2020 Rugby Europe Championship

{{more citations needed|date=October 2020}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}}

{{Infobox Rugby Europe International Championships

| name = 2020 Rugby Europe Championship

| image =

| caption =

| date = 1 February 2020 – 7 February 2021

| countries = {{ru|BEL}}
{{ru|GEO}}
{{ru|POR}}
{{ru|ROU}}
{{ru|RUS}}
{{ru|ESP}}

| teams = 6

| champions = {{ru|GEO}}

| count = 12

| grand slam = {{ru|GEO}} (9th title)

| antim cup = {{ru|GEO}}

| count_antim = 13

| matches = 12

| attendance = {{#expr:

8237 + 955 + 20000

+ 2500 + 1500 + 8000

+ 1500 + 5000 + 12000

+ 3000 + 3100 + 2000

+ 0 + 0

}}

| tries =

| top point scorer =

| top try scorer =

| Player of the tournament =

| website = {{URL|https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/competitions/2019-20-reic-men-xv|Rugby Europe International Championships}}

| previous year = 2019

| previous tournament = 2019 Rugby Europe Championship

| next year = 2021

| next tournament = 2021 Rugby Europe Championship

}}

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

class="wikitable"
rowspan="2"|Nation

!colspan="3"|Stadium

!rowspan="2"|Head coach

!rowspan="2"|Captain

Home stadium

!Capacity

!Location

{{ru|BEL}}

|Stade Communal Fallon

|align=center|2,500

|Brussels

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Frédéric Cocqu

|Julien Berger

{{ru|GEO}}

|Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena
Mikheil Meskhi Stadium
Aia Arena

|align=center|54,600
27,223
5,000

|Tbilisi
Tbilisi
Kutaisi

|{{flagicon|GEO}} Levan Maisashvili (interim)

|Merab Sharikadze

{{ru|POR}}

|Estádio Universitário de Lisboa
Complexo Desportivo da Caldas da Rainha
Stade Jean-Bouin

|align=center|8,000
3,250
20,000

|Lisbon
Caldas da Rainha
Paris

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Patrice Lagisquet

|Tomás Appleton

{{ru|ROU}}

|Stadionul Municipal
Stadionul Ion Oblemenco

|align=center|7,782
30,983

|Botoșani
Craiova

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Andy Robinson

|Mihai Macovei

{{ru|RUS}}

|Fisht Olympic Stadium
Kaliningrad Stadium
Kuban Stadium

|align=center|47,659
35,212
35,200

|Sochi
Kaliningrad
Krasnodar

|{{flagicon|WAL}} Lyn Jones

|Andrey Garbuzov

{{ru|ESP}}

|Estadio Nacional Complutense

|align=center|12,400

|Madrid

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Santiago Santos

|Gauthier Gibouin

Table

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width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|Champions

width=10px bgcolor="#ffcccc"

|Advances to promotion/relegation play-off

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2"|Place

!rowspan="2"|Nation

!colspan="4"|Games

!colspan="3"|Points

!colspan="3"|Tries

!rowspan="2"|{{tooltip|TBP|Try BP}}

!rowspan="2"|{{tooltip|LBP|Losing BP}}

!rowspan="2"|{{tooltip|GS|Grand Slam BP}}

!rowspan="2"|Table
points

Played

!Won

!Drawn

!Lost

!For

!Against

!Diff

!For

!Against

!Diff

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|1

align=left|{{ru|GEO}}

|5

50019760+137287+2130124
2align=left|{{ru|ESP}}

|5

30210393+10148+610013
3align=left|{{ru|ROU}}

|5

20310182+19714−711010
4align=left|{{ru|POR}}

|5

20398111|
131114−30109
5align=left|{{ru|RUS}}

|5

20382128−461015−50008
bgcolor="#ffcccc"

|6

align=left|{{ru|BEL}}

|5

10484171−87921−121207
colspan="100%" style="text-align:center"|Source:{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/competitions/2019-20-reic-men-xv|title = Rugby Europe Championship 2020}}
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
{{Cite web |url=https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/sites/default/files/document/180908_bj_am_re_manual_reic_2018-2019_v2.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=1 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108081622/https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/sites/default/files/document/180908_bj_am_re_manual_reic_2018-2019_v2.pdf |archive-date=8 January 2019 |url-status=dead }}

Fixtures

= Week 1 =

{{Rugbybox

|date = 1 February 2020

|time = 14:00 MSK (UTC+03)

|home = {{ru-rt|RUS}}

|score = 12–31

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/sites/default/files/200201_reic_champ_rusvesp_game_sheet.pdf RE Report]
[https://www.world.rugby/match/27763 WR Report]

|away = {{ru|ESP}} (1 TBP)

|try1 = Gaisin (2) 4' c, 73' m

|con1 = Gaisin (1/2)

|try2 = Sánchez Borrego 37' c
Jorba 40' c
Del Hoyo Portoles 45' m
Linklater 76' m
Quercy 80' c

|con2 = Linklater (2/4)
Rabago (1/1)

|stadium = Fisht Stadium, Sochi

|attendance = 8,237

|referee = Andrea Piardi (Italy)

