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The 2020 Rugby Europe Championship is the fourth season of the Rugby Europe International Championships, the premier rugby union competition for European national teams outside the Six Nations Championship. The competing teams are Belgium, Georgia, Romania, Russia and Spain (the top five teams from 2019), and Portugal, who qualified after defeating Germany in the promotion/relegation play-off of the 2019 Championship.
Participants NationStadiumHead coachCaptainHome stadiumCapacityLocationStade Communal Fallon2,500Brussels Frédéric CocquJulien BergerBoris Paichadze Dinamo ArenaMikheil Meskhi StadiumAia Arena54,60027,2235,000TbilisiTbilisiKutaisi Levan Maisashvili (interim)Merab SharikadzeEstádio Universitário de LisboaComplexo Desportivo da Caldas da RainhaStade Jean-Bouin8,0003,25020,000LisbonCaldas da RainhaParis Patrice LagisquetTomás AppletonStadionul MunicipalStadionul Ion Oblemenco7,78230,983BotoșaniCraiova Andy RobinsonMihai MacoveiFisht Olympic StadiumKaliningrad StadiumKuban Stadium47,65935,21235,200SochiKaliningradKrasnodar Lyn JonesAndrey GarbuzovEstadio Nacional Complutense12,400Madrid Santiago SantosGauthier Gibouin
Table ChampionsAdvances to promotion/relegation play-off
PlaceNationGamesPointsTriesTablepointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDiffForAgainstDiff1550019760+137287+21301242530210393+10148+6100133520310182+19714−7110104520398111-131114−301095520382128−461015−500086510484171−87921−121207Source:Points were awarded to the teams as follows:Win – 4 points | Draw – 2 points | At least 3 more tries than opponent – 1 point | Loss within 7 points – 1 point | Loss greater than 7 points – 0 points | Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point
Fixtures
Week 1
Team details LP 1 Andrey Polivalov HK 2 Stanislav Sel'skiy TP 3 Vladimir Podrezov LL 4 Yegor ZykovRL 5 Andrey Garbuzov BF 6 Nikita VavilinOF 7 Vitaly Zhivatov N8 8 Victor GresevSH 9 Vasily Dorofeev FH 10Ramil GaisinLW 11Daniil Potikhanov IC 12Kirill GolosnitskyOC 13Dmitry Gerasimov RW 14German DavydovFB 15Vasily Artemyev (c)Replacements:HK 16Evgeny Matveev LK 17Evgeny Mishechkin PR 18Azamat Bitiev LK 19Evgeny Elgin FL 20Anton Sychev SH 21Aleksey Shcherban FH 22Yuri Kushnarev WG 23Vladislav Sozonov Coach:Lyn Jones LP 1 Fernando Martín López (c) HK 2 Vicente del Hoyo Portoles TP 3 Alberto Alonso Blanco LL 4 Lucas GuillaumeRL 5 Michael Walkter-Fitton BF 6 Victor Sánchez BorregoOF 7 Gautier Gibouin N8 8 Lionel Tauli SH 9 Guillaume RouetFH 10Brad LinklaterLW 11Jordi Jorba IC 12Thibault Álvarez OC 13Richard StewartRW 14Ignacio Contardi FB 15J. W. BellReplacements:PR 16Thierry Futeu HK 17Matthew Bebe Smith PR 18Jon Zabala N8 19Nathan Paila FL 20Fréderic Quercy SH 21Lucas Rubio CE 22Andrea Rabago WG 23Julen Goia Coach:Santiago Santos Touch judges: Federico Boraso (Italy) Emanuele Tomo (Italy)
Team details LP 1 Ivo Morais HK 2 Lionel Campergue TP 3 Diogo Hasse Ferreira LL 4 José Madeira RL 5 José Rebelo de Andrade BF 6 David Wallis OF 7 João Granate N8 8 Thibault de Freitas SH 9 João Belo FH 10João Lima LW 11José Vareta IC 12Tomás Appleton (c) OC 13António Vidinha RW 14Dany Antunes FB 15Manuel Cardoso Pinto Replacements:PR 16Francisco Bruno HK 17Rodrigo Bento LK 18Duarte Torgal FL 19Manuel Picão SH 20Duarte Azevedo SH 21Jorge Abecasis FB 22João Freudenthal PR 23João Vasco Côrte-Real Coach:Patrice Lagisquet LP 1 Bastien Gallaire HK 2 Thomas Dienst TP 3 Maxime Jadot LL 4 Guillaume Mortier RL 5 Mathieu Verschelden BF 6 Lucas de Connick OF 7 Jean Maurice Deccuber N8 8 Gillian Benoy SH 9 Julien Berger (c) FH 10Ryan Godsmark LW 11Gaspard Lalli IC 12Guillaume Piron OC 13Nathan Bontems RW 14Craig Dowsett FB 15Alan Williams Replacements:HK 16Vincent Tauzia PR 17Julien Massimi LK 18Bertrand Billi FL 19Thomas de Molder FL 20William van Bost SH 21Tom Cocqu CE 22Louis de Moffarts PR 23Bruno Vliegen Coach:Guillaume Ajac Touch judges: Ian Kenny (Scotland) Graeme Ormiston (Scotland)
Team details LP 1 Mikheil Nariashvili (c) HK 2 Shalva Mamukashvili TP 3 Beka Gigashvili LL 4 Nodar Tcheishvili RL 5 Konstantin Mikautadze BF 6 Otar Giorgadze OF 7 Giorgi Tsutskiridze N8 8 Beka Gorgadze SH 9 Vasil Lobzhanidze FH 10Tedo Abzhandadze LW 11Alexander Todua IC 12Giorgi Kveseladze OC 13Davit Kacharava RW 14Mirian Modebadze FB 15Lasha Khmaladze Replacements:HK 16Giorgi Chkoidze PR 17Guram Gogichashvili PR 18Giorgi Melikidze LK 19Shalva Sutiashvili FL 20Mikheil Gachechiladze SH 21Gela Aprasidze FH 22Lasha Malaghuradze FB 23Soso Matiashvili Coach:Levan Maisashvili LP 1 Constantin Pristăviță HK 2 Eugen Căpățână TP 3 Alexandru Țăruș LL 4 Ionuț Mureșan RL 5 Johannes van Heerden BF 6 Dorin Lazăr OF 7 Dragoș Ser N8 8 Cristi Chirică SH 9 Florin Surugiu (c)FH 10Daniel Plai LW 11Ionuț Dumitru IC 12Florin Vlaicu OC 13Cătălin Fercu RW 14Marius Simionescu FB 15Ionel Melinte Replacements:HK 16Ovidiu Cojocaru PR 17Iulian Hartig LK 18Adrian Moțoc FL 19Adrian Ion FH 20Tudor Boldor SH 21Tudorel Bratu WG 22Robert Neagu Coach:Andy Robinson Touch judges: J. P. Doyle (England) Paul Dix (England)
Week 2
Team details LP 1 Alexis Cuffolo HK 2 Thomas Dienst TP 3 Maxime Jadot LL 4 Tom Herenger RL 5 Gilian Benoy BF 6 Lucas de Connick OF 7 Jean Maurice Deccuber N8 8 Thomas de Molder SH 9 Julien Berger (c) FH 10Antoine Vassart LW 11Gaspard Lalli IC 12Guillaume Piron OC 13Craig Dowsett RW 14Thomas Wallraf FB 15Alan Williams Replacements:HK 16Vincent Tauzia PR 17Bastien Gallaire LK 18Mathieu Verschelden LK 19Bertrand Billi SH 20Tom Cocqu CE 21Louis de Moffarts WG 22Cédric Wieme PR 23Julien Massimi Coach:Guillaume Ajac LP 1 Valery Morozov HK 2 Evgeny Matveev TP 3 Vladimir Podrezov LL 4 Yegor Zykov RL 5 Alexsandr Il`in BF 6 Vitaly Zhivatov OF 7 Anton Sychev N8 8 Victor Gresev SH 9 Aleksey Shcherban FH 10Yuri Kushnarev LW 11Vladislav Sozonov IC 12Kirill Golosnitsky OC 13German Davydov RW 14Vasily Artemyev (c) FB 15Ramil Gaisin Replacements:HK 16Sergey Chernyshev LK 17Evgeny Mishechkin PR 18Azamat Bitiev LK 19Evgeny Elgin FL 20Eme Peki SH 21Stepan Khokhlov WG 22Khetag Dzobelov CE 23Dmitry Gerasimov Coach:Lyn Jones Touch judges: Tornike Gvirjishvili (Georgia) Shota Tsagareishvili (Georgia)
