2023 Rugby World Cup – Europe qualification

The Rugby Europe Championship, controlled by Rugby Europe, is the regional qualification tournament for the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France. Each team play each other in a double-round-robin tournament over the two years, with the winners and runners-up of the two-year cycle qualifying for the World Cup as Europe 1 and Europe 2 respectively. The third placed team advances to the Final qualification tournament as Europe 3.

The qualification process did not include the remaining three divisions in the Rugby Europe system that are typically included across play-off matches due to the time scale restraints caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Six teams competed during the European qualifiers for the 2023 Rugby World Cup; teams World Rankings are prior to the first European qualification matches on 6 March.

For the Rugby Europe Championship teams, results were considered on a 2-year aggregate from the 2021 and 2022 seasons; the winner and runner-up teams automatically qualified for the tournament as Europe 1 and Europe 2 individually, leaving the team in third place to qualify for the Final qualification tournament as Europe 3.

Following the Russian military invasion of Ukraine, Rugby Europe suspended all Russian games on home soil on 25 February 2022 before later suspending Russia at all levels with immediate effect on 1 March 2022. This later resulted in the cancelled games being declared a walkover and the opposition of Russia would be given 4 points.

Georgia were confirmed as Europe 1 following a walkover result against Russia whilst on 13 March, Spain had secured Europe 2 with a win over Portugal. However, on 28 March, it was announced Spain would be investigated for fielding an ineligible player, the South Africa-born Gavin Van Den Berg, in two World Cup qualifying matches against the Netherlands.[https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/news/statement-spain-eligibility-case/ Statement - Spain Eligibility Case] On 28 April 2022, an independent judicial committee determined that Spain did breach the regulation, and deducted 10 points from the table.{{cite web |url=https://resources.world.rugby/worldrugby/document/2022/05/05/64dc014d-aef9-4562-8932-6c27b2fde8ea/220505-Committee-Decision-Reg-8-breach-FER-GVDB-FINAL.pdf |title=World Rugby (WR) versus Federación Española de Rugby (FER) & Gavin Van Den Berg (220505 Judicial Committee Decision Regulation 8 Breach) In the Matter of Alleged Breaches of World Rugby Regulation 8 and the World Rugby Code of Conduct and the Rugby World Cup 2023 Qualification Process Terms of Participation (RWCQ TOP) |date=5 May 2022 |publisher=Judicial Committee World Rugby |access-date=27 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505114700/https://resources.world.rugby/worldrugby/document/2022/05/05/64dc014d-aef9-4562-8932-6c27b2fde8ea/220505-Committee-Decision-Reg-8-breach-FER-GVDB-FINAL.pdf |archive-date=5 May 2022}} This resulted in Spain dropping out of the top three qualifying/play-off places meaning Romania qualified as Europe 2 and Portugal would proceed to the play-offs. Spain later appealed the decision, but the appeal was unsuccessful and the original decision was upheld.{{cite web |url=https://resources.world.rugby/worldrugby/document/2022/06/27/04bd115f-ba52-4c78-a6b9-7c9fda01fd63/220627-Reg-8-breach-FER-Appeal-Decision-FINAL-.pdf |title=In the Matter of an Appeal Brought by Federación Española de Rugby against the Decision of the Judicial Committee Dated 5 May 2022 for Breaches of World Rugby Regulation 8 and the World Rugby Code of Conduct and the Rugby World Cup 2023 Qualification Process Terms of Participation |date=27 June 2022 |publisher=Appeals Committee World Rugby |access-date=27 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627144235/https://resources.world.rugby/worldrugby/document/2022/06/27/04bd115f-ba52-4c78-a6b9-7c9fda01fd63/220627-Reg-8-breach-FER-Appeal-Decision-FINAL-.pdf |archive-date=27 June 2022}} This meant Romania qualified as Europe 2 and Portugal advanced to the play-offs as Europe 3.{{cite web |url=https://www.world.rugby/news/728050/independent-appeal-committee-decision-regarding-spain-player-eligibility |title=Independent Appeal Committee decision regarding Spain player eligibility |date=27 June 2022 |publisher=World Rugby |access-date=27 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627145914/https://www.world.rugby/news/728050/independent-appeal-committee-decision-regarding-spain-player-eligibility |archive-date=27 June 2022}}

