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1981–82 FIRA Trophy

European rugby union championship

Summary

European rugby union championship

Field	Value
name	1981-82 FIRA Trophy
date	25 October 1981 – 22 May 1982
countries

champions
matches	10
previous year	1980-1981
previous tournament	1980–1981 FIRA Trophy
next year	1982–1983
next tournament	1982–1983 FIRA Trophy

The 1981–82 FIRA Trophy was the 22nd edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams.

The first division number of teams was reduced to five teams, instead of the previous six. The tournament was won by France, with three wins and a single draw, in the final game, a 10–10 draw with Soviet Union abroad. France only awarded caps in their 17–9 win over the strong side of Romania. Italy finished in 2nd place, with two wins, a draw and a loss, ahead of Romania, who had two wins and two losses. Soviet Union finished in a disappointing 4th place, not being able to win a single game.

First division

Table

Place	Nation	Games	Points	Table
points	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	****	4	3	1	0	105	53	+52	11
2		4	2	1	1	75	52	+23	9
3		4	2	0	2	102	59	+43	8
4		4	0	2	2	32	50	-18	6
5		4	1	0	3	43	143	-100	6

No relegations

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)

Second division

Table

Place	Nation	Games	Points	Table
points	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	****	5	5	0	0	54	17	+37	15
2		5	4	0	1	108	37	+71	13
3		5	3	0	2	70	66	+4	10
4		5	1	0	4	51	76	-25	7
5		5	1	0	4	62	124	-62	7
6	**	5	1	0	4	32	57	-25	7

Morocco Promoted to division 1

Tunisia relegated to division 3

Results

withdraw

Third division

Table

Place	Nation	Games	Points	Table
points	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	****	4	4	0	0	77	27	+50	12
2		4	3	0	1	44	33	11	10
3		4	2	0	2	65	30	35	8
4		4	1	0	3	43	51	-8	6
5		4	0	0	4	43	131	-88	4

Sweden 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

"Portugal v Spain - Federation Internationale de Rugby Amateur Championship 1982".

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