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1980–81 FIRA Trophy

European rugby union championship

Field	Value
name	1980-81 FIRA Trophy
date	1 October 1980 – 17 May 1981
countries

champions
matches	15
previous year	1979-1980
previous tournament	1979–1980 FIRA Trophy
next year	1981–1982
next tournament	1981–1982 FIRA Trophy

The 1980–81 FIRA Trophy was the 21st edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams.

The tournament was won by Romania, who achieved a Grand Slam, defeating all their opponents. Romania had a memorable 15–0 win over France at 23 November 1980, in Bucharest.

First division

Table

Place	Nation	Games	Points	Table
points	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	****	5	5	0	0	157	25	+132	15
2		5	4	0	1	129	59	+70	13
3		5	2	0	3	76	81	-5	9
4		5	2	0	3	38	87	-49	9
5		5	1	0	4	98	146	-48	7
6	**	5	1	0	4	46	146	-100	7

Spain and Poland relegated to division 2

Results

Point system: try 4 pt, conversion: 2 pt., penalty kick 3 pt. drop 3 pt
Click "show" for more info about match (scorers, line-up etc)

Bettarello, R. Francescato,

Belascain

Munteanu 2, Paraschiv|try2= Bettarello

Liluashvili Barinov Tikhonov Berzin Gonyany

Second division

Table

Place	Nation	Games	Points	Table
points	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	****	4	3	0	1	65	41	+24	10
2		4	3	0	1	58	28	+30	10
3		4	2	0	2	37	61	-24	8
4		4	2	0	2	55	29	+26	8
5		4	0	0	4	0	56	-56	3

Germany Promoted to division 1

Yugoslavia relegated to division 3

Results

forfeit

Third division

Table

Place	Nation	Games	Points	Table
points	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	****	4	4	0	0	114	33	+81	12
2		4	3	0	1	55	24	+31	10
3		4	2	0	2	37	30	+7	8
4		4	1	0	3	49	115	-66	6
5		4	0	0	4	20	73	-53	4

Portugal promoted to division 2

Results

Bibliography

Francesco Volpe, Valerio Vecchiarelli (2000), 2000 Italia in Meta, Storia della nazionale italiana di rugby dagli albori al Sei Nazioni, GS Editore (2000) .
Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999).

References

"USSR v Spain - Federation Internationale de Rugby Amateur Championship 1981".

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