European Nations Cup 2010–2012

The European Nations Cup 2010–2012 (ENC) is a rugby union competition for European national teams in the second and third class, below the Six Nations . 35 teams in seven divisions are involved. In contrast to the previous edition, this competition does not serve as a World Cup qualification.

Regulations

The point system used in all divisions is as follows:

• 4 points if you win
• 2 points if there is a tie
• 0 points if you lose
• 1 bonus point for four or more attempts in a game
• 1 bonus point for a loss with a difference of seven or less points

Division 1A

Table 2011

Champion of the European Nations Cup

	country	Games	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Game points	Diff.	Bonus points	Table points
1.	Georgia	5	5	0	0	168: 35	+ 133	2	22nd
2.	Romania	5	3	0	2	166: 69	+ 97	4th	16
3.	Portugal	5	3	0	2	113: 98	+ 15	2	14th
4th	Russia	5	2	0	3	100: 98	+ 2	3	11
5.	Spain	5	2	0	3	92: 175	- 83	2	10
6th	Ukraine	5	0	0	5	61: 225	- 164	0	0

Table 2012

Champion of the European Nations Cup

	country	Games	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Game points	Diff.	Bonus points	Table points
1.	Georgia	5	4th	0	1	148: 48	+ 100	4th	20th
2.	Spain	5	3	0	2	133: 100	+ 33	4th	16
3.	Romania	5	3	0	2	136: 39	+ 97	4th	16
4th	Russia	5	3	0	2	112: 159	- 47	2	14th
5.	Portugal	5	1	0	4th	102: 132	- 30	3	7th
6th	Ukraine	5	1	0	4th	63: 216	- 153	1	5

Total season

Relegation to Division 1B

	country	Games	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Game points	Diff.	Bonus points	Table points
1.	Georgia	10	9	0	1	316: 83	+ 233	6th	42
2.	Romania	10	6th	0	4th	302: 108	+ 194	8th	32
3.	Spain	10	5	0	5	225: 275	- 50	6th	26th
4th	Russia	10	5	0	5	212: 257	- 45	5	25th
5.	Portugal	10	4th	0	6th	215: 230	- 15	5	21st
6th	Ukraine	10	1	0	9	124: 442	- 318	1	5

date	home	guest	Result	place
February 5, 2011	Georgia	Ukraine	62: 3	Tbilisi
February 5, 2011	Spain	Russia	24:28	Madrid
February 5, 2011	Portugal	Romania	24:17	Lisbon
February 12, 2011	Georgia	Spain	60: 0	Tbilisi
February 12, 2011	Russia	Portugal	19:21	Sochi
February 12, 2011	Ukraine	Romania	Canceled due to weather conditions.
February 26, 2011	Portugal	Georgia	12:13	Lisbon
February 26, 2011	Romania	Russia	33: 0	Bucharest
February 26, 2011	Spain	Ukraine	35:13	Madrid
March 12, 2011	Georgia	Romania	18:11	Tbilisi
March 12, 2011	Spain	Portugal	25:10	Madrid
March 12, 2011	Ukraine	Russia	5:41	Odessa
March 29, 2011	Russia	Georgia	9:15	Sochi
March 29, 2011	Romania	Spain	64: 8	Bucharest
March 29, 2011	Portugal	Ukraine	46:24	Lisbon
August 20, 2011	Ukraine	Romania	16:41	Lviv
4th February 2012	Romania	Portugal	15: 7	Bucharest
4th February 2012	Ukraine	Georgia	Canceled due to weather conditions.
February 11, 2012	Spain	Georgia	25:18	Madrid
February 11, 2012	Portugal	Russia	32:33	Lisbon
February 11, 2012	Romania	Ukraine	Canceled due to weather conditions.
February 25, 2012	Georgia	Portugal	32: 7	Tbilisi
February 25, 2012	Russia	Romania	0:25	Sochi
February 25, 2012	Ukraine	Spain	6:41	Alushta
March 10, 2012	Romania	Georgia	13:19	Bucharest
March 10, 2012	Portugal	Spain	23:17	Coimbra
March 10, 2012	Russia	Ukraine	38:19	Sochi
March 17, 2012	Georgia	Russia	46: 0	Tbilisi
March 17, 2012	Spain	Romania	13:12	Madrid
March 17, 2012	Ukraine	Portugal	35:33	Odessa
March 31, 2012	Romania	Ukraine	71-0	Bucharest
May 19, 2012	Russia	Spain	41:37	Moscow
June 9, 2012	Ukraine	Georgia	3:33	Odessa

