2020 Rugby Europe Championship

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2020 Rugby Europe Championship
Date1 February 2020 – 7 February 2021
Countries Belgium
 Georgia
 Portugal
 Romania
 Russia
 Spain
Tournament statistics
Champions Georgia (12th title)
Grand Slam Georgia (9th title)
Antim Cup Georgia (13th title)
Matches played12
Attendance67,792 (5,649 per match)
Official websiteRugby Europe International Championships
2019 (Previous) (Next) 2021


The 2020 Rugby Europe Championship is the fourth season of the Rugby Europe International Championships, the premier rugby union competition for European national teams outside the Six Nations Championship. The competing teams are Belgium, Georgia, Romania, Russia and Spain (the top five teams from 2019), and Portugal, who qualified after defeating Germany in the promotion/relegation play-off of the 2019 Championship.

Participants[]

Nation Stadium Head coach Captain
Home stadium Capacity Location
 Belgium 2,500 Brussels France Julien Berger
 Georgia Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena
Mikheil Meskhi Stadium
Aia Arena
54,600
27,223
5,000
Tbilisi
Tbilisi
Kutaisi
Georgia (country) (interim) Merab Sharikadze
 Portugal Estádio Universitário de Lisboa

Stade Jean-Bouin
8,000
3,250
20,000
Lisbon
Caldas da Rainha
Paris
France Patrice Lagisquet Tomás Appleton
 Romania Stadionul Municipal
Stadionul Ion Oblemenco
7,782
30,983
Botoșani
Craiova
England Andy Robinson Mihai Macovei
 Russia Fisht Olympic Stadium
Kaliningrad Stadium
Kuban Stadium
47,659
35,212
35,200
Sochi
Kaliningrad
Krasnodar
Wales Lyn Jones Andrey Garbuzov
 Spain Estadio Nacional Complutense 12,400 Madrid Spain Santiago Santos

Table[]

Champions
Advances to promotion/relegation play-off
Place Nation Games Points Tries TBP LBP GS Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff For Against Diff
1  Georgia 5 5 0 0 197 60 +137 28 7 +21 3 0 1 24
2  Spain 5 3 0 2 103 93 +10 14 8 +6 1 0 0 13
3  Romania 5 2 0 3 101 82 +19 7 14 −7 1 1 0 10
4  Portugal 5 2 0 3 98 111 -13 11 14 −3 0 1 0 9
5  Russia 5 2 0 3 82 128 −46 10 15 −5 0 0 0 8
6  Belgium 5 1 0 4 84 171 −87 9 21 −12 1 2 0 7
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 | Loss greater than 7 points – 0 points | Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point
[2]


Fixtures[]

Week 1[]

1 February 2020
14:00 MSK (UTC+03)
Russia  12–31  Spain (1 TBP)
Try: Gaisin (2) 4' c, 73' m
Con: Gaisin (1/2)
RE Report
WR Report
Try: 37' c
40' c
45' m
76' m
80' c
Con: (2/4)
(1/1)
Fisht Stadium, Sochi
Attendance: 8,237
Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)

1 February 2020
15:00 WET (UTC+00)
Portugal  23–17  Belgium (1 LBP)
Try: 13' c
33' c
Con: (2/2)
Pen: (3/3)
RE Report
WR Report
Try: Penalty try 43'
52' c
Con: (1/1)
Pen: (1/1)
Estádio Universitário de Lisboa, Lisbon
Attendance: 955
Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)

1 February 2020
18:00 GET (UTC+04)
(1 TBP) Georgia  41–13  Romania
Try: Abzhandadze 6' m
Modebadze 45' m
Gigashvili 58' c
Kacharava (2) 64' c, 74' c
Chkoidze 78' c
Con: Abzhandadze (4/6)
Pen: Abzhandadze (1/1)
RE Report
WR Report
Try: Vlaicu 49' c
Con: Vlaicu (1/1)
Pen: Vlaicu (2/3)
Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: (England)

Week 2[]

8 February 2020
15:00 CET (UTC+01)
(1 TBP) Belgium  38–12  Russia
Try: 36' c
45' c
Berger 50' c
55' c
69' c
Con: (5/5)
Pen: (1/1) 28'
RE Report
WR Report
Try: Sozonov 19' m
Elgin 25' c
Con: Gaisin (1/2)
, Brussels
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: (Georgia)

