2017–18 Rugby Europe Conference

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2017–18 Rugby Europe Conference
Date 14 October 2017 – 26 May 2017
Countries 20
Tournament statistics
Champions  Lithuania (1st title)
Matches played 40
Attendance 29,325 (733 per match)
Tries scored 284 (7.1 per match)
Top point scorer(s) Conference 1
Malta James O'Brien (49)
Conference 2
Denmark Cassius Deschamps (59)
Top try scorer(s) Conference 1
Malta James Kirk (5)
Malta Luke Watts (5)
Conference 2
Luxembourg Gauthier Bares (5)
Serbia Igor Dejanović (5)
Denmark Christian Melgaard (5)
Official website Rugby International Championship
← 2016–17 (Previous) (Next) 2018–2019 →

The 2017–18 Rugby Europe Conference is the third-level rugby union competition below the premier Championship and Trophy competitions. It is the second Conference under its new format. After Czech Republic was promoted to the Trophy and Ukraine relegated at the end of the 2016–17 season, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Sweden and Ukraine compete for the Conference 1 title. While after the relegation of Turkey and the promotion of Slovakia, Austria, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Luxembourg, Norway, Serbia, Slovenia and Slovakia will compete for the Conference 2 title.

The winners of Conference 1 North and South will play an additional match, a Conference 1-Trophy Promotion play-off for the right to play the 2018–19 Rugby Europe Trophy. While the bottom placed teams of Conference 1 North and South will be relegated to Conference 2 for the following season, replacing the North and South winners of Conference 2. The bottom placed team with the worse overall record will be relegated and participate in the 2019 Rugby Europe Development season.

The competition saw Alhambra Nievas and Joy Neville become the first and second women referees to take charge of men's fifteen–a–side internationals. On 14 October 2017 Nievas refereed the match between Finland and Norway. On 28 October 2017 Neville refereed the match between Norway and Denmark.[1][2][3][4][5]

Conference 1

North

Table

Champions and advances to
Promotion play-off
Relegated
Place Nation Games Points Try
BP		 Losing
BP		 Grand Slam
BP		 Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
1  Lithuania 4 4 0 0 127 78 +49 2 0 1 19
2  Ukraine 4 2 1 1 92 63 +29 2 0 0 12
3  Sweden 4 2 0 2 92 109 −17 1 0 0 9
4  Hungary 4 0 1 3 60 72 −12 0 3 0 5
5  Latvia 4 1 0 3 72 121 −49 0 0 0 4
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
Loss greater than 7 points – 0 points
Completing a Grand Slam – 1 points

Fixtures

South

Table

Champions and advances to
Promotion play-off
Relegated
Place Nation Games Points Try
BP		 Losing
BP		 Grand Slam
BP		 Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
1  Malta 4 4 0 0 221 48 +173 3 0 1 20
2  Croatia 4 2 1 1 85 97 −12 1 0 0 11
2  Israel 4 2 0 2 105 86 +19 1 1 0 10
4  Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 1 0 3 5 140 −86 0 0 0 4
5  Andorra 4 0 1 3 60 154 −94 0 2 0 4
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
Loss greater than 7 points – 0 points
Completing a Grand Slam – 1 points

Fixtures

Conference 2

North

Table

Champions and Promoted
Relegated
Place Nation Games Points Try
BP		 Losing
BP		 Grand Slam
BP		 Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
1  Luxembourg 4 4 0 0 162 24 +138 2 0 1 19
2  Denmark 4 3 0 1 211 45 +166 2 0 0 14
3  Finland 4 2 0 2 107 120 −13 1 0 0 9
4  Norway 4 1 0 3 83 90 −7 1 1 0 6
5  Estonia 4 0 0 4 31 315 −284 0 0 0 0
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
Loss greater than 7 points – 0 points
Completing a Grand Slam – 1 points

Fixtures

Notes:

  • The Finland v Norway match was notable for being the first time an all female list of referees were chosen to officiate a men's fifteen a side game.[6]
  • Originally a home game for Norway, but moved to Luxembourg due to recent cold weather conditions meaning the pitch could not recover in time.[7]

South

Table

Champions and Promoted
Possible Relegation
Place Nation Games Points Try
BP		 Losing
BP		 Grand Slam
BP		 Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
1  Cyprus 4 3 0 1 114 51 +63 2 0 0 14
2  Austria 4 3 0 1 110 88 +22 1 0 0 13
3  Serbia 4 2 0 2 131 98 +33 1 1 0 10
4  Slovenia 4 2 0 2 82 75 +7 0 1 0 9
5  Slovakia 4 0 0 4 45 173 −128 0 0 0 0
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
Loss greater than 7 points – 0 points
Completing a Grand Slam – 1 points

Fixtures

Conference 1 promotion to Trophy play-off

19 May 2018
Lithuania  81-10 Malta 
Siaulai, Lithuania

See also

References

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