}}

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LP1Andrey Polivalov{{suboff|55}}
HK2Stanislav Sel'skiy{{suboff|58}}
TP3Vladimir Podrezov{{suboff|66}}
LL4Yegor Zykov
RL5Andrey Garbuzov{{suboff|67}}
BF6Nikita Vavilin
OF7Vitaly Zhivatov{{suboff|66}}
N88Victor Gresev
SH9Vasily Dorofeev{{suboff|58}}
FH10Ramil Gaisin
LW11Daniil Potikhanov{{suboff|52}}
IC12Kirill Golosnitsky
OC13Dmitry Gerasimov{{suboff|64}}
RW14German Davydov
FB15Vasily Artemyev (c)
colspan="4"|Replacements:
HK16Evgeny Matveev{{subon|58}}
LK17Evgeny Mishechkin{{subon|55}}
PR18Azamat Bitiev{{subon|66}}
LK19Evgeny Elgin{{subon|67}}
FL20Anton Sychev{{subon|66}}
SH21Aleksey Shcherban{{subon|58}}
FH22Yuri Kushnarev{{subon|64}}
WG23Vladislav Sozonov{{subon|52}}
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"|Lyn Jones

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|style="vertical-align: top; width:40%"|

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LP1Fernando Martín López (c){{suboff|57}}
HK2Vicente del Hoyo Portoles{{suboff|75}}
TP3Alberto Alonso Blanco{{suboff|41}}
LL4Lucas Guillaume
RL5Michael Walkter-Fitton{{suboff|41}}
BF6Victor Sánchez Borrego
OF7Gautier Gibouin{{suboff|70}}
N88Lionel Tauli{{suboff|64}}
SH9Guillaume Rouet
FH10Brad Linklater
LW11Jordi Jorba{{suboff|52}}
IC12Thibault Álvarez{{suboff|41}}
OC13Richard Stewart
RW14Ignacio Contardi{{suboff|61}}
FB15J. W. Bell
colspan="4"|Replacements:
PR16Thierry Futeu{{subon|57}}
HK17Matthew Bebe Smith{{subon|75}}
PR18Jon Zabala{{subon|41}}
N819Nathan Paila{{subon|64}}
FL20Fréderic Quercy{{subon|41}}
SH21Lucas Rubio{{subon|61}}
CE22Andrea Rabago{{subon|41}}
WG23Julen Goia{{subon|70}}
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"|Santiago Santos

|}

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|

Touch judges:


Federico Boraso (Italy)


Emanuele Tomo (Italy)

|}

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{{Rugbybox

|date = 1 February 2020

|time = 15:00 WET (UTC+00)

|home = {{ru-rt|POR}}

|score = 23–17

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/sites/default/files/200102_reic_champ_porvbel_game_sheet.pdf RE Report]
[https://www.world.rugby/match/27764 WR Report]

|away = {{ru|BEL}} (1 LBP)

|try1 = Cardoso Pinto 13' c
Vareta 33' c

|con1 = Antunes (2/2)

|pen1 = Antunes (3/3)

|try2 = Penalty try 43'
De Molder 52' c

|con2 = Williams (1/1)

|pen2 = Williams (1/1)

|stadium = Estádio Universitário de Lisboa, Lisbon

|attendance = 955

|referee = Sam Grove-White (Scotland)

}}

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|style="vertical-align: top; width:40%"|

{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"

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LP1Ivo Morais{{suboff|56}}
HK2Lionel Campergue
TP3Diogo Hasse Ferreira
LL4José Madeira
RL5José Rebelo de Andrade{{suboff|52}}
BF6David Wallis
OF7João Granate
N88Thibault de Freitas{{suboff|72}}
SH9João Belo{{suboff|76}}
FH10João Lima
LW11José Vareta{{suboff|39}}
IC12Tomás Appleton (c)
OC13António Vidinha
RW14Dany Antunes
FB15Manuel Cardoso Pinto
colspan="4"|Replacements:
PR16Francisco Bruno{{subon|56}}
HK17Rodrigo Bento
LK18Duarte Torgal{{subon|52}}
FL19Manuel Picão{{subon|72}}
SH20Duarte Azevedo{{subon|76}}
SH21Jorge Abecasis
FB22João Freudenthal{{subon|39}}
PR23João Vasco Côrte-Real
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"|Patrice Lagisquet

|style="vertical-align:top"|

|style="vertical-align: top; width:40%"|

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width="25"|width="25"|
LP1Bastien Gallaire{{suboff|53}}
HK2Thomas Dienst{{suboff|53}}
TP3Maxime Jadot{{suboff|66}}
LL4Guillaume Mortier{{suboff|51}}
RL5Mathieu Verschelden{{suboff|40}}
BF6Lucas de Connick
OF7Jean Maurice Deccuber{{suboff|71}}
N88Gillian Benoy
SH9Julien Berger (c){{suboff|74}}
FH10Ryan Godsmark
LW11Gaspard Lalli
IC12Guillaume Piron{{suboff|46}}
OC13Nathan Bontems
RW14Craig Dowsett
FB15Alan Williams
colspan="4"|Replacements:
HK16Vincent Tauzia{{subon|53}}
PR17Julien Massimi{{subon|53}}
LK18Bertrand Billi{{subon|71}}
FL19Thomas de Molder{{subon|40}}
FL20William van Bost{{subon|51}}
SH21Tom Cocqu{{subon|74}}
CE22Louis de Moffarts{{subon|46}}
PR23Bruno Vliegen{{subon|66}}
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"|Guillaume Ajac

|}

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|

Touch judges:


