2023–24 Rugby Europe Trophy
Date28 October 2023 - April 2024
Countries Croatia
 Czech Republic
 Lithuania
 Sweden
  Switzerland
 Ukraine
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Attendance5,900 (738 per match)
Tries scored56 (7 per match)
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The 2023–24 Rugby Europe Trophy is the sixth season of the second premier rugby union competition for European national teams outside the Six Nations Championship which itself is a part of the Rugby Europe International Championships. The confirmed teams that are competing include Czechia, Croatia, Lithuania, Sweden, Switzerland, and Ukraine.

Participants

Nation Stadium Head coach Captain
Home stadium Capacity Location
 Croatia Stadion Stari plac
Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić
5,000
5,000
Split
Zagreb
New Zealand Anthony Posa Nik Jurišić
 Czech Republic Markéta Stadium 10,000 Prague Czech Republic Miroslav Němeček Dan Hošek
 Lithuania Regbio stadionas (Šiauliai Rugby Academy) 4,000 Šiauliai Lithuania Gediminas Marcišauskas Tautvydas Krasauskas
 Sweden Malmö Stadion
Olympiastadion
26,500
14,417
Malmö
Stockholm
England Alex Laybourne Sami Paulsson
  Switzerland Stade Municipal Yverdon
Colovray Sports Centre
Centre Sportif des Cherpines
6,600
7,200
1,000
Yverdon-les-Bains
Nyon
Plan-les-Ouates
France Olivier Nier Cyril Lin
 Ukraine Makarska City Stadium*
Rugby Club Havirov Stadium*
3,000
300
Makarska*
Havířov*
Ukraine Valerii Kochanov Oleg Kosariev
Viacheslav Ponomarenko

* Owing to the ongoing war in Ukraine, Ukraine's home matches will be played in Croatia and Czech Republic

Table

Champions
Relegated
Place Nation Games Points Tries TBP LBP GS Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff For Against Diff
1 Czech Republic320111994+251612+41009
2  Switzerland (P)22005429+2554+10008
3 Sweden32018280+2119+20008
4 Croatia31028375+81311+21106
5 Lithuania31027379-6810-20004
6 Ukraine20021973-54310-70000
Source - [1]
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 | Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point
[2]
(P) - promoted to 2025 Rugby Europe Championship

Fixtures

28 October 2023
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Sweden 48–37 Czech Republic
Report
Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Eugeniu Procopi (Moldova)

4 November 2023
13:00 CET (UTC+1)
(1 TBP) Czech Republic 48–22 Croatia
Report
Markéta Stadium, Prague
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Adrian Pawlik (Poland)
4 November 2023
14:00 CET (UTC +1)
Ukraine 14–32 Lithuania
Report
Makarska City Stadium, Makarska
Attendance: 300
Referee: Ethan Glass (Switzerland)
4 November 2023
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Switzerland 23–12 Sweden
Report
Stade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains
Attendance: n/a
Referee: Killian O'Brien (Germany)

11 November 2023
14:00 EET (UTC+2)
Lithuania 17–31  Switzerland
Report
Klaipėda Central Stadium, Klaipėda
Attendance: 500
Referee: Sulkhan Chikladze (Georgia)
11 November 2023
14:30 CET (UTC +1)
Ukraine 5–41 Croatia (1 TBP)
Report
Makarska City Stadium, Makarska
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Luis Fernandez (Spain)

18 November 2023
14:30 CET (UTC +1)
(1 LBP) Croatia 20–22 Sweden
Report
Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić, Zagreb
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Lukasz Jasinski (Poland)

25 November 2023
14:00 CET (UTC+1)
Czech Republic 34–24 Lithuania
Report
Markéta Stadium, Prague
Attendance: 700
Referee: Gert Visser (Netherlands)

9 March 2024
14:00 CET (UTC+1)
Czech Republic v  Switzerland
Markéta Stadium, Prague
Referee: TBA

16 March 2024
TBA
Croatia v Lithuania
TBA
Referee: TBA

23 March 2024
14:00 CET (UTC+1)
Ukraine v Czech Republic
Rugby Club Havirov Stadium, Havířov
Referee: TBA
23 March 2024
TBA
Switzerland v Croatia
TBA
Referee: TBA

6 April 2024
TBA
Sweden v Ukraine
TBA
Referee: TBA

13 April 2024
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Switzerland v Ukraine
Utogrund, Zürich
Referee: TBA

TBA
TBA
Lithuania v Sweden
TBA
Referee: TBA

Two-Year overall table

Promoted to Championship
Place Nation Games Points Tries TBP LBP GS Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff For Against Diff
1  Switzerland6600259101+1583412+2230128
2 Sweden6303116182-661623-710013
3 Croatia6204161160+12122-112011
4 Lithuania6204146167-211921-212011
5 Ukraine62041136208-721830-121009
Source - [3]
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 | Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point
[4]

See also

References

  1. "2023-24 Rugby Europe Trophy standings".
  2. "Rugby Europe International Championships 2018-2019 Manual" (PDF). Rugby Europe. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  3. "2022-23 Rugby Europe Trophy standings".
  4. "Rugby Europe International Championships 2018-2019 Manual" (PDF). Rugby Europe. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
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