1992–1994 FIRA Trophy

European rugby union championship 1992-94 FIRA Trophy 1 October 1992 – 24 May 1994 BEL FRA DEUITA MAR PRT ROU RUSESPTUN FRA 41 1990-1992 1990–1992 FIRA Trophy 1995–1997 1995–1997 FIRA Trophy The 1992–94 FIRA Trophy was the 30th edition of the European rugby union championship for national teams. The 1992-94 edition was arranged with a new format. Ten teams were admitted to the first division and divided into 2 pools to play a Preliminary Tournament which qualified five teams to play for the title in the 1993-1994 season. Preliminary Tournament 1992-1993 FIRA Preliminary Tournament Five teams qualified to play in the pool for the "Title": FRA ITA ROU RUS ESP And five in the pool for the "Plate": BEL DEU MAR PRT TUN Pool for Title Italy came close to winning their first tournament, beating a non-capped France A1 side for the first time by 16-9, but lost to Romania (26-12) away, and so France won the title on points difference, despite finishing with the same number of table points as the Italian and the Romanian sides. The French only awarded caps in their first game, a 51-0 win over the Romanians. Russia participated for the first time after the end of the Soviet Union, finishing in a disappointing 4th place, with a single win over Spain abroad (16-9). Place Nation Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against diff.1FRA 4 3 0 1 120 28 +92 102ITA 4 3 0 1 120 69 +51 103ROU 4 3 0 1 67 66 +1 104RUS 4 1 0 3 44 80 -36 65ESP 4 0 0 4 30 138 -108 4 Point system: try 5 pt, conversion: 2 pt., penalty kick 3 pt. drop 3 pt Click "show" for more info about match (scorers, line-up etc) 17 October 1993 FRA 51 - 0 ROU Parc Municipal, Brive-la-Gaillarde SCO Jim Fleming 10,000 Bernat-Salles 3 Loppy, Merle, Sella Lacroix 6 Lacroix 3 France: 15.Jean-Luc Sadourny, 14.Philippe Bernat-Salles, 13.Philippe Sella, 12.Thierry Lacroix, 11.David Berty, 10.Alain Penaud, 9.Aubin Hueber, 8.Marc Cécillon, 7.Léon Loppy, 6.Philippe Benetton, 5.Olivier Roumat (cap.), 4.Olivier Merle, 3.Stéphane Graou, 2.Jean-Michel Gonzalez, 1.Louis Armary - Replacement: Laurent Seigne, Olivier Campan Romania:15.Gheorghe Solomie, 14.Adrian Mitorcariu, 13.Marius Nedelcu, 12.Nicolae Fulina, 11.Marian Dumitru, 10.F. Ion, 9.Mihai Foca, 8.Tiberiu Brinza, 7.Gheorghe Dinu, 6.Ionut Seceleanu, 5.Constantin Cojocariu, 4.Haralambie Dumitras (cap.), 3.Gabriel Vlad, 2.Gheorghe Ion, 1.Gheorghe Leonte - Replacement: 16.Adrian Girbu, 17.Micusor Marin 6 November 1993 RUS 19 - 30 ITA Fili Stadium, Moscow FRA G. Barrabes Bondarev Checchinato (2), Filizzola Nikolayev Domínguez (3) Nikolayev (4) Domínguez (3) 11 November 1993 ITA 16 - 9 FRA France A1 Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso ROM Mircea Paraschivescu penalty try Domínguez Domínguez (3) Campan (3) 20 March 1994 FRA France A1 49 - 3 ESP Stade de Madrazès, Sarlat ITA S. Faccioli 10 April 1994 ESP 9 - 16 RUS Campo Universitario, Madrid R. Jacob Mochnev