Division 1B

Promotion to Division 1A

Relegation to Division 2A

	country	Games	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Game points	Diff.	Bonus points	Table points
1.	Belgium	10	9	0	1	303: 149	+ 154	4th	40
2.	Poland	10	6th	1	3	238: 189	+ 49	5	31
3.	Moldova	10	5	1	4th	194: 211	- 17th	4th	26th
4th	Germany	10	4th	0	6th	229: 212	+ 17	6th	22nd
5.	Czech Republic	10	4th	0	6th	160: 217	- 57	4th	20th
6th	Netherlands	10	1	0	9	153: 299	- 146	2	6th

date	home	guest	Result	place
October 9, 2010	Czech Republic	Poland	20:15	Prague
November 13, 2010	Poland	Moldova	25:36	Gdynia
November 13, 2010	Czech Republic	Belgium	12:24	Prague
November 20, 2010	Germany	Poland	17:22	Frankfurt am Main
November 20, 2010	Netherlands	Czech Republic	13:25	Amsterdam
November 27, 2010	Netherlands	Germany	10:29	Amsterdam
January 12, 2011	Belgium	Moldova	20: 5	Brussels
March 12, 2011	Germany	Czech Republic	23:29	Heidelberg
March 12, 2011	Poland	Belgium	28:21	Gdynia
March 19, 2011	Belgium	Germany	28:25	Brussels
March 19, 2011	Moldova	Czech Republic	24:16	Chișinău
April 2, 2011	Moldova	Germany	28:15	Chișinău
April 16, 2011	Poland	Netherlands	32:18	Krakow
April 23, 2011	Netherlands	Belgium	18:30	Amsterdam
April 30, 2011	Moldova	Netherlands	22:15	Chișinău
October 15, 2011	Poland	Czech Republic	20:13	Nowy Sącz
November 5, 2011	Belgium	Czech Republic	55: 0	Brussels
November 12, 2011	Germany	Netherlands	23: 7	Hanover
November 12, 2011	Moldova	Poland	17:17	Chișinău
November 19, 2011	Poland	Germany	34: 8	Danzig
November 19, 2011	Czech Republic	Netherlands	22:10	Prague
November 26, 2011	Czech Republic	Moldova	6:13	Prague
February 25, 2012	Belgium	Netherlands	58: 3	Brussels
March 10, 2012	Moldova	Belgium	16:17	Chișinău
March 10, 2012	Czech Republic	Germany	17:20	Prague
March 17, 2012	Germany	Belgium	29:30	Heusenstamm
March 24, 2012	Germany	Moldova	40: 7	Heidelberg
April 7, 2012	Belgium	Poland	20:13	Brussels
April 7, 2012	Netherlands	Moldova	40:26	Amsterdam
April 21, 2012	Netherlands	Poland	19:32	Amsterdam

Division 2A

Promotion to Division 1B

Barrage against the second in Division 2B

Relegation to Division 2B

	country	Games	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Game points	Diff.	Bonus points	Table points
1.	Sweden	8th	6th	1	1	235: 150	+ 85	3	29
2.	Lithuania	8th	5	1	2	233: 125	+ 108	6th	28
3.	Malta	8th	4th	0	4th	146: 135	+ 11	4th	20th
4th	Croatia	8th	3	0	5	162: 170	- 8	4th	16
5.	Latvia	8th	1	0	7th	96: 292	- 196	3	7th