Ian Kenny (Scotland)


Graeme Ormiston (Scotland)

|}

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{{Rugbybox

|date = 1 February 2020

|time = 18:00 GET (UTC+04)

|home = (1 TBP) {{ru-rt|GEO}}

|score = 41–13

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/sites/default/files/200201_reic_champ_geovrou_game_sheet_v2.pdf RE Report]
[https://www.world.rugby/match/27765 WR Report]

|away = {{ru|ROU}}

|try1 = Abzhandadze 6' m
Modebadze 45' m
Gigashvili 58' c
Kacharava (2) 64' c, 74' c
Chkoidze 78' c

|con1 = Abzhandadze (4/6)

|pen1 = Abzhandadze (1/1)

|try2 = Vlaicu 49' c

|con2 = Vlaicu (1/1)

|pen2 = Vlaicu (2/3)

|stadium = Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi

|attendance = 20,000

|referee = Tom Foley (England)

}}

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{| style="width:80%; horizontal-align: center; padding-left: 10em"

|

|style="vertical-align: top; width:40%"|

{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"

width="25"|width="25"|
LP1Mikheil Nariashvili (c){{suboff|60}}
HK2Shalva Mamukashvili{{suboff|76}}
TP3Beka Gigashvili{{suboff|72}}
LL4Nodar Tcheishvili
RL5Konstantin Mikautadze{{suboff|59}}
BF6Otar Giorgadze
OF7Giorgi Tsutskiridze{{suboff|67}}
N88Beka Gorgadze
SH9Vasil Lobzhanidze{{suboff|65}}
FH10Tedo Abzhandadze
LW11Alexander Todua
IC12Giorgi Kveseladze{{suboff|17}}
OC13Davit Kacharava
RW14Mirian Modebadze
FB15Lasha Khmaladze{{suboff|76}}
colspan="4"|Replacements:
HK16Giorgi Chkoidze{{subon|76}}
PR17Guram Gogichashvili{{subon|60}}
PR18Giorgi Melikidze{{subon|72}}
LK19Shalva Sutiashvili{{subon|59}}
FL20Mikheil Gachechiladze{{subon|67}}
SH21Gela Aprasidze{{subon|65}}
FH22Lasha Malaghuradze{{subon|17}}
FB23Soso Matiashvili{{subon|76}}
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"|Levan Maisashvili

|style="vertical-align:top"|

|style="vertical-align: top; width:40%"|

cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
width="25"|width="25"|
LP1Constantin Pristăviță{{suboff|60}}
HK2Eugen Căpățână{{suboff|60}}
TP3Alexandru Țăruș
LL4Ionuț Mureșan
RL5Johannes van Heerden{{suboff|65}}
BF6Dorin Lazăr{{suboff|45}}
OF7Dragoș Ser
N88Cristi Chirică
SH9Florin Surugiu(c)
FH10Daniel Plai{{suboff|70}}
LW11Ionuț Dumitru
IC12Florin Vlaicu
OC13Cătălin Fercu
RW14Marius Simionescu{{suboff|70}}
FB15Ionel Melinte
colspan="4"|Replacements:
HK16Ovidiu Cojocaru{{subon|60}}
PR17Iulian Hartig{{subon|60}}
LK18Adrian Moțoc{{subon|65}}
FL19Adrian Ion{{subon|45}}
FH20Tudor Boldor{{subon|70}}
SH21Tudorel Bratu
WG22Robert Neagu{{subon|70}}
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"|Andy Robinson

|}

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|

Touch judges:


J. P. Doyle (England)


Paul Dix (England)

|}

= Week 2 =

{{Rugbybox

|date = 8 February 2020

|time = 15:00 CET (UTC+01)

|home = (1 TBP) {{ru-rt|BEL}}

|score = 38–12

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/sites/default/files/200208_reic_belvrus_rec_gamesheet.pdf RE Report]
[https://www.world.rugby/match/27766 WR Report]

|away = {{ru|RUS}}

|try1 = Dienst 36' c
Jadot 45' c
Berger 50' c
Deccuber 55' c
Verschelden 69' c

|con1 = Williams (5/5)

|pen1 = Williams (1/1) 28'

|try2 = Sozonov 19' m
Elgin 25' c

|con2 = Gaisin (1/2)

|stadium = Stade Communal Fallon, Brussels

|attendance = 2,500

|referee = Shota Tevzadze (Georgia)

}}

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|style="vertical-align: top; width:80%"|