{{Rugbybox

|date = 6 March 2021

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

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

|score = 18–13

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/arooi3jv/210306-re-rusvrou-rec-gamesheet.pdf Report]
[https://www.world.rugby/match/28762 WR Report]

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

|pen1 = Gaisin (6/7) 2', 24', 45', 57', 64', 72'

|try2 = Antonescu 7' c

|con2 = Vlaicu (1/1) 8'

|pen2 = Vlaicu (2/2) 21', 76'

|stadium = Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi

|attendance = 2,895

|referee = Shota Tevzadze (Georgia)

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 6 March 2021

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

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

|score = 16–29

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/uahnv2qv/210306-re-porvgeo-gamesheet.pdf Report]
[https://www.world.rugby/match/28761 WR Report]

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

|try1 = Marta 39' c

|con1 = Marques (1/1) 40'

|pen1 = Marques (3/3) 5', 14', 44'

|try2 = Modebadze 18' m
Bregvadze 29' m
Melikidze 50' c
Kharaishvili 66' m
Jalaghonia 80+5' c

|con2 = Matiashvili (2/5) 51', 80+6'

|stadium = Estádio de Rugby Jamor, Lisbon

|attendance = 0

|referee = Gianluca Gnecchi (Italy)

}}

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{{Rugbybox

|date = 13 March 2021

|time = 13:00 WET (UTC+00)

|home = (1 BP) {{ru-rt|POR}}

|score = 27–28

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/ci0okym5/portugavromaniags21.pdf Report]
[https://www.world.rugby/match/28760 WR Report]

|away = {{ru|ROU}}

|try1 = Antunes 10' c
Portela 34' c
Storti 66' c

|con1 = Marques (3/3) 11', 35', 67'

|pen1 = Marques (2/2) 17', 60'

|try2 = Savin 49' m
Onuțu 74' c
Cojocaru 79' c

|con2 = Melinte (2/2) 75', 80'

|pen2 = Vlaicu (3/4) 4', 21', 29'

|stadium = Estádio de Rugby Jamor, Lisbon

|attendance = 30

|referee = Luc Ramos (France)

}}

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{{Rugbybox

|date = 14 March 2021

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

|home = (1 BP) {{ru-rt|SPA}}

|score = 19–25

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/3haekkmc/spainvgeorgia21gs.pdf Report]
[https://www.world.rugby/match/28759 WR Report]

|away = {{ru|GEO}}

|try1 = Linklater 4' c

|con1 = Güemes (1/1) 4'

|pen1 = Güemes (2/2) 40', 47'
Linklater (2/2) 64', 69'

|try2 = Jalaghonia 3' c
Tabutsadze 48' m
Bregvadze 67' c

|con2 = Abzhandadze (2/3) 3', 68'

|pen2 = Abzhandadze (2/2) 14', 61'

|stadium = Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid

|attendance = 0

|referee = Pierre Brousset (France)

}}

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{{Rugbybox

|date = 20 March 2021

|time = 13:00 KALT (UTC+02)

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

|score = 6–23

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/5f2ifnmg/210320-rusvgeo-reic-manual-app4-tac-2020-2021-41-xls-read-only-compatibility-mode.pdf Report]
[https://www.world.rugby/match/28814 WR Report]

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

|pen1 = Gaisin (2/3) 38', 48'

|try2 = Tabutsadze 29' m
Abzhandadze 39' m
Niniashvili 60' c

|con2 = Abzhandadze (1/3) 61'

|pen2 = Abzhandadze (2/4) 3', 21'

|stadium = Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad

|attendance = 9,564

|referee = Andrea Piardi (Italy)

}}

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{{Rugbybox

|date = 20 March 2021

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

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

|score = 22–16

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/5ybmy0tp/rou_spa_rec-xlsx-read-only.pdf Report]
[https://www.world.rugby/match/28815 WR Report]

|away = {{ru|SPA}} (1 BP)

|try1 = Căpățână 60' m
Melinte 79' m

|pen1 = Vlaicu (4/4) 25', 40', 47', 52'

|try2 = Rouet 42' c

|con2 = Ordas (1/1) 43'

|pen2 = Ordas (3/3) 8', 34', 77'

|stadium = Stadionul Steaua II, Bucharest

|attendance = 50

|referee = Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)

}}

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{{Rugbybox

|date = 27 March 2021

|time = 16:00 WET (UTC+00)

