1968–69 FIRA Nations Cup

1968–69 Nations Cup

Date

27 October 1968 – 26 May 1969

Countries

Czechoslovakia

France

West Germany

Poland

Romania

Tournament statistics

Champions

Romania

Matches played

← 1967–1968 (Previous)

(Next) 1969–1970 →

The Nations Cup 1968–69 was the ninth edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams, and fourth with the formula and the name of "Nations Cup".

The tournament was won for the first time by Romania, who won all their four games, including a 15-14 win over France at home.

First division

Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference	Table points
1	Romania	4	4	0	0	79	37	42	12
2	France	4	3	0	1	135	35	100	9
3	Czechoslovakia	4	1	1	2	66	71	−5	7
4	West Germany	3	0	0	3	20	44	−24	3
5	Poland	3	0	0	3	19	132	−113	3

Poland and Germany relegated to division 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)

Poland-Germany not played

27 October 1968

Czechoslovakia XV	9 - 18	Romania

Ricany

1 December 1968	Romania	15 - 14	France	Bucharest
	Pen: Irimescu 4 Drop: Irimescu		Try: Bonal Con: Paries Pen: Paries 3	Referee: Joseph
Romania : 15 V. Daiciulescu, 14 Mihai Suciu, 11 Dan Coravu, 13 M. Wusek, 12 Valeriu Irimescu, 10 .Dragomirescu-Rahtopol, 9 Petre Florescu, 8 R. Demian (c), 7 Gh. Rascanu, 6 P. Ciobanel, 5 Ion Tutuianu, 4 Constantin Serban, 3 C. Dinu, 2 V.Iorgulescu, 1 G. Stoica, sostituti:, 16 Nicolae Baciu				Referee: Joseph
France: 15 Henri Magois, 14 Jean-Marie Bonal, 11 Jean Sillieres, 13 Jo Maso, 12 Andre Ruiz, 10 Lucien Paries, 9 Marcel Puget, 8 W. Sganghero, 7 C. Carrere (c), 6 B. Dutin, 5 Elie Cester, 4 Benoit Dauga, 3 J.M. Esponda, 2 M.Yachvili, 1 J.C. Noble

5 April 1969

West Germany	6 - 20	France XV

Koln

27 April 1969

France XV	34 - 14	Czechoslovakia

Besancon

15 June 1969

Romania	40 - 11	Poland

Bucharest

25 August 1969

Czechoslovakia	25 - 8	Poland

Havirov

26 October 1969

West Germany	11 - 18	Czechoslovakia

Hamburg

9 November 1969

West Germany	3 - 6	Romania

Konylisy, Hanover

1969

Poland	0 - 67	France XV

Warsaw

Second Division

Pool 1

Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference	Table points
1	Italy	2	2	0	0	39	3	+36	6
2	Yugoslavia	2	1	0	1	25	28	−3	4
3	Bulgaria	2	0	0	2	6	39	−33	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)

29 December 1968	Italy	22 - 3	Yugoslavia	San Donà
	Try: Autore, Gini , Rista U. Conforto, Pignotti Bollesan Con: R. Martini 2		Try: Kesvic	Referee: Genet (France)

2 March 1969	Bulgaria	0 - 17	Italy	Sofia
			Try: Pignotti, Ambron Cioni 2 Con: Pacifici Pen: Di Zitti	Attendance: Sckvor (Czechoslovakia) Referee: Sckvor

1 May 1969

Yugoslavia	22 - 6	Bulgaria

Pancevo

Pool 2

Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference	Table points
1	Spain	2	2	0	0	33	11	+22	6
2	Portugal	2	1	0	1	26	21	+5	4
3	Morocco	2	0	0	2	6	33	−27	2

Results

Point system: try 3 pt, conversion: 2 pt., penalty kick 3 pt. drop 3 pt, goal from mark 3 pt.

23 March 1969

Portugal	11 - 15	Spain

Barreiro

13 April 1969

Spain	18 - 0	Morocco

Madrid

20 April 1969

Morocco	6 - 15	Portugal

Casablanca

Pool 3

Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference	Table points
1	Belgium	1	1	0	0	9	5	+4	3
2	Netherlands	1	0	0	1	5	9	−4	1

Results

Point system: try 3 pt, conversion: 2 pt., penalty kick 3 pt. drop 3 pt, goal from mark 3 pt.

30 March 1969

Belgium	9 - 5	Netherlands

Nivelles

Final Pool

Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference	Table points
1	Italy	2	2	0	0	42	5	37	6
2	Spain	2	1	0	1	46	15	31	4
3	Belgium	2	0	0	2	3	71	−68	2

Italy promoted to division 1

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)

4 May 1969	Italy	12 - 5	Spain	L'Aquila
	Try: Pacifici Pen: Di Zitti Drop: Pacifici, Ricci		Try: Modrego Con: Fonfo
Spain: 15.Del Valle, 14.Abecia, 13.Del rey, 12.Curujo, 11.Matutano, 10.Fonto (63' Maturola), 9.Fonfo, 7.Gomez-Reino, 8.Bueno, 6.Mocoroa, 5.Caltazar, 4.Irarorza, 3.Espalza, 2.Hacha, 1.Modrego

10 May 1969	Belgium	0 - 30	Italy	Brussel

Belgium : 15.Sluys, 14.Michel, 13.Vachandex, 12.Van Krinktiwelt II, 11.Donnez, 10.Brunet, 9.Antoine, 1.Van Krinktiwelt I, 2.Stalmans, 3.Vanderberghe, 4.Maillon, 5.Lefevre, 6.Pirodde, 7.Jacquemin, 8.Van Severen
Italy: 15.Angelo Autore, 14.Elio Michelon, 13.Vittorio Ambron, 12.Fernando Pignotti, 11.Walter Rista, 10.Giampiero Ricci, 9.Umberto Conforto, 7.Franco Cioni, 8.Marco Bollesan, 6.Lucio Boccaletto, 5.Luigi Bettella, 4.Antonio di Zitti (cap), 3.Dominico Armellin, 2.Alessandro Brunelli, 1.Massimo Gini

17 May 1969

Spain	41 - 3	Belgium

Madrid

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 FIRA international tournaments

Pre–WWII tournaments	1936 1937 1938

European Cup	1952 1954

FIRA Nations Cup	1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73

FIRA Trophy	1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–87 1987–89 1989–90 1990–92 1992–94 1995–97

Other tournaments	1992–93 1994–95 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99

FIRA (Association of European Rugby)

European Nations Cup

First Division	2000 2000–01 2001–02 2003–04 2004–06 2006–08 2008–10 2010–12 2012–14 2014–16

Second Division	2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–04 2004–06 2006–08 2008–10 2010–12 2012–14 2014–16

Third Division	2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–04 2004–06 2006–08 2008–10 2010–12 2012–14 2014–16

Fourth Division	2000

Association: Rugby Europe

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, July 15, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.