2017_Rugby_Europe_Championship
The 2017 Rugby Europe Championship is the premier rugby union competition outside of the Six Nations Championship in Europe. It is the inaugural Championship under its new format, that saw Belgium, Georgia, Germany, Romania, Russia and Spain compete for the title.
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| Date | 11 February – 18 March 2017 | ||
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| Champions |  Romania (5th title) | ||
| Antim Cup | Romania (6th title) | ||
| Matches played | 15 | ||
| Attendance | 114,976 (7,665 per match) | ||
| Tries scored | 79 (5.27 per match) | ||
| Top point scorer(s) |  Bradley Linklater (51) | ||
| Top try scorer(s) |  Giorgi Koshadze (4) Giorgi Tkhilaishvili (4) | ||
| Official website | Rugby International Championship | ||
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This year's edition of the Rugby Europe Championship also served as the 2019 Rugby World Cup qualifiers for the European region. The team with the best record across the 2017 and 2018 Championships qualifies as Europe 1.[1] As Georgia have already secured qualification automatically, in the event of a Georgian win, the runner-up will take the Europe 1 qualification spot. In respect of matters relating to the eligibility of players, following a full review of the evidence, including statements and submissions from World Rugby, Rugby Europe, Belgium, Romania, Spain and Russia, the independent committee found: Belgium had fielded one or more ineligible players on 7 occasions during the 2017 and 2018 Rugby Europe Championships (of which 6 matches related to Rugby World Cup 2019 qualifying) Romania has fielded one ineligible player on 8 occasions during the 2017 and 2018 Rugby Europe Championships (of which 6 matches related to Rugby World Cup 2019 qualifying) Spain had fielded one or more ineligible players on 9 occasions during the 2017 and 2018 Rugby Europe Championships (of which 8 matches related to Rugby World Cup 2019 qualifying) In respect of the sanctions, pursuant to Regulation 18, the independent committee determined the following: The deduction of 5 points for any match in which a union fielded an ineligible player (40-point deduction for Spain, and a 30-point deduction for both Belgium and Romania). Therefore, based on a re-modelling of the Rugby Europe Championship tables in the context of Rugby World Cup 2019 qualifying, Russia would qualify as Europe 1 into Pool A replacing Romania and Germany will replace Spain in the European play-off against Portugal. As the tournament for 2017 had been completed and issues of relegation had been decided in that year, the points deduction was not applied to the 2017 Rugby Europe tournament.[2]
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| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Tries | TBP | LBP | GS | Table points | |||||||
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| 4 | Romania | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 122 | 78 | +44 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19* |
| 1 | Georgia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 136 | 44 | +92 | 19 | 4 | +15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
| 5 | Spain | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 91 | 54 | +37 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13* |
| 2 |  Russia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 107 | 117 | –10 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 |  Germany | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 121 | 201 | –80 | 14 | 28 | −14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 6 |  Belgium | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 70 | 153 | –83 | 7 | 19 | −12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2* |
| 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 | Loss greater than 7 points – 0 points | Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point[4] *As the tournament for 2017 had been completed and issues of relegation had been decided in that year, the points deduction should not be applied to the 2017 Rugby Europe tournament (para 51).[5][6][7] | |||||||||||||||
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Week 1
| 11 February 2017 13:15 CET (UTC+01) |
| Germany | 41–38 | Romania (1 LBP) |
| Try: Penalty try 34' c Otto 36' c Barber (2) 57' c, 70' c Coetzee 74' c Con: Parkinson (5/5) 34', 37', 57', 71', 75' Pen: Parkinson (1/2) 7' Drop: Parkinson (1/1) 18' | Gamesheet | Try: Ursache (2) 19' c, 46' c Umaga 23' c Dumitru (2) 29' c, 49' c Con: Vlaicu (5/5) 20', 24', 30', 47', 50' Pen: Vlaicu (1/1) 3' |
| Sparda Bank Hessen Stadium, Offenbach Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Maxime Chalon (France) |
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| 11 February 2017 15:00 CET (UTC+01) |
| Belgium | 6–31 | Georgia (1 TBP) |
| Pen: Williams 42', 56' | Gamesheet | Try: Tkhilaishvili 21' c Koshadze 37' c Penalty try 75' c Gorgadze 80+10' c Con: Kvirikashvili (3/3) 22', 37', 75' Malaghuradze (1/1) 80+10' Pen: Kvirikashvili 12' |
| King Baudouin Stadium - Annex 2, Brussels Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Ben Whitehouse (Wales) |
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| 11 February 2017 16:00 CET (UTC+01) |
| Spain | 16–6 | Russia |
| Try: Bélie 7' c Con: Linklater (1/1) 8' Pen: Linklater 5', 20', 80' | Gamesheet | Pen: Kushnarev 11', 34' |
| Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid, Spain Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Dudley Phillips (Ireland) |
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| 18 February 2017 13:00 EET (UTC+02) |
| Romania | 13–3 | Spain |
| Try: Florin Vlaicu 15' c Con: Florin Vlaicu (1/1) 16' Pen: Luke Samoa (0/1) Florin Vlaicu (2/2) 29', 57' Jack Umaga (0/1) | Gamesheet | Pen: Bradley Linklater (1/2) 20' |
| Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest Attendance: 3,750 Referee: Elia Rizzo (Italy) |
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| 18 February 2017 15:00 CET (UTC+01) |
| (1 LBP) Belgium | 18–25 | Russia |
| Try: Muric 36' m Demolder 47' c Con: Williams (1/2) 47' Pen: Williams (2/3) 5', 62' | Gamesheet | Try: Gresev 3' c Garbuzov 10' m Elgin 80' c Con: Kushnarev (2/3) 3', 80' Pen: Kushnarev (2/2) 55', 71' |
| King Baudouin Stadium - Annex 2, Brussels Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Salem Atallah (France) |
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| 19 February 2017 15:00 GET (UTC+04) |
| (1 TBP) Georgia | 50–6 | Germany |
| Try: Koshadze (2) 3' c, 27' c Pruidze 17' c Tkhilaishvili (2) 47' m, 68' c Gorgadze (2) 56' m, 64' m Sharikadze 80' c Con: Kvirikashvili (4/7) 4', 18', 28', 69' Koshadze (1/1) 80+1' | Gamesheet | Pen: Parkinson (2/3) 8', 24' |
| Rustavi Rugby Stadium, Rustavi Attendance: 3,300 Referee: Max Burlet (Belgium) |
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| 4 March 2017 13:00 MSK (UTC+03) |
| Russia | 10–30 | Romania (1 TBP) |
| Try: Morozov 79' c Con: Kushnarev (1/1) 79' Pen: Kushnarev 40' | Gamesheet | Try: Badiu 6' c Lemnaru 26' c Popârlan 69' m Rose 80' m Con: Vlaicu (2/2) 8', 27' Pen: Calafeteanu 45', 47' |
| Slava Metreveli Central Stadium, Sochi Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Sean Gallagher (Ireland) |
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| 4 March 2017 16:00 CET (UTC+01) |
| Spain | 10–20 | Georgia |
| Try: Gavidi 22' c Con: Linklater (1/1) 23' Pen: Linklater 2' | Gamesheet | Try: Tkhilaishvili 49' c Matiashvili 57' c Con: Kvirikashvili (2/2) 50', 58' Pen: Kvirikashvili 20', 78' |
| Estadio Municipal, Medina del Campo Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Craig Evans (Wales) |
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| 4 March 2017 16:15 CET (UTC+01) |
| Germany | 34–29 | Belgium (1 LBP) |
| Try: Otto 6' c Els 33' c Armstrong 45' c Murphy 67' c Con: Parkinson (4/4) 6', 34', 46', 67' Pen: Parkinson (2/2) 9', 15' | Gamesheet | Try: Williams 52' c Pearce 60' m Muric 77' m Con: Williams (1/3) 53' Pen: Williams (4/4) 3', 20', 65', 80+1' |
| Sparda Bank Hessen Stadium, Offenbach Attendance: 4,126 Referee: Iñigo Atorrasagasti (Spain) |
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| 11 March 2017 15:00 CET (UTC+01) |
| Belgium | 17–33 | Romania (1 TBP) |
| Try: Reynaert 42' c De Clercq 54' c Con: Williams (2/2) 43', 55' Pen: Williams 66' | Gamesheet | Try: Cobden (2) 9' c, 20' c Lucaci 49' c Gordaș 71' c Vlaicu 77' m Con: Vlaicu (4/5) 10', 21', 51', 82' |
| King Baudouin Stadium - Annex 2, Brussels Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Claudio Biessano (Italy) |
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| 11 March 2017 16:15 CET (UTC+01) |
| Germany | 15–32 | Spain |
| Try: Otto 54' m Marks 66' c Con: Parkinson (1/2) 67' Pen: Parkinson (1/2) 10' | Gamesheet | Try: Linklater 4' c Casteglioni Algorriz 26' c Jorba 36' m Rouet 39' c Con: Linklater (3/4) 5', 26', 40' Pen: Linklater (2/3) 13', 62' |
| Sportpark Höhenberg, Köln Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Lloyd Linton (Scotland) |
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| 12 March 2017 18:00 GET (UTC+04) |
| Georgia | 28–14 | Russia |
| Try: Koshadze 3' c Lobzhanidze (2) 26' c, 48' c Kacharava 65' c Con: Kvirikashvili (4/4) 3', 26', 48', 65 | Gamesheet | Try: Gaisin 55' c Fedotko 75' c Con: Kushnarev (2/2) 56', 76' |
| Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Ian Tempest (England) |
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| 18 March 2017 15:45 CET (UTC+01) |
| (1 TBP) Spain | 30–0 | Belgium |
| Try: Villanueva 10' c Perrin 17' c Gavidi 75' c Con: Linklater (3/3) 11', 18', 75' Pen: Linklater 2', 28', 78' | Gamesheet |
| Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid, Spain Attendance: 7,800 Referee: Vlad Iordăchescu (Romania) |
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| 19 March 2017 14:00 MSK (UTC+03) |
| (1 TBP) Russia | 52–25 | Germany |
| Try: Gaisin 3' c Simplikevich 31' m Gerasimov (2) 41' c, 72' c Elgin 57' c Artemyev 64' c Krotov 67' m Mikhaltsov 75' c Con: Kushnarev (5/6) 4', 42', 58', 72', 76' Gaisin (1/2) 65' | Gamesheet | Try: Parkinson 11' c Mathurin (2) 60' c, 80+3' m Con: Parkinson (1/1) 12' Hilsenbeck (1/2) 61' Pen: Parkinson (0/1) Hilsenbeck (2/2) 47', 54' |
| Slava Metreveli Central Stadium, Sochi Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Cedric Marchat (France) |
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| 19 March 2017 15:00 EET (UTC+02) |
| Romania | 8–7 | Georgia (1 LBP) |
| Try: Fercu 3' m Pen: Vlaicu (1/3) 53' | Gamesheet | Try: Sharikadze 40' c Con: Kvirikashvili (1/1) 40' |
| Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Ian Davies (Wales) |
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