France, Italy and Romania did not participate, in order to privilege other appointments. France and Italy had to play the final of the previous trophy, due to the large number of international matches, only on 23 March 1997, after this tournament was started. Both countries were not interested to continue to participate in the FIRA senior competitions and this would be their last presence at the competition.
The tournament had a new formula. Twelve teams were divided into four pools of 3 teams. After a round robin, they were ranked in 3 groups to define the ranking, also valid to divide the Teams for the second round qualification to 1999 Rugby World Cup.
(in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Valerio Vecchiarelli (2000), 2000 Italia in Meta, Storia della nazionale italiana di rugby dagli albori al Sei Nazioni, GS Editore (2000) ISBN88-87374-40-6.
(in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999).
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1996, fira, tournament, 32nd, edition, european, rugby, union, championship, national, teams, organized, fédération, internationale, rugby, amateur, fira, date22, november, 1996, 1997countries, belgium, czech, republic, denmark, georgia, germany, morocco, neth. The 1996 97 FIRA Tournament was the 32nd edition of the European rugby union championship for national teams organized by the Federation Internationale de Rugby Amateur FIRA 1996 97 FIRA TournamentDate22 November 1996 17 May 1997Countries Belgium Czech Republic Denmark Georgia Germany Morocco Netherlands Poland Portugal Russia Spain TunisiaTournament statisticsChampions SpainMatches played24 1995 1997 Previous Next 1997 1998 France Italy and Romania did not participate in order to privilege other appointments France and Italy had to play the final of the previous trophy due to the large number of international matches only on 23 March 1997 after this tournament was started Both countries were not interested to continue to participate in the FIRA senior competitions and this would be their last presence at the competition The tournament had a new formula Twelve teams were divided into four pools of 3 teams After a round robin they were ranked in 3 groups to define the ranking also valid to divide the Teams for the second round qualification to 1999 Rugby World Cup There was no second division the other 18 European teams played the first round of qualification to the 1999 Rugby World Cup Spain and Portugal qualified for the First Place final which was won by the Spaniards by 25 18 Contents 1 First round 1 1 Pool A 1 2 Pool B 1 3 Pool C 1 4 Pool D 2 Second round 3 Finals 4 Final ranking 5 Bibliography 6 External linksFirst round editPool A edit Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification1 nbsp Spain 2 2 0 0 102 17 85 6 Qualified for 1 4th place semifinals2 nbsp Belgium 2 1 0 1 24 80 56 4 Qualified for 5 8th place semifinals3 nbsp Germany 2 0 0 2 20 49 29 2 Qualified for 9 12th place semifinalsSource citation needed 16 November 1996Belgium nbsp 24 3 nbsp GermanyBrussels 24 November 1996Germany nbsp 17 25 nbsp SpainFritz Grunebaum Stadium Heidelberg Referee nbsp M Paraschivescu 8 December 1996Spain nbsp 77 0 nbsp BelgiumMadrid Pool B edit Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification1 nbsp Georgia 2 2 0 0 47 34 13 6 Qualified for 1 4th place semifinals2 nbsp Russia 2 1 0 1 57 43 14 4 Qualified for 5 8th place semifinals3 nbsp Czech Republic 2 0 0 2 28 55 27 2 Qualified for 9 12th place semifinalsSource citation needed 22 September 1996Czech Republic nbsp 14 18 nbsp GeorgiaTatra Simchov Stadium Prague 20 October 1996Georgia nbsp 29 20 nbsp RussiaTry Kavtararhvili Modebadze NadiradzeCon MachitidzePen Machitidze 2 Drop Iurini