1952 Rugby Union European Cup

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1952 Rugby Europe Cup
Date2 March - 17 May 1952
CountriesFlag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Tournament statistics
Champions Flag of France.svg  France
Matches played4
1938 (Previous)(Next) 1954

The Europe Cup 1952 was the fourth Rugby Union European championship, organized by FIRA.

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After the Second World War rugby activity restarted in Europe with the Five Nations restarting in 1947. The FIRA approved to reorganize the European Championship, after three tournaments in 1936–38. During the assembly of May 20, 1951, it was decided that the name of tournament would be Europe Cup, and that the first edition was to be played in 1952. [1] Like in all subsequent editions, only countries of Continental Europe ever took place.

A "challenge" format was chosen: France, winner of the last tournament in 1938, advanced directly to the final, where it met the winner of the preliminary tournament, which was played by four teams: Belgium, West Germany, Italy and Spain. [2]

Results

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

Preliminary tournament

2 March 1952
West Germany  Flag of Germany.svg16 - 9Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Hanover

13 April 1952 Spain  Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg0 - 6Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Montjuic, Barcelona  
Try: Gerosa 62'
Pen: Cecchetto 46'
Referee: Barbe Flag of France.svg
  • Finals
27 April 1952 Italy  Flag of Italy.svg14 - 6Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Stadio Tre Pini, Padua  
Try: Gerosa 21' 78' Masci 39'
Rosi 76'
Con: Cecchetto 39'
Pen: Ritter 31'
Drop: W.Schumann 74'
Referee: Taddei Flag of France.svg

Great Final

17 May 1952 Italy  Flag of Italy.svg8 - 17Flag of France.svg  France Arena, Milan  
Try: Perducani 36’
Con: Turcato 36’
Pen: Cecchetto-Milani 42’
Try: Rogé 8’
Bienes 75’
Basquet 77’
Con: Prat 50’ 72’
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Priest Flag of England.svg
Italy: 15.Silvano Tartaglini (cap), 14.Pietro Stievano, 13.Paolo Rosi, 12.Emilio Andina, 11.Enzo Gerosa, 10.Riccardo Santopadre, 9.Aldo Cecchetto-Milani, 8.Mario Percudani, 7.Gianni Aiolfi, 6.Primo Masci, 5.Leonardo Riccioni, 4.Paolo Dari, 3.Giorgio Fornari, 2.Gennaro Mancini, 1.Luciano Turcato
France : 15.Pierre Guilleux, 14.Georges Brun, 13.Roger Martine, 12.Jacques Mauran, 11.Lucien Roge, 10.Michel Lecointre, 9.Paul Lasaosa, 8.Guy Basquet (cap), 7.Jean-Roger Bourdeu, 6.Jean Prat, 5.Bernard Chevallier, 4.Lucien Mias, 3.Andre Sanac, 2.Paul Labadie, 1.René Bienes

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References

  1. Volpe-Vecchiarelli, pg 114.
  2. Volpe-Pacitti p.291