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

|score = 43–28

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/zovouq1x/reic-manual-app4-tac-2020-2021-3-8-1.pdf Report]
[https://www.world.rugby/match/28820 WR Report]

|away = {{ru|SPA}}

|try1 = Simões 28' c
Portela 39' c
Marta 47' c
Storti 59' c
Marques 77' c
Fernandes 80' m

|con1 = Marques (5/6) 29', 40', 48', 59', 79

|pen1 = Marques (1/2) 71'

|try2 = Pinto Ferrer 6' c
Rouet 16' c
Linklater 36' c
Ordas 80' c

|con2 = Ordas (4/4) 7', 17', 37', 80'

|stadium = Estádio de Rugby Jamor, Lisbon

|attendance = 0

|referee = Ludovic Cayre (France)

}}

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{{Rugbybox

|date = 28 March 2021

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

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

|score = 28–17

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/dildcbnx/reic-manual-app4-tac-2020-2021-georgia-romania-28mar21-3-3.pdf Report]
[https://www.world.rugby/match/28821 WR Report]

|away = {{ru|ROU}}

|try1 = Penalty try 10'
Gigashvili 51'
Tabutsadze 70'

|con1 = Abzhandadze 52'

|pen1 = Abzhandadze 20', 40'

|drop1= Babunashvili 80'

|try2 = Gorin 21'
Căpățână 61'

|con2 = Plai 22'
Vlaicu 62'

|pen2 = Vlaicu 44'

|stadium = Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi

|attendance = 8,000

|referee = Paulo Duarte (Portugal)

}}

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{{Rugbybox

|date = 26 June 2021

|time = 17:00 GET (UTC+04)

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

|score = 48–15

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/hepd5jeh/geovned.pdf Report]
[https://www.world.rugby/match/28897 WR Report]

|away = {{ru|NED}}

|try1 = Niniashvili (3) 10' m, 72' c, 79' m
Tabutsadze (2) 25' m, 65' c
Lobzhanidze 37' m
Gogichashvili 54' c
Javakhia 60' c

|con1 = Abzhandadze (1/4) 55'
Babunashvili (3/4) 61', 66', 73'

|try2 = Hop 35' m
v. Dijk 75' c

|con2 = Wierenga (1/2) 76'

|pen2 = Rademaker (1/3) 16'

|stadium = Caucasus Arena, Telavi

|attendance = 700

|referee = Alexandru Ionescu (Romania)

}}

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{{Rugbybox

|date = 10 July 2021

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

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

|score = 28–61

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/wqqftt3r/netherlands-v-por.pdf Report]
[https://www.world.rugby/match/29001 WR Report]

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

|try1 = Wierenga 37' c
Campbell (2) 54' c, 84' c
Hop 65' c

|con1 = Weersma (4/4) 38', 54', 66', 85'

|try2 = Tadjer 2' c
Storti (5) 12' c, 14' c, 60' c, 75' c, 80' m
Marta (3) 37' m, 50' c, 67' c

|con2 = Marques (8/9) 9', 13', 15', 40', 51', 61', 68', 76'

|stadium = NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam

|attendance = 1,600

|referee = Aled Evans (Wales)

}}

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{{Rugbybox

|date = 17 July 2021

|time = 13:30 MSK (UTC+03)

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

|score = 26–49

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/hurexft3/russiavportugal.pdf Report]
[https://www.world.rugby/match/28883 WR Report]

|away = {{ru|POR}}

|try1 = Gresev 29' c
Silenko (2) 38' c, 59' m
Sychev 77' c

|con1 = Kushnarev (3/4) 30', 39', 77'

|try2 = Appleton 7' c
Granate 15' c
Lima 45' c
Simões 56' m
Penalty try 61'
Portela 67' c

|con2 = Marques (4/5) 8', 16', 46', 68'

|pen2 = Marques (3/3) 3', 32', 50'

|stadium = Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod

|attendance = 5,500

|referee = Ben Blain (Scotland)

}}

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{{Rugbybox

|date = 6 November 2021

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

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

|score = 8–35

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/eeodbxbk/nedvrus.pdf Report]
[https://www.world.rugby/match/29107 WR Report]

|away = {{ru|RUS}} (1 BP)

|try1 = van der Avoird 58' c

|pen1 = Weersma (1/1) 42'

|try2 = Zhivatov 8' c
Brocas 28' c
Karzanov 43' c
Morozov 51' c
Ivanov 54' c

|con2 = Gaisin (5/5) 9', 29', 44', 52', 55'

|stadium = NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam

|attendance = 2,000

|referee = Keith Allen (Scotland)

