2016 World Rugby Nations Cup
# 2016 World Rugby Nations Cup

The 2016 World Rugby Cup of Nations was the eleventh edition of the World Rugby Nations Cup rugby union tournament, created by World Rugby (formerly IRB). As with the previous nine tournaments, the competition took place in the Stadionul Naţional de Rugby in Bucharest, Romania.

Due to Georgia's tour of the Pacific Islands in June, the World Rugby Tbilisi Cup did not take place. Instead, this tournament featured six teams split in two pools of three, where the three European teams played the other three teams. This format was last used in 2012. Hosts Romania won the title, for the fourth time in five years. Romania finished with 13 points after beating the Argentina XV in the decisive match.

## Teams

* Argentina XV
* Emerging Italy
* Namibia
* Romania
* Spain
* Uruguay

## Standings

### Pool A

| | Team | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Tries | Tries | Bonus points | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | For | Against | Bonus points | Points |
| 1 | Argentina XV | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 92 | 58 | +34 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | Namibia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 78 | +2 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 66 | -26 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 5 |
| Source : worldrugby.org Points breakdown: *4 points for a win *2 points for a draw *1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less *1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match |||||||||||||

### Pool B

| | Team | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Tries | Tries | Bonus points | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | For | Against | Bonus points | Points |
| 1 | Romania | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 16 | +64 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | Emerging Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 82 | 102 | -20 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Spain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 94 | -54 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 2 |
| Source : worldrugby.org Points breakdown: *4 points for a win *2 points for a draw *1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less *1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match |||||||||||||

## Fixtures

### Matchday 1

* 9 June 2016 16:00 EET (UTC+02)

| Argentina XV | 44 - 8 | Spain |
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| | Report | |

* 9 June 2016 18:00 EET (UTC+02)

| Uruguay | 24 - 26 | Emerging Italy |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | |

* 9 June 2016 20:00 EET (UTC+02)

| Namibia | 8-20 | Romania |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | |

### Matchday 2

* 13 June 2016 16:00 EET (UTC+02)

| Argentina XV | 40-30 | Emerging Italy |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | |

* 13 June 2016 18:00 EET (UTC+02)

| Namibia | 34-32 | Spain |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | |

* 13 June 2016 20:00 EET (UTC+02)

| Uruguay | 0-40 | Romania |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | |

### Week 3 (place games)

* 18 June 2016 16:00 EET (UTC+02)

| Uruguay | 16-0 | Spain |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | |

* 18 June 2016 18:00 EET (UTC+02)

| Namibia | 38-26 | Emerging Italy |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | |

* 18 June 2016 20:00 EET (UTC+02)

| Argentina XV | 8-20 | Romania |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | |
