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1997–98 FIRA Tournament

Rugby union tournament

Summary

Rugby union tournament

Field	Value
name	1997–98 FIRA Tournament
date	18 October 1997 – 2 June 1998
champions	Not awarded
previous year	1996–1997
previous tournament	1996-1967 FIRA Tournament
next year	1998–1999
next tournament	1998–1999 FIRA Tournament

The 1997–98 FIRA Tournament was a rugby union tournament organized by the Fédération Internationale de Rugby Amateur (FIRA). Only minnow teams participated because the 15 strongest European teams were playing the qualification for the 1999 Rugby World Cup.

The teams were divided into three pools, with the winners being Latvia, Luxembourg and Austria. No championship title was awarded.

Pool "Silver" (Division 2)

Place	Nation	Games	Points	Table
points	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1		4	3	0	1	54	43	+11	10
2		4	3	0	1	51	88	−37	10
3		4	2	0	2	102	64	+38	8
4		4	2	0	2	87	38	+49	7
5		4	0	0	4	9	70	−61	2

withdraw

Pool "Bronze" (Division 3)

Place	Nation	Games	Points	Table
points	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1		3	3	0	0	79	23	+56	9
2		3	2	0	1	49	43	+6	7
3		3	1	0	2	49	56	−7	5
4		3	0	0	3	27	82	−55	3

Pool "Bowl" (Division 4)

Place	Nation	Games	Points	Table
points	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1		2	2	0	0	74	15	+59	6
2		2	1	0	1	41	50	−9	4
3		2	0	0	2	12	62	−50	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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