}}

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{{Rugbybox

|date = 13 November 2021

|time = 17:30 EET (UTC+02)

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

|score = 56–15

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/0iahyg10/211113-rec21-rouvned-gamesheet.pdf Report]
[https://www.world.rugby/match/29003 WR Report]

|away = {{ru|NED}}

|try1 = Simionescu 10' c
Dumitru (3) 19' c, 48' c, 56' c
Cojocaru (2) 29' c, 43' c
Vaovasa 31' c
Bărdașu 80' c

|con1 = Melinte (8/8) 11', 20', 30', 32', 44', 49', 57', 80'

|try2 = Bloemen 25' c
van de Avoird 71' m

|con2 = van Oord (1/1) 26'

|pen2 = van Oord (1/1) 35'

|stadium = Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest

|attendance = 0

|referee = Peter Martin (Ireland)

}}

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{{Rugbybox

|date = 14 November 2021

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

|home = (1 BP) {{ru-rt|SPA}}

|score = 49–12

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/lpxhru3j/211114-rec21-espvrus-gamesheet.pdf Report]
[https://www.world.rugby/match/28870 WR Report]

|away = {{ru|RUS}}

|try1 = Pinto Ferrer 7' c
Gimeno 23' c
Mora (2) 35' c, 44' c
Perrin 62' c
Losada 67' c
Aboitiz 73' c

|con1 = Güemes (4/4) 7', 23', 36', 45'
Ordas (3/3) 63', 68', 73'

|try2 = Uzonov 47' m
Kononov 65' c

|con2 = Golov (1/1) 65'

|stadium = Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid

|attendance = 5,000

|referee = Ben Breakspear (Wales)

}}

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{{Rugbybox

|date = 18 December 2021

|time = 14:00 CET (UTC+01)

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

|score = 7–52

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/jbwbhpog/211218-rec-nedvesp_gamesheet.pdf Report]
[https://www.world.rugby/match/29002 WR Report]

|away = {{ru|SPA}} (1 BP)

|try1 = van der Avoird 4' c

|con1 = Mistou (1/1) 5'

|try2 = Gimeno 17' c
Rouet 21' c
Bell (2) 31' c, 56' m
Pinto 54' c
Van der Berg 64' c
Minguillon 71' m
Jorba 78' c

|con2 = Rouet (5/6) 17', 21', 32', 55', 65'
Munilla (1/1) 79'

|stadium = NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam

|attendance = 0

|referee = Eoghan Cross (Ireland)

}}

{{rugbybox

|date = 5 February 2022

|time = 14:30 EET (UTC+02)

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

|score = 34–25

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/wf3pg4d2/220205-rec22-rouvrus-gamesheet.pdf Report]
[https://www.world.rugby/match/29479 WR Report]

|away = {{ru|RUS}}

|try1 = Cojocaru (2) 11' c, 25' c
Macovei 40' c
Rupanu 72' c

|con1 = Boldor (3/3) 11', 25', 40'
Plai 72'

|pen1 = Boldor (1/2) 38'
Plai (1/1) 72'

|try2 = Penalty try 6'
Parkhomenko (2) 62' c, 75' m

|con2 = Gaisin (1/2) 62'

|pen2 = Gaisin (2/3) 43', 47'

|stadium = Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest

|attendance = 2,700

|referee = Adam Leal (England)

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 5 February 2022

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

|home = (1 BP) {{ru-rt|ESP}}

|score = 43–0

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/xtbgy0bb/220205-rec22-espvned-gamesheet.pdf Report]
[https://www.world.rugby/match/29478 WR Report]

|away = {{ru|NED}}

|try1 = Usárraga 10' c
López 23' c
Jorba 38' m
Gimeno 44' c
Ordas 56' m
Minguillon 65' m
Ovejero 71' c

|con1 = Ordas (3/6) 11', 24', 45'
Bélie (1/1) 72'

|stadium = Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid

|attendance = 2,000

|referee = Gianluca Gnecchi (Italy)

