1981–82 FIRA Trophy

1981-82 FIRA Trophy

Date

25 October 1981 – 22 May 1982

Countries

France

Italy

Romania

Soviet Union

West Germany

Tournament statistics

Champions

France

Matches played

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

The tournament was won by France. The first division number of teams was reduced to five teams, instead of the previous six.

First division

Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference	Table points
1	France	4	3	1	0	105	53	+52	11
2	Italy	4	2	1	1	75	52	+23	9
3	Romania	4	2	0	2	102	59	+43	8
4	Soviet Union	4	0	2	2	32	50	-18	6
5	West Germany	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
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25 October 1981

Soviet Union	12 - 12	Italy

Moscow

1 November 1981	France	17 - 9	Romania	Sport et amitié, Narbonne
	Try: Blanco, Elissalde Pen: Gabernet 2 Drop: Laporte		Pen: Constantin 3	Referee: J.A.F. Trigg
France:15.Serge Gabernet, 14.Michel Fabre, 13.Patrick Mesny, 12.Roland Bertranne, 11.Serge Blanco, 10.Guy Laporte, 7.Pierre Lacans, 6.Laurent Rodriguez, 5.Daniel Revailler, 4.Alain Lorieux, 3.Robert Paparemborde (cap.), 2.Philippe Dintrans, 1.Michel Cremaschi9.Jean-Pierre Elissalde, 8.Jean-Luc Joinel,				Referee: J.A.F. Trigg
Romania:15.Gheorghe Florea, 14.Sorin Fuicu, 13.Adrian Lungu, 12.Ion Constantin, 11.Marian Aldea, 10.Dumitru Alexandru, 7.Alexandru Radulescu, 6.Enciu Stoica, 5.Gheorghie Caragea, 4.Gheorghie Dumitru, 3.Constantin Dinu, 2.Mircea Munteanu, 1.Ion Bucan9.Mircea Paraschiv (cap.), 8.Pompiliu Bors, - replacements: 16.Gheorghie Varzaru

1 November 1981

West Germany	10 - 7	Soviet Union

Hanover

29 November 1981

Italy	23 - 0	West Germany

Rovigo

21 February 1982

France A1	25 - 19	Italy

Carcassonne

21 March 1982

West Germany	15 - 53	France A1

Heidelberg

4 April 1982

Romania	60 - 18	West Germany

Bucharest

11 April 1982	Italy	21 - 15	Romania	St. Battaglini, Rovigo
	Try: Azzali, Ghizzoni Con: Bettarello 2 Pen: Bettarello 3		Try: Mot 2 Con: Podarascu 2 Pen: Podarascu	Referee: Corris Thomas
Italy:15.Fabrizio Gaetaniello (cap.), 14.Serafino Ghizzoni, 13.Massimo Mascioletti, 12.Giancarlo Morelli, 11.Andrea Azzali, 10.Stefano Bettarello, 7.Marzio Innocenti, 6.Claudio Jannone, 5.Mario Nicolosi, 4.Stefano Annibal, 3.Giancarlo Pivetta, 2.Giorgio Morelli, 1.Renato de Bernardo9.Alessandro Ghini, 8.Gianni Zanon, - replacements: 16.Claudio Torresan				Referee: Corris Thomas
Romania:15.Gheorghe Florea, 14.Ion Constantin, 13.Adrian Lungu, 12.Olimpiu Beches, 11.Marian Aldea, 10.Stelian Podarascu, 7.M. Guramare, 6.Alexandru Radulescu, 5.Gheorghie Dumitru, 4.Gheorghie Caragea, 3.Dinu Gheorghe, 2.Marin Mot, 1.Ion Bucan9.Mircea Paraschiv, 8.Enciu Stoica, - replacements: 16.Florin Constantin

9 May 1982

Romania	18 - 3	Soviet Union

Bucharest

22 May 1982

Soviet Union	10 - 10	France A1

Moscow

Second division

Table

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

Morocco Promoted to division 1

Tunisia relegated to division 3

Results

4 October 1981

Netherlands	9 - 19	Poland

Hilversum

1 November 1981

Morocco	6 - 3	Poland

Casablanca

1 July 1982

Morocco	6 - 4	Tunisia

Casablanca

1982

Netherlands	3 - 10	Morocco

Hilversum

21 February 1982

Morocco	6 - 0 withdraw	Spain

7 March 1982

Spain	25 - 12	Netherlands

Barcelona

21 March 1982

Portugal	7 - 26	Morocco

Lisbon

28 March 1982

Portugal	13 - 32	Spain

Lisbon

17 April 1982

Portugal	13 - 16	Tunisia

Lisbon

25 April 1982

Netherlands	12 - 16	Portugal

Hilversum

25 April 1982

Spain U.23	7 - 3	Tunisia

Burgas

28 April 1982

Poland	38 - 13	Portugal

Łódź

1982

Tunisia	3 - 16	Poland

Tunis

1982

Tunisia	6 - 15	Netherlands

Tunis

8 November 1982

Poland	32 - 6	Spain

Lublin

Third division

Table

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

Sweden promoted to division 2

Results

24 October 1981

Sweden	15 - 9	Belgium

Karlstad

25 October 1981

Switzerland	34 - 21	Denmark

Lausanne

15 November 1981

Denmark	6 - 35	Sweden

Copenhagen

29 November 1981

Belgium	9 - 0	Yugoslavia

Liege

15 May 1982

Yugoslavia	46 - 4	Denmark

Zenica

27 November 1981

Switzerland	0 - 10	Yugoslavia

Lausanne

6 March 1982

Belgium	10 - 6	Switzerland

Anversa

24 April 1982

Denmark	12 - 16	Belgium

Copenhagen

8 May 1982

Yugoslavia	9 - 17	Sweden

Lubliana

20 May 1982

Sweden	10 - 3	Switzerland

Enkoping

Bibliography

(Italian) Francesco Volpe, Valerio Vecchiarelli (2000), 2000 Italia in Meta, Storia della nazionale italiana di rugby dagli albori al Sei Nazioni, GS Editore (2000) ISBN 88-87374-40-6.
(Italian) Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999).

References

External links

FIRA-AER official website

Defunct Rugby Europe (FIRA) international tournaments

Pre–WWII tournaments

European Cup

1952
1954

FIRA Nations Cup

FIRA Trophy

Other tournaments

European Nations Cup

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