2000 European Nations Cup First Division

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2000 European Nations Cup
Date6 February – 2 April 2000
Countries Georgia
 Morocco
 Netherlands
 Portugal
 Romania
 Spain
Tournament statistics
Champions Romania
Matches played15
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The 2000 European Nations Cup was the first European Nations Cup, an international rugby union competition for second-tier nations. It replaced the following the emergence of professionalism in rugby union and Italy being granted a place in the Six Nations.

The first season had six teams (five from Europe and one from Africa). The teams played each other once, playing roughly to the same weekends as the Six Nations. Romania won the first title, with a single loss to Morocco in the opening game. Georgia improved their performance in the context of European rugby, finishing in second place, while Morocco finished in third place, ahead of Spain and Portugal. Netherlands finished last.[1]

Table[]

Place Nation Games Points Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff
1  Romania 5 4 0 1 130 57 +73 13
2  Georgia 5 3 0 2 145 105 +40 11
3  Morocco 5 3 0 2 94 69 +25 11
4  Spain 5 2 0 3 109 105 +4 9
5  Portugal 5 2 0 3 74 100 −26 9
6  Netherlands 5 1 0 4 52 168 −116 7

Matches[]

Week 1[]

6 February 2000
Morocco  18–10  Romania
Stade du COC, Casablanca
6 February 2000
Portugal  30–32  Georgia
Pen: Teixeira (9)
Drop: Teixeira
 Try: Giorgadze, , (2)
Con: Urjukashvili (3)
Pen: Urjukashvili (2)
Lisbon University Stadium, Lisbon
Referee: J. P. Pellaprat (France)
6 February 2000
Spain  33–8  Netherlands
Try: Frechilla, , , Zapatero
Con: Kovalenco,
Pen: Kovalenco (3)
 Try:
Pen:
Majorca
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: R. Faccioli (Italy)

Week 2[]

20 February 2000
Georgia  20–10  Morocco
Try: Giorgadze, Katsadze
Con: Urjukashvili (2)
Pen: Urjukashvili (2)
 Try: ,
St Gaudens, France
Attendance: 500
Referee: Jean-Pierre Matheu (France)
20 February 2000
Romania  39–10  Netherlands
Try: Corodeanu, Drăguceanu, Dumitru (2), Mitu
Con: Mitu (4)
Pen: Mitu (2)
 Try:
Con:
Pen:
Amsterdam
Attendance: 2,000
20 February 2000
Portugal  21–19  Spain
Pen: (4), Teixeira (3)
 Try: Mata
Con: Kovalenco
Pen: Kovalenco (4)

Week 3[]

4 March 2000
Spain  36–32  Georgia
Try: , , Frechilla (2), Souto
Con: (4)
Pen:
Try: , Labadze, Mtchedlishvili, (2)
Con: , Urjukashvili
Pen: Urjukashvili
Campo Universitário, Madrid
Referee: C. Giacomel (Italy)
4 March 2000
Romania  33–3  Portugal
Try: , Petrache, Sîrbu, Tonita, Vioreanu
Con: Mitu
Pen: Mitu (2)
 Pen: Teixeira
Dinamo Stadion, Bucharest
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: D. Dartigeas (France)
4 March 2000
Netherlands  15–44  Morocco

Week 4[]

19 March 2000
Georgia  41–6  Netherlands
Try: Abuseridze, Giorgadze, Jimsheladze, (2), Labadze, Zedgnidize
Con: , Jimsheladze (2)
 Pen: (2)
National Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: S. de Falco (Italy)
19 March 2000
Romania  25–6  Spain
Try: Dumitru, Gontineac, Vioreanu
Con: Mitu (2)
Pen: Mitu (2)
 Pen: (2)
Stadionul Ghencea II, Bucharest
Attendance: 500
Referee: G. Morandin (Italy)
19 March 2000
Portugal  9–3  Morocco
Lisbon University Stadium, Lisbon
Referee: Johan Meersman (Belgium)

Week 5[]

2 April 2000
Georgia  20–23  Romania
Try: ,
Con: Jimsheladze (2)
Pen: Jimsheladze (2)
 Try: Brezoianu, Sîrbu
Con: Mitu (2)
Pen: Mitu (2)
National Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: D. Pruvot (France)
2 April 2000
Spain  15–19  Morocco
2 April 2000
Netherlands  13–11  Portugal
Try:
Con:
Pen: (2)
 Try:
Pen: Teixeira (2)
Amsterdam
Referee: Jeremy Schauder (Israel)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ 2000 European Nations Cup First Division at ESPN

External links[]

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