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 6 February 2022

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

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

|score = 25–25

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/iyelvd0w/220206-rec22-geovpor-gamesheet.pdf Report]
[https://www.world.rugby/match/29480 WR Report]

|away = {{ru|POR}}

|try1 = Tabutsadze 29' c
Kerdikoshvili 40' m
Jalaghonia 64' c

|con1 = Abzhandadze (2/3) 30', 64'

|pen1 = Abzhandadze (2/2) 26', 46'

|try2 = Cardoso Pinto 36' m
Marta 50' c
Lima 58' c

|con2 = Marques (2/3) 52', 59'

|pen2 = Marques (2/2) 10', 28'

|stadium = Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi

|attendance = 7,000

|referee = Romain Poite (France)

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 12 February 2022

|time = 13:00 MSK (UTC+03)

|home = (1 BP) {{ru-rt|RUS}}

|score = 37–41

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/k0xnz1ul/rec22-rusvesp.pdf Report]
[https://www.world.rugby/match/29483 WR Report]

|away = {{ru|ESP}}

|try1 = Gresev 30' c
Ryabishchuk 33' c
Davydov 61' c
Zhivatov 76' c

|con1 = Gaisin (4/4) 30', 34', 62', 77'

|pen1 = Gaisin (3/3) 9', 42', 66'

|try2 = Gimeno 3' c
Minguillon (2) 16' m, 36' m
Pinto 40' m
Ovejero 80' c

|con2 = Ordas (2/5) 3', 80'

|pen2 = Ordas (4/4) 27', 59', 65', 71'

|stadium = Slava Metreveli Central Stadium, Sochi

|attendance = 0

|referee = Andrea Piardi (Italy)

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 12 February 2022

|time = 13:15 CET (UTC+01)

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

|score = 10–72

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/uvij2ygn/nedvgeo.pdf Report]
[https://www.world.rugby/match/29481 WR Report]

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

|try1 = Danen 49' c

|con1 = Weersma (1/1) 50'

|pen1 = Weersma (1/1) 17'

|try2 = Giorgadze (3) 8' m, 46' c, 59' c
Tabutsadze (2) 14' m, 38' m
Japaridze 24' c
Lobzhanidze (2) 28' c, 53' c
Jalaghonia 52' c
Modebadze 66' m
Chkoidze (2) 76' m, 82' m

|con2 = Abzhandadze (6/12) 25', 29', 47', 53', 54', 60'

|stadium = NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam

|attendance = 900

|referee = Ludovic Cayre (France)

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 12 February 2022

|time = 17:30 EET (UTC+02)

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

|score = 37–27

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/qq5f0rr4/rouvpor-full-time.pdf Report]
[https://www.world.rugby/match/29482 WR Report]

|away = {{ru|POR}}

|try1 = Ser 40' c
Cojocaru 54' c
Savin 67' c
Gorin 80' c

|con1 = Melinte (3/3) 41', 55', 67'
Plai (1/1) 80'

|pen1 = Melinte (3/3) 5', 36', 75'

|try2 = Lima 24' m
Marta 31' c
Pinto (2) 37' c, 49' m

|con2 = Marques (2/4) 33', 39'

|pen2 = Marques (1/1) 28'

|stadium = Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest

|attendance = 2,700

|referee = Frank Murphy (Ireland)

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 26 February 2022

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

|home = (1 BP) {{ru-rt|POR}}

|score = 59–3

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/cuippzjt/portugal-netherlands-final.pdf Report]
[https://www.world.rugby/match/29484 WR Report]

|away = {{ru|NED}}

|try1 = Belo 14' c
Diniz 22' m
Bettencourt (2) 30' c, 63' c
Simões (2) 38' c, 43' m
Marta 47' c
Storti 54' c
Antunes 76'

|con1 = Antunes (7/9) 15', 31', 39', 48', 55', 64', 77'

|pen2 = Te Hauora Campbell (1/1) 1'

|stadium = Campo de Rugby Complexo Desportivo, Caldas da Rainha

|attendance = 2,500

|referee = Federico Vedovelli (Italy)

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 27 February 2022

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

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

|score = 38–21

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/qs5lrt20/espvrou-27022022.pdf Report]
[https://www.world.rugby/match/29486 WR Report]

|away = {{ru|ROU}}

|try1 = Marco Pinto 6' c
Foulds 10' c
Quercy (2) 19' c, 59' c
Gimeno 27' c

|con1 = Ordas (5/5) 7', 11', 20', 27', 60'

|pen1 = Ordas (1/1) 55'

|try2 = Hinckley Vaovasa (2) 16' c, 65' c
Marius Simionescu 70' c

|con2 = Plai (3/3) 17', 66', 71'

|stadium = Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid

|attendance = 5,000

|referee = Sam Grove-White (Scotland)

