1938 FIRA Tournament
{{Short description|European rugby union championship}}
{{ref improve|date=September 2011}}
{{Infobox Six Nations Championship 2
| name = 1938 FIRA Tournament
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| date = 15-22 May 1938
| countries = {{ru|GER|Nazi}}
{{ru|FRA}}
{{ru|ROU}}
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| champions = {{ru|FRA}}
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| matches = 3
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| previous year = 1937
| previous tournament = 1937 FIRA Tournament
| next year = 1952
| next tournament = 1952 Rugby Union European Cup
}}
The 1938 FIRA Tournament was the third Rugby Union European championship, organized by the recently formed FIRA. It was played in Bucharest.
Only three teams participated.
Results
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|align=left width=60% style="font-size: 85%"| Point system: try 3 pt, conversion: 2 pt., penalty kick 3 pt. drop 4 pt, goal from mark 3 pt. |
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|date=15 May 1938
|home={{ru-rt|ROU}}
|score=8 - 11
|away={{ru|FRA}}
|stadium= Bucharest
|referee=H Schwanenberg {{flagicon|DEU|Nazi}}
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|try1= Andriesi|try2= Blond, Caunegre
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|con1= Irimia|con2= Desclaux
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|lineup1=Romania: Toma Moldoveanu, Ascanio Damian, Ion Andriesi, Nic Crissoveloni (cap.), Constantin Dinescu, Ioan Popa, Constantin Turut, Vasile Niculescu, Gheorghe Ionescu, Ion Irimia, Simion Burlescu, Gheorghie Crivat, Marin Slobozeanu, Constantin, Stefan Barsan
|lineup2=France: Michel Bonnus, Robert Caunegre, Andre Rapin, Felix Bergese, Raymond le Goff, Joseph Desclaux (cap.), Guy Vassal, Louis Dupont, Rene Arotca, Jean Blond, Rene Lombarteix, Antonin Delque, Emile Doussau, Jean Clave, Andre Goyard
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|date=18 May 1938
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|date=22 May 1938
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|score=8–5
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Table
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!rowspan=2 width="8%"| Place !rowspan=2 width="20%"| Nation !colspan=4 width="32%"| Games !colspan=3 width="30%"| Points !rowspan=2 width="10%"| Table | |||||||||
| width="8%"| played
!width="8%"| won !width="8%"| drawn !width="8%"| lost !width="10%"| for !width="10%"| against !width="10%"| difference | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=#ccffcc align=center
|1 | align=left|{{ru|FRA}} | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 4 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|2 | align=left|{{ru|DEU|Nazi |
|- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|3||align=left|{{ru|ROU}}||2||0||0||2||13||19||−6||0
|}
Bibliography
{{Reflist}}
- {{in lang|it}} Francesco Volpe, Valerio Vecchiarelli (2000), 2000 Italia in Meta, Storia della nazionale italiana di rugby dagli albori al Sei Nazioni, GS Editore (2000) {{ISBN|88-87374-40-6}}
- {{in lang|it}} Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999).
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110825205045/http://www.fira-aer-rugby.com/ FIRA-AER official website]
{{FIRA rugby union tournaments}}
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Category:1938 rugby union tournaments for national teams
Category:1937–38 in French rugby union
Category:International rugby union competitions hosted by Romania