2010–12 European Nations Cup First Division

2010–12 European Nations Cup

Logo of the 2010–2012 European Nations Cup
Date	2010–2012
Countries	Division 1A: Georgia Portugal Spain Russia Romania Ukraine Division 1B: Belgium Czech Republic Germany Moldova Netherlands Poland
Final positions
Champions	Georgia (2011, 2012)
Antim Cup	Georgia (2011, 2012)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	Division 1A: 30 Division 1B: 30
← 2008–10 2012–14 →

The 2010–2012 European Nations Cup is the premier rugby union competition below the Six Nations Championship in Europe.

The divisions play on a two-year cycle with the teams playing each other both home and away. From 2009 onward, the title is awarded according to a one-year ranking. Georgia won the 2011 title.

The competition has been slightly altered for the 2010–2012 edition. The top division, formerly Division 1, now Division 1A, has seen the relegation of Germany, which has been replaced with the Ukraine. The Division 1B, formerly the Division 2A, has been enlarged from five to six teams. No team was relegated from this division, but the Netherlands were promoted from the Division 2B.

The champions of 1B will be promoted to 1A for 2013–14, while the last placed team in each division will be relegated. Unlike the previous edition, which also functioned as the 2011 Rugby World Cup qualifying, the 2011–2012 Division 1A edition has no additional purpose.

Division 1A

Point system

Table points are determined as follows:

• 4 points for a win
• 2 points for a draw
• 0 point for a loss
• 1 bonus point for scoring 4 tries in a match
• 1 bonus point for losing by 7 points or fewer

Season 2011

• Table

ENC 2011 Champions

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Bonus points	Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Georgia	5	5	0	0	168	35	+133	2	22
2	Romania	5	3	0	2	166	69	+97	4	16
3	Portugal	5	3	0	2	113	98	+15	2	14
4	Russia	5	2	0	3	100	98	+2	3	11
5	Spain	5	2	0	3	92	175	−83	2	10
6	Ukraine	5	0	0	5	61	225	−164	0	0

• Games

5 February 2011	Georgia	62–3	Ukraine	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi
15:00	Try: Natriashvili 5' Samkharadze 16' Gugava 20' Machkhaneli 39' Zirakashvili 41' Kacharava 54' 60' Urjukashvili 64' Abuseridze 73' Chkhaidze 80+2' Con: Kvirikashvili (5/9) Malaghuradze (1/1)	Report	Pen: Kosariev 65'	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Cyril Lafon France

5 February 2011	Spain	24–28	Russia	Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid
16:00	Try: Moreno 50' Auzqui 60' Tudela 78' Con: Rouet (3/3) Pen: Jorajuria 34'	Report	Try: Yanushