2024 Rugby Europe Championship

2024 Rugby Europe Championship
Date	3 February – 17 March 2024
Countries	Belgium   Georgia   Germany   Netherlands   Poland   Portugal   Romania   Spain
Tournament statistics
Champions	Georgia (16th title)
Antim Cup	Georgia (18th title)
Matches played	20
Attendance	83,163 (4,158 per match)
Tries scored	122 (6.1 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Hugo Aubry (48 Points)
Top try scorer(s)	Aka Tabutsadze (7 Tries)
Player of the tournament	Ilia Spanderashvili
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The 2024 Rugby Europe Championship was the eighth Rugby Europe Championship, the annual rugby union competition for the top European national teams outside the Six Nations Championship, and the 53rd edition of the competition (including all its previous incarnations as the FIRA Tournament, Rugby Union European Cup, FIRA Nations Cup, FIRA Trophy, and European Nations Cup).

Eight teams took part in the 2024 championship. The championship was contested by Belgium, Georgia, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania and Spain.

The serpentine system was applied to allocate each team to their respective groups. ^[1] Each team played a total of five games (three round robin group matches to determine the team's path and two play-off matches). ^[1] Seeding (for a group) and relegation were calculated over a two-year cycle, as was the promotion from the Trophy competition. ^{[1] [2]}

Georgia entered the tournament as defending champions, having won the 2023 tournament final against Portugal. Georgia won the tournament, thus claiming their 16th title, again defeating Portugal in the final.

Participants

Nation	Stadium			Head coach	Captain
	Home stadium	Capacity	Location
Belgium	Stade Charles Tondreau Stade du Pachy	8,000 3,000	Mons Waterloo	Laurent Dossat	Jens Torfs
Georgia	Avchala Stadium Mikheil Meskhi Stadium	2,500 27,223	Tbilisi	Richard Cockerill	Merab Sharikadze
Germany	Fritz-Grunebaum-Sportpark Stadion Pichterich	5,000 6,000	Heidelberg Neckarsulm	Mark Kuhlmann	Jörn Schröder
Netherlands	NRCA Stadium	7,000	Amsterdam	Lyn Jones	Hugo Langelaan
Poland	Narodowy Stadion Rugby	2,425	Gdynia	Christian Hitt	Piotr Zeszutek
Portugal	Estádio Nacional Estádio do Restelo	37,593 19,856	Oeiras Lisbon	Daniel Hourcade (interim)	Tomás Appleton
Romania	Stadionul Arcul de Triumf	8,207	Bucharest	David Gérard	Mihai Macovei
Spain	Estadio Nacional Complutense	7,000	Madrid	Pablo Bouza	Mario Pichardie

Two-Year overall standings

Relegated to Trophy

2023-24 Rugby Europe Championships

Pos	Event  Team	2023	2024	Points total
1	Georgia	10	10	20
2	Portugal	8	8	16
3	Romania [a]	6	5	11
4	Spain [a]	5	6	11
5	Netherlands	4	4	8
6	Germany	3	3	6
7	Belgium	2	2	4
8	Poland	1	1	2

1. Overall points difference - Romania +12, Spain -42

Tables and Fixtures

Pool A

Germany against Georgia during the European Rugby Championship 2023/24 in Dessau-Roßlau.

Advances to the Grand Finals Semi-Finals

Advances to the Ranking Finals Semi-Finals

Pos.	Team	Games				Points			Tries			TBP	LBP	Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	For	Against	Diff
1	Georgia	3	3	0	0	97	30	+67	15	3	+12	2	0	14
2	Spain	3	2	0	1	50	61	-11	6	9	-3	1	0	9
3	Netherlands	3	1	0	2	67	64	+3	8	8	0	1	1	6
4	Germany	3	0	0	3	35	94	-59	4	13	-9	0	0	0
Source - [3] 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

Week 1

3 February 2024 13:15 CET (UTC+1)

(1 LBP) Netherlands	18–20	Spain
	Report

NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)

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4 February 2024 15:00 CET (UTC+1)

Germany	17–28	Georgia
	Report

Paul Greifzu Stadium, Dessau-Roßlau Attendance: 5,400 Referee: Tom Spurrier (Wales)

Week 2

10 February 2024 14:00 GET (UTC+4)

(1 TBP) Georgia	31–10	Netherlands
	Report

Avchala Stadium, Tbilisi Attendance: 2,963 Referee: Alexandru Ionescu (Romania)

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11 February 2024 12:45 CET (UTC+1)

(1 TBP) Spain	27–5	Germany
	Report

Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)

Week 3

17 February 2024 16:00 GET (UTC+4)

(1 TBP) Georgia	38–3	Spain
	Report

Avchala Stadium, Tbilisi Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Sam Grove White (Scotland)

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18 February 2024 13:30 CET (UTC+1)

(1 TBP) Netherlands	39–13	Germany
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NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Michael Forrestal (Ireland)

Pool B

Advances to the Grand Finals Semi-Finals

Advances to the Ranking Finals Semi-Finals

Pos.	Team	Games				Points			Tries			TBP	LBP	Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	For	Against	Diff
1	Portugal	3	2	0	1	109	41	+68	14	5	+9	2	1	11
2	Romania	3	2	0	1	77	75	+2	11	9	+2	1	0	9
3	Belgium	3	2	0	1	59	49	+10	7	6	+1	1	0	9
4	Poland	3	0	0	3	25	105	-80	3	15	-12	0	0	0
Source - [3] 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

Week 1

3 February 2024 20:00 CET (UTC+1)

Belgium	10–6	Portugal (1 LBP)
	Report

Stade Charles Tondreau, Mons Attendance: 4,600 Referee: Saba Abulashvili (Georgia)