date	home	guest	Result	place
October 23, 2010	Croatia	Sweden	13:32	Zagreb
October 30, 2010	Lithuania	Malta	9: 6	Šiauliai
October 30, 2010	Latvia	Croatia	12:14	Riga
November 6, 2010	Malta	Latvia	26:33	Paola
November 10, 2010	Sweden	Lithuania	26:22	Trelleborg
April 30, 2011	Lithuania	Latvia	57: 3	Klaipeda
April 30, 2011	Malta	Croatia	21:14	La Valletta
May 7, 2011	Croatia	Lithuania	12:29	Split
May 7, 2011	Sweden	Malta	24:13	Stockholm
May 14, 2011	Latvia	Sweden	29:54	Riga
October 22, 2011	Lithuania	Sweden	30:30	Kaunas
October 29, 2011	Latvia	Malta	0:28	Riga
October 29, 2011	Sweden	Croatia	24:18	Enkoping
November 5, 2011	Malta	Lithuania	14:10	La Valletta
November 5, 2011	Croatia	Latvia	34: 8	Split
April 21, 2012	Malta	Sweden	22:14	La Valletta
April 28, 2012	Latvia	Lithuania	8:48	Riga
April 28, 2012	Croatia	Malta	31:16	Zagreb
May 5, 2012	Sweden	Latvia	31: 3	Enkoping
May 5, 2012	Lithuania	Croatia	28:26	Vilnius

Division 2B

Promotion to Division 2A

Barrage against the fourth in Division 2A

Barrage against the second in Division 2C

Relegation to Division 2C

	country	Games	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Game points	Diff.	Bonus points	Table points
1.	Switzerland	8th	7th	0	1	253: 77	+ 176	6th	34
2.	Andorra	8th	5	0	3	168: 88	+ 80	5	29
3.	Serbia	8th	4th	0	4th	174: 126	+ 48	4th	20th
4th	Slovenia	8th	3	0	5	106: 210	- 104	0	4th
5.	Armenia	8th	0	0	8th	0: 200	- 200	0	0

date	home	guest	Result	place
October 2, 2010	Switzerland	Armenia	25: 0 *	Lausanne
October 9, 2010	Andorra	Slovenia	22: 7	Andorra la Vella
October 23, 2010	Slovenia	Serbia	33: 3	Ljubljana
November 18, 2010	Armenia	Andorra	0:25 *	Abovyan
November 20, 2010	Serbia	Switzerland	18:15	Belgrade
February 19, 2011	Andorra	Serbia	42:25	Andorra la Vella
March 19, 2011	Switzerland	Andorra	21: 9	Nyon
April 30, 2011	Slovenia	Switzerland	10:33	Ljubljana
May 7, 2011	Serbia	Armenia	25: 0 *	Belgrade
May 28, 2011	Armenia	Slovenia	0:25 *	Abovyan
October 29, 2011	Serbia	Slovenia	52-0	Belgrade
November 12, 2011	Switzerland	Serbia	27:19	Monthey
November 12, 2011	Slovenia	Andorra	6:15	Ljubljana
November 26, 2011	Andorra	Switzerland	21:22	Andorra la Vella
March 17, 2012	Switzerland	Slovenia	85: 0	Nyon
April 7, 2012	Andorra	Armenia	25: 0 *	Andorra la Vella
April 14, 2012	Armenia	Switzerland	0:25 *	Yerevan
April 14, 2012	Serbia	Andorra	7: 9	Belgrade
April 19, 2012	Armenia	Serbia	0:25 *	Yerevan
April 16, 2012	Slovenia	Armenia	25: 0 *	Ljubljana

* Forfait

Division 2C

Promotion to Division 2B

Barrage against the fourth of Division 2B

Barrage against the second in Division 2D

Relegation to the 2D division

	country	Games	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Game points	Diff.	Bonus points	Table points
1.	Israel	8th	7th	0	1	186: 97	+ 89	2	30th
2.	Denmark	8th	5	1	2	155: 131	+ 24	1	23
3.	Austria	8th	3	0	5	157: 141	+ 16	5	17th
4th	Hungary	8th	3	0	5	130: 182	- 52	2	14th
5.	Norway	8th	1	1	6th	72: 149	- 77	2	8th

