1983–84 FIRA Trophy
# 1983–84 FIRA Trophy

The 1983–84 FIRA Trophy was the 24th edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams.

The tournament was won by France, with a Grand Slam. Romania, Italy and Soviet Union finished in the following places, with the same points. The French only awarded caps in their win over Romania (25-15). Poland and Morocco finished in the 5th and 6th places and were relegated.

Spain and Tunisia won the Second division pools and were promoted for the following season.

## First division

| Place | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Table points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Place | Nation | played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | Table points |
| 1 | France | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 159 | 47 | +112 | 15 |
| 2 | Romania | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 71 | 40 | +31 | 11 |
| 3 | Italy | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 60 | +2 | 11 |
| 4 | Soviet Union | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 67 | 70 | -3 | 11 |
| 5 | Poland | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 78 | -65 | 6 |
| 6 | Morocco | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 102 | -77 | 4 |

* Morocco and Poland relegated to division 2
* 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.)
* 30 October 1983

| Romania | 31 - 0 | Poland |
| - | - | - |
| Try: Murariu, Radulescu, Aldea, Caragea Con: Dumitru (3) Pen: Dumitru Drop: Dinu | | |

* Dinamo Stadion, Bucharest Referee: N. Camaduro
* 30 October 1983

| Soviet Union | 16 - 7 | Italy |
| - | - | - |
| Try: Mironov, Parshin, Feshenko Con: Gonyani (2) | | Try: Zanon Pen: Torresan |

* Spartak Stadium, Kyiv Referee: Bressy
* 20 November 1983

| Romania | 19 - 3 | Soviet Union |
| - | - | - |
| Try: Ion Pen: Ion, Podarescu (2) Drop: Podarescu | | Pen: Gonyani |

* Dinamo Stadion, Bucharest Attendance: 3,000 Referee: J.-C- Doucet
* 19 February 1984

| France A1 | 38 - 16 | Italy |
| - | - | - |
| Try: Camberabero, Carpentier (2), Caussade, Janik, Martinez Con: Camberabero (4) Pen: Camberabero (2) | | Try: Azzali, Ghizzoni Con: Bettarello Pen: Bettarello (2) |

* Stade Léo-Lagrange, Chalon-sur-Saône Referee: John Trigg
* 4 March 1984

| France A1 | 45-10 | Morocco |
| - | - | - |

* Stade Jean-Antoine Moueix, Libourne
* 18 March 1984

| Italy | 27 - 0 | Morocco |
| - | - | - |
| Try: Zanon, Ghizzoni, Screnci Con: Bettarello (3) Pen: Bettarello (3) | | |

* Stadio Leonardo Garilli, Piacenza Referee: Matheu
* 8 April 1984

| Romania | 6 – 0 withdraw | Morocco |
| - | - | - |

* 29 April 1984

| Morocco | 6 - 7 | Poland |
| - | - | - |

* Rabat
* 6 May 1984

| Morocco | 9 - 23 | Soviet Union |
| - | - | - |

* Olimpic Centre, Rabat
* 16 May 1984

| Poland | 3 - 19 | France A1 |
| - | - | - |

* Warsaw
* 20 May 1984

| Soviet Union | 3 - 32 | France A1 |
| - | - | - |

* Fili Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 4,500
* 27 May 1984

| Poland | 3 - 22 | Soviet Union |
| - | - | - |

* Warsaw
* 1984

| Italy | 6 – 0 withdraw | Poland |
| - | - | - |

## Second division

### Pool A

| Place | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Table points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Place | Nation | played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | Table points |
| 1 | Spain | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 103 | 28 | +75 | 11 |
| 2 | Portugal | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 79 | 21 | +58 | 11 |
| 3 | Belgium | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 49 | 39 | +10 | 7 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 62 | -19 | 7 |
| 5 | Denmark | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 152 | -124 | 4 |

* Spain promoted to division 1
* 5 November 1983

| Netherlands | 6 - 6 | Belgium |
| - | - | - |

* 19 November 1983

| Netherlands | 28 - 3 | Denmark |
| - | - | - |

* 10 December 1983

| Belgium | 31 - 9 | Denmark |
| - | - | - |

* Brussels
* 25 February 1984

| Spain | 32 - 6 | Netherlands |
| - | - | - |

* Polideportivo Municipal de Orcasitas, Madrid
* 11 March 1984

| Portugal | 6 - 6 | Spain |
| - | - | - |
| Pen: Queimado Drop: Queimado | | Pen: Nuñez Doval (2) |

* Lisbon University Stadium, Lisbon
* 22 March 1984

| Spain | 12 - 3 | Belgium |
| - | - | - |

* Estadio Pepe Rojo, Valladolid
* 24 March 1984

| Portugal | 21 - 3 | Netherlands |
| - | - | - |

* Coimbra
* 5 April 1984

| Belgium | 9 - 12 | Portugal |
| - | - | - |

* Brussels
* 8 April 1984

| Denmark | 3 - 40 | Portugal |
| - | - | - |

* Copenhagen
* 28 April 1984

| Denmark | 13 - 53 | Spain |
| - | - | - |

* Copenhagen

### Pool B

| Place | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Table points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Place | Nation | played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | Table points |
| 1 | Tunisia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 37 | +53 | 12 |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 49 | +16 | 10 |
| 3 | Sweden | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 58 | -21 | 8 |
| 4 | West Germany | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 53 | +10 | 6 |
| 5 | Yugoslavia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 86 | -58 | 3 |

* Tunisia promoted to division 1
* 25 September 1983

| Czechoslovakia | 20 - 10 | Sweden |
| - | - | - |

* Prague
* 22 October 1983

| Tunisia | 25 - 6 | Sweden |
| - | - | - |

* Monaco
* 29 October 1983

| Tunisia | 23 - 9 | West Germany |
| - | - | - |

* Tunis
* 5 November 1983

| Yugoslavia | 16 - 20 | Czechoslovakia |
| - | - | - |

* Split
* 13 November 1983

| West Germany | 38 - 0 | Yugoslavia |
| - | - | - |

* Rudolf-Kalweit-Stadion, Hanover
* 15 April 1984

| West Germany | 3 - 15 | Czechoslovakia |
| - | - | - |

* Fritz-Grunebaum-Sportpark, Heidelberg
* 5 May 1984

| Sweden | 15 - 13 | Germany |
| - | - | - |

* Norrköping
* 13 May 1984

| Czechoslovakia | 10 - 20 | Tunisia |
| - | - | - |

* Prague
* 5 May 1984

| Yugoslavia | 12 - 22 | Tunisia |
| - | - | - |

* Split
* 1984

| Sweden | 6 – 0 Withdraw | Yugoslavia |
| - | - | - |

* withdraw