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4 February 2024 18:15 CET (UTC+1)

Poland	8–20	Romania
	Report

Narodowym stadion dla rugby, Gdynia Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Keane Davison (Ireland)

Week 2

10 February 2024 14:30 EET (UTC+2)

(1 TBP) Romania	33–18	Belgium
	Report

Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Iñigo Atorrasagasti (Spain)

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10 February 2024 19:00 WET (UTC+0)

(1 TBP) Portugal	54–7	Poland
	Report

Estádio Nacional, Oeiras Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Ethan Glass (Switzerland)

Week 3

17 February 2024 16:30 EET (UTC+2)

Romania	24–49	Portugal (1 TBP)
	Report

Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)

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17 February 2024 19:00 CET (UTC+1)

(1 TBP) Belgium	31–10	Poland
	Report

Stade du Pachy, Waterloo Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ben Breakspear (Wales)

Ranking Finals

	Semi-finals				Fifth-place Final
	2 March – NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam
	Netherlands	54
					17 March – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
	Poland	7
					Netherlands	45
	2 March – Stade du Pachy, Waterloo
					Germany	0
	Belgium	11
	Germany	21
					Seventh-place Final
					17 March – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
					Poland	8
					Belgium	34

Semi-finals

2 March 2024 16:15 CET (UTC+1)

Netherlands	54–7	Poland
	Report

NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Inigo Atorrasagasti (Spain)

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2 March 2024 19:00 CET (UTC+1)

Belgium	11–21	Germany
	Report

Stade du Pachy, Waterloo Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)

Seventh-place final

17 March 2024 12:00 CET (UTC+1)

Poland	8–34	Belgium
	Report

Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Shota Tevzadze (Georgia)

Fifth-place final

17 March 2024 14:45 CET (UTC+1)

Netherlands	45–0	Germany
	Report

Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)

Grand Finals

	Semi-finals				Cup Final
	2 March – Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi
	Georgia	43
					17 March – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
	Romania	5
					Georgia	36
	3 March – Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon
					Portugal	10
	Portugal	33
	Spain	30
					Bronze Final
					17 March – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
					Romania	33
					Spain	40

Semi-finals

2 March 2024 16:00 GET (UTC+4)

Georgia	43–5	Romania
	Report

Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi Attendance: 10,300 Referee: Peter Martin (Ireland)

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3 March 2024 15:00 WET (UTC+0)

Portugal	33–30	Spain
	Report

Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Benoit Rousselet (France)

Bronze Final

17 March 2024 18:15 CET (UTC+1)

Romania	33–40	Spain
	Report

Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Adam Jones (Wales)

Cup Final

17 March 2024 21:00 CET (UTC+1)

Georgia	36–10	Portugal
	Report

Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Tual Trainini (France)

Final standings

Pos.	Team	Points
1	Georgia	10
2	Portugal	8
3	Spain	6
4	Romania	5
5	Netherlands	4
6	Germany	3
7	Belgium	2
8	Poland	1

Team of the Tournament

On 25 March 2024 Rugby Europe published its Team of the Tournament ^[4]
Ilia Spanderashvili was voted the player of the tournament by the fans. ^[5]

Pos. Player Club / Province Competition LP 1 Iulian Harțig CSM București Liga Națională de Rugby HK 2 Vano Karkadze Montpellier Top 14 TP 3 Irakli Aptsiauri FC Grenoble Pro D2 LL 4 Koen Bloemen Bourg-en-Bresse Championnat Fédéral Nationale RL 5 Mario Pichardie Loughborough Students National League 2 West BF 6 Ilia Spanderashvili Black Lion Super Cup / EPCR Challenge Cup OF 7 Wolf van Dijk DIOK Ereklasse N8 8 Nicolas Martins Soyaux Angoulême Pro D2 SH 9 Hugo Camacho Bayonne Top 14 FH 10 Hugo Aubry Rouen Pro D2 LW 11 Martiniano Cian Castilla y León Iberians Super Cup IC 12 Merab Sharikadze Black Lion Super Cup / EPCR Challenge Cup OC 13 Giorgi Kveseladze Black Lion Super Cup / EPCR Challenge Cup RW 14 Aka Tabutsadze Black Lion Super Cup / EPCR Challenge Cup FB 15 Manuel Cardoso Pinto Agronomia Campeonato Português de Rugby

International broadcasters

Country	Broadcaster [6]	Summary
Belgium	—	Rugby Europe (registration required)
Georgia	Rugby TV Imedi TV	Georgia games shown live via Rugby TV and Imedi TV. Also Georgia games are streamed and free on Rugby TV Facebook page
Germany	ProSieben Maxx Joyn Ran	Pro7 Maxx for Germany games, with others via streaming platforms Joyn and Ran
Netherlands	Ziggo	Netherlands' games only.
Poland	—	Rugby Europe (registration required)
Portugal	Sport TV	Portugal games shown live
Romania	—	Rugby Europe (registration required)
Spain	Movistar Plus+	Spain games only
Rest of the World	Rugby Europe RugbyPassTV	All games available through streaming via Rugby Europe (registration required). Some games are streamed and free on Rugby Europe Youtube channel One game from each round will be broadcast on World Rugby-owned RugbyPassTV

See also

• Rugby Europe International Championships
• Antim Cup

References

1. "New Format for Rugby Europe Championship". Rugby Europe. 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
2. "Schedule set for Rugby Europe Championship 2024". Rugby Europe. 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
3. "2024 Rugby Europe Championship Standings".
4. "Team of the Men's Championship 2024".
5. "Men's Rugby Europe Player of the Tournament 2024".
6. "Where to Watch: Men's Rugby Europe Championship".