2024–25 Rugby Europe International Championships

2024–25 Rugby Europe International Championships
2024–25 Rugby Europe International Championships
Date	21 September 2024 – 24-25 May 2025
Countries	35
Tournament statistics
Champions	Championship; ; Trophy; ; Conference; ; ; ; ;
Matches played	23
Attendance	7,300 (317 per match)
Tries scored	210 (9.13 per match)
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The 2024–25 Rugby Europe International Championships is the European Championship for tier 2 and tier 3 rugby union nations.

Countries

Pre-tournament World Rugby rankings in parentheses.

Championship
Group A

Georgia * (12)
Netherlands (27)
Spain (18)
Switzerland ↑ (26)

Trophy

Croatia (38)
Czech Republic (34)
Lithuania (50)
Luxembourg ↑ (53)
Poland ↓ (35)
Sweden (32)

Group B

Belgium (30)
Germany (31)
Portugal (15)
Romania (20)

Conference
Pool A

Denmark (77)
Estonia (NR)
Finland (75)
Latvia * (57)
Norway (106)

Pool C

Bulgaria (63)
Moldova * (60)
Serbia (82)
Turkey (88)

Pool E

Bosnia and Herzegovina (102)
Kosovo ↑ (NR)
Montenegro ↑ (NR)
Slovenia (83)

Pool B

Austria (79)
Hungary (70)
Slovakia (NR)
Ukraine ↓ (55)

Pool D

Andorra (87)
Cyprus (NR)
Israel (64)
Malta * (45)

Legend:
* Champion of 2023–24 season; ↑ Promoted from lower division during 2023–24 season; • Division Champion but not promoted during 2023–24 season; ‡ Last place inside own division but not relegated during 2023–24; ↓ Relegated from higher division during 2023–24 season

2025 Rugby Europe Championship

Pool A

Advances to the Grand Finals Semi-Finals
Advances to the Ranking Finals Semi-Finals

Pos.	Team	Games				Points			Tries			TBP	LBP	Table points
Pos.	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	For	Against	Diff	TBP	LBP	Table points
1	Georgia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Source - ^[1] 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^[2]

Pool B

Advances to the Grand Finals Semi-Finals
Advances to the Ranking Finals Semi-Finals

Pos.	Team	Games				Points			Tries			TBP	LBP	Table points
Pos.	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	For	Against	Diff	TBP	LBP	Table points
1	Belgium	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Romania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Source - ^[1] 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

