2023 Rugby World Cup – Europe qualification

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2023 Rugby World Cup – Europe qualification
Tournament details
Dates6 March 2021 – TBD
No. of nations6
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Qualifying for the 2023 Rugby World Cup for European Rugby began in March 2021, where 6 teams will compete for two direct qualification spots into the final tournament and for a place in the Final Qualification Tournament.

Format[]

The Rugby Europe Championship, controlled by Rugby Europe, is the regional qualification tournament for the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France. The winner and runners-up of the two-year cycle, automatically qualify to the tournament as Europe 1 and Europe 2 respectively while the third team qualifies Final qualification tournament as Europe 3.

Entrants[]

Six teams competed during for the European qualifiers for the 2023 Rugby World Cup; teams World Rankings are prior to the first European qualification matches on 6 March.

Teams in Bold have previously played in a World cup.

Nation Rank Began play Qualifying status
 England 3 N/A Qualified with Top 12 finish at 2019 World Cup
 France 4 N/A Qualified as Hosts
 Georgia 12 6 March 2021
 Ireland 6 N/A Qualified with Top 12 finish at 2019 World Cup
 Italy 14 N/A Qualified with Top 12 finish at 2019 World Cup
 Netherlands 24 26 June 2021
 Portugal 20 6 March 2021
 Romania 19 6 March 2021
 Russia 21 6 March 2021
 Scotland 8 N/A Qualified with Top 12 finish at 2019 World Cup
 Spain 17 14 March 2021
 Wales 7 N/A Qualified with Top 12 finish at 2019 World Cup

Rugby Europe Championship[]

Table[]

For the Rugby Europe Championship teams, results are considered on a 2-year aggregate from the 2021 and 2022 seasons; the winner and runner-up teams automatically qualify for the tournament as Europe 1 and Europe 2 individually, leaving the team in third place to qualify for the Final qualification tournament as Europe 3.

Qualified as Europe 1
Qualified as Europe 2
Advances to Final Qualification Tournament as Europe 3
Pos. Team Games Points Tries TBP LBP GS Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff For Against Diff
1  Georgia 6 5 1 0 178 98 +80 25 9 +16 3 0 1 26
2  Romania 6 4 0 2 170 129 +41 20 12 +8 1 1 0 18
3  Spain 6 3 0 3 207 109 +98 28 14 +14 3 2 0 17
4  Portugal 6 3 1 2 221 164 +57 28 23 +5 1 1 0 16
5  Russia 6 2 0 4 122 176 −54 15 22 −7 1 0 0 9
6  Netherlands 6 0 0 6 73 295 −222 10 45 −35 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 | Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point[2]

Fixtures[]

2021[]

2022[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Championship 2021".
  2. ^ "Rugby Europe International Championships 2018-2019 Manual" (PDF). Rugby Europe. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  3. ^ "2021 Rugby Europe Championship Fixtures announced".
  4. ^ a b "New dates unveiled for Rugby Europe Championship".
  5. ^ "ზაფხულის სანაკრებო სეზონი თელავში გაიხსნება". 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  6. ^ https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/wqqftt3r/netherlands-v-por.pdf
  7. ^ "Сборная России сыграет с Португалией в Нижнем Новгороде".
  8. ^ a b c d "Championship 2021".
  9. ^ "Stejarii vor întâlni Uruguay, Țările de Jos și Tonga în meciurile din luna noiembrie, pe Stadionul Național de Rugby Arcul de Triumf". FRR (in Romanian). 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Italia A, Fiyi y Rusia, rivales en un otoño de nivel para el XV del León en Madrid". FER (in Spanish). 4 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.

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