1982–83 FIRA Trophy

1982-83 FIRA Trophy
Date	24 October 1982 – 22 May 1983
Countries	France  Italy  West Germany  Morocco  Romania  Soviet Union
Tournament statistics
Champions	Romania
Grand Slam	Romania
Matches played	15
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The 1982–83 FIRA Trophy was the 23rd edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams.

The tournament was won by Romania, with a Grand Slam. Romania managed to defeat France at home (13-6). The French would finish in a disappointing 4th place, behind Italy and the Soviet Union. Italy reached a brilliant 2nd place, with a draw with France (6-6) at home, and a single loss to Romania (13-6) abroad. West Germany finished in 6th place, with five losses, and were relegated. Poland won the Second division and were promoted for the following season.

First division[]

The first division returned to the six teams format.

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Romania	5	5	0	0	95	40	+55	15
2	Italy	5	3	1	1	60	35	+25	12
3	Soviet Union	5	3	0	2	80	54	+26	11
4	France	5	2	1	2	121	40	+81	10
5	Morocco	5	1	0	4	43	87	-44	7
6	West Germany	5	0	0	5	37	180	-143	5

Germany relegated to second division

• 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)

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31 October 1982	Romania	13 - 9	France	Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest
	Try: Paraschiv Pen: Ion, Drop:		Try: Con: Camberabero Drop: Camberabero	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: J.Anderson
Romania: 15.Vasile Ion, 14., 13., 12.Adrian Lungu, 11., 10., 9.Mircea Paraschiv (cap.), 8.Gheorghie Dumitru, 7., 6.Florica Murariu, 5., 4., 3., 2., 1.Ion Bucan
France: 15.Serge Blanco, 14., 13.Philippe Sella, 12., 11.Patrick Estève, 10.Didier Camberabero, 9.Pierre Berbizier, 8.Jean-Luc Joinel, 7.Laurent Rodriguez, 6.Jean-Pierre Rives (cap.), 5.Jean Condom, 4., 3.Robert Paparemborde, 2.Philippe Dintrans, 1.Pierre Dospital - replacements: 16.

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10 April 1983	Romania	13 - 6	Italy	Stadionul Gloria, Buzau
	Try: Pen: Alexandru, Ion (2)		Pen: Bettarello Drop: Bettarello	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: A. Welsby
Romania: 15.Vasile Ion, 14., 13.Adrian Lungu, 12., 11., 10.Dumitru Alexandru, 9.Mircea Paraschiv, 8., 7.Gheorghie Dumitru, 6.Florica Murariu, 5., 4., 3., 2., 1.Ion Bucan - replacements: 16., 17.
Italy: 15. (cap.), 14., 13.Massimo Mascioletti, 12., 11., 10.Stefano Bettarello, 9.Alessandro Ghini, 8., 7.Gianni Zanon, 6.Giuseppe Artuso, 5.Mauro Gardin, 4.Antonio Colella, 3.Guido Rossi, 2.Giorgio Morelli, 1. - replacements: 16.Fulvio Lorigiola

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Second division[]

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Poland	4	3	0	1	82	30	+52	10
2	Spain	4	3	0	1	83	26	+57	10
3	Portugal	4	2	0	2	38	46	-8	8
4	Netherlands	4	2	0	2	38	58	-20	8
5	Sweden	4	0	0	4	25	106	-81	4

• Poland promoted to division 1
• Results

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Third division[]

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Czechoslovakia	4	4	0	0	67	31	+36	12
2	Tunisia	4	3	0	1	64	33	+31	10
3	Yugoslavia	4	2	0	2	73	80	-7	8
4	Belgium	4	1	0	3	44	65	-21	6
5	Switzerland	4	0	0	4	37	76	-39	4

Czechoslovakia promoted to division 2

• Results

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Bibliography[]

• (in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Valerio Vecchiarelli (2000), 2000 Italia in Meta, Storia della nazionale italiana di rugby dagli albori al Sei Nazioni, GS Editore (2000) ISBN 88-87374-40-6.
• (in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999).

External links[]

• 1982-83 FIRA Trophy at ESPN