Rugby Europe Under-18 Championship

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Rugby Europe Under-18 Championship
Current season or competition:
2021 Rugby Europe Under-18 Championship
SportRugby union
Instituted2004
Number of teams8 (2021)
CountryEurope (Rugby Europe)
Holders Georgia (2021)
Most titles France (8 titles)

The Rugby Europe Under-18 Championship is an annual rugby union championship for Under-18 national teams, held since 2004. The championship is organised by rugby's European governing body, Rugby Europe.[1]

It has been held alternatingly in France and Italy, except for 2012 when it was held in Spain. The past editions were won by France, who won the championship in 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010, and England, which won it in 2005, 2006 and 2012.[2] Ireland became the third nation to win the tournament when they beat England in the 2011 final.

History[]

The European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship was first held in 2004, in Treviso, Italy. It replaced the previously held European Under-18 Emergent Nations Championship, which had first been held in 2000.[3] The first championship in 2004 was won by France.[2]

The following two championships, held in Lille, France, in 2005 and again in Treviso in 2006, were won by England. Alternating between France and Italy, the next four championships were held in Biarritz, Treviso again, Toulon and once more in Treviso in 2010. All four were won by France. Wales and Scotland did not compete in those years, and England did not compete in 2010.[2]

The 2011 edition of the competition saw the introduction of an elite division, above division one, the former A, made up of four teams, France, England, Wales and Ireland. The divisions below remained unchanged. It marked the first time that all countries participating in the six nations send a team to the European championship. The 2011 tournament was held in the regions of Armagnac and Bigorre, in southern France.[4] It was won by Ireland and saw the French team not reaching the final for the first time.

England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland and Italy left the tournament for the 2016 edition.

On March 12, 2020, following the recent evolution of COVID-19, Rugby Europe has announced a suspension of all its matches and tournaments, from Friday, March 13, 2020 until April 15, 2020.[5] On March 26 Rugby Europe has decided to extend the suspension of all its matches and tournaments for an indefinite period of time.[6] On April 8 Rugby Europe Board of Directors decided to cancel 2019 European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship.[7]

Format[]

In 2010, the championship, similar to previous editions, was organised in an A, B and C Division, with A being the highest and C the lowest. Each division consisted of eight teams and each team played three competition games, with a quarter final, semi final and final/placing game.[8] The D division, unlike in the past, was held in a separate tournament in 2010.

The quarter finals were played according to a seeding list, with the winners moving on to the first to fourth place semi finals while the losers would enter the fifth to eighth place semi finals.[8]

The winners of the semi finals one to four would play in the division final while the losers would play for third place. Similarly, the winners of the fifth to eighth semi finals would play for fifth place while the losers would play for seventh.[8]

The winner of the A division was crowned European champions while the eighth placed team would be relegated to the B division. Similarly, the winner of B and C division would move up a division for 2011 while the last placed teams would be relegated. This meant, France was crowned European champions while Romania finished on the relegation spot. Portugal won the B division and earned promotion while the Ukraine was relegated and replaced by Sweden, the C champions.[8]

The 2011 format saw the introduction of a four-team elite division. Below this level, the divisions remained unchanged but were now numbered instead of being ordered by letters.[4]

In 2012 the modus was changed once more. The elite division now consisted of eight teams, as did the A and B divisions, with all three played at the same time and location while the C division consisted of four and the D division of three teams and were played separately.[9]

Championship finals[]

Emergent nations championship[]

Year Host Final Third place match
Winner Score Runner-up 3rd place Score 4th place
2000 [10] Sofia   56 – 17     28 – 10  
2001 Split   37 – 6     79 – 0  
2002 Prague   5 – 0     25 – 0  
2003 Amsterdam   24 – 5     29 – 7  

European championship[]

Year Host Final Third place match
Winner Score Runner-up 3rd place Score 4th place
2004 [11] Treviso  France 32–0  England  Italy 19–6  Scotland
2005 [12] Lille  England 16–9  France  Scotland 10–6  Italy
2006 [13] Treviso  England 15–7  France  Italy 29–3  Scotland
2007 [14] Dax  France 8–8 1  Ireland  England 52–9  Italy
2008 [15] Treviso  France 12–5  Ireland  England 21–5  Italy
2009 [16] Toulon  France 20–19  England  Ireland 51–10  
2010 [17] Treviso  France 27–3  Ireland  Georgia 18–15  
2011 [18] Tarbes  Ireland 17–8  England  Wales 15–6  France
2012 [9] Madrid  England 25–13  Ireland  France 10–7  Wales
2013 [19] Grenoble  England 27–22  France  Ireland 40–0  Scotland
2014 [20] Poznan  England 30–14  Ireland  Wales 31–30  France
2015 [21] Toulouse  France 57–0  Georgia  England 39–12  Italy
2016 [22] Lisbon  France 42–0  Georgia   15–10  
2017 [22] Quimperlé  France 36–18  Georgia   22–16  
2018 [23] Poznan  Georgia 8–3  France   17–0  
2019 [24] Kaliningrad  Georgia 20–10     38–27  
2020 [25] Kaliningrad Cancelled Cancelled
2021 [26] Kaliningrad  Georgia 27–0     46–7  
  • 1 France won 4-3 on penalty kicks.

