U18 European Championships

[old-n-slo-2nd-row]

Some furor over the new "elite" division for the U18 Europeans as FIRA-AER have decided the Elite division will only contain the first four teams from the U18 6 Nations, the 5th and 6th place teams playing in "Division 1" which will also contain Romania, Georgia, Russia, Belgium, Germany and Portugal.

There is promotion and relegation in all divisions EXCEPT into the Elite division which will always be formed by 4 of the 6 6 Nation teams..

Elite Division:

Top 4 6 Nations Teams from this seasons tournament

Division 1:

5th & 6th placed 6 Nations plus Romania, Georgia, Russia, Belgium, Germany, Portugal

(bottom 2 relegated to Division 2)

Division 2:

Spain, Holland, Poland, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Lithuania, Sweden, Ukraine

(top 2 promoted to Div 1, bottom two relegated to Div 3)

Division 3:

Hungary, Serbia, Latvia, Luxemburg, Denmark, Austria, Moldova, Bulgaria

(top 2 promoted to Div 2, bottom two relegated to Div 4(?))


Why not 8 teams in "Elite" like everyone else??

Anyway, tournament is 16-22 April in Armagnac Bigorre

[le diable noir]

Originally Posted by old-n-slo-2nd-row

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Anyway, tournament is 16-22 April in Armagnac Bigorre

http://www.armagnacbigorrerugby.com/index.php?page=FIRA

[old-n-slo-2nd-row]

Originally Posted by old-n-slo-2nd-row

Division 1:

5th & 6th placed 6 Nations plus Romania, Georgia, Russia, Belgium, Germany, Portugal

(bottom 2 relegated to Division 2)

Unless they are from the 6 Nations! Even if the 5th and/or 6th place 6N team comes in the bottom two they cannot be relegated!

Originally Posted by old-n-slo-2nd-row

Division 3:

Hungary, Serbia, Latvia, Luxemburg, Denmark, Austria, Moldova, Bulgaria

(top 2 promoted to Div 2, bottom two relegated to Div 4(?))

Correction, bottom 1 is relegated to division 4/D and winner of tournament between Croatia, Bosnia Herzegovina and Isreal gets promoted to 3/C.

[old-n-slo-2nd-row]

We only have two serious warm-up matches left before the U18 Championships in April. When you have a winter break in a season it is difficult to know how you will stack up against others once the game starts. On Saturday we travel to Hungary for what we hope will be the dress rehearsal of the Division 3 final, with either Serbia of Hungary being promoted to Division 2. We will of course have some stiff competition to overcome to reach that stage, with a tricky first match against Moldova and if we win that, a match between the winner of Latvia v Austria. This should be a real good test and an indication of where the two sides stand. Our final warm-up match will be the following weekend against Arad from Romania who we narrowly beat last October.

[old-n-slo-2nd-row]

Saturday 16th April

Group A

Scotland v Romania (1630 Vic Bigorre)
Italy v Portugal (1630 Lombez)
Georgia v Russia (1630 Condom)
Belgium v Germany (1630 Fleurance)

Group B

Spain v Ukraine (1430 Magnoac)
Poland v Lithuania (1430 Eauze)
Netherlands v Sweden (1630 Eauze)
Czech Republic v Switzerland (1630 Magnoac)

Group C

Hungary v Bulgaria (1430 Lombez)
Serbia v Moldova (1430 Vic Bigorre)
Latvia v Austria (1430 Fleurance)
Luxembourg v Denmark (1430 Condom)

Sunday 17th April

Elite Group

England v Wales (1700 Auch)
France v Ireland (1900 Auch)

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Results group A :


Scotland 65 - 3 Romania

Italy 14 - 3 Portugal

Georgia 38 - 3 Russia

Belgium 11 - 27 Germany



Next matches april 19th though :


Scotland - Germany

Italy - Georgia

Romania - Belgium

Portugal - Russia

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Results group B :


Spain 23 - 0 Ukraine

Poland 0 - 5 Lithuania

Netherlands 12 - 18 Sweden

Czech Republic 67 - 5 Switzerland



Next matches april 19th though :


Spain vs Czech Republic

Sweden vs Lithuania

Ukraine vs Switzerland

Netherlands vs Poland

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Results group A :



Italy 36 - 16 Georgia

Romania 6 - 19 Belgium

Portugal 8 - 7 Russia