2026 Rugby Europe Championship

2026 Rugby Europe Championship
Date	February – March 2026
Countries	Belgium   Georgia   Germany   Netherlands   Portugal   Romania   Spain    Switzerland
Tournament statistics
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The 2026 Rugby Europe Championship will be the tenth Rugby Europe Championship, the annual rugby union competition for the top European national teams outside the Six Nations Championship, and the 55rd 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, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Spain and Switzerland.

Georgia entered the tournament as defending champions. They won the final against Spain in the 2025 tournament, claiming their 17th title. 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 are calculated over a two-year cycle, as is the promotion from the Trophy competition. ^[1]

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	3,500 27,223	Tbilisi	Richard Cockerill	Vasil Lobzhanidze
Germany	Auestadion Fritz-Grunebaum-Sportpark	18,737 5,000	Kassel Heidelberg	Mark Kuhlmann	Jörn Schröder
Netherlands	NRCA Stadium	7,000	Amsterdam	Lyn Jones	Hugo Langelaan
Portugal	Estádio do Restelo Estádio Nacional	19,856 37,593	Lisbon Oeiras	Simon Mannix	Tomás Appleton
Romania	Stadionul Arcul de Triumf Botoșani Municipal Stadium	8,207 7,782	Bucharest Botoșani	David Gérard	Ovidiu Cojocaru
Spain	Estadio Nacional Complutense	12,400	Madrid	Pablo Bouza	Jon Zabala
Switzerland	Stade Municipal Yverdon	6,600	Yverdon-les-Bains	Olivier Nier	Cyril Lin

2025–26 Rugby Europe Championships

Pos	Event  Team	2025	2026	Points total
1	Georgia	10
2	Spain	8
3	Romania	6
4	Portugal	5
5	Belgium	4
6	Netherlands	3
7	Switzerland	2
8	Germany	1

Tables and fixtures

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts	Qualification
1	Georgia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Grand Finals Semi-Finals
2	Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Ranking Finals Semi-Finals
4	Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: Rugby Europe ^[2]
Rules for classification:
If two teams have the same number of points the best ranked will be: 1) match points in the games played between the tied Unions; 2) tries in the games played between the tied Unions; 3) match points difference in all pool games; 4) tries difference for in all pool games; 5) match points for in all pool games.
If three or more teams have same number of points, the best ranked will be: 1) match points difference in all pool games; 2) tries for in all pool games; 4) match points for in all pool games.
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 ^[3]

Week 1

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Week 2

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Grand Finals Semi-Finals
2	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Ranking Finals Semi-Finals
4	Romania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: Rugby Europe ^[2]
Rules for classification:
If two teams have the same number of points the best ranked will be: 1) competition points; 2) match points difference; 3) match tries difference; 3) match points difference in all pool games; 4) tries for in all pool games; 5) match points for in all pool games.
If three or more teams have same number of points, the best ranked will be: 1) competition points; 2) tries for in all pool games; 3) match points for in all pool games.
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 ^[3]

Week 1

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Ranking Finals

Semi-finals

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Seventh-place final

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Fifth-place final

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Grand Finals

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Bronze Final

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Final

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Final standings

Pos.	Team	Points
1	TBA	10
2	TBA	8
3	TBA	6
4	TBA	5
5	TBA	4
6	TBA	3
7	TBA	2
8	TBA	1

International broadcasters

Country	Broadcaster [4]	Summary
Belgium	VRT LN24	Belgium games shown live via VRT and LN24.
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	Germany games shown live via ProSieben Maxx, other games are streamed and free on Joyn and Ran.
Netherlands	Ziggo	Selected games live on Ziggo Sport.
Portugal	Sport TV	Portugal games shown live on Sport TV.
Romania	TVR1 TVR Sport	Romania games shown live via TVR1 and TVR Sport.
Spain	Teledeporte RTVE Play	Spain games shown live via Teledeporte and .RTVE Play digital platform.
Switzerland	RTS 2 SRI digital	Switzerland games shown live via RTS 2 channel and SRI digital platforms.
North America	FloRugby	All games available through streaming via FloSports.
Rest of the World	Rugby Europe	All games available through streaming via Rugby Europe (registration required). Some games are streamed and free on Rugby Europe Youtube channel

See also

• Rugby Europe International Championships
• Antim Cup

References

1. "New Format for Rugby Europe Championship". Rugby Europe. 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
2. "2025 Rugby Europe Championship Standings".
3. "September 2024 Edition (2024-2025 season v1) RUGBY EUROPE INTERNATIONAL XV CHAMPIONSHIPS MEN & WOMEN 2024-2025 TOURNAMENT MANUAL" (PDF). Rugby Europe. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
4. "Unprecedented Coverage for 2025 Men's Rugby Europe Championship". Rugby Europe.