Divisional champions[]

Emergent nations championship 2000 to 2003:

Year A
2000  
2001  
2002  
2003  

The divisional champions from 2004 to 2010:

Year A B C D
2004  France     Not held
2005  England      
2006  England      Austria
2007  France      
2008  France       
2009  France  Germany    
2010  France      

The divisional champions after the reorganisation in 2011:

Year Elite A B C D
2011  Ireland  Scotland      
2012  England        Austria
2013  England      Austria  
2014  England        
2015  France        

The divisional champions after the reorganisation in 2016:

Year Elite Trophy Conference 1 Conference 2
2016  France      
2017  France       
2018  Georgia  Germany   Not held
2019  Georgia Not held
2020 Cancelled Not held
2021  Georgia Not held

Placings[]

The placings in the championship in order of the 2019 results:

Team 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021
 Georgia 6 5 6 6 6 7 3 3 6 6 7 2 2 2 1 1 1
  8 1 8 8 4 2 1 5 8 8 8 6 3 3 4 3 2
  1 8 2 1 8 3 2 1 3 1 2 5 5 4 3 2 3
  3 2 3 5 1 5 4 6 1 7 6 2 4 5 7 5 4
  5 6 7 7 7 6 7 8 5 2 1 1 7 1 5 4 5
  6 7 1 4 6 5 3 7 2 1 7 7 2 2 8 7 6
  7 7 1 5 5 4 8 7 4 5 3 4 8 3 6 8 7
  7 6 7 7 8 1 5 4 7 6 8 3 3 5 3 8
 Germany 2 4 4 2 3 1 6 4 2 4 5 3 6 4 1 6
 France 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 4 3 2 4 1 1 1 2
  5 3 5 3 2 4 4 5 1 3 4 6 1 6 2
  8 3 3 1 7 7 7 3 8 5 6 2 6 1 4
   2 5 2 2 1 8 6 8 4 7 2 4 7 1 5
  4 5 6 6 5 6 8 6 3 3 4 1 4 8 6
  5 4 4 2 1 5 3 5 4 3 5 5 7 7
  3 1 8 8 5 7 4 4 7 8 1 6 8 2 8
  1 8 5 8 6 2 2 1 1 2 7 7 1 4 1
  7 4 8 6 8 4 3 3 3 5 1 5 2
  8 1 6 4 2 3 2 2 8 3 2 2 5 3 3
  2 3 5 5 1 5 3 4 2 3 6 7 4
  4 6 5
  6 7 3 1 4 4 8 7 2 2 4 3 3 8 6
  2 1 1 4 4
  4 6 4 5 7 5 6 6 4 1 3 1 2 3
  8 2 2 1 6 3 1 6 6 5 8 3 2
  7 6 4 6 2 2 3 3 2 2
  4 5
  3 5 3 6
 England 2 1 1 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 3
 Italy 3 4 3 4 4 8 5 2 7 7 6 4
 Wales 3 4 5 3 5
 Ireland 5 2 2 3 2 1 2 3 2 7
 Scotland 4 3 4 1 5 4 5 8
  5 2 7 3 3 2 1 2 6 8 1 8
 Austria 6 1 7 6 8 7 8 1 1 8
  4 6 5 4
  3
France Côte d'Azur Selection 7
  8
Elite Division A Division/Trophy B Division/Conference 1 C Division/Conference 2 D Division

See also[]

  • Rugby Europe U20 Championship

References[]

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  2. ^ a b c 2010 European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship official website - History Archived 2011-03-13 at the Wayback Machine accessed: 1 May 2010
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  4. ^ a b U18 - 6 Nations play off FIRA-AER website, accessed: 6 April 2011
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  6. ^ "STATEMENT : COMPETITIONS SUSPENSION EXTENDED | Rugby Europe". www.rugbyeurope.eu. Archived from the original on 2020-03-26.
  7. ^ "COVID-19 Statement : Board of Directors".
  8. ^ a b c d 2010 European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship official website - Fixtures Archived 2010-04-13 at the Wayback Machine accessed: 1 May 2010
  9. ^ a b FIRA-AER website - 2012 groups accessed: 5 April 2012
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  11. ^ "Rugby Union European Competitions".
  12. ^ FIRA-AER website - 2005 results accessed: 3 May 2010
  13. ^ FIRA-AER website - 2006 results accessed: 3 May 2010
  14. ^ FIRA-AER website - 2007 results accessed: 3 May 2010
  15. ^ FIRA-AER website - 2008 results accessed: 3 May 2010
  16. ^ FIRA-AER website - 2009 results accessed: 3 May 2010
  17. ^ FIRA-AER website - 2010 results accessed: 3 May 2010
  18. ^ FIRA-AER website - 2011 groups accessed: 6 April 2011
  19. ^ FIRA-AER website - 2013 groups accessed: 30 March 2013
  20. ^ FIRA-AER website - 2014 groups accessed: 30 March 2014
  21. ^ FIRA-AER website - 2015 groups Archived 2015-04-08 at the Wayback Machine accessed: 26 March 2015
  22. ^ a b FIRA-AER website - 2016 groups Archived 2016-04-06 at the Wayback Machine accessed: 27 March 2016
  23. ^ Rugby Europe website - 2018 edition accessed: 31 March 2018
  24. ^ Rugby Europe website - 2019 edition accessed: 20 April 2019
  25. ^ 2020 - U18 Championship
  26. ^ "U18 Championship 2021".

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