1952 Rugby Union European Cup

1952 Rugby Europe Cup

Date

2 March - 17 May 1952

Countries

Spain

Belgium

West Germany

France

Italy

Tournament statistics

Champions

France

Matches played

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The Europe Cup 1952 was the fourth Rugby Union European championship, organized by FIRA.

After the Second World War rugby activity restarted in Europe with the Five Nations restarting in 1947. The FIRA approved to reorganize the European Championship, after three tournaments in 1936-38. During the assembly of May 20, 1951 it was decided that the name of tournament would be Europe Cup, and that the first edition was to be played in 1952.^[1]

A "challenge" format was chosen: France, winner of the last tournament in 1938, advanced directly to the final, where it met the winner of the preliminary tournament, played by four teams: Belgium, West Germany, Italy and Romania.^[2]

Results

Point system: try 3 pt, conversion: 2 pt., penalty kick 3 pt. drop 3 pt, goal from mark 3 pt.
Click "show" for more info about match (scorers, line-up etc)

Preliminary tournament

Semifinals

2 March 1952

West Germany	16 - 9	Belgium

Hanover

13 April 1952	Spain	0 - 6	Italy	Barcelona
			Try: Gerosa 62' Pen: Cecchetto 46'	Referee: Barbe

Finals

27 April 1952	Italy	14 - 6	West Germany	Padua
	Try: Gerosa 21' 78' Masci 39' Rosi 76' Con: Cecchetto 39'		Pen: Ritter 31' Drop: W.Schumann 74'	Referee: Taddei

Great Final

17 May 1952	Italy	8 - 17	France	Arena, Milan
	Try: Percudani 36’ Con: L. Turcato 36’ Pen: Cecchetto 42’		Try: Rogé 8’ Benes 75’ Basquet 77’ Con: Jean Prat 50’ 72’	Referee: Priest
Italy: 15.Silvano Tartaglini (cap), 14.Pietro Stievano, 13.Paolo Rosi, 12.Emilio Andina, 11.Enzo Gerosa, 10.Riccardo Santopadre, 9.Aldo Cecchetto-Milani, 8.Mario Percudani, 7.Gianni Aiolfi, 6.Primo Masci, 5.Leonardo Riccioni, 4.Paolo Dari, 3.Giorgio Fornari, 2.Gennaro Mancini, 1.Luciano Turcato				Referee: Priest
France : 15.Pierre Guilleux, 14.Georges Brun, 13.Roger Martine, 12.Jacques Mauran, 11.Lucien Roge, 10.Michel Lecointre, 9.Paul Lasaosa, 8.Guy Basquet (cap), 7.Jean-Roger Bourdeu, 6.Jean Prat, 5.Bernard Chevallier, 4.Lucien Mias, 3.Andre Sanac, 2.Paul Labadie, 1.Rene Bienes

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

↑ Volpe-Vecchiarelli, pg 114.
↑ Volpe-Pacitti p.291

External links

FIRA-AER official website

Defunct FIRA international tournaments

Pre–WWII tournaments	1936 1937 1938

European Cup	1952 1954

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FIRA (Association of European Rugby)

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Fourth Division	2000

Association: Rugby Europe

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