Team details LP 1 Francisco Fernandes HK 2 Mike Tadjer TP 3 Ivo Morais LL 4 Jean Sousa RL 5 José Rebelo de Andrade BF 6 João Granate OF 7 David Wallis N8 8 Manuel Picão SH 9 Duarte Azevedo FH 10João LimaLW 11Dany Antunes IC 12Tomás Appleton (c)OC 13António Vidinha RW 14Rodrigo MartaFB 15Manuel Cardoso Pinto Replacements:HK 16Lionel Campergue PR 17David Costa LK 18José Madeira FL 19Thibault de Freitas FB 20João Freudenthal FH 21Pedro Lucas CE 22José Lima PR 23Diogo Hasse Ferreira Coach:Patrice Lagisquet LP 1 Ionel Badiu HK 2 Ovidiu Cojocaru TP 3 Alexandru Țăruș LL 4 Ionuț Mureșan RL 5 Adrian MoțocBF 6 Mihai Macovei (c)OF 7 Dragoș Ser N8 8 Kamil Sobota SH 9 Florin Surugiu FH 10Tudor Boldor LW 11Ionuț Dumitru IC 12Florin Vlaicu OC 13Taylor Gontineac RW 14Marius Simionescu FB 15Ionel Melinte Replacements:HK 16Eugen Căpățână PR 17Constantin Pristăviță LK 18Johannes van Heerden FL 19Adrian Ion SH 20Tudorel Bratu CE 21Vlăduț Popa WG 22Nicolas Onuțu PR 23Costel Burțilă Coach:Andy Robinson (England) Touch judges: Laurent Cardona (France) Thierry Mallet (France)
Team details LP 1 Fernando Martín López (c) HK 2 Marco Pinto Ferrer TP 3 Alberto Alonso Blanco LL 4 Josh Peters RL 5 Lucas Guillaume BF 6 Fréderic QuercyOF 7 Gautier Gibouin N8 8 Lionel Tauli SH 9 Guillaume Rouet FH 10Brad Linklater LW 11J. W. Bell IC 12Andrea Rabago OC 13Richard Stewart RW 14Jordi Jorba FB 15Charly MalieReplacements:PR 16Thierry Futeu HK 17Vicente del Hoyo Portoles PR 18Jon Zabala FL 19Victor Sánchez Borrego N8 20Nathan Paila SH 21Tomás Munilla CE 22Pierre Nueno WG 23Martín Alonso Coach:Santiago Santos LP 1 Mikheil Nariashvili (c) HK 2 Shalva Mamukashvili TP 3 Levan Chilachava LL 4 Shalva Sutiashvili RL 5 Nodar Tcheishvili BF 6 Beka Saghinadze OF 7 Giorgi Tsutskiridze N8 8 Beka Gorgadze SH 9 Vasil Lobzhanidze FH 10Tedo Abzhandadze LW 11Aka Tabutsadze IC 12Tamaz Mchedlidze OC 13Davit KacharavaRW 14Alexander ToduaFB 15Soso Matiashvili Replacements:HK 16Giorgi Chkoidze PR 17Guram Gogichashvili PR 18Beka Gigashvili LK 19Davit Gigauri FL 20Mikheil Gachechiladze SH 21Gela Aprasidze FH 22Lasha Malaghuradze FB 23Lasha Khmaladze Coach:Levan Maisashvili Touch judges: Aled Evans (Wales) Mike English (Wales)
Week 3
Team details LP 1 HK 2 TP 3 LL 4 RL 5 BF 6 OF 7 N8 8 SH 9 FH 10 LW 11 IC 12 OC 13RW 14FB 15Replacements:HK 16PR 17PR 18LK 19SH 20FH 21CE 22WG 23Coach: LP 1 HK 2 TP 3 LL 4 RL 5 BF 6 OF 7 N8 8 SH 9 FH 10 LW 11 IC 12 OC 13RW 14FB 15Replacements:HK 16PR 17PR 18LK 19SH 20FH 21CE 22WG 23Coach: Touch judges: Tornike Gvirjishvili (Georgia) Shota Tsagareishvili (Georgia)