8 February 2020
15:00 WET (UTC+00)
Portugal  22–11  Romania
Try: (2) 11' m, 29' m
Tadjer 51' m
Con: (2/3)
Pen: (1/1)
RE Report
WR Report
Try: Simionescu 64' m
Pen: Vlaicu (2/3)
, Caldas da Rainha
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: (France)

9 February 2020
12:45 CET (UTC+01)
Spain  10–23  Georgia
Try: 8' m
78' m
RE Report
WR Report
Try: Mamukashvili 3' m
Tabutsadze 20' c
Mamukashvili 37' m
Con: Abzhandadze (1/3)
Pen: Abzhandadze (2/2)
Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: (Wales)

Week 3[]

22 February 2020
15:00 EET (UTC+02)
Romania  24−7  Spain
RE Report
WR Report
Stadionul Municipal, Botoșani
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)

22 February 2020
15:00 GET (UTC+04)
(1 TBP) Georgia  78−6  Belgium
Try: Tabutsadze 7' m, 52' m, 77' m, 80' m
Karkadze 14' m
Matiashvili 17' m
Dzneladze 26' m, 69' m
Penalty Try 39' m
Begadze 43' m
Gorgadze 56' m
Tkhilaishvili 63' m
Con: Abzhandadze (9/11)
RE Report
WR Report
Pen: 20' m, 39' m
Aia Arena, Kutaisi
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: (Romania)

22 February 2020
16:00 KALT (UTC+02)
Russia  19−18  Portugal (1 LBP)
RE Report
WR Report
Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: (Spain)

Week 4[]

7 March 2020
15:00 CET (UTC+01)
(1 LBP) Belgium  23–30  Spain
RE Report
WR Report
, Brussels
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: (Ireland)

7 March 2020
15:00 MSK (UTC+03)
Russia  32–25  Romania (1 LBP)
RE Report
WR Report
Kuban Stadium, Krasnodar
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: (Wales)

7 March 2020
16:00 CET (UTC+01)
Portugal  24–39  Georgia (1 TBP)
Try: 6'
Antunes 22'
Belo 41'
Con: Antunes 7', 23', 42'
Pen: Antunes 64'
RE Report
WR Report
Try: Mamukashvili 3'
Gorgadze 9'
Kacharava 34'
Saginadze 58'
Tapladze 71'
Matiashvili 75'
Con: Matiashvili 4'
Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ben Blain (Scotland)

Week 5[]

N/A
N/A
(1 TBP) Romania  28–0[3]  Belgium


7 February 2021[4][5]
15:00 GET (UTC+04)[6]
Georgia  16–7  Russia
Try: Vasil Lobzhanidze 45'
Con: Tedo Abzhandadze 46'
Pen: Tedo Abzhandadze 53', 66', 75'
RE report Try: Bogdan Fedotko 60'
Con: Ramil Gaisin 61'
Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 0
Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)

7 February 2021[4][5]
12:45 CET (UTC+01)[6]
Spain  25–11  Portugal
RE report
Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid
Attendance: 0
Referee: (Ireland)

Relegation/promotion play-off[]

29 May 2021[7][8]
14:00 CEST (UTC+02)
Belgium  21–23  Netherlands
RE report
ASUB Rugby Field, Waterloo
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)

International broadcasters[]

Country Broadcaster Summary
 Belgium

Eén
Selected games exclusively live on and selected games are also free on Eén under the name Sporza
 Georgia
Imedi TV
All games exclusively live and free on and Imedi TV
 Portugal Sport TV
Selected games live on Sport TV 5 and free on
 Romania TVR All games exclusively live and free on TVR 1
 Russia Match TV
VKontakte
All games exclusively broadcast on Match TV and streamed for free on VKontakte
 Spain TVE All games exclusively live and free on TVE
 Europe All games exclusively streamed and free on

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Rugby Europe Championship 2020".
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Decisions on Rugby Europe Championship 2020".
  4. ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 December 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ a b "Officiating Appointments".
  6. ^ a b "Rugby Europe Championship 2020".
  7. ^ https://www.facebook.com/BelgianRugby
  8. ^ "Belgium v Netherlands - REC Play-off date confirmed".

External links[]

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