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":
And five in the pool for the "Plate":
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 Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against diff.1 4 3 0 1 120 28 +92 102 4 3 0 1 120 69 +51 103 4 3 0 1 67 66 +1 104 4 1 0 3 44 80 -36 65 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)
Pool for Sixth place
Place Nation Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against diff.14 3 0 1 93 67 26 1024 2 1 1 59 63 -4 934 2 1 1 60 70 -10 94 4 2 0 2 77 78 -1 85 4 0 0 4 57 68 -11 4
Second Division
Pool A Place Nation Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against diff.1 8 7 0 1 154 81 +73 222 8 5 0 3 232 75 +157 183 8 4 0 4 154 144 +10 164 8 2 0 6 44 222 -178 125 8 2 0 6 102 164 -62 11
Pool B Place Nation Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against diff.18 7 0 1 294 56 +238 2228 4 0 4 75 187-1121638 3 0 5 95 226 -131 144 8 4 0 4 183 42 +141 125 8 2 0 6 38 162 -124 12
Third Division
Pool A Place Nation Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against diff.13 2 1 0 60 34 +26 823 2 0 1 38 38 0 733 1 0 2 38 40 -2 54 3 0 1 2 28 52 -24 4
Pool B Place Nation Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against diff.1 320164 9+5562 311123 58-3563 310276 17-5944 301221100-794
Moldova-Denmark not played
References
Bibliography Francesco Volpe, Valerio Vecchiarelli (2000), 2000 Italia in Meta, Storia della nazionale italiana di rugby dagli albori al Sei Nazioni, GS Editore (2000) . Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999).
External links 1992-94 FIRA Trophy at ESPN