1994–95 FIRA Preliminary Tournament

1994–95 FIRA Tournament
Date 16 October 1994 – 27 May 1995
Countries  Belgium
 Czech Republic
 Germany
 Morocco
 Netherlands
 Portugal
 Russia
 Poland
 Spain
 Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Champions  France
Matches played 21
1992–1994 (Previous) (Next) 1995–1997

The 1995–97 (originally 1994–96) "FIRA Trophy" was arranged with a new format. In this season the schedules for Italy, France and Romania were modified to allow preparation for the 1995 Rugby World Cup, with a preliminary tournament held for Division 1 only. The second tier teams played a tournament to qualify the 7 teams to the 1995–96 edition Trophy.

Seven teams (the first three of each pool) and the winner of a Play off between the two fourth-placed teams were admitted to the first division for the 1995–97 tournament.

Pool A

Place Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against diff.
1 Russia4 4 0 0 106 52 +54 12
2 Poland 4 2 0 2 102 58 +44 8
3 Tunisia 4 2 0 2 59 65 −6 8
4 Belgium 4 1 0 3 44 92 −48 6
5 Netherlands4 1 0 3 41 85 −44 6

Russia, Poland and Tunisia qualified for 1995–97 FIRA Trophy . Belgium entered Play-off.

15 October 1994
Belgium  13–50  Poland
Siedelce

22 October 1994
29–6  Netherlands

12 November 1994
Belgium  10–0  Netherlands

20 November 1994
Poland  9–15  Tunisia
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22 March 1995
Belgium  6–10  Tunisia

26 March 1995
Netherlands  23–18  Tunisia

1 April 1995
Russia  27–16  Tunisia


23 April 1995
Netherlands  12–28  Poland

6 May 1995
Russia  32–15  Belgium

13 May 1995
Poland  15–18  Russia


Pool B

Place Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against diff.
1 Spain4 4 0 0 213 36 +177 12
2 Portugal4 3 0 1 86 100 −14 10
3 Morocco4 2 0 2 58 89 −31 8
4 Czech Republic 4 1 0 3 51 132 −81 6
5 Germany 4 0 0 4 37 88 −51 4

Spain, Portugal and Marocco qualified for 1995–97 FIRA Trophy . Czech Republic entered Play-off.

23 October 1994
Czech Republic  12–5  Germany

13 November 1994
Germany  10–29  Spain

19 March 1995
Portugal  26–16  Morocco

26 March 1995
Spain  44–3  Morocco

2 April 1995
Spain  90–8  Czech Republic

9 April 1995
Morocco  18–13  Czech Republic

22 April 1995
Portugal  15–50  Spain

29 April 1995
Czech Republic  18–19  Portugal

14 May 1995
Germany  16–26  Portugal

6 May 1995
Morocco  21–6  Germany

Play Off

27 May 1995
Belgium  32–13  Czech Republic

Belgium qualified for 1995–97 FIRA Trophy

Second division

Three Pools were played.

Pool A

Place Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against diff.
1 Latvia3 2 0 1 67 53 +14 7
2 Denmark2 2 0 0 39 25 +14 6
3 Ukraine3 1 0 2 53 32 +21 5
4 Lithuania2 0 0 2 10 59 −49 2
9 October 1994
Latvia  28–10  Lithuania

5 November 1994
Denmark  27–19  Latvia

27 November 1994
Denmark  12–6  Ukraine

4 June 1995
Latvia  20–16  Ukraine

1995
Ukraine  31–0  Lithuania

Pool B

23 March 1995
Bulgaria  8–70  Georgia

23 March 1995
Moldova  17–14  Hungary

25 March 1995
Bulgaria  8–0  Hungary

25 March 1995
Georgia  47–5  Moldova

Pool C

Place Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against diff.
1 Luxembourg4 2 1 1 61 57 +4 9
2 Andorra4 2 1 1 52 57 −5 9
3 Croatia4 2 0 2 56 48 +8 8
4 Slovenia4 2 0 2 67 81 −14 8
5  Switzerland4 1 0 3 41 34 +7 5
15 October 1994
Luxembourg  22–3  Slovenia

30 October 1994
Croatia  11–3   Switzerland

2 November 1994
Slovenia  17–14   Switzerland

26 November 1994
Andorra  28–23  Slovenia

3 December 1994
Croatia  12–21  Luxembourg

8 April 1995
Slovenia  24–17  Croatia

22 April 1995
Andorra  0–16  Croatia

30 April 1995
Luxembourg  0–24   Switzerland

7 May 1995
Andorra  6 – 0
withdraw
  Switzerland


13 May 1995
Luxembourg  18–18  Andorra

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