{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"

width="25"|width="25"|
LP1Alexis Cuffolo{{suboff|46}}
HK2Thomas Dienst{{suboff|59}}
TP3Maxime Jadot{{suboff|67}}{{subon|74}}
LL4Tom Herenger{{suboff|67}}
RL5Gilian Benoy{{suboff|55}}
BF6Lucas de Connick
OF7Jean Maurice Deccuber{{suboff|71}}
N88Thomas de Molder
SH9Julien Berger (c){{suboff|59}}
FH10Antoine Vassart
LW11Gaspard Lalli{{suboff|74}}
IC12Guillaume Piron{{suboff|61}}
OC13Craig Dowsett
RW14Thomas Wallraf
FB15Alan Williams{{subon|67}}
colspan="4"|Replacements:
HK16Vincent Tauzia{{subon|59}}
PR17Bastien Gallaire{{subon|46}}
LK18Mathieu Verschelden{{subon|55}}
LK19Bertrand Billi{{subon|67}}
SH20Tom Cocqu{{subon|59}}
CE21Louis de Moffarts{{subon|61}}
WG22Cédric Wieme{{subon|67}}
PR23Julien Massimi{{sin bin|63|74}}{{subon|63}}{{suboff|74}}
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"|Guillaume Ajac

|style="vertical-align:top"|

|style="vertical-align: top; width:40%"|

cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
width="25"|width="25"|
LP1Valery Morozov{{suboff|55}}
HK2Evgeny Matveev{{suboff|60}}
TP3Vladimir Podrezov{{suboff|60}}
LL4Yegor Zykov
RL5Alexsandr Il`in{{suboff|8}}
BF6Vitaly Zhivatov
OF7Anton Sychev{{suboff|71}}
N88Victor Gresev
SH9Aleksey Shcherban{{suboff|38}}
FH10Yuri Kushnarev{{suboff|13}}
LW11Vladislav Sozonov{{suboff|71}}
IC12Kirill Golosnitsky
OC13German Davydov
RW14Vasily Artemyev (c)
FB15Ramil Gaisin
colspan="4"|Replacements:
HK16Sergey Chernyshev{{subon|60}}
LK17Evgeny Mishechkin{{subon|55}}
PR18Azamat Bitiev{{subon|60}}
LK19Evgeny Elgin{{subon|8}}
FL20Eme Peki{{subon|71}}
SH21Stepan Khokhlov{{subon|38}}
WG22Khetag Dzobelov{{subon|71}}
CE23Dmitry Gerasimov{{subon|13}}
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"|Lyn Jones

|}

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|

Touch judges:


Tornike Gvirjishvili (Georgia)


Shota Tsagareishvili (Georgia)

|}

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{{Rugbybox

|date = 8 February 2020

|time = 15:00 WET (UTC+00)

|home = {{ru-rt|POR}}

|score = 22–11

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/sites/default/files/20200208_reic_porvrou_rec_gamesheet.pdf RE Report]
[https://www.world.rugby/match/27767 WR Report]

|away = {{ru|ROU}}

|try1 = Antunes (2) 11' m, 29' m
Tadjer 51' m

|con1 = Antunes (2/3)

|pen1 = Antunes (1/1)

|try2 = Simionescu 64' m

|pen2 = Vlaicu (2/3)

|stadium = Complexo Desportivo da Caldas da Rainha, Caldas da Rainha

|attendance = 1,500

|referee = Ludovic Cayre (France)

}}

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{| style="width:80%; horizontal-align: center; padding-left: 10em"

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|style="vertical-align: top; width:40%"|

{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"

width="25"|width="25"|
LP1Francisco Fernandes{{suboff|58}}
HK2Mike Tadjer{{suboff|67}}
TP3Ivo Morais{{suboff|44}}
LL4Jean Sousa
RL5José Rebelo de Andrade{{suboff|60}}
BF6João Granate{{suboff|42}}{{subon|43}}
OF7David Wallis
N88Manuel Picão{{suboff|40}}
SH9Duarte Azevedo{{sin bin|56|66}}{{suboff|66}}
FH10João Lima
LW11Dany Antunes{{suboff|60}}
IC12Tomás Appleton (c)
OC13António Vidinha{{suboff|61}}
RW14Rodrigo Marta
FB15Manuel Cardoso Pinto{{suboff|74}}
colspan="4"|Replacements:
HK16Lionel Campergue{{subon|67}}
PR17David Costa{{subon|58}}
LK18José Madeira{{subon|42}}{{suboff|43}}{{suboff|60}}
FL19Thibault de Freitas{{subon|40}}
FB20João Freudenthal{{subon|74}}
FH21Pedro Lucas{{subon|66}}
CE22José Lima{{subon|61}}
PR23Diogo Hasse Ferreira{{subon|44}}
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"|Patrice Lagisquet

|style="vertical-align:top"|

|style="vertical-align: top; width:40%"|

cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
width="25"|width="25"|
LP1Ionel Badiu{{suboff|58}}
HK2Ovidiu Cojocaru{{suboff|56}}
TP3Alexandru Țăruș{{suboff|40}}
LL4Ionuț Mureșan{{suboff|52}}
RL5Adrian Moțoc
BF6Mihai Macovei (c)
OF7Dragoș Ser{{sin bin|51|61}}
N88Kamil Sobota{{suboff|62}}
SH9Florin Surugiu{{suboff|71}}
FH10Tudor Boldor
LW11Ionuț Dumitru{{suboff|60}}
IC12Florin Vlaicu
OC13Taylor Gontineac{{suboff|40}}
RW14Marius Simionescu
FB15Ionel Melinte
colspan="4"|Replacements:
HK16Eugen Căpățână{{subon|56}}
PR17Constantin Pristăviță{{subon|58}}
LK18Johannes van Heerden{{subon|52}}
FL19Adrian Ion{{subon|62}}
SH20Tudorel Bratu{{subon|71}}
CE21Vlăduț Popa{{subon|40}}
WG22Nicolas Onuțu{{subon|60}}
PR23Costel Burțilă{{subon|40}}
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"|Andy Robinson (England)

|}

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|

Touch judges:


Laurent Cardona (France)


Thierry Mallet (France)

|}

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{{Rugbybox

|date = 9 February 2020

|time = 12:45 CET (UTC+01)

|home = {{ru-rt|ESP}}

|score = 10–23

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/sites/default/files/200209_reic_champ_espvgeo_game_sheet_v2.pdf RE Report]
[https://www.world.rugby/match/27768 WR Report]

|away = {{ru|GEO}}

|try1 = Pinto Ferrer 8' m
Del Hoyo Portoles 78' m

|try2 = Mamukashvili 3' m
Tabutsadze 20' c
Mamukashvili 37' m

|con2 = Abzhandadze (1/3)

|pen2 = Abzhandadze (2/2)

|stadium = Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid

|attendance = 8,000

|referee = Craig Evans (Wales)

}}

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{| style="width:80%; horizontal-align: center; padding-left: 10em"

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{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"

width="25"|width="25"|
LP1Fernando Martín López (c){{suboff|19}}
HK2Marco Pinto Ferrer{{suboff|58}}
TP3Alberto Alonso Blanco{{suboff|46}}
LL4Josh Peters{{suboff|61}}
RL5Lucas Guillaumecolspan="2"| {{blood bin|10|18}}
BF6Fréderic Quercy
OF7Gautier Gibouin
N88Lionel Tauli{{suboff|46}}
SH9Guillaume Rouet{{suboff|68}}
FH10Brad Linklater
LW11J. W. Bell
IC12Andrea Rabago
OC13Richard Stewart{{suboff|40}}
RW14Jordi Jorba{{suboff|4}}
FB15Charly Malie
colspan="4"|Replacements:
PR16Thierry Futeu{{subon|19}}
HK17Vicente del Hoyo Portoles{{subon|58}}
PR18Jon Zabala{{subon|46}}
FL19Victor Sánchez Borrego{{subon|10}}{{suboff|18}}{{subon|61}}
N820Nathan Paila{{subon|46}}
SH21Tomás Munilla{{subon|68}}
CE22Pierre Nueno{{subon|40}}
WG23Martín Alonso{{subon|4}}
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"|Santiago Santos

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LP1Mikheil Nariashvili (c) {{suboff|52}}
HK2Shalva Mamukashvili {{suboff|67}}
TP3Levan Chilachava {{suboff|50}}
LL4Shalva Sutiashvili {{suboff|69}}
RL5Nodar Tcheishvili {{suboff|64}}
BF6Beka Saghinadze
OF7Giorgi Tsutskiridze
N88Beka Gorgadze
SH9Vasil Lobzhanidze {{suboff|64}}
FH10Tedo Abzhandadze {{suboff|64}}
LW11Aka Tabutsadze
IC12Tamaz Mchedlidze {{suboff|75}}
OC13Davit Kacharava
RW14Alexander Todua
FB15Soso Matiashvili {{suboff|76}}
colspan="4"|Replacements:
HK16Giorgi Chkoidze {{subon|67}}
PR17Guram Gogichashvili {{subon|50}}
PR18Beka Gigashvili {{subon|52}}
LK19Davit Gigauri {{subon|64}}
FL20Mikheil Gachechiladze {{subon|69}}
SH21Gela Aprasidze {{subon|64}}
FH22Lasha Malaghuradze {{subon|75}}
FB23Lasha Khmaladze {{subon|64}}
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"|Levan Maisashvili

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Touch judges:


Aled Evans (Wales)


Mike English (Wales)

|}

= Week 3 =

{{Rugbybox

|date = 22 February 2020

|time = 15:00 EET (UTC+02)

|home = {{ru-rt|ROU}}

|score = 24−7

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/sites/default/files/200222_reic_rouvesp_rec_gamesheet.pdf RE Report]
[https://www.world.rugby/match/27769 WR Report]

|away = {{ru|ESP}}

|try1 =

|con1 =

|pen1 =

|try2 =

|con2 =

|pen2 =

|stadium = Stadionul Municipal, Botoșani

|attendance = 1,500

|referee = Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)

}}

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HK2
TP3
LL4
RL5
BF6
OF7
N88
SH9
FH10
LW11
IC12
OC13
RW14
FB15
colspan="4"|Replacements:
HK16
PR17
PR18
LK19
SH20
FH21
CE22
WG23
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"|