Nikolayev Gorrotxategui Fernández (3) Nikolayev (3) 24 April 1994 ESP 3 - 11 ROU La Romareda, Zaragoza FRA Yves Peyrelongue Solomie Puertas Soto Nichitean (2) 7 May 1994 ITA 62 - 15 ESP Stadio Fratelli Cervi, Parma FRA Gérard Borreani Aldrovandi, Mar. Cuttitta Francescato, GardnerPedroni, RavazzoloVaccari 2 Troiani 8 Troiani 2 Puertas Soto, Ventura Miranda Puertas Soto Puertas Soto Italy 15.Piermassimiliano Dotto, 14.Paolo Vaccari, 13.Nicola Aldrovandi, 12.Gabriel Filizzola, 11.Marcello Cuttitta, 10.Luigi Troiani, 9.Ivan Francescato, 8.Carlo Checchinato, 7.Julian Gardner, 6.Claudio de Rossi, 5.Mark Giacheri, 4.Pierpaolo Pedroni, 3.Giovanni Grespan, 2.Carlo Orlandi, 1.Massimo Cuttitta (cap.) - replacements: Massimo Ravazzolo, Franco Properzi, Massimo Bonomi, Alessandro Troncon Spain 15.Francisco Puertas Soto, 14.Daniel Saenz Lobsack, 13.Marc Ventura Miranda, 12.Álvar Enciso, 11.José Angel Hermosilla Olmos, 10.Unai Aurrekoetxea Arregui, 9.Jeronimo Hernandez-Gil Ruano, 8.Javier Lopez Martin, 7.Jaime Gutierrez Merelles, 6.Oscar Solano Sevilla, 5.Alberto Malo, 4.José Miguel Villaú, 3.Jonadab Diez Urkidi, 2.Javier Aguiar Cayetano, 1.Ignacio de Lazaro Bravo - replacements: Alberto Socías, Marcelo Mascaro Casaccio 7 May 1994 ROU 30 - 0 RUS Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest ENG B. Campsall Cioca (2), Colceriu, Leonte Nichitean (2) Nichitean (2) 14 May 1994 ROU 26 - 12 ITA Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest FRA D. Neynat 2,000 Leonte Nichitean (5) Domínguez (4) Nichitean Romania 15.Vasile Brici, 14.Lucian Colceriu, 13.Nicolae Răcean, 12.Nicolae Fulina, 11.Robert Cioca, 10.Neculai Nichitean, 9.Daniel Neaga, 8.Andrei Gurănescu, 7.Traian Oroian, 6.Cătălin Drăguceanu, 5.Constantin Cojocariu, 4.Sandu Ciorăscu, 3.Gabriel Vlad, 2.Gheorghe Ion, 1.Gheorghe Leonte - replacements: Tiberiu Brînză, Marius Nedelcu Italy 15.Javier Pértile, 14.Paolo Vaccari, 13.Stefano Bordon, 12.Massimo Bonomi, 11.Marcello Cuttitta, 10.Diego Dominguez, 9.Alessandro Troncon, 8.Carlo Checchinato, 7.Julian Gardner, 6.Massimo Giovanelli (cap.), 5.Mark Giacheri, 4.Pierpaolo Pedroni, 3.Franco Properzi, 2.Moreno Trevisiol, 1.Massimo Cuttitta - replacements: Massimo Ravazzolo . Coach: Georges Coste 28 May 1994 RUS 9 - 11 FRA France A1 Fili Stadium, Moscow Pool for Sixth place Place Nation Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against diff.1DEU4 3 0 1 93 67 26 102TUN4 2 1 1 59 63 -4 93BEL4 2 1 1 60 70 -10 94MAR 4 2 0 2 77 78 -1 85PRT 4 0 0 4 57 68 -11 4 2 October 1993 TUN 15 - 6 DEU Tunis 21 November 1993 DEU 32 - 16 BEL Heusenstamm 29 January 1994 BEL 18 - 14 MAR Brussels 23 March 1994 DEU 35 - 18 MAR Hanover 9 April 1994 BEL 10 - 8 PRT Liège 17 April 1994 PRT 18 - 20 DEU Lisbon 30 April 1994 MAR 20 - 15 PRT Casablanca 4 May 1994 MAR 25 - 10 TUN Casablanca 7 May 1994 PRT 16 - 18 TUN Lisbon 14 May 1994 TUN 16 - 16 BEL Tunisia Second Division Pool A Place Nation Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against