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1990–1992 FIRA Trophy

European rugby union championship

Summary

European rugby union championship

Field	Value
name	1990-92 FIRA Trophy
date	30 September 1990 – 28 May 1992
countries
/

champions
matches	20
previous year	1989-1990
previous tournament	1989–1990 FIRA Trophy
next year	1992–1994
next tournament	1992–1994 FIRA Trophy

The 1990–92 FIRA Trophy was the 29th edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams. The format returned to a two-year tournament.

The tournament was won by France, with a Grand Slam. Italy, improving their competitive performance, finished in 2nd place, while Romania where 3rd. Both teams qualified for the 1991 Rugby World Cup, since the first two games also were valid for the qualification, while Soviet Union missed them. This would be their last presence at the FIRA Trophy, since the country ceased to exist on 25 December 1991. They were replaced by the CIS for the final two games. Spain failed the 1991 Rugby World Cup qualification because of her two losses in the opening games, had a narrow defeat to Italy (22-21), and a win over Romania (6-0), both at home, but wasn't able to avoid the 5th and last place, and were relegated.

The winners of the Second Division pools were Germany and Morocco.

NOTOC

First division

	FRA	ITA	ROU	URS	ESP
––––	21-18	25-6	38-12	53-4
	9-15	––––	39-13	34-12	30-6
	21-33	18-21	––––	34-6	19-6
	15-36	3-21	3-10	––––	30-3
	24-60	21-22	6-0	16-19	––––

Due to Dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union was replaced by the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Place	Nation	Games	Points	Table
points	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	****	8	8	0	0	281	109	+172	24
2		8	6	0	2	194	109	+85	20
3		8	3	0	5	121	139	-18	14
4	/	8	2	0	6	100	192	-92	12
5	**	8	1	0	7	86	233	-147	10

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.)

Mas. Cutitta, Francescato|tr2= Ovsianick, Molchanov

Ougier

Second division

Pool A

Place	Nation	Games	Points	Table
points	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	****	6	4	1	1	46	33	+13	15
2		6	3	1	2	76	65	+11	13
3		6	2	3	1	76	69	+7	13
4		6	0	1	5	45	76	-31	7

Pool B

Place	Nation	Games	Points	Table
points	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	****	6	5	0	1	98	54	+44	16
2		6	4	0	2	117	66	+51	14
3		6	2	0	4	89	85	+4	10
4		6	1	0	5	75	174	-99	8

Third division

Pool 1

(not completed due to the withdrawal of Yugoslavia)

Pool 2

** Semifinals**

Third place final

** Final**

References

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

Match also valid for RWC 1991 Qualification
(17-4 for Netherland on the ground, but won by Germany , for irregular players in line-up)

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