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HK2
TP3
LL4
RL5
BF6
OF7
N88
SH9
FH10
LW11
IC12
OC13
RW14
FB15
colspan="4"|Replacements:
HK16
PR17
PR18
LK19
SH20
FH21
CE22
WG23
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"|

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Touch judges:


Tornike Gvirjishvili (Georgia)


Shota Tsagareishvili (Georgia)

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{{Rugbybox

|date = 22 February 2020

|time = 15:00 GET (UTC+04)

|home = (1 TBP) {{ru-rt|GEO}}

|score = 78−6

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/sites/default/files/202022_reic_geovbel_rec_gamesheet.pdf RE Report]
[https://www.world.rugby/match/27770 WR Report]

|away = {{ru|BEL}}

|try1 = Tabutsadze 7' m, 52' m, 77' m, 80' m
Karkadze 14' m
Matiashvili 17' m
Dzneladze 26' m, 69' m
Penalty Try 39' m
Begadze 43' m
Gorgadze 56' m
Tkhilaishvili 63' m

|con1 = Abzhandadze (9/11)

|pen1 =

|try2 =

|con2 =

|pen2 = Vassart 20' m, 39' m

|stadium = Aia Arena, Kutaisi

|attendance = 5,000

|referee = Cristian Șerban (Romania)

}}

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HK2
TP3
LL4
RL5
BF6
OF7
N88
SH9
FH10
LW11
IC12
OC13
RW14
FB15
colspan="4"|Replacements:
HK16
PR17
PR18
LK19
SH20
FH21
CE22
WG23
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"|

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HK2
TP3
LL4
RL5
BF6
OF7
N88
SH9
FH10
LW11
IC12
OC13
RW14
FB15
colspan="4"|Replacements:
HK16
PR17
PR18
LK19
SH20
FH21
CE22
WG23
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"|

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Touch judges:


Radu Petrescu (Romania)


Mihai Văcaru (Romania)

|}

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{{Rugbybox

|date = 22 February 2020

|time = 16:00 KALT (UTC+02)

|home = {{ru-rt|RUS}}

|score = 19−18

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/sites/default/files/200222_reic_rusvpor_rec_gamesheet_0.pdf RE Report]
[https://www.world.rugby/match/27771 WR Report]

|away = {{ru|POR}} (1 LBP)

|try1 =

|con1 =

|pen1 =

|try2 =

|con2 =

|pen2 =

|stadium = Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad

|attendance = 12,000

|referee = Inigo Atorrasagasti (Spain)

}}

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HK2
TP3
LL4
RL5
BF6
OF7
N88
SH9
FH10
LW11
IC12
OC13
RW14
FB15
colspan="4"|Replacements:
HK16
PR17
PR18
LK19
SH20
FH21
CE22
WG23
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"|

|style="vertical-align:top"|

|style="vertical-align: top; width:40%"|

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HK2
TP3
LL4
RL5
BF6
OF7
N88
SH9
FH10
LW11
IC12
OC13
RW14
FB15
colspan="4"|Replacements:
HK16
PR17
PR18
LK19
SH20
FH21
CE22
WG23
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"|

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Touch judges:


Iñaki Muñoz Martin (Spain)


Jon Ibisate Alday (Spain)

|}

= Week 4 =

{{Rugbybox

|date = 7 March 2020

|time = 15:00 CET (UTC+01)

|home = (1 LBP) {{ru-rt|BEL}}

|score = 23–30

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/sites/default/files/200307_reic_belvesp_rec_gamesheet.pdf RE Report]
[https://www.world.rugby/match/27772 WR Report]

|away = {{ru|ESP}}

|try1 =

|con1 =

|pen1 =

|try2 =

|con2 =

|pen2 =

|stadium = Stade Communal Fallon, Brussels

|attendance = 3,000

|referee = Sean Gallagher (Ireland)

}}

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HK2
TP3
LL4
RL5
BF6
OF7
N88
SH9
FH10
LW11
IC12
OC13
RW14
FB15
colspan="4"|Replacements:
HK16
PR17
PR18
LK19
SH20
FH21
CE22
WG23
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"|

|style="vertical-align:top"|

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LP1
HK2
TP3
LL4
RL5
BF6
OF7
N88
SH9
FH10
LW11
IC12
OC13
RW14
FB15
colspan="4"|Replacements:
HK16
PR17
PR18
LK19
SH20
FH21
CE22
WG23
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"|

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Touch judges:


Chris Busby (Ireland)


John Carvill (Ireland)

|}

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{{Rugbybox

|date = 7 March 2020

|time = 15:00 MSK (UTC+03)

|home = {{ru-rt|RUS}}

|score = 32–25

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/sites/default/files/200307_reic_rusvrou_rec_gamesheet.pdf RE Report]
[https://www.world.rugby/match/27773 WR Report]

|away = {{ru|ROU}} (1 LBP)

|try1 =

|con1 =

|pen1 =

|try2 =

|con2 =

|pen2 =

|stadium = Kuban Stadium, Krasnodar

|attendance = 3,100

|referee = Dan Jones (Wales)

