Rugby Europe Super Cup

Rugby Europe Super Cup

Current season or competition: 2025–26 Rugby Europe Super Cup
Sport	Rugby Union
Instituted	2021;4 years ago (2021)
Number of teams	6
Country	Belgium Czech Republic   Netherlands   Portugal   Romania   Spain
Holders	Black Lion (4th title) (2024)
Website	rugbyeurope.eu/super-cup

The Rugby Europe Super Cup is an annual men's rugby union club tournament organised by the continental governing body, Rugby Europe. Featuring clubs outside the traditional Six Nations strongholds of the sport, it effectively forms a third tier of European club rugby beneath the EPCR-organised European Rugby Champions Cup and European Rugby Challenge Cup. ^[1] The first Super Cup competition took place in 2021–22.

Format

The tournament was announced as an annual event for emerging nations in Europe. Professional rugby clubs and franchise teams can take part in it. Teams are divided into two conferences: western and eastern. Each team plays every conference rival home and away. The two best teams from each conference advance to the semi-finals, where they play for a ticket to the final. In 2023 for the first time the Czech Rugby Union was involved in the European club competition with Bohemia Rugby Warriors taking part. ^[2]

Teams

Teams	Joined
Bohemia Rugby Warriors	2023
Brussels Devils	2021–22
Castilla y León Iberians	2021–22
Delta	2021–22
Lusitanos XV	2021–22
Romanian Wolves	2022

Former Teams

The first competition included two Russian teams who were expelled following the invasion of Ukraine, to be replaced with teams from Romania and Georgia in the second season.

In April 2025 Black Lion revealed that they were in talks to join the United Rugby Championship and they decided to withdraw from the Rugby Europe Super Cup.

Teams	Seasons
Batumi RC	2022
Black Lion	2021–22, 2022, 2023, 2024
Lokomotiv Penza	2021–22
Tel Aviv Heat	2021–22, 2022, 2023
Yenisey-STM	2021–22

The goal of the tournament is to bridge the development gap between European countries and attract new sponsors in new markets. All 27 matches are filmed and widely broadcast on TV and digital platforms.

The plan was to expand the Super Cup to include 12 teams by 2023 and 16 teams by 2025. ^[3]

Finals

2021–23

Year		Final					Third place match
		Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up		Host	3rd place	Score	4th place
2021–22		Lisbon	Black Lion	17–14	Lusitanos XV		—
2022		Tbilisi	Black Lion	29–17	Tel Aviv Heat
2023		Tbilisi	Black Lion	27–17	Tel Aviv Heat		Amsterdam	Romanian Wolves	41–17	Castilla y León Iberians

2024

Year		Pool A				Pool B
		Winner	Runner-up	3rd place		Winner
2024		Black Lion	Lusitanos XV	Castilla y León Iberians		Romanian Wolves

2025-present

Year		Final					Third place match
		Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up		Host	3rd place	Score	4th place
2025–26

Performances by team

Team	Winners	Runner-up	3rd place	4th place	5th place	6th place	7th place	8th place
Black Lion	4 (2021–22, 2022, 2023, 2024)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Lusitanos XV	—	2 (2021–22, 2024)	1 (2022)	—	1 (2023)	—	—	—
Tel Aviv Heat	—	2 (2022, 2023)	1 (2021–22)	—	—	—	—	—
Castilla y León Iberians	—	—	3 (2021–22, 2022, 2024)	1 (2023)	—	—	—	—
Romanian Wolves	—	—	1 (2023)	1 (2024)	—	—	1 (2022)	—
The Delta	—	—	—	1 (2021–22)	1 (2024)	—	2 (2022, 2023)	—
Brussels Devils	—	—	—	—	2 (2021–22, 2022)	2 (2023, 2024)	—	—
Batumi RC	—	—	—	—	1 (2022)	—	—	—
Bohemia Rugby Warriors	—	—	—	—	—	—	1 (2024)	1 (2023)
Lokomotiv Penza [a]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Yenisey-STM [a]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
a Disqualified due to Russian invasion of Ukraine

Number of participating clubs by country

The following is a list of clubs that have played or will be playing in the Rugby Europe Super Cup group stage.

Nation	No.	Clubs	Years
Georgia (2)	4	Black Lion	2021–22, 2022, 2023, 2024
	1	RC Batumi	2022
Russia (2)	1	Lokomotiv Penza	2021–22
	1	Yenisey-STM	2021–22
Belgium (1)	4	Brussels Devils	2021–22, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025–26
Netherlands (1)	4	Delta	2021–22, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025–26
Portugal (1)	4	Lusitanos	2021–22, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025–26
Spain (1)	4	Castilla y León Iberians	2021–22, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025–26
Israel (1)	3	Tel Aviv Heat	2021–22, 2022, 2023
Romania (1)	3	Romanian Wolves	2022, 2023, 2024, 2025–26
Czech Republic (1)	2	Bohemia Rugby Warriors	2023, 2024, 2025–26

References

1. "Rugby Europe launch The Super Cup". Rugby Europe. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
2. "Rugby Europe has confirmed the details of the third season of the Rugby Europe Super Cup, its club competition for the emerging rugby unions in Europe". rugbyeurope.eu. 2023-07-06. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
3. "A new dawn for Israeli rugby". Jerusalem Post. 2021-07-18. Retrieved 2021-07-27.