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| 2021 Rugby Europe Championship | |||
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| Date | 6 March 2021 – 18 December 2021 | ||
| Countries |  Georgia Netherlands Portugal Spain Romania Russia | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Champions | Georgia (13th title) | ||
| Grand Slam | Georgia (10th title) | ||
| Antim Cup | Georgia (14th title) | ||
| Kiseleff Cup | Russia (1st title) | ||
| Matches played | 15 | ||
| Attendance | 35,339 (2,356 per match) | ||
| Tries scored | 96 (6.4 per match) | ||
| Top point scorer(s) | Samuel Marques (74 points) | ||
| Top try scorer(s) | Raffaele Storti (7 tries) | ||
| Official website | 2021 Rugby Europe Championship | ||
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The 2021 Rugby Europe Championship was the 5th Rugby Europe Championship, the annual rugby union competition contested by the national teams of Georgia, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain and the Netherlands (who promoted to the Championship after defeating Belgium in the promotion/relegation play-off of the 2020 Rugby Europe Championship), and the 52nd edition of the competition (including all its previous incarnations as FIRA Tournament, Rugby Union European Cup, FIRA Nations Cup, FIRA Trophy and European Nations Cup). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament spanned from March to December, compared to previous editions where the tournament would have been held between February and March.
This year's edition of the Rugby Europe Championship doubles as the first year of the 2023 Rugby World Cup qualifiers for the European region, where the winner and runner-up of the two-year cycle automatically qualify to the tournament as Europe 1 and Europe 2 respectively while the team in third place advances to the final qualification tournament as Europe 3.
Squads
Participants
| Nation | Stadium | Head coach | Captain | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home stadium | Capacity | Location | |||
| Georgia
|
Mikheil Meskhi Stadium Caucasus Arena |
27,223 1,000 |
Tbilisi Telavi |
Levan Maisashvili
|
Merab Sharikadze |
| Netherlands
|
NRCA Stadium | 7,000 | Amsterdam |  Zane Gardiner
|
Dirk Danen |
| Portugal
|
Estádio de Rugby Jamor | 2,500 | Lisbon |  Patrice Lagisquet
|
Tomás Appleton |
| Romania
|
Stadionul Arcul de Triumf Stadionul Steaua II |
8,207 2,000 |
Bucharest |  Andy Robinson
|
André Gorin |
| Russia
|
Fisht Olympic Stadium Kaliningrad Stadium Nizhny Novgorod Stadium |
47,659 35,212 44,899 |
Sochi Kaliningrad Nizhny Novgorod |
 Lyn Jones
|
Vitaly Zhivatov |
| Spain
|
Estadio Nacional Complutense | 12,400 | Madrid | Santiago Santos
|
Fernando López |
Table
| Champions |
| Pos. | Team | Games | Points | Tries | TBP | LBP | GS | Table points | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | For | Against | Diff | ||||||
| 1 | Georgia |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 73 | +80 | 22 | 6 | +16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
| 2 | Romania |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 136 | 104 | +32 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Portugal |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 196 | 139 | +57 | 25 | 20 | +5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 4 | Russia |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 97 | 142 | −45 | 11 | 18 | −7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | Spain |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 164 | 109 | +55 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7* |
| 6 | Netherlands |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 73 | 252 | −179 | 10 | 38 | −28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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] * deducted points[3][4] | |||||||||||||||
Fixtures
Week 1
| 6 March 2021 15:00 MSK (UTC+03) |
| Russia | 18–13 | Romania (1 LBP) |
| Pen: Gaisin 2', 24', 45', 57', 64', 72' | Report | Try: Antonescu 7' Con: Vlaicu 8' Pen: Vlaicu 21', 76' |
| Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi Attendance: 2,895 Referee: Shota Tevzadze (Georgia) |
Touch judges:
Eugeniu Procopi (Moldova)
Saba Abulashvili (Georgia)
Television match official:
Tornike Gvirjishvili (Georgia)
| 6 March 2021 15:00 WET (UTC+00) |
| Portugal | 16–29 | Georgia (1 TBP) |
| Try: Marta 39' Con: Marques 40' Pen: Marques 5', 14', 44' | Report | Try: Modebadze 18' Bregvadze 29' Melikidze 50' Kharaishvili 66' Jalaghonia 80+5' Con: Matiashvili 51', 80+6' |
| Estádio de Rugby Jamor, Lisbon Attendance: 0 Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi (Italy) |
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