2023 Rugby Europe Championship

2023 Rugby Europe Championship
Date	4 February 2023 - 18/19 March 2023
Countries	Belgium Georgia Germany Netherlands Poland Portugal Romania Spain
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The 2023 Rugby Europe Championship is the 7th Rugby Europe Championship, the annual rugby union competition contested by the national teams of Belgium, Georgia, Germany, Poland, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania and Spain, 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).

Georgia enter the tournament as defending champions. They topped the table in the 2021 tournament, claiming their 14th title.

Participants

Nation	Stadium			Head coach	Captain
	Home stadium	Capacity	Location
Belgium	Stade Communal Fallon	2,500	Brussels	Frédéric Cocqu	Jean-Maurice Decubber
Georgia	Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena	54,202	Tbilisi	Levan Maisashvili	Merab Sharikadze
Germany	Fritz-Grunebaum-Sportpark	5,000	Heidelberg	Mark Kuhlmann	Jörn Schröder
Netherlands	NRCA Stadium	7,000	Amsterdam	Lyn Jones	Bart Wierenga
Poland	Narodowy Stadion Rugby Stadion Polonii	2,425 7,150	Gdynia Warszawa	Christian Hitt	Piotr Zeszutek
Portugal	Campo de Rugby do Jamor	2,500	Lisbon	Patrice Lagisquet	Tomás Appleton
Romania	Stadionul Arcul de Triumf	8,207	Bucharest	Andy Robinson	Mihai Macovei
Spain	Estadio Nacional Complutense	15,800	Madrid	Santiago Santos	Fernando López

Tables and Fixtures

Group A

Advances to Grand Finals Semi-Finals

Advances to Bronze Finals Semi-Finals

Pos.	Team	Games				Points			Tries			TBP	LBP	Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	For	Against	Diff
1	Georgia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Source - 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 | Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point

Week 1

4 February 2023

Spain	v	Netherlands

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4 February 2023

Georgia	v	Germany

Week 2

11 February 2023

Germany	v	Spain

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11 February 2023

Netherlands	v	Georgia

Week 3

18 February 2023

Germany	v	Netherlands

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18 February 2023

Spain	v	Georgia

Group B

Advances to Grand Finals Semi-Finals

Advances to Bronze Finals Semi-Finals

Pos.	Team	Games				Points			Tries			TBP	LBP	Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	For	Against	Diff
1	Belgium	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Poland	0	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	0
4	Romania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Source - 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 | Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point

Week 1

4 February 2023

Portugal	v	Belgium

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4 February 2023

Romania	v	Poland

Week 2

11 February 2023

Poland	v	Portugal

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11 February 2023

Belgium	v	Romania

Week 3

18 February 2023

Portugal	v	Romania

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18 February 2023

Poland	v	Belgium

Grand Finals

Semi-Finals

4-5 March 2023

Group A Winner	v	Group B Runner-Up

4-5 March 2023

Group B Winner	v	Group A Runner-Up

Third place game

18-19 March 2023

Loser Semi-Final 1	v	Loser Semi-Final 2

Grand Final

18-19 March 2023

Winner Semi-Final 1	v	Winner Semi-Final 2

Bronze Finals

Semi-Finals

4-5 March 2023

Group A 3rd	v	Group B 4th

4-5 March 2023

Group B 3rd	v	Group A 4th

Seventh place game

18-19 March 2023

Loser Semi-Final 1	v	Loser Semi-Final 2

Bronze Final

18-19 March 2023

Winner Semi-Final 1	v	Winner Semi-Final 2

International broadcasters

Country	Broadcaster	Summary
Belgium	TBA	TBA
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	TBA	TBA
Netherlands	Ziggo	Selected games live on Ziggo Sport
Poland	TBA	TBA
Portugal	RTP	Portugal games shown live via RTP 2 and their VoD service RTP Play
Romania	TVR	Romania games shown live via TVR 1
Spain	Teledeporte RTVE.es	Spain games shown live via Teledeporte and available via streaming through their VoD service TVE Play
France	RugbyZone	All games available through streaming via RugbyZone
North America	FloSports	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