MachitidzeTry BoldakovPen Boldakov 5 National Stadium Tbilisi Referee nbsp G Barrabes 26 October 1996Russia nbsp 37 14 nbsp Czech RepublicFili Stadium Moscow Referee nbsp A Grombinas Pool C edit Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification1 nbsp Portugal 2 2 0 0 66 17 49 6 Qualified for 1 4th place semifinals2 nbsp Tunisia 2 1 0 1 26 26 0 4 Qualified for 5 8th place semifinals3 nbsp Netherlands 2 0 0 2 26 75 49 2 Qualified for 9 12th place semifinalsSource citation needed 27 October 1996Netherlands nbsp 15 20 nbsp TunisiaLeiden 24 November 1996Portugal nbsp 55 11 nbsp NetherlandsLisbon University Stadium Lisbon 7 December 1996Tunisia nbsp 6 11 nbsp PortugalTunis Pool D edit Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification1 nbsp Poland 2 2 0 0 33 26 7 6 Qualified for 1 4th place semifinals2 nbsp Morocco 2 1 0 1 33 22 11 4 Qualified for 5 8th place semifinals3 nbsp Denmark 2 0 0 2 15 33 18 2 Qualified for 9 12th place semifinalsSource citation needed 28 September 1996Poland nbsp 16 10 nbsp DenmarkDanzig 19 October 1996Morocco nbsp 16 17 nbsp PolandCasablanca 2 November 1996Denmark nbsp 5 17 nbsp MoroccoCopenhagenSecond round editFirst to Fourth places Semifinals19 April 1997Portugal nbsp 21 17 nbsp GeorgiaTry Pires 2 Con AmaralPen Mourao 3 Try NadiradzePen Modebadze 3 Drop MachididzeLisbon University Stadium Lisbon Referee nbsp A Fernandez 20 April 1997Spain nbsp 44 10 nbsp PolandCampo Universitario Madrid 5th to 8th places Semifinals20 April 1997Belgium nbsp 9 14 nbsp MoroccoBrussels 20 April 1997Tunisia nbsp 25 30 nbsp RussiaTunis 9th to 12th places Semifinals20 April 1997Denmark nbsp 8 13 nbsp GermanyAalborg 19 April 1997Czech Republic nbsp 19 18 nbsp NetherlandsPragueFinals editFirst Place Final11 May 1997 Spain nbsp 25 18 nbsp Portugal Campo Universitario Madrid Try Gutierrez Merelles Puertas Soto C SoutoCon Aurrekeotxea Arregui 2 Pen Aurrekeotxea Arregui 2 Try Bento PortelaCon MouraoPen Mourao 2 Spain Francisco Puertas Soto 14 Daniel Saenz Lobsack 13 Alvar Enciso 12 Pablo Calderon Sole 11 Francisco Fernandez Jimenez 10 Unai Aurrekoetxea Arregui 9 Aratz Gallastegui 8 Carlos Souto 7 Jaime Gutierrez Merelles 6 Diego Fuks Mitelmann 5 Steve Tuineau Iloa 4 Jose Miguel Villau 3 Victor Torres 2 Javier Aguiar Cayetano 1 Jose Ignacio Zapatero replacements 16 Fernando de la Calle 17 Oscar Solano SevillaPortugal 15 Salvador Amaral 14 Antonio Rebelo Andrade 13 Joao Bento 12 Pedro Castro 11 Marcello d Orey 10 Joaquim Ferreira 9 Rohan Hoffmann 8 Ricardo Vieira 7 Joao Varela 6 Paulo Silva 5 Alcino Silva 4 Miguel Portela 3 Luis Pissarra 2 Jose Pires 1 Nuno Mourao replacements 16 Antonio Claudio 17 Goncalo Neto 18 Luis Sequeira 19 Sergio Azevedo 20 Sergio Ferreira3rd place final10 May 1997Poland nbsp 29 23 nbsp GeorgiaTry Fedorowicz WrobelCon Szwichtenberg WrobelPen Szymanski 2 Urbanowicz 2 Try Katsadze AndghuladzeCon Iruni 2 Pen Iurini 3 Ogniwo Sopot Referee nbsp K Blank 5th place final17 May 1997Morocco nbsp 20 7 nbsp RussiaSettat 7th place final10 May 1997Belgium nbsp 22 29 nbsp TunisiaBrussels 9th place final11 May 1997Czech Republic nbsp 9 14 nbsp GermanyPrague 11th place final10 May 1997Netherlands nbsp 48 5 nbsp DenmarkAmsterdamFinal ranking edit nbsp Spain nbsp Portugal nbsp Poland nbsp Georgia nbsp Morocco nbsp Russia nbsp Tunisia nbsp Belgium nbsp Germany nbsp Czech Republic nbsp Netherlands nbsp DenmarkBibliography edit in Italian 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 Italian Francesco Volpe Paolo Pacitti Author Rugby 2000 GTE Gruppo Editorale 1999 External links edit1996 97 FIRA Tournament at ESPN Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1996 97 FIRA Tournament amp oldid 1140395001, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