31 January 2025
19:00 EET (UTC+2)

Romania	v	Germany

Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
Referee: TBA

1 February 2025
16:00 GET (UTC+4)

Georgia	v	Switzerland

Avchala Stadium, Tbilisi
Referee: TBA

1 February 2025
12:45 CET (UTC+1)

Spain	v	Netherlands

TBA
Referee: TBA

1 February 2025
19:30 WET (UTC+0)

Portugal	v	Belgium

TBA
Referee: TBA

8 February 2025
15:00 GET (UTC+4)

Georgia	v	Netherlands

Avchala Stadium, Tbilisi
Referee: TBA

8 February 2025
20:00 CET (UTC+1)

Belgium	v	Romania

Stade Charles Tondreau, Mons
Referee: TBA

9 February 2025
14:00 CET (UTC+1)

Switzerland	v	Spain

Stade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains
Referee: TBA

9 February 2025
17:15 WET (UTC+0)

Portugal	v	Germany

TBA
Referee: TBA

15 February 2025
13:00 CET (UTC+1)

Netherlands	v	Switzerland

NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam
Referee: TBA

15 February 2025
17:00 EET (UTC+2)

Romania	v	Portugal

Botoșani Municipal Stadium, Botoșani
Referee: TBA

16 February 2025
12:45 CET (UTC+1)

Spain	v	Georgia

TBA
Referee: TBA

16 February 2025
15:30 CET (UTC+1)

Germany	v	Belgium

Auestadion, Kassel
Referee: TBA

Semi-Finals

1–2 March 2025
TBA

TBA	v	TBA

TBA
Referee: TBA

1–2 March 2025
TBA

TBA	v	TBA

TBA
Referee: TBA

1–2 March 2025
TBA

TBA	v	TBA

TBA
Referee: TBA

1–2 March 2025
TBA

TBA	v	TBA

TBA
Referee: TBA

Ranking Finals

Seventh Place Final

15-16 March 2025
TBA

TBA	v	TBA

TBA
Referee: TBA

Fifth Place Final

15-16 March 2025
TBA

TBA	v	TBA

TBA
Referee: TBA

Grand Finals

Bronze Final

15-16 March 2025
TBA

TBA	v	TBA

TBA
Referee: TBA

Cup Final

15-16 March 2025
TBA

TBA	v	TBA

TBA
Referee: TBA

2024–25 Rugby Europe Trophy

Champions
Relegated to Conference

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Tries			TBP	LBP	Table points
Place	Nation	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	For	Against	Diff	TBP	LBP	Table points
1	Sweden	3	3	0	0	110	66	+44	14	10	+4	1	0	13
2	Poland	2	2	0	0	62	28	+34	7	3	+4	1	0	9
3	Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	80	70	+10	9	8	+1	0	2	6
4	Lithuania	4	1	0	3	102	138	-36	13	18	-5	1	0	5
5	Croatia	3	1	0	2	89	114	-25	13	14	-1	0	0	4
6	Luxembourg	1	0	0	1	20	47	-27	2	5	-3	0	0	0
Source - ^[3] 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^[4]

Matches

26 October 2024
14:00 EEST (UTC+2)

(1 TBP) Lithuania	47–20	Luxembourg
	Repjrt

Siauliai Rugby Academy Stadium, Šiauliai
Attendance: n/a
Referee: Adrian Pawlik (Poland)

26 October 2024
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Sweden	22–16	Czech Republic (1 LBP)
	Report

Trelleborg Rugby Arena, Trelleborg
Attendance: 600
Referee: Andrei Gheorghe (Romania)

2 November 2024
14:00 EET (UTC+2)

Lithuania	19–46	Sweden (1 TBP)
	Report

Aukštaitija Stadium, Panevėžys
Attendance: 300
Referee: Francisco Serra (Portugal)

9 November 2024
14:00 CET (UTC +1)

Czech Republic	49–26	Croatia
	Report

Markéta Stadium, Prague
Attendance: 500
Referee: Adele Robert (Belgium)

16 November 2024
14:00 CET (UTC +1)

Croatia	31–42	Sweden
	Report

Stadion Lučko, Zagreb
Attendance: 300
Referee: Maria Latos (Germany)

16 November 2024
16:00 CET (UTC +1)

(1 TBP) Poland	40–13	Lithuania
	Report

Narodowy Stadion Rugby, Gdynia
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Edwin Van Der Spek (Netherlands)

23 November 2024
14:00 CET (UTC +1)

Croatia	32–23	Lithuania
	Report

Stadion Lučko, Zagreb
Attendance: 200
Referee: Eugeniu Procopi (Moldova)

23 November 2024
20:15 CET (UTC +1)

(1 LBP) Czech Republic	15–22	Poland
	Report

Markéta Stadium, Prague
Attendance: 200
Referee: Papuna Chiqaberidze (Georgia)

