1987–1989 FIRA Trophy

European rugby union championship 1987-89 FIRA Trophy 25 October 1987 – 9 May 1989 FRA ITA ROU 1965 ESP SUN FRA 20 1985–1987 1985–1987 FIRA Trophy 1989–1990 1989–1990 FIRA Trophy The 1987–89 FIRA Trophy was the 27th edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams. It was played along two seasons (1987–1988 and 1988–89). The tournament was won by France, with a single loss to Soviet Union (17–10) in Kutaisi. Despite facing strong opposition from both Italy and Soviet Union, the French only awarded caps in their games with Romania, who finished in 3rd place, while the Soviets reached the 2nd place. Spain lost all their matches and were relegated. The winners of the Second division two pools were Poland and Belgium, who faced each other in a final, with the Poles winning (25–23). First division Place Nation Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against diff.1FRA 8 7 0 1 241 92 +149 222SUN 8 6 0 2 129 92 +37 203ROU 1965 8 5 0 3 117 128 -11 184ITA 8 2 0 6 95 148 -53 125ESP 8 0 0 8 81 203 -122 8 Spain relegated to second division Point system: try 4 pt, conversion: 2 pt., penalty kick 3 pt. drop 3 pt Click "show" for more info about match (scorers, line-up etc.) 25 October 1987 ROU 1965 18 - 10 SUN Iași ITA N. Camaduro 8,000 Toader Hairulin Dumitru Dumitru (4) Mironov, Sijussar 7 November 1987 SUN 12 - 9 ITA Kishinev FRA M. Lamoulie 8,000 Mironov (3) Bettarello (3) Sijussar 11 November 1987 FRA 49 - 3 ROU 1965 Stade Armandie, Agen SCO Jim Fleming 10,417 Andrieu (2), Berot, Lagisquet (2), Ondarts, penalty try Berot (6) Berot (3) Alexandru 5 December 1987 ESP 0 - 13 ITA Estadi Baldiri Aleu, Sant Boi de Llobregat FRA J. Doulcet 3,000 de Biase, Gaetaniello Bettarello Stefano Bettarello 7 February 1988 France A1 FRA 19 - 9 ITA Stade Louis II, Montecarlo, Monaco BEL D. Roelands 7,000 Bonneval, Deslandes, Gleyze (2) Ambrosio (3) Trille 2 April 1988 ITA 3 - 12 ROU 1965 San Siro, Milan FRA P. Frantschi 9,000 Radulescu Ignat Bonomi Ignat 17 April 1988 ROU 1965 16 - 7 ESP Focşani SUN A. Grumbinas Caragea, Piti Oller Rodriguez Ignat Ignat (3) Díaz Lavilla 23 April 1988 SUN 12 - 7 ESP Municipal Stadium, Kutaisi 1,500 Chocarro Huesa Mironov (2) Díaz Paternain Mironov, Dzagnidze 15 May 1988 ESP 16 - 32 FRA France XV Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid 9,000 22 May 1988 SUN 17 - 10 FRA France XV Municipal Stadium, Kutaisi 23 October 1988 SUN 23 - 9 ROU 1965 Alma Ata 12,000 Molchanov, Tikhonov (2) Dzagnidze Dzagnidze (3) Dumitru (3) 5 November 1988 ITA 12 - 18 SUN Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso FRA M. Lamoulie 15,000 Mironov Dzagnidze Bettarello (4) Dzagnidze (2) Mironov 20 November 1988 ESP 9-21 SUN Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid 5,000 Nechaev, Hairulin Mironov Blanco Duelo (2) Mironov (2), Dzagnidze Díaz Paternain 26 November 1988 ROU 1965 12 - 16 FRA Dinamo Stadion, Bucharest WAL C. Norling 5,000 Neaga Blanco, Lagisquet Ignat Berot Ignat (2) Berot (2) 19 February 1989 ITA 12 - 40 FRA France A1 Stadio Mompiano, Brescia SUN A. Grombinas Hondagne-Monge, Lecomte (2), Sallaber (2), Tremouille, Trille Berot (3) Capitani (3) Berot (2) Tebaldi (2) 19 March 1989 France XV FRA 57 - 7 ESP Parc des Sports d'Ondarraitz, Hendaye 15 April 1989 ROU 1965 28 - 4 ITA Dinamo Stadion, Bucharest FRA Y. Peyrelongue Boldor, Coman, Ignat, Murariu Ceselin Ignat (3) Ignat Ignat 20 May 1989 France XV FRA 18 - 16 SUN Valence 21 May 1989 ESP 16 - 19 ROU 1965 Polideportivo El Saler, Valencia ITA A. Condorelli 5,000 Gutiérrez Merelles Neaga, Chirila Ignat Díaz Paternain (4) Ignat (3) 2 June 1989 ITA 33 - 19 ESP Stadio Tommaso Fattori, L'Aquila ROM Vasilica Ambrosio, Covi, Pietrosanti, Pivetta, Venturi Malo, Puertas Soto Troiani (3) Díaz Paternain Troiani (3) Tejada Chacon Second division Pool A Place Nation Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against diff.1POL 6 6 0 0 126 49 +77 182MAR 6 2 1 3 47 66 -19 113CSK 6 2 0 4 78 96 -18 104TUN 6 1 1 4 62 102 -40 9 1987 TUN 6 - 11 MAR Tunis 23 April 1988 CSK 18 - 9 TUN Prague 13 May 1988 MAR 7 - 13 POL Casablanca 15 May 1988 POL 18 - 9 CSK Sochaczew 21 May 1988 CSK 15 - 0 MAR Prague 29 May 1988 POL 18 - 6 MAR Kraków 1988 POL 21 - 6 TUN 25 March 1989 MAR 17 - 8 CSK Casablanca 5 May 1989 TUN 26 - 16 CSK Tunis 20 May 1989 CSK 12 - 26 POL Prague 1989 TUN 9 - 30 POL 1989 MAR 6 - 6 TUN Casablanca Pool B Place Nation Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against diff.1BEL 8 6 1 1 155 103 +52 212FRG 8 5 0 3 139 95 +44 183PRT 8 4 1 3 118 117+1 174NLD 8 3 0 5 111 115 -4 145YUG 8 1 0 7 66159 -93 10 25 October 1987 NLD 15 - 20 BEL Sportpark Berestein, Hilversum 15 November 1987 FRG 21 - 24 BEL Berlin 29 November 1987 YUG 6 - 15 FRG Split 13 December 1987 PRT 7 - 13 BEL Lisbon University Stadium, Lisbon 21 February 1988 PRT 16 - 9 NLD Municipal Stadium, Lousã 20 March 1988 FRG 6 - 3 NLD Fritz-Grunebaum-Sportpark, Heidelberg 14 April 1988 BEL 18 - 11 YUG Liège 17 April 1988 NLD 31 - 10 YUG Sportpark Berestein, Hilversum 17 April 1988 PRT 13 - 9 FRG Estádio da Coutada, Arcos de Valdevez 8 May 1988 YUG 9 - 22 PRT Split 1,000 22 October 1988 BEL 27 - 9 NLD 13 November 1988 YUG 9 - 31 BEL Split 20 November 1988 FRG 29 - 6 YUG Rudolf-Kalweit-Stadion, Hanover 27 November 1988 YUG 6 - 0 NLD Split 10 December 1988 BEL 7 - 16 FRG Brussels 5 April 1989 NLD 23 - 17 PRT Sportpark Berestein, Hilversum 8 April 1989 BEL 15 - 15 PRT Brussels 16 April 1989 NLD 21 - 13 FRG Sportpark Berestein, Hilversum 22 April 1989 PRT 13 - 9 YUG Municipal Stadium, Lousã 30 April 1989 FRG 30 - 15 PRT Rudolf-Kalweit-Stadion, Hanover Final 29 October 1989 POL 25 - 23 BEL Madrid Poland promoted to Division 1 Third division Place Nation Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against difference1BGR4 4 0 0 78 21 +57 122AND 4 1 0 3 43 64 -21 63LUX 4 1 0 3 21 57 -36 6 Bulgaria promoted to division 2 8 October 1987 AND 24 - 3 LUX Andorra la Vella 28 May 1988 BGR 30 - 6 AND Sofia 1988 LUX 4 - 14 BGR Luxembourg 23 April 1989 LUX 10 - 6 AND Luxembourg 28 May 1989 AND 7 - 21 BGR Andorra la Vella 1989 BGR 13 - 4 LUX Sofia 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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