}}

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HK2
TP3
LL4
RL5
BF6
OF7
N88
SH9
FH10
LW11
IC12
OC13
RW14
FB15
colspan="4"|Replacements:
HK16
PR17
PR18
LK19
SH20
FH21
CE22
WG23
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"|

|style="vertical-align:top"|

|style="vertical-align: top; width:40%"|

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LP1
HK2
TP3
LL4
RL5
BF6
OF7
N88
SH9
FH10
LW11
IC12
OC13
RW14
FB15
colspan="4"|Replacements:
HK16
PR17
PR18
LK19
SH20
FH21
CE22
WG23
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"|

|}

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|

Touch judges:


Mike English (Wales)


Tom Spurrier (Wales)

|}

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{{Rugbybox

|date = 7 March 2020

|time = 16:00 CET (UTC+01)

|home = {{ru-rt|POR}}

|score = 24–39

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/sites/default/files/200307_reic_porvgeo_rec_gamesheet.xls_-_mode_de_compatibilite.pdf RE Report]
[https://www.world.rugby/match/27774 WR Report]

|away = {{ru|GEO}} (1 TBP)

|try1 = Costa Cardoso Pinto 6'
Antunes 22'
Belo 41'

|con1 = Antunes 7', 23', 42'

|pen1 = Antunes 64'

|try2 = Mamukashvili 3'
Gorgadze 9'
Kacharava 34'
Saginadze 58'
Tapladze 71'
Matiashvili 75'

|con2 = Matiashvili 4'

|pen2 =

|stadium = Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

|attendance = 2,000

|referee = Ben Blain (Scotland)

}}

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LP1
HK2
TP3
LL4
RL5
BF6
OF7
N88
SH9
FH10
LW11
IC12
OC13
RW14
FB15
colspan="4"|Replacements:
HK16
PR17
PR18
LK19
SH20
FH21
CE22
WG23
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"|

|style="vertical-align:top"|

|style="vertical-align: top; width:40%"|

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LP1
HK2
TP3
LL4
RL5
BF6
OF7
N88
SH9
FH10
LW11
IC12
OC13
RW14
FB15
colspan="4"|Replacements:
HK16
PR17
PR18
LK19
SH20
FH21
CE22
WG23
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"|

|}

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|

Touch judges:


Ross Mabon (Scotland)


Neil Muir (Scotland)

|}

= Week 5 =

{{Rugbybox

|date = N/A

|time = N/A

|home = (1 TBP) {{ru-rt|ROU}}

|score = 28–0{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/news/decisions-on-rugby-europe-championship-2020/|title = Decisions on Rugby Europe Championship 2020}}

|report = [https://www.world.rugby/match/27775 WR Report]

|away = {{ru|BEL}}

|try1 =

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LP1
HK2
TP3
LL4
RL5
BF6
OF7
N88
SH9
FH10
LW11
IC12
OC13
RW14
FB15
colspan="4"|Replacements:
HK16
PR17
PR18
LK19
SH20
FH21
CE22
WG23
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"|

|style="vertical-align:top"|

|style="vertical-align: top; width:40%"|

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LP1
HK2
TP3
LL4
RL5
BF6
OF7
N88
SH9
FH10
LW11
IC12
OC13
RW14
FB15
colspan="4"|Replacements:
HK16
PR17
PR18
LK19
SH20
FH21
CE22
WG23
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"|

|}

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|

Touch judges:

|}

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{{Rugbybox

|date = 7 February 2021{{Cite web |url=https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/competitions/2019-20-reic-men-xv/ |title=2019-20 REIC Men XV | Rugby Europe |access-date=15 January 2021 |archive-date=30 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230002944/https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/competitions/2019-20-reic-men-xv |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/the-game/match-officials/officiating-appointments/|title = Officiating Appointments}}

|time = 15:00 GET (UTC+04){{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/competitions/championship-2020/|title = Rugby Europe Championship 2020}}

|home = {{ru-rt|GEO}}

|score = 16–7

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20210528214529/https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/fezd3jhx/georgia-russia-gamesheet.pdf RE report]
[https://www.world.rugby/match/27776 WR Report]

|away = {{ru|RUS}}

|try1 = Vasil Lobzhanidze 45'

|con1 = Tedo Abzhandadze 46'

|pen1 = Tedo Abzhandadze 53', 66', 75'

|try2 = Bogdan Fedotko 60'

|con2 = Ramil Gaisin 61'

|pen2 =

|stadium = Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi

|attendance = 0

|referee = Paulo Duarte (Portugal)

}}

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LP1Zurabi Zhvania
HK2Shalva Mamukashvili
TP3Beka Gigashvili
LL4Lasha Jaiani
RL5Giorgi Javakhia
BF6Mikheil Gachechiladze
OF7Beka Saghinadze
N88Tornike Jalaghonia
SH9Vasil Lobzhanidze
FH10Tedo Abzhandadze
LW11Mirian Modebadze
IC12Tamaz Mchedlidze
OC13Merab Sharikadze (c)
RW14Aka Tabutsadze
FB15Davit Niniashvili
colspan="4"|Replacements:
HK16Giorgi Chkoidze
PR17Giorgi Nutsubidze
PR18Giorgi Melikidze
LK19Davit Gigauri
SH20Giorgi Tkhilaishvili
FH21Gela Aprasidze
CE22Lasha Khmaladze
WG23Demur Tapladze
colspan="4"|Coach: Levan Maisashvili
colspan="4"|

|style="vertical-align:top"|

|style="vertical-align: top; width:40%"|

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LP1
HK2
TP3
LL4
RL5
BF6
OF7
N88
SH9
FH10
LW11
IC12
OC13
RW14
FB15
colspan="4"|Replacements:
HK16
PR17
PR18
LK19
SH20
FH21
CE22
WG23
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"|

|}

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|

Touch judges:


Eugeniu Procopi (Moldova)


Shota Tevzadze (Georgia)

|}

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{{Rugbybox

|date = 7 February 2021

|time = 12:45 CET (UTC+01)

|home = {{ru-rt|ESP}}

|score = 25–11

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20210214201921/https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/m0xfgt2q/210207-re-espvpor-rec20-gamesheet-xls-mode-de-compatibilite.pdf RE report]
[https://www.world.rugby/match/27777 WR Report]

|away = {{ru|POR}}

|try1 =

|con1 =

|pen1 =

|try2 =

|con2 =

|pen2 =

|stadium = Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid

|attendance = 0

|referee = Chris Busby (Ireland)

}}

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LP1Fernando Martín López (c){{suboff|49}}
HK2Vicente del Hoyo{{suboff|55}}
TP3Jon Zabala{{suboff|68}}
LL4Josh Peters{{suboff|49}}
RL5Víctor Sánchez
BF6Matthew Robert Foulds{{suboff|61}}
OF7Gautier Gibouin
N88Fred Quercy
SH9Tomás Munilla{{suboff|66}}
FH10Bautista Eduardo Guemes
LW11Gautier Minguillón
IC12Alvar Gimeno{{suboff|21}}
OC13Richard Stewart
RW14Julen Goia
FB15John Wessell Bell{{suboff|71}}
colspan="4"|Replacements:
LP16Bastien Didieu{{subon|49}}
HK17Stephen John Barnes{{subon|55}}
TP18Alberto Blanco{{subon|68}}
LK19Manuel Mora{{subon|49}}
FK20Facundo Domínguez{{subon|61}}
SH21Facundo Munilla{{subon|66}}
CE22Manuel Ordás{{subon|21}}
WG23Guillermo Domínguez{{subon|71}}
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"|Santiago Santos

|style="vertical-align:top"|

|style="vertical-align: top; width:40%"|

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LP1Francisco Fernandes{{suboff|55}}
HK2Loic Bournonville{{suboff|59}}
TP3Anthony Alves{{suboff|55}}
LL4José Madeira
RL5Eric Madeira{{suboff|59}}
BF6Federico Couto
OF7Valentín Ambrosio
N88Thibaut de Freitas
SH9João Belo{{suboff|68}}
FH10João Lima
LW11António Monteiro{{suboff|55}}
IC12Tomás Appleton (c)
OC13José Vareta
RW14Rodrigo Marta
FB15Manuel Cardoso Pinto{{suboff|38}}
colspan="4"|Replacements:
TP16Diogo Ferreira (rugby union){{subon|55}}
HK17Rodrigo Bento{{subon|59}}
LP18David Costa{{subon|55}}
LK19Duarte Torgal{{subon|59}}
FK20Manuel Eusebio
SH21Pedro Lucas{{subon|68}}
WG22Rafaelle Storti{{subon|55}}
FB23Dany Antunes{{subon|38}}
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"|Patrice Lagisquet

|}

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|

Touch judges:


Yann Benoit (Switzerland)


Ethan Glass (Switzerland)

|}

Relegation/promotion play-off

{{rugbybox

|date = 29 May 2021https://www.facebook.com/BelgianRugby {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/news/belgium-v-netherlands-rec-play-off-date-confirmed/|title = Belgium v Netherlands - REC Play-off date confirmed}}

|time = 14:00 CEST (UTC+02)

|home = {{ru-rt|BEL}}

|score = 21–23

|away = {{ru|NED}}

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20210610184952/https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/j3gc4c03/belgium-netherlands-54-xls-read-only-compatibility-mode.pdf RE report]
[https://www.world.rugby/match/28832 WR Report]

|stadium = ASUB Rugby Field, Waterloo

|referee = Andrea Piardi (Italy)

|attendance = 0

}}

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Auvio
Eén

|Selected games exclusively live on RTBF Sport and selected games are also free on Eén under the name Sporza

{{Flag|Georgia}}

|Rugby TV
Imedi TV

|All games exclusively live and free on Rugby TV and Imedi TV

{{Flag|Portugal}}

|Sport TV
Rugby TV Portugal

|Selected games live on Sport TV 5 and free on Rugby TV Portugal

{{Flag|Romania}}

|TVR

|All games exclusively live and free on TVR 1

{{Flag|Russia}}

|Match TV
VKontakte

|All games exclusively broadcast on Match TV and streamed for free on VKontakte

{{Flag|Spain}}

|TVE

|All games exclusively live and free on TVE

{{Flag|Europe}}

|Rugby Europe TV

|All games exclusively streamed and free on Rugby Europe TV

See also

References

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