30 November 2024
18:00 CET (UTC+1)

Luxembourg	v	Croatia

Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Referee: TBA

22 February 2025
TBA

Poland	v	Croatia

TBA
Referee: TBA

8 March 2025
TBA

Czech Republic	v	Luxembourg

Markéta Stadium, Prague
Referee: TBA

29 March 2025
TBA

Lithuania	v	Czech Republic

TBA
Referee: TBA

29 March 2025
18:00 CET (UTC+1)

Luxembourg	v	Sweden

Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Referee: TBA

5 April 2025
18:00 CEST (UTC+1)

Luxembourg	v	Poland

Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Referee: TBA

12 April 2025
TBA

Sweden	v	Poland

TBA
Referee: TBA

2024–25 Rugby Europe Conference

Pool A

Champions and possibly advances to Promotion play-off

Place	Nation	Games				Points			TBP	LBP	Table points
Place	Nation	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	TBP	LBP	Table points
1	Denmark	2	2	0	0	147	0	+147	2	0	10
2	Latvia	2	2	0	0	98	19	+79	1	0	9
3	Finland	2	1	0	1	81	52	+29	1	0	5
4	Norway	2	0	0	2	29	117	-88	0	0	0
5	Estonia	2	0	0	2	0	167	-167	0	0	0
Source - ^[5] 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^[6]

Matches

5 October 2024
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)

(1 TBP) Denmark	42–0	Finland
	Report

Erritsø Rugby Club, Fredericia
Attendance: 600
Referee: Joshua Jahn (Germany)

12 October 2024
14:00 EEST (UTC+3)

Estonia	0–105	Denmark (1 TBP)
	Report

Estonian National Cricket and Rugby field, Tallinn
Attendance: 150
Referee: : Romain Rouzairol (Norway)

19 October 2024
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)

(1 TBP) Finland	81–10	Norway
	Report

Hakunila Sports Park, Vantaa
Attendance: 250
Referee: Vlad Ilnitskyi (Ukraine)

26 October 2024
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Norway	19–36	Latvia
	Report

Leikvang Stadium, Bergen
Attendance: 150
Referee: Eki Fanlo (Spain)

2 November 2024
14:00 EET (UTC+2)

(1 TBP) Latvia	62–0	Estonia
	Report

Baldones stations, Baldone
Attendance: 150
Referee: Victor Lungu (Moldova)

19 April 2025
TBA

Denmark	v	Latvia

TBA
Referee: TBA

26 April 2025
TBA

Estonia	v	Norway

Kalevi Keskstaadion, Tallinn
Referee: TBA

26 April 2025
TBA

Latvia	v	Finland

TBA
Referee: TBA

10 May 2025
TBA

Estonia	v	Finland

TBA
Referee: TBA

10 May 2025
TBA

Norway	v	Denmark

TBA
Referee: TBA

Pool B

Champions and possibly advances to Promotion play-off

Place	Nation	Games				Points			TBP	LBP	Table points
Place	Nation	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	TBP	LBP	Table points
1	Ukraine	1	1	0	0	135	13	+122	1	0	5
2	Austria	1	1	0	0	39	12	+27	1	0	5
3	Hungary	2	1	0	1	43	55	-12	1	0	5
4	Slovakia	2	0	0	2	29	186	-157	0	0	0
Source - ^[7] 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^[6]

Matches

21 September 2024
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Hungary	12–39	Austria (1 TBP)
	Report

Atlétika Centrum, Kecskemét
Attendance: 200
Referee: Andrei Ballok (Romania)

26 October 2024
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Slovakia	16–51	Hungary (1 TBP)
	Report

štadium PFK Piešťany, Piešťany
Attendance: 300
Referee: Paul Warman (Germany)

9 November 2024
14:00 CET (UTC+2)

(1 TBP) Ukraine	135–13	Slovakia

Štadiium PFK Piešťany, Piešťany
Referee: Philip Manolopoulos (Austria)

12 April 2025
TBA

Hungary	v	Ukraine

Budapest Rugby Center, Budapest
Referee: TBA

26 April 2025
TBA

Ukraine	v	Austria

TBA
Referee: TBA

3 May 2025
TBA

Austria	v	Slovakia

Wiener Sport-Club Stadium, Vienna
Referee: TBA

Pool C

Champions and possibly advances to Promotion play-off

Place	Nation	Games				Points			TBP	LBP	Table points
Place	Nation	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	TBP	LBP	Table points
1	Moldova	2	2	0	0	74	16	+58	2	0	10
2	Turkey	2	1	0	1	62	53	+9	1	0	5
3	Serbia	1	0	0	1	3	31	-28	0	0	0
4	Bulgaria	1	0	0	1	10	49	-39	0	0	0
Source - ^[8] 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^[6]