date	home	guest	Result	place
October 16, 2010	Norway	Denmark	14:14	Oslo
October 16, 2010	Hungary	Austria	22:16	Százhalombatta
October 30, 2010	Israel	Hungary	23:14	Netanya
November 6, 2010	Austria	Norway	15: 9	Vienna
November 6, 2010	Denmark	Hungary	21:20	Odense
April 9, 2011	Israel	Austria	20:11	Netanya
May 7, 2011	Denmark	Israel	27:19	Odense
May 14, 2011	Austria	Denmark	23:16	Vienna
May 14, 2011	Norway	Israel	3:15	Oslo
June 4, 2011	Hungary	Norway	21: 5	Budapest
October 15, 2011	Denmark	Norway	28: 5	Odense
October 22, 2011	Austria	Israel	26:28	Vienna
October 29, 2011	Hungary	Denmark	13:21	Esztergom
October 29, 2011	Israel	Norway	22:11	Netanya
November 5, 2011	Austria	Hungary	38: 7	Vienna
April 21, 2012	Hungary	Israel	5:44	Esztergom
April 21, 2012	Denmark	Austria	28:22	Odense
May 5, 2012	Norway	Austria	11: 6	Mountains
May 19, 2012	Norway	Hungary	14:28	Oslo
June 2, 2012	Israel	Denmark	15: 0	Netanya

Division 2D

Promotion to Division 2C

Barrage against the fourth in Division 2C

Relegation to Division 3A

	country	Games	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Game points	Diff.	Bonus points	Table points
1.	Cyprus	8th	8th	0	0	466: 51	+ 405	8th	40
2.	Bulgaria	8th	5	0	3	118: 276	- 158	1	21st
3.	Greece	8th	3	0	5	148: 187	- 39	5	17th
4th	Luxembourg	8th	3	0	5	108: 186	- 78	1	13
5.	Finland	8th	1	0	7th	79: 227	- 148	3	7th

date	home	guest	Result	place
October 9, 2010	Finland	Luxembourg	10:18	Jyväskylä
5th November 2010	Bulgaria	Greece	25:22	Pernik
November 13, 2010	Luxembourg	Bulgaria	8:18	Luxembourg
November 20, 2010	Greece	Cyprus	13:33	Athens
March 12, 2011	Cyprus	Bulgaria	55: 8	Paphos
March 26, 2010	Cyprus	Finland	70:10	Paphos
April 2, 2011	Greece	Luxembourg	30:18	Egaleo
May 7, 2011	Luxembourg	Cyprus	0:50	Luxembourg
May 14, 2011	Bulgaria	Finland	12:10	Pernik
June 11, 2011	Finland	Greece	11: 7	Helsinki
October 8, 2011	Cyprus	Luxembourg	48: 7	Paphos
October 22, 2011	Bulgaria	Luxembourg	19:16	Pernik
November 5, 2011	Greece	Bulgaria	47: 7	Thessaloniki
November 12, 2011	Greece	Finland	16: 6	Athens
April 21, 2012	Luxembourg	Finland	26: 3	Luxembourg
April 28, 2012	Bulgaria	Cyprus	3:94	Pernik
5th June 2012	Luxembourg	Greece	15: 8	Luxembourg
May 26, 2012	Cyprus	Greece	72: 5	Paphos
May 26, 2012	Finland	Bulgaria	24:26	Turku
June 9, 2012	Finland	Cyprus	5:52	Helsinki

Division 3

Promotion to Division 2D

	country	Games	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Game points	Diff.	Bonus points	Table points
1.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	3	0	0	131: 53	+ 78	3	15th
2.	Slovakia	3	1	0	2	61:98	- 37	1	5
3.	Azerbaijan	2	0	0	2	22:63	- 41	0	0

date	home	guest	Result	place
October 25, 2010	Bosnia	Slovakia	45:21	Zenica
October 28, 2010	Slovakia	Azerbaijan	25: 5	Zenica
October 31, 2010	Bosnia	Azerbaijan	38:17	Zenica
October 9, 2011	Slovakia	Azerbaijan	called off
October 12, 2011	Azerbaijan	Bosnia	called off
October 15, 2011	Slovakia	Bosnia	15:48	Bratislava

Barrage games

2A / 2B

May 26, 2012	Andorra	8:44	Croatia	Andorra la Vella

Croatia remains in Division 2A, Andorra in Division 2B.

2B / 2C

June 9, 2012	Denmark	25: 0	Slovenia	Odense

Slovenia renounces the game, loses forfait and voluntarily relegates to Division 2C.

2C / 2D

June 23, 2012	Bulgaria	29: 26	Hungary	Sofia

Bulgaria is promoted to Division 2C while Hungary is relegated to Division 2D.

Web links

• FIRA-AER website