1972–73 FIRA Nations Cup
# 1972–73 FIRA Nations Cup

The Nations Cup 1972-73 was the 13th edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams, and eighth (and last) with the formula and the name of "Nations Cup".

The tournament was won by France, who won all their three games, with Romania, Spain and Morocco.

## First division

* Table

| Place | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Table points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Place | Nation | played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | Table points |
| 1 | France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 35 | 83 | 9 |
| 2 | Romania | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 91 | 37 | 54 | 7 |
| 3 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 55 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Morocco | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 162 | -138 | 3 |

* Results
* Point system: try 4 pt, conversion: 2 pt., penalty kick 3 pt. drop 3 pt, goal from mark 3 pt. Click "show" for more info about match (scorers, line-up etc)
* 3 March 1973

| Morocco | 6 - 73 | France B |
| - | - | - |

* Casablanca
* 11 March 1973

| Morocco | 9 - 20 | Spain |
| - | - | - |

* Casablanca
* 14 April 1973

| Romania | 16 - 13 | Spain |
| - | - | - |

* Constanta
* 20 April 1973

| Romania | 69 - 9 | Morocco |
| - | - | - |

* Bucharest
* 3 June 1973

| Spain | 23 - 30 | France B |
| - | - | - |

* La Foixarda, Barcelona

## Second Division

### Pool 1

* 8 October 1972

| Poland | 23 - 9 | Czechoslovakia |
| - | - | - |

* Warsaw
* 7 April 1973

| Czechoslovakia | 6 - 16 | Poland |
| - | - | - |

* Prague
* Aggregate: Poland 39- Czechoslovakia 15

### Pool 2

* Table

| Place | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Table points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Place | Nation | played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | Table points |
| 1 | Portugal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | Italy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 21 | -2 | 4 |
| 3 | Yugoslavia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 16 | -1 | 3 |

* Results
* Point system: try 4 pt, conversion: 2 pt., penalty kick 3 pt. drop 3 pt, goal from mark 3 pt. Click "show" for more info about match (scorers, line-up etc)
* 8 April 1973

| Yugoslavia | 3 - 3 | Portugal |
| - | - | - |

* Makarska

### Final

* 22 April 1973

| Poland | 35 - 13 | Portugal |
| - | - | - |

* Warsaw
* 13 May 1973

| Portugal | 13 - 3 | Poland |
| - | - | - |

* Coimbra
* Aggregate: Poland 38 - Portugal 26
* Poland promoted to division 1