diff.1POL 8 7 0 1 154 81 +73 222NLD 8 5 0 3 232 75 +157 183CZE 8 4 0 4 154 144 +10 164AND 8 2 0 6 44 222 -178 125SWE 8 2 0 6 102 164 -62 11 26 October 1992 POL 17 - 10 SWE Gdańsk 31 October 1992 POL 25 - 8 CSK Bytom 15 November 1992 CSK 21 - 16 NLD Prague 28 November 1992 NLD 40 - 6 AND Haarlem 2 May 1993 NLD 0 - 7 POL 15 May 1993 AND 6 - 3 CZE Andorra la Vella 6 June 1993 SWE 30 - 7 CZE Uppsala 17 April 1993 AND 6 - 19 POL Andorra la Vella 11 September 1993 SWE 25 - 6 AND Nässjö 17 October 1993 CZE 19 - 18 POL Vyškov 31 October 1993 NLD 42 - 6 CZE The Hague 3 November 1993 CZE 34 - 7 SWE Apeldoorn 6 November 1993 NLD 31 - 6 SWE Amsterdam 6 November 1993 POL 30 - 10 AND Sochaczew 26 March 1994 AND 10 - 49 NLD Andorra la Vella 16 April 1994 SWE 18 - 25 POL Karlskrona 23 April 1994 CZE 56 - 0 AND Prague 30 April 1994 POL 13 - 10 NLD Lublin 7 May 1994 SWE 6 - 44 NLD Vänersborg AND 6 – 0 withdraw SWE Pool B Place Nation Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against diff.1HRV8 7 0 1 294 56 +238 222HUN8 4 0 4 75 187-112163SVN8 3 0 5 95 226 -131 144UKR 8 4 0 4 183 42 +141 125AUT 8 2 0 6 38 162 -124 12 31 October 1992 AUT 3 - 5 HUN Budapest 7 November 1992 SVN 3 - 35 HRV Ljubliana 21 November 1992 SVN 5 - 9 AUT 1 May 1993 HUN 36 - 6 SVN Budapest 8 May 1993 AUT 0 - 16 HRV Leoben 22 May 1993 HRV 78 - 3 HUN Sisak UKR 0 - 3 withdraw AUT UKR 0 - 3 withdraw HRV UKR 0 - 3withdraw SVN UKR 0 - 3 withdraw HUN 16 October 1993 HUN 3 - 41 UKR Miskolc 24 October 1993 AUT 11 - 14 SVN Vienna 16 April 1994 HRV 41 - 12 AUT Sisak 23 April 1994 HRV 77 - 10 SVN Zagreb 29 April 1994 HRV 13 - 23 UKR Sisak 7 May 1994 SVN 26 - 41 UKR Ljubliana 14 May 1994 AUT 0 - 78 UKR Vienna 14 May 1994 SVN 28 - 17 HUN Ljubliana 28 May 1994 HUN 5 - 31 HRV Érd HUN 3 - 0 withdraw AUT Third Division Pool A Place Nation Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against diff.1GEO 19903 2 1 0 60 34 +26 82LAT3 2 0 1 38 38 0 73SUI3 1 0 2 38 40 -2 54LUX 3 0 1 2 28 52 -24 4 19 July 1992 GEO 1990 28 - 3 LAT Kyiv 30 April 1993 LUX 10 - 25 LAT Luxembourg 31 October 1993 LUX 10 - 10 GEO 1990 Cessange 6 November 1993 LAT 10 - 0 CHE Riga 15 May 1994 LUX 8 - 17 CHE Luxembourg 4 June 1994 CHE 21 - 22 GEO 1990 La Chaux-de-Fonds Pool B Place Nation Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against diff.1MDA 320164 9+5562BGR 311123 58-3563DNK 310276 17-5944LTU 301221100-794 10 October 1993 LTU 6 - 22 MDA Šiauliai 6 November 1993 BGR 9 - 9 LTU Gabrovo 27 November 1993 BGR 11 - 7 DNK Gabrovo 23 April 1994 MDA 42 - 3 BGR Chișinău 7 May 1994 DNK 69 - 6 LTU Copenhagen Moldova-Denmark not played References Bibliography it Francesco Volpe, Valerio Vecchiarelli (2000), 2000 Italia in Meta, Storia della nazionale italiana di rugby dagli albori al Sei Nazioni, GS Editore (2000) 88-87374-40-6. it Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999). 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