1992–1994 FIRA Trophy
# 1992–1994 FIRA Trophy

The 1992–94 FIRA Trophy was the 30th edition of the European rugby union championship for national teams. The 1992-94 edition was arranged with a new format. Ten teams were admitted to the first division and divided into 2 pools to play a Preliminary Tournament which qualified five teams to play for the title in the 1993-1994 season.

## Preliminary Tournament

Five teams qualified to play in the pool for the "Title":

* France
* Italy
* Romania
* Russia
* Spain

And five in the pool for the "Plate":

* Belgium
* Germany
* Morocco
* Portugal
* Tunisia

## Pool for Title

Italy came close to winning their first tournament, beating a non-capped France A1 side for the first time by 16-9, but lost to Romania (26-12) away, and so France won the title on points difference, despite finishing with the same number of table points as the Italian and the Romanian sides. The French only awarded caps in their first game, a 51-0 win over the Romanians. Russia participated for the first time after the end of the Soviet Union, finishing in a disappointing 4th place, with a single win over Spain abroad (16-9).

| Place | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Table points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Place | Nation | played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | diff. | Table points |
| 1 | France | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 120 | 28 | +92 | 10 |
| 2 | Italy | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 120 | 69 | +51 | 10 |
| 3 | Romania | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 66 | +1 | 10 |
| 4 | Russia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 80 | -36 | 6 |
| 5 | Spain | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 138 | -108 | 4 |

* Point system: try 5 pt, conversion: 2 pt., penalty kick 3 pt. drop 3 pt Click "show" for more info about match (scorers, line-up etc)
* 6 November 1993

| Russia | 19 - 30 | Italy |
| - | - | - |
| Try: Bondarev Con: Nikolayev Pen: Nikolayev (4) | | Try: Checchinato (2), Filizzola Con: Domínguez (3) Pen: Domínguez (3) |

* Fili Stadium, Moscow Referee: G. Barrabes
* 11 November 1993

| Italy | 16 - 9 | France A1 |
| - | - | - |
| Try: penalty try Con: Domínguez Pen: Domínguez (3) | | Pen: Campan (3) |

* Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso Referee: Mircea Paraschivescu
* 20 March 1994

| France A1 | 49 - 3 | Spain |
| - | - | - |

* Stade de Madrazès, Sarlat Referee: S. Faccioli
* 10 April 1994

| Spain | 9 - 16 | Russia |
| - | - | - |
| Pen: Gorrotxategui Fernández (3) | | Try: Mochnev Con: Nikolayev Pen: Nikolayev (3) |

* Campo Universitario, Madrid Referee: R. Jacob
* 7 May 1994

| Romania | 30 - 0 | Russia |
| - | - | - |
| Try: Cioca (2), Colceriu, Leonte Con: Nichitean (2) Pen: Nichitean (2) | | |

* Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest Referee: B. Campsall
* 28 May 1994

| Russia | 9 - 11 | France A1 |
| - | - | - |

* Fili Stadium, Moscow

## Pool for Sixth place

| Place | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Table points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Place | Nation | played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | diff. | Table points |
| 1 | Germany | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 93 | 67 | 26 | 10 |
| 2 | Tunisia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 59 | 63 | -4 | 9 |
| 3 | Belgium | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 60 | 70 | -10 | 9 |
| 4 | Morocco | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 77 | 78 | -1 | 8 |
| 5 | Portugal | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 57 | 68 | -11 | 4 |

* 2 October 1993

| Tunisia | 15 - 6 | Germany |
| - | - | - |

* Tunis
* 21 November 1993

| Germany | 32 - 16 | Belgium |
| - | - | - |

* Heusenstamm
* 29 January 1994

| Belgium | 18 - 14 | Morocco |
| - | - | - |

* Brussels
* 23 March 1994

| Germany | 35 - 18 | Morocco |
| - | - | - |

* Hanover
* 9 April 1994

| Belgium | 10 - 8 | Portugal |
| - | - | - |

* Liege
* 17 April 1994

| Portugal | 18 - 20 | Germany |
| - | - | - |

* Lisbon
* 30 April 1994

| Morocco | 20 - 15 | Portugal |
| - | - | - |

* Casablanca
* 4 May 1994

| Morocco | 25 - 10 | Tunisia |
| - | - | - |

* Casablanca
* 7 May 1994

| Portugal | 16 - 18 | Tunisia |
| - | - | - |

* Lisbon
* 14 May 1994

| Tunisia | 16 - 16 | Belgium |
| - | - | - |

* Tunisia

## Second Division

### Pool A

| Place | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Table points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Place | Nation | played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | diff. | Table points |
| 1 | Poland | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 154 | 81 | +73 | 22 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 232 | 75 | +157 | 18 |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 154 | 144 | +10 | 16 |
| 4 | Andorra | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 44 | 222 | -178 | 12 |
| 5 | Sweden | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 102 | 164 | -62 | 11 |