Matches

28 September 2024
12:00 EEST (UTC+3)

(1 TBP) Moldova	43–13	Turkey
	Report

Dinamo stadium, Chișinău
Attendance: 600
Referee: Emmanuel Jacques (Denmark)

5 October 2024
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Serbia	3–31	Moldova (1 TBP)
	Report

Stadium FK Zeleznik, Belgrade
Attendance: 100
Referee: Vaidotas Girdvainis (Lithuania)

5 October 2024
15:00 TRT

(1 TBP) Turkey	49–10	Bulgaria
	Report

Kızılcahamam İlçe Stadyumu , Ankara
Attendance: 300
Referee: Shota Tsagareishvili (Georgia)

12 April 2025
TBA

Turkey	v	Serbia

TBA
Referee: TBA

19 April 2025
TBA

Bulgaria	v	Moldova

TBA
Referee: TBA

10 May 2025
TBA

Serbia	v	Bulgaria

TBA
Referee: TBA

Pool D

Champions and possibly advances to Promotion play-off

Place	Nation	Games				Points			TBP	LBP	Table points
Place	Nation	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	TBP	LBP	Table points
1	Malta	1	1	0	0	43	21	+22	1	0	5
2	Andorra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Israel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Cyprus	1	0	0	1	21	43	-22	0	0	0
Source - ^[9] 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^[6]

Matches

5 October 2024
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)

(1 TBP) Malta	43–21	Cyprus
	Report

Tony Bezzina Stadium, Paola
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Diogo Inacio (Portugal)

30 November 2024
17:00 CET (UTC +1)

Andorra	v	Malta

Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella
Referee: TBA

1 February 2025
TBA CET (UTC +1)

Israel	v	Andorra

Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella
Referee: TBA

5 April 2025
TBA

Malta	v	Israel

Tony Bezzina Stadium, Paola
Referee: TBA

5 April 2025
TBA

Cyprus	v	Andorra

TBA
Referee: TBA

26 April 2025
TBA

Israel	v	Cyprus

TBA
Referee: TBA

Pool E

Champions and possibly advances to Promotion play-of

Place	Nation	Games				Points			TBP	LBP	Table points
Place	Nation	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	TBP	LBP	Table points
1	Slovenia	1	1	0	0	74	10	+64	1	0	5
2	Montenegro	2	1	0	1	75	40	+35	1	0	5
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	1	0	0	30	20	+10	0	0	4
4	Kosovo	2	0	0	2	20	129	-109	0	0	0
Source - ^[10] 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^[6]

Matches

29 September 2024
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Kosovo	10–55	Montenegro (1 TBP)
	Report

Demush Mavraj Stadium, Istog
Attendance: 100
Referee: Vadims Galajevs (Latvia)

5 October 2024
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Bosnia and Herzegovina	30–20	Montenegro
	Report

Kamberovica Polje Stadium, Zenica
Attendance: 100
Referee: Ivan Zelic (Croatia)

12 October 2024
13:45 CEST (UTC+2)

(1 TBP) Slovenia	74–10	Kosovo
	Report

Oval Stadium, Ljubljana
Attendance: 100
Referee: Samuel Grando (Switzerland)

5 April 2025
TBA

Bosnia and Herzegovina	v	Kosovo

Kamberovica Polje Stadium, Zenica
Referee: TBA

19 April 2025
TBA

Montenegro	v	Slovenia

TBA
Referee: TBA

26 April 2025
TBA

Slovenia	v	Bosnia and Herzegovina

Oval Stadium, Ljubljana
Referee: TBA

Play-offs

Conference promotion to Trophy play-off

May 24-25 2025
TBA

TBA	v	TBA

TBA
Referee: TBA

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