1997–98 FIRA Tournament

Rugby union tournament 1997–98 FIRA Tournament 18 October 1997 – 2 June 1998 Not awarded 1996–1997 1996-1967 FIRA Tournament 1998–1999 1998–1999 FIRA Tournament 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 15 strongest European teams were playing the qualification for the 1999 Rugby World Cup. The teams were divided into three pools, with the winners being Latvia, Luxembourg and Austria. No championship title was awarded. Pool "Silver" (Division 2) Place Nation Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against diff.1LVA 43015443+11102LTU 43015188−37103SUI 420210264+3884FR Yugoslavia 42028738+4975ISR 4004 970−612 25 October 1997 LTU 25–23 LAT Vilnius 8 November 1997 CHE 29–13 FR Yugoslavia Nyon 28 March 1998 ISR 3–34 CHE Netanya 25 April 1998 FR Yugoslavia 30–6 ISR Beograd 9 May 1998 LAT 25–18 CHE Riga 10 May 1998 CHE 21–23 LTU Basel 20 May 1998 FR Yugoslavia 44–0 LTU Beograd 30 May 1998 LAT 3 – 0 withdraw ISR 2 June 1998 LAT 3 – 0 withdraw FR Yugoslavia LTU 3 – 0 withdraw ISR Pool "Bronze" (Division 3) Place Nation Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against diff.1LUX 33007923+5692BIH 3 2 0 14943+6 73MCO 3 102 49 56−754BGR 3 00 3 2782−553 18 October 1997 BGR 6–39 LUX Sofia 15 November 1997 MCO 16–22 BIH Montecarlo 28 March 1998 LUX 22–5 BIH 18 April 1998 LUX 18–12 MCO 9 May 1998 MCO 21–16 BGR 13 May 1998 BIH 22–5 BGR Zenica Pool "Bowl" (Division 4) Place Nation Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against diff.1AUT 22007415+5962SVN 21014150−943HUN 20021262−502 18 April 1998 SVN 38–0 HUN Sofia 23 May 1998 HUN 12–24 AUT Montecarlo 6 June 1998 AUT 50–3 SVN 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). 19 December 2014 Minor Tournaments FIRA Tournament 1997/98 http://www.rugbyarchive.net/compseasons/146?Stagione=1997%2F98 The Rugby Archive 28 February 2022 live https://web.archive.org/web/20220228141735/http://www.rugbyarchive.net/compseasons/146?Stagione=1997%2F98 28 February 2022 dmy-all 1997–98 Category:1997–98 in European rugby union Category:1998 rugby union tournaments for national teams Category:1997 rugby union tournaments for national teams