* 26 October 1992

| Poland | 17 - 10 | Sweden |
| - | - | - |

* Gdańsk
* 31 October 1992

| Poland | 25 - 8 | Czechoslovakia |
| - | - | - |

* Bytom
* 15 November 1992

| Czechoslovakia | 21 - 16 | Netherlands |
| - | - | - |

* Prague
* 28 November 1992

| Netherlands | 40 - 6 | Andorra |
| - | - | - |

* Haarlem
* 2 May 1993

| Netherlands | 0 - 7 | Poland |
| - | - | - |

* 15 May 1993

| Andorra | 6 - 3 | Czech Republic |
| - | - | - |

* Andorra la Vella
* 6 June 1993

| Sweden | 30 - 7 | Czech Republic |
| - | - | - |

* Uppsala
* 17 April 1993

| Andorra | 6 - 19 | Poland |
| - | - | - |

* Andorra la Vella
* 11 September 1993

| Sweden | 25 - 6 | Andorra |
| - | - | - |

* Nassjo
* 17 October 1993

| Czech Republic | 19 - 18 | Poland |
| - | - | - |

* Vyškov
* 31 October 1993

| Netherlands | 42 - 6 | Czech Republic |
| - | - | - |

* The Hague
* 3 November 1993

| Czech Republic | 34 - 7 | Sweden |
| - | - | - |

* Apeldoorn
* 6 November 1993

| Netherlands | 31 - 6 | Sweden |
| - | - | - |

* Amsterdam
* 6 November 1993

| Poland | 30 - 10 | Andorra |
| - | - | - |

* Sochaczew
* 26 March 1994

| Andorra | 10 - 49 | Netherlands |
| - | - | - |

* Andorra la Vella
* 16 April 1994

| Sweden | 18 - 25 | Poland |
| - | - | - |

* Karlskrona
* 23 April 1994

| Czech Republic | 56 - 0 | Andorra |
| - | - | - |

* Prague
* 30 April 1994

| Poland | 13 - 10 | Netherlands |
| - | - | - |

* Lublin
* 7 May 1994

| Sweden | 6 - 44 | Netherlands |
| - | - | - |

* Vanersborg

| Andorra | 6 – 0 withdraw | Sweden |
| - | - | - |

### Pool B

| Place | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Table points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Place | Nation | played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | diff. | Table points |
| 1 | Croatia | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 294 | 56 | +238 | 22 |
| 2 | Hungary | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 75 | 187 | -112 | 16 |
| 3 | Slovenia | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 95 | 226 | -131 | 14 |
| 4 | Ukraine | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 183 | 42 | +141 | 12 |
| 5 | Austria | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 38 | 162 | -124 | 12 |

* 31 October 1992

| Austria | 3 - 5 | Hungary |
| - | - | - |

* Budapest
* 7 November 1992

| Slovenia | 3 - 35 | Croatia |
| - | - | - |

* Ljubliana
* 21 November 1992

| Slovenia | 5 - 9 | Austria |
| - | - | - |

* 1 May 1993

| Hungary | 36 - 6 | Slovenia |
| - | - | - |

* Budapest
* 8 May 1993

| Austria | 0 - 16 | Croatia |
| - | - | - |

* Leoben
* 22 May 1993

| Croatia | 78 - 3 | Hungary |
| - | - | - |

* Sisak

| Ukraine | 0 - 3 withdraw | Austria |
| - | - | - |
| Ukraine | 0 - 3 withdraw | Croatia |
| Ukraine | 0 - 3 withdraw | Slovenia |
| Ukraine | 0 - 3 withdraw | Hungary |

* 16 October 1993

| Hungary | 3 - 41 | Ukraine |
| - | - | - |

* Miskolc
* 24 October 1993

| Austria | 11 - 14 | Slovenia |
| - | - | - |

* Wien
* 16 April 1994

| Croatia | 41 - 12 | Austria |
| - | - | - |

* Sisak
* 23 April 1994

| Croatia | 77 - 10 | Slovenia |
| - | - | - |

* Zagreb
* 29 April 1994

| Croatia | 13 - 23 | Ukraine |
| - | - | - |

* Sisak
* 7 May 1994

| Slovenia | 26 - 41 | Ukraine |
| - | - | - |

* Ljubliana
* 14 May 1994

| Austria | 0 - 78 | Ukraine |
| - | - | - |

* Wien
* 14 May 1994

| Slovenia | 28 - 17 | Hungary |
| - | - | - |

* Ljubliana
* 28 May 1994

| Hungary | 5 - 31 | Croatia |
| - | - | - |

* Érd

| Hungary | 3 - 0 withdraw | Austria |
| - | - | - |

## Third Division

### Pool A

| Place | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Table points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Place | Nation | played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | diff. | Table points |
| 1 | Georgia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 34 | +26 | 8 |
| 2 | Latvia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 40 | -2 | 5 |
| 4 | Luxembourg | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 52 | -24 | 4 |

* 19 July 1992

| Georgia | 28 - 3 | Latvia |
| - | - | - |

* Kyiv
* 30 April 1993

| Luxembourg | 10 - 25 | Latvia |
| - | - | - |

* Luxembourg
* 31 October 1993

| Luxembourg | 10 - 10 | Georgia |
| - | - | - |

* Cessange
* 6 November 1993

| Latvia | 10 - 0 | Switzerland |
| - | - | - |

* Riga
* 15 May 1994

| Luxembourg | 8 - 17 | Switzerland |
| - | - | - |

* Luxembourg
* 4 June 1994

| Switzerland | 21 - 22 | Georgia |
| - | - | - |

* La Chaux-de-Fonds

### Pool B

| Place | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Table points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Place | Nation | played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | diff. | Table points |
| 1 | Moldova | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 9 | +55 | 6 |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 58 | -35 | 6 |
| 3 | Denmark | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 76 | 17 | -59 | 4 |
| 4 | Lithuania | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 100 | -79 | 4 |

* 10 October 1993

| Lithuania | 6 - 22 | Moldova |
| - | - | - |

* Siauliai
* 6 November 1993

| Bulgaria | 9 - 9 | Lithuania |
| - | - | - |

* Gabrovo
* 27 November 1993

| Bulgaria | 11 - 7 | Denmark |
| - | - | - |

* Gabrovo
* 23 April 1994

| Moldova | 42 - 3 | Bulgaria |
| - | - | - |

* Kishinev
* 7 May 1994

| Denmark | 69 - 6 | Lithuania |
| - | - | - |

* Copenhagen
* Moldova-Denmark not played
