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1989–90 FIRA Trophy

European rugby union championship

Field	Value
name	1989-90 FIRA Trophy
date	22 October 1989 – 27 May 1990
countries

champions
matches	10
previous year	1987-1989
previous tournament	1987–1989 FIRA Trophy
next year	1990–1992
next tournament	1990–1992 FIRA Trophy

The 1989–90 FIRA Trophy was the 28th edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams. The format returned to a one-year tournament, with each team facing each other only once.

The tournament was won by France, Romania and Soviet Union, who all finished with three wins and one loss, and the same points. France only awarded caps in their 12-6 loss at home to Romania. Italy finished in a disappointing 4th place, with a single win, while Poland lost all their four games and was relegated. Their best result was a 25-19 loss to Romania abroad, in a game where the Romanians didn't awarded caps.

Portugal and Spain where the winners of the Second division groups, facing each other's in a final, won by the Spaniards (29-6).

First division

Place	Nation	Games	Points	Table
points	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	****	4	3	0	1	82	47	+35	10
1		4	3	0	1	81	59	+22	10
1		4	3	0	1	66	55	+11	10
4		4	1	0	3	67	56	+11	6
5	**	4	0	0	4	43	122	-79	4

Poland Relegated to division 2

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

The first match between Tunisia and Morocco was tied. The two unions, according with FIRA, agreed to considered valid for tournament the match originally valid only for Rugby World Cup 1991 qualification instead the first one.

The match between Belgium and Tunisia, scheduled in Brussels, was not played.

Place	Nation	Games	Points	Table
points	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	****	3	3	0	0	52	28	+24	9
2		3	1	0	2	42	38	+4	5
3		2	1	0	1	22	24	-2	4
4		2	0	0	2	18	44	-26	2

match non valid

Pool B

Place	Nation	Games	Points	Table
points	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against
1	****	4	3	1	0	70	45	+25	11
2		4	3	0	1	101	51	+50	10
3		4	2	0	2	86	50	+36	8
4		4	0	1	3	45	98	-53	5
5		4	1	0	3	37	95	-58	5

withdraw

Final

Third division

Place	Nation	Games	Points	Table
points	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	****	2	2	0	0	35	9	+26	6
2		2	1	0	1	31	15	+16	4
3		2	0	0	2	12	54	-42	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).

References

Jones, Stephen. (1990). "Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1990-1991". Queen Ann Press.

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