 2', 22', 60' |
* Stadion Miejski, Łódź Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Shota Tezvadze (Georgia)
* 9 November 2019 14:55 CET (UTC+01)
| (1 TBP) Netherlands | 64–8 | Ukraine |
| Try: Hop (2) 21' c, 60' m Gascoigne (4) 32' c, 44' c, 66' c, 75' c Koning 39' c Danen 50' c Visser 63' c Con: Weersma (8/9) 22', 33', 40', 45', 51', 64', 67', 76' Pen: Weersma 13' | Gamesheet | Try: Shakura 7' m Pen: Kosariev 15' |
* NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Jonathan Dufort (France)
* 16 November 2019 13:52 EET (UTC+02)
| Lithuania | 9–40 | Switzerland (1 TBP) |
| Pen: Vilimavičius (3/3) 6', 15', 19' | Gamesheet | Try: Kavanagh 9' c Heinrich 12' m O'Grady 39' c Wullschleger 48' c Perrod 55' c Penalty try 72' Con: Perrod (4/5) 10', 40', 49', 56 |
* Šiaulių savivaldybės stadionas, Šiauliai Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ross Mabon (Scotland)
* 23 November 2019 15:22 CET (UTC+01)
| (1 LBP) Switzerland | 20–23 | Poland |
| Try: Delabays 25' c Malyon 57' c Con: Perrod (2/2) 26', 58' Pen: Perrod (2) 2', 14' | Gamesheet | Try: Pogorzelski 67' m Pen: Nowicki (6) 10', 18', 42', 53', 61', 74' |
* Stade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Robert O'Sullivan (Ireland)
* 23 November 2019 14:22 CET (UTC+01)
| Germany | 7–37 | Netherlands (1 TBP) |
| Try: Fairhurst 14' c Con: Hohl (1/1) 15' | Gamesheet | Try: Hop (2) 10' c, 78' c Van Kampen 65' c Penalty try 80' Con: Weersma (3/3) 11', 66', 79' Pen: Weersma 20', 55', 62' |
* Fritz-Grunebaum-Sportpark, Heidelberg Attendance: 2,731 Referee: Inigo Atorrasagasti (Spain)
* 29 February 2020 14:50 CET (UTC+01)
| Germany | 20–33 | Switzerland |
| | Gamesheet | |
* Fritz-Grunebaum-Sportpark, Heidelberg Attendance: 650 Referee: Saba Abulashvili (Georgia)
* 29 February 2020 14:50 CET (UTC+01)
| Netherlands | 7–6 | Poland (1 LBP) |
| | Gamesheet | |
* NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam Attendance: 2,050 Referee: Killian O'Brian (Germany)
* 7 March 2020 14:50 CET (UTC+01)
| (1 TBP) Netherlands | 36–17 | Lithuania |
| | Gamesheet | |
* NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Joao Costa (Portugal)
* 14 March 2020 15:30 CET (UTC+01)
| Switzerland | 0–0 | Netherlands |
* Stade des Cherpines, Plan-les-Ouates Referee: John Catteau (Belgium)
* 21 March 2020 15:00 CET (UTC+01)
| Germany | 0–0 | Lithuania |
* Fritz-Grunebaum-Sportpark, Heidelberg Referee: Ethan Glass (Switzerland)
* 18 April 2020 14:00 EEST (UTC+03)
| (1 TBP) Lithuania | 25–0 | Poland |
* Lithuania Referee: Matej Razga (Czech Republic)
* 25 April 2020 15:00 CEST (UTC+02)
| Poland | 0–25 | Ukraine (1 TBP) |
* Stadion Miejski, Siedlce Referee: Alexei Lebedev (Russia)
* 2 May 2020 13:00 EEST (UTC+03)
| Ukraine | 0–0 | Switzerland |
* Yunist Stadion, Lviv Referee: Anthony Lac (Monaco)
* 17 May 2020 14:00 EEST (UTC+03)
| Ukraine | 0–0 | Germany |
* Spartak Stadium, Odesa Referee: Alexandru Ionescu (Romania)

## Relegation/promotion play-off

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

## Top scorers
### Top points scorers

| Pos | Name | Team | Pts |
| 1 | David Weersma | Netherlands | 34 |
| 2 | Simon Perrod | Switzerland | 23 |
| 3 | Joshua Gascoigne | Netherlands | 20 |
| 3 | Jordy Hop | Netherlands | 20 |
| 5 | Jedrzej Nowicki | Poland | 18 |

### Top try scorers

| Pos | Name | Team | Tries |
| 1 | Joshua Gascoigne | Netherlands | 4 |
| 1 | Jordy Hop | Netherlands | 4 |
| 3 | Felix Lammers | Germany | 2 |
| 3 | Eduard Vertyletskyi | Ukraine | 2 |
| 5 | 23 players | 23 players | 1 |