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1987–1989 FIRA Trophy

European rugby union championship

Field	Value
name	1987-89 FIRA Trophy
date	25 October 1987 – 9 May 1989
countries

champions
matches	20
previous year	1985–1987
previous tournament	1985–1987 FIRA Trophy
next year	1989–1990
next tournament	1989–1990 FIRA Trophy

The 1987–89 FIRA Trophy was the 27th edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams. It was played along two seasons (1987–1988 and 1988–89).

The tournament was won by France, with a single loss to Soviet Union (17–10) in Kutaisi. Despite facing strong opposition from both Italy and Soviet Union, the French only awarded caps in their games with Romania, who finished in 3rd place, while the Soviets reached the 2nd place. Spain lost all their matches and were relegated.

The winners of the Second division two pools were Poland and Belgium, who faced each other in a final, with the Poles winning (25–23).

First division

Place	Nation	Games	Points	Table
points	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	****	8	7	0	1	241	92	+149	22
2		8	6	0	2	129	92	+37	20
3		8	5	0	3	117	128	-11	18
4		8	2	0	6	95	148	-53	12
5	**	8	0	0	8	81	203	-122	8

Spain relegated to second division

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

Pool A

Place	Nation	Games	Points	Table
points	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	****	6	6	0	0	126	49	+77	18
2		6	2	1	3	47	66	-19	11
3		6	2	0	4	78	96	-18	10
4		6	1	1	4	62	102	-40	9

Pool B

Place	Nation	Games	Points	Table
points	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	****	8	6	1	1	155	103	+52	21
2		8	5	0	3	139	95	+44	18
3		8	4	1	3	118	117	+1	17
4		8	3	0	5	111	115	-4	14
5		8	1	0	7	66	159	-93	10

Final

Poland promoted to Division 1

Third division

Place	Nation	Games	Points	Table
points	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	****	4	4	0	0	78	21	+57	12
2		4	1	0	3	43	64	-21	6
3		4	1	0	3	21	57	-36	6

Bulgaria promoted to division 2

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).

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