European Nations Cup First Division 2000
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The 2000 European Nations Cup (Rugby Union) was the newly formed European Championship for second tier nations. The main reformation of the competition was down to the induction of professionalism & Italy being granted a place in the Six Nations.
The First Season had 6 teams (5 European & 1 African in Morocco. The Teams played each other once, playing roughly to the same weekends as the Six Nations.
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[edit] Table
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Table points |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | |||
| 1 |  Romania |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 126 | 57 | +69 | 13 |
| 2 |  Georgia |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 145 | 105 | +40 | 11 |
| 3 |  Morocco |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 94 | 69 | +25 | 11 |
| 4 |  Spain |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 109 | 105 | +4 | 9 |
| 5 |  Portugal |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 74 | 100 | -26 | 9 |
| 6 |  Netherlands |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 52 | 168 | -116 | 7 |
[edit] Matches
| Date | Match | Result | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06-Feb-2000 | Morocco - Romania | 18 - 10 | Casablanca (Morocco) |
| 06-Feb-2000 | Portugal - Georgia | 30 - 32 | Lisbon (Portugal) |
| 06-Feb-2000 | Spain - Netherlands | 33 - 8 | Mallorca (Spain) |
| 20-Feb-2000 | Georgia - Morocco | 20 - 10 | St Gaudens (Georgia) |
| 20-Feb-2000 | Netherlands - Romania | 10 - 39 | Amsterdam (Netherlands) |
| 20-Feb-2000 | Portugal - Spain | 21 - 19 | Lisbon (Portugal) |
| 04-Mar-2000 | Spain - Georgia | 36 - 32 | Madrid (Spain) |
| 05-Mar-2000 | Morocco - Netherlands | 44 - 15 | Casablanca (Morocco) |
| 05-Mar-2000 | Romania - Portugal | 33 - 3 | Bucharest (Romania) |
| 19-Mar-2000 | Georgia - Netherlands | 41 - 6 | Tbilisi (Georgia) |
| 19-Mar-2000 | Portugal - Morocco | 9 - 3 | Lisbon (Portugal) |
| 19-Mar-2000 | Romania - Spain | 25 - 6 | Bucharest (Romania) |
| 02-Apr-2000 | Georgia - Romania | 20 - 23 | Tbilisi (Georgia) |
| 02-Apr-2000 | Netherlands - Portugal | 13 - 11 | Amsterdam (Netherlands) |
| 02-Apr-2000 | Spain - Morocco | 15 - 19 | Madrid (Spain) |
[edit] See also
- Georgia national rugby union team
- Portugal national rugby union team
- Romania national rugby union team
- Russia national rugby union team
- Spain national rugby union team
- Antim Cup
- FIRA - Association of European Rugby
- Six Nations Championship
[edit] Sources
- www.irb.com
