2001–02 European Nations Cup First Division

2001–02 European Nations Cup
Final positions
Date	4 February 2001 – 7 April 2002
Countries	Georgia Netherlands Portugal Romania Russia Spain
Champions	Romania
Antim Cup	Romania
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
← 2000–01 2003–04 →

The 2001–2002 European Nations Cup was the 3rd Edition of the newly reformed European Championship. It was the first championship to be decided over two years.

Since the format had changed at the end of 2001, Georgia were allowed to keep their 2001 title. The Championship simply carried on from 2001 with the standings starting as they had finished & playing the reversed fixtures.

Also new to the Championship was the introduction of Promotion/Releagation between Division 1 & 2A. The Netherlands after 3 consecutive bottom placed finishes deserved to go down at the end of the season.

The Champions of the first two-year season were Romania, overtaking Georgia's lead from 2001.

Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference	Table points
1	Romania	10	9	0	1	373	148	+225	28
2	Georgia	10	8	1	1	351	152	+199	27
3	Russia	10	6	1	3	332	230	+102	23
4	Spain	10	3	0	7	246	250	-4	16
5	Portugal	10	3	0	7	170	295	-125	16
6	Netherlands	10	0	0	10	87	484	-397	10

Results

For 2000–2001 season see here

3 February 2002

Georgia	88–0	Netherlands

Tblisi
Attendance: 10,000

3 February 2002

Romania	44–17	Portugal

Bucharest
Attendance: 1,000

3 February 2002

Russia	35–25	Spain

Krasnodar

16 February 2002

Portugal	23–27	Georgia

Lisbon

17 February 2002

Russia	73–10	Netherlands

Krasnodar

17 February 2002

Romania	34–12	Spain

Constanta

3 March 2002

Netherlands	3–49	Romania

Amsterdam

3 March 2002

Georgia	12–12	Russia

Tblisi
Attendance: 60,000

3 March 2002

Portugal	13–10	Spain

Caldas da R.

24 March 2002

Spain	18–34	Georgia

Madrid
Attendance: 2,000

24 March 2002

Netherlands	11–27	Portugal

Amsterdam

24 March 2002

Russia	22–27	Romania

Krasnodar
Attendance: 3,000

6 April 2002

Spain	63–3	Netherlands

Murcia

6 April 2002

Georgia	23–31	Romania

Tblisi
Attendance: 45,000

7 April 2002

Portugal	13–38	Russia

Lousa

Sources

www.irb.com

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

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