}}

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|date = N/A

|time = N/A

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

|score = Cancelled[https://www.world.rugby/news/693011/world-rugby-confirms-sporting-sanctions-for-russia World Rugby confirms sporting sanctions for Russia and Belarus]

|report = [https://www.world.rugby/match/29485 WR Report]

|away = {{ru|RUS}}

|stadium = N/A

|attendance = N/A

|referee = N/A

}}

• Georgia awarded 4 points.

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|date = N/A

|time = N/A

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

|score = Cancelled

|report = [https://www.world.rugby/match/29488 WR Report]

|away = {{ru|NED}}

|stadium = N/A

|attendance = N/A

|referee = N/A

}}

• Netherlands awarded 4 points.

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{{rugbybox

|date = 12 March 2022

|time = 17:30 EET (UTC+02)

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

|score = 23–26

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/iq5pso51/220312-gamesheet-rec22-rouvgeo.pdf Rerport]
[https://www.world.rugby/match/29487 WR Report]

|away = {{ru|GEO}}

|try1 = Cojocaru 7' m
Bărdașu 73' c

|con1 = Melinte (2/2) 39', 73'

|pen1 = Melinte (3/4) 17', 21', 43'

|try2 = Lobzhanidze 9' c
Sharikadze 28' c
Todua 34' c
Tabutsadze 70' m

|con2 = Abzhandadze (3/4) 10', 28', 34'

|stadium = Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest

|attendance = 6,000

|referee = Ben Breakspear (Wales)

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 13 March 2022

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

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

|score = 33–28

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/ggnaoby1/220313-gamesheet-rec-espvpor.pdf Report]
[https://www.world.rugby/match/29489 WR Report]

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

|try1 = Zabala 7' m
Quercy (2) 17' c, 25' c
Pinto 38' m

|con1 = Ordas (2/4) 18', 26'

|pen1 = Ordas (3/3) 44', 51', 58'

|try2 = Bento 10' c
Bettencourt 32' c
Madeira 79' m

|con2 = Marques (2/2) 11', 33'

|pen2 = Marques (3/3) 6', 46', 54'

|stadium = Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid

|attendance = 6,000

|referee = Tual Trainini (France)

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 19 March 2022

|time = 13:00 CET (UTC+01)

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

|score = 12–38

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/gjehahjl/220319-rec22-nedvrou-gamesheet.pdf Report]
[https://www.world.rugby/match/29490 WR Report]

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

|try1 = Weersma 34' m
Raymond 40' c

|con1 = Weersma (1/2) 40'

|try2 = Rupanu 3' c
Vaovasa 14' c
Dumitru 17' c
Cojocaru 28' m
Bucur 71' m
Macovei 77' c

|con2 = Melinte (4/6) 3', 15', 17'm 77'

|stadium = NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam

|attendance = 1,200

|referee = Ben Blain (Scotland)

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = N/A

|time = N/A

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

|score = Cancelled

|report = [https://www.world.rugby/match/29491 WR Report]

|away = {{ru|RUS}}

|stadium = N/A

|attendance = N/A

|referee = N/A

}}

Portugal awarded 4 points.

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{{rugbybox

|date = 20 March 2022

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

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

|score = 49–15

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/oosoznzt/220320-rec22-geovesp-gamesheet.pdf Report]
[https://www.world.rugby/match/29492 WR Report]

|away = {{ru|ESP}}

|try1 = Tabutsadze (2) 27' c, 68' c
Giorgadze (2) 34' m, 73' c
Sharikadze 62' c
Chkoidze 80' c

|con1 = Abzhandadze (5/6) 28', 63', 69', 74', 80'

|pen1 = Abzhandadze (2/3) 15', 54'

|drop1 = Lobzhanidze (1/1) 3'

|try2 = Jorba 24' m
Ovejero 49' c

|con2 = Ordas (1/2) 51'

|pen2 = Ordas (1/2) 8'

|stadium = Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi

|attendance = 11,000

|referee = Craig Evans (Wales)

}}

• 2021 Rugby Europe Championship
• 2022 Rugby Europe Championship

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• [https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/2023 Rugby World Cup] Official Site

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