1992–93 FIRA Preliminary Tournament

1992–94 FIRA Trophy
Date	1 October 1992 – 24 May 1994
Countries	Belgium  France  Germany  Italy  Morocco  Portugal  Romania  Russia  Spain  Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Champions	France
Matches played	41
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The 1992–94 FIRA Trophy was arranged with a new format. Ten teams were admitted to first division and divided into two pools to play a "Preliminary Tournament", that qualified five teams to play for the Trophy in the 1993–1994 season. France and Italy were the winners of Pools A and B. Russia and Romania also qualified as the runners-up.

Pool A[]

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	France	4	4	0	0	219	57	+162	12
2	Russia	4	3	0	1	66	+113	−47	10
3	Morocco	4	2	0	2	62	+70	−8	8
4	Germany	4	1	0	3	53	117	−64	6
5	Belgium	4	0	0	4	36	79	−43	4

• France and Russia qualified for Pool Title 1993–94
• Morocco qualified to Barrage
• Germany and Belgium qualified to the Pool for 6th place 1993–94

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Pool B[]

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Italy	4	4	0	0	158	22	+136	12
2	Romania	4	3	0	1	128	50	+78	10
3	Spain	4	2	0	2	72	108	−36	8
4	Tunisia	4	1	0	3	30	132	−102	6
5	Portugal	4	0	0	4	49	125	−76	4

• Italy and Romania qualified for Pool Title 1993–94
• Spain qualified to Barrage
• Tunisia and Portugal qualified to the Pool for 6th place 1993–94

Point system: try 5 points, conversion: 2 points, penalty kick or drop goal 3 points. Click "show" for more info about match (scorers, line-up etc.)

1 October 1992	Italy	22–3	Romania	Stadio Flaminio, Rome
	Try: Bottacchiari, Checchinato Mar Cuttitta Con: Bonomi, Troiani Pen: Bonomi		Drop: Nichitean	Referee: D. Salle
Italy: 15.Luigi Troiani, 14.Paolo Vaccari, 13.Stefano Barba, 12.Sergio Zorzi, 11.Marcello Cuttitta, 10.Massimo Bonomi, 9.Ivan Francescato, 8., 7.Julian Gardner, 6.Alessandro Bottacchiari, 5.Mark Giacheri, 4.Carlo Checchinato, 3.Giovanni Grespan, 2.Giancarlo Pivetta (cap), 1.Massimo Cuttitta – Replacements: , , – Coach: Bertrand Fourcade
Romania: 15., 14.Lucian Colceriu, 13.Nicolae Răcean, 12., 11.Gheorghe Solomie, 10.Neculai Nichitean, 9., 8., 7.Tiberiu Brînză, 6.Gheorghe Dinu, 5., 4.Sandu Ciorăscu, 3.Gabriel Vlad, 2., 1.Gheorghe Leonte – Replacements: Andrei Gurănescu,

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14 February 1993	Spain	0–52	Italy	Campo Universitario Madrid
			Try: M.Cuttitta, Dotto Rigo 2, Venturi 2 Con: Dominguez 5 Pen: Dominguez 4	Referee: Caulet
Spain : 15.Francisco Puertas Soto, 14., 13., 12., 11., 10., 9., 8., 7., 6., 5.Alberto Malo, 4., 3., 2., 1. – replacements: , ,
Italy : 15.Luigi Troiani, 14.Edgardo Venturi, 13.Stefano Barba, 12.Stefano Bordon, 11.Marcello Cuttitta, 10.Diego Dominguez, 9., 8., 7.Massimo Giovanelli (cap.), 6., 5.Mark Giacheri, 4.Roberto Favaro, 3.Giovanni Grespan, 2.Carlo Orlandi, 1.Massimo Cuttitta – replacements: , Francesco Pietrosanti – Coach: Bertrand Fourcade

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17 April 1993	Portugal	11–33	Italy	University Stadium, Coimbra
	Try: Morais Pen: Queimado (2)		Try: , , , , Con: Pen: (2)	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Yves Peyrelongue
Portugal : 15., 14., 13.Rodrigo Castro Pereira, 12., 11.Tomaz Morais, 10.João Queimado, 9., 8., 7., 6., 5., 4., 3., 2., 1. – replacements: Joaquim Ferreira
Italy : 15., 14., 13.Stefano Bordon, 12., 11., 10., 9., 8., 7.Massimo Giovanelli (cap.), 6., 5.Mark Giacheri, 4.Carlo Checchinato, 3.Massimo Cuttitta, 2.Alessandro Moscardi, 1. – replacements: , Andrea Sgorlon

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Barrage[]

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• Spain qualified for Title Pool.

References[]

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[]

• 1992-93 FIRA Preliminary Tournament at ESPN