Team details LP 1 HK 2 TP 3 LL 4 RL 5 BF 6 OF 7 N8 8 SH 9 FH 10 LW 11 IC 12 OC 13RW 14FB 15Replacements:HK 16PR 17PR 18LK 19SH 20FH 21CE 22WG 23Coach: LP 1 HK 2 TP 3 LL 4 RL 5 BF 6 OF 7 N8 8 SH 9 FH 10 LW 11 IC 12 OC 13RW 14FB 15Replacements:HK 16PR 17PR 18LK 19SH 20FH 21CE 22WG 23Coach: Touch judges: Radu Petrescu (Romania) Mihai Văcaru (Romania)
Team details LP 1 HK 2 TP 3 LL 4 RL 5 BF 6 OF 7 N8 8 SH 9 FH 10 LW 11 IC 12 OC 13RW 14FB 15Replacements:HK 16PR 17PR 18LK 19SH 20FH 21CE 22WG 23Coach: LP 1 HK 2 TP 3 LL 4 RL 5 BF 6 OF 7 N8 8 SH 9 FH 10 LW 11 IC 12 OC 13RW 14FB 15Replacements:HK 16PR 17PR 18LK 19SH 20FH 21CE 22WG 23Coach: Touch judges: Iñaki Muñoz Martin (Spain) Jon Ibisate Alday (Spain)
Week 4
Team details LP 1 HK 2 TP 3 LL 4 RL 5 BF 6 OF 7 N8 8 SH 9 FH 10 LW 11 IC 12 OC 13RW 14FB 15Replacements:HK 16PR 17PR 18LK 19SH 20FH 21CE 22WG 23Coach: LP 1 HK 2 TP 3 LL 4 RL 5 BF 6 OF 7 N8 8 SH 9 FH 10 LW 11 IC 12 OC 13RW 14FB 15Replacements:HK 16PR 17PR 18LK 19SH 20FH 21CE 22WG 23Coach: Touch judges: Chris Busby (Ireland) John Carvill (Ireland)
Team details LP 1 HK 2 TP 3 LL 4 RL 5 BF 6 OF 7 N8 8 SH 9 FH 10 LW 11 IC 12 OC 13RW 14FB 15Replacements:HK 16PR 17PR 18LK 19SH 20FH 21CE 22WG 23Coach: LP 1 HK 2 TP 3 LL 4 RL 5 BF 6 OF 7 N8 8 SH 9 FH 10 LW 11 IC 12 OC 13RW 14FB 15Replacements:HK 16PR 17PR 18LK 19SH 20FH 21CE 22WG 23Coach: Touch judges: Mike English (Wales) Tom Spurrier (Wales)
Team details LP 1 HK 2 TP 3 LL 4 RL 5 BF 6 OF 7 N8 8 SH 9 FH 10 LW 11 IC 12 OC 13RW 14FB 15Replacements:HK 16PR 17PR 18LK 19SH 20FH 21CE 22WG 23Coach: LP 1 HK 2 TP 3 LL 4 RL 5 BF 6 OF 7 N8 8 SH 9 FH 10 LW 11 IC 12 OC 13RW 14FB 15Replacements:HK 16PR 17PR 18LK 19SH 20FH 21CE 22WG 23Coach: Touch judges: Ross Mabon (Scotland) Neil Muir (Scotland)
Week 5
Team details LP 1 HK 2 TP 3 LL 4 RL 5 BF 6 OF 7 N8 8 SH 9 FH 10 LW 11 IC 12 OC 13RW 14FB 15Replacements:HK 16PR 17PR 18LK 19SH 20FH 21CE 22WG 23Coach: LP 1 HK 2 TP 3 LL 4 RL 5 BF 6 OF 7 N8 8 SH 9 FH 10 LW 11 IC 12 OC 13RW 14FB 15Replacements:HK 16PR 17PR 18LK 19SH 20FH 21CE 22WG 23Coach: Touch judges:
Team details LP 1 Zurabi ZhvaniaHK 2 Shalva MamukashviliTP 3 Beka GigashviliLL 4 Lasha JaianiRL 5 Giorgi JavakhiaBF 6 Mikheil GachechiladzeOF 7 Beka SaghinadzeN8 8 Tornike JalaghoniaSH 9 Vasil LobzhanidzeFH 10Tedo AbzhandadzeLW 11Mirian ModebadzeIC 12Tamaz MchedlidzeOC 13Merab Sharikadze (c)RW 14Aka TabutsadzeFB 15Davit NiniashviliReplacements:HK 16Giorgi ChkoidzePR 17Giorgi NutsubidzePR 18Giorgi MelikidzeLK 19Davit GigauriSH 20Giorgi TkhilaishviliFH 21Gela AprasidzeCE 22Lasha KhmaladzeWG 23Demur TapladzeCoach: Levan Maisashvili LP 1 HK 2 TP 3 LL 4 RL 5 BF 6 OF 7 N8 8 SH 9 FH 10 LW 11 IC 12 OC 13RW 14FB 15Replacements:HK 16PR 17PR 18LK 19SH 20FH 21CE 22WG 23Coach: Touch judges: Eugeniu Procopi (Moldova) Shota Tevzadze (Georgia)