1981–82 FIRA Trophy

1981-82 FIRA Trophy
Date	25 October 1981 – 22 May 1982
Countries	France Italy Romania Soviet Union West Germany
Tournament statistics
Champions	France
Matches played	10
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The 1981–82 FIRA Trophy was the 22nd edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams.

The tournament was won by France. The first division number of teams was reduced to five teams, instead of the previous six.

First division

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	France	4	3	1	0	105	53	+52	11
2	Italy	4	2	1	1	75	52	+23	9
3	Romania	4	2	0	2	102	59	+43	8
4	Soviet Union	4	0	2	2	32	50	-18	6
5	West Germany	4	1	0	3	43	143	-100	6

No relegations

• Results

Point system: try 4 pt, conversion: 2 pt., penalty kick 3 pt. drop 3 pt Click "show" for more info about match (scorers, line-up etc)

25 October 1981

Soviet Union	12 - 12	Italy

Moscow

1 November 1981	France	17 - 9	Romania	Sport et amitié, Narbonne
	Try: Blanco, Elissalde Pen: Gabernet 2 Drop: Laporte		Pen: Constantin 3	Referee: J.A.F. Trigg
France:15.Serge Gabernet, 14.Michel Fabre, 13.Patrick Mesny, 12.Roland Bertranne, 11.Serge Blanco, 10.Guy Laporte, 7.Pierre Lacans, 6.Laurent Rodriguez, 5.Daniel Revailler, 4.Alain Lorieux, 3.Robert Paparemborde (cap.), 2.Philippe Dintrans, 1.Michel Cremaschi9.Jean-Pierre Elissalde, 8.Jean-Luc Joinel,
Romania:15.Gheorghe Florea, 14.Sorin Fuicu, 13.Adrian Lungu, 12.Ion Constantin, 11.Marian Aldea, 10.Dumitru Alexandru, 7.Alexandru Radulescu, 6.Enciu Stoica, 5.Gheorghie Caragea, 4.Gheorghie Dumitru, 3.Constantin Dinu, 2.Mircea Munteanu, 1.Ion Bucan9.Mircea Paraschiv (cap.), 8.Pompiliu Bors, - replacements: 16.Gheorghie Varzaru

1 November 1981

West Germany	10 - 7	Soviet Union

Hanover

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29 November 1981

Italy	23 - 0	West Germany

Rovigo

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21 February 1982

France A1	25 - 19	Italy

Carcassonne

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21 March 1982

West Germany	15 - 53	France A1

Heidelberg

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4 April 1982

Romania	60 - 18	West Germany

Bucharest

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11 April 1982	Italy	21 - 15	Romania	St. Battaglini, Rovigo
	Try: Azzali, Ghizzoni Con: Bettarello 2 Pen: Bettarello 3		Try: Mot 2 Con: Podarascu 2 Pen: Podarascu	Referee: Corris Thomas
Italy:15.Fabrizio Gaetaniello (cap.), 14.Serafino Ghizzoni, 13.Massimo Mascioletti, 12.Giancarlo Morelli, 11.Andrea Azzali, 10.Stefano Bettarello, 7.Marzio Innocenti, 6.Claudio Jannone, 5.Mario Nicolosi, 4.Stefano Annibal, 3.Giancarlo Pivetta, 2.Giorgio Morelli, 1.Renato de Bernardo9.Alessandro Ghini, 8.Gianni Zanon, - replacements: 16.Claudio Torresan
Romania:15.Gheorghe Florea, 14.Ion Constantin, 13.Adrian Lungu, 12.Olimpiu Beches, 11.Marian Aldea, 10.Stelian Podarascu, 7.M. Guramare, 6.Alexandru Radulescu, 5.Gheorghie Dumitru, 4.Gheorghie Caragea, 3.Dinu Gheorghe, 2.Marin Mot, 1.Ion Bucan9.Mircea Paraschiv, 8.Enciu Stoica, - replacements: 16.Florin Constantin

9 May 1982

Romania	18 - 3	Soviet Union

Bucharest

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22 May 1982

Soviet Union	10 - 10	France A1

Moscow

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Second division

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Morocco	5	5	0	0	54	17	+37	15
2	Poland	5	4	0	1	108	37	+71	13
3	Spain	5	3	0	2	70	66	+4	10
4	Netherlands	5	1	0	4	51	76	-25	7
5	Portugal	5	1	0	4	62	124	-62	7
6	Tunisia	5	1	0	4	32	57	-25	7

Morocco Promoted to division 1

Tunisia relegated to division 3

• Results

4 October 1981

Netherlands	9 - 19	Poland

Hilversum

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1 November 1981

Morocco	6 - 3	Poland

Casablanca

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1 July 1982

Morocco	6 - 4	Tunisia

Casablanca

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1982

Netherlands	3 - 10	Morocco

Hilversum

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21 February 1982

Morocco	6 - 0 withdraw	Spain

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7 March 1982

Spain	25 - 12	Netherlands

Barcelona

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21 March 1982

Portugal	7 - 26	Morocco

Lisbon

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28 March 1982

Portugal	13 - 32	Spain

Lisbon

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17 April 1982

Portugal	13 - 16	Tunisia

Lisbon

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25 April 1982

Netherlands	12 - 16	Portugal

Hilversum

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25 April 1982

Spain U.23	7 - 3	Tunisia

Burgas

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28 April 1982

Poland	38 - 13	Portugal

Łódź

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1982

Tunisia	3 - 16	Poland

Tunis

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1982

Tunisia	6 - 15	Netherlands

Tunis

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8 November 1982

Poland	32 - 6	Spain

Lublin

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Third division

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Sweden	4	4	0	0	77	27	+50	12
2	Belgium	4	3	0	1	44	33	11	10
3	Yugoslavia	4	2	0	2	65	30	35	8
4	Switzerland	4	1	0	3	43	51	-8	6
5	Denmark	4	0	0	4	43	131	-88	4

Sweden promoted to division 2

• Results

24 October 1981

Sweden	15 - 9	Belgium

Karlstad

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25 October 1981

Switzerland	34 - 21	Denmark

Lausanne

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15 November 1981

Denmark	6 - 35	Sweden

Copenhagen

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29 November 1981

Belgium	9 - 0	Yugoslavia

Liege

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15 May 1982

Yugoslavia	46 - 4	Denmark

Zenica

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27 November 1981

Switzerland	0 - 10	Yugoslavia

Lausanne

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6 March 1982

Belgium	10 - 6	Switzerland

Anversa

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24 April 1982

Denmark	12 - 16	Belgium

Copenhagen

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8 May 1982

Yugoslavia	9 - 17	Sweden

Lubliana

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20 May 1982

Sweden	10 - 3	Switzerland

Enkoping

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Bibliography

• (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.
• (Italian) Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999).

External links

• FIRA-AER official website