1997–98 FIRA Tournament

1997–98 FIRA Tournament
Date 18 October 1997 – 2 June 1998
Tournament statistics
Champions Not awarded
1996–1997 (Previous) (Next) 1998–1999

The 1997–98 FIRA tournament was a rugby union tournament organized by the Fédération Internationale de Rugby Amateur (FIRA). Only minnow teams participated, because the strongest 15 teams were playing the qualification for the Rugby World Cup.

The teams were divided into three pools.

Pool "Silver"

Place Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against diff.
1 Latvia 43015443+1110
2 Lithuania 43015188−3710
3  Switzerland 420210264+388
4 Serbia and Montenegro 42028738+497
5 Israel 4004 970−612
25 October 1997
Lithuania  25–23  Latvia

8 November 1997
Switzerland   29–13  Serbia and Montenegro

28 March 1998
Israel  3–34   Switzerland

25 April 1998
Serbia and Montenegro  30–6  Israel

9 May 1998
Latvia  25–18   Switzerland

10 May 1998
Switzerland   21–23  Lithuania

20 May 1998
Serbia and Montenegro  44–0  Lithuania

30 May 1998
Latvia  3 – 0
withdraw
 Israel


2 June 1998
Latvia  3 – 0
withdraw
 Serbia and Montenegro



Lithuania  3 – 0
withdraw
 Israel


Pool "Bronze"

Place Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against diff.
1 Luxembourg 33007923+569
2 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 2 0 14943+6 7
3 Monaco 3 102 49 56−75
4 Bulgaria 3 00 3 2782−553
18 October 1997
Bulgaria  6–39  Luxembourg

15 November 1997
Monaco  22–16  Bosnia and Herzegovina

28 March 1998
Luxembourg  22–5  Bosnia and Herzegovina


18 April 1998
Luxembourg  18–12  Monaco


9 May 1998
Monaco  21–16  Bulgaria


13 May 1998
Bosnia and Herzegovina  22–5  Bulgaria

Pool "Bowl"

Place Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against diff.
1 Austria 22007415+596
2 Slovenia 21014150−94
3 Hungary 20021262−502
18 April 1998
Slovenia  38–0  Hungary

23 May 1998
Hungary  12–24  Austria

6 June 1998
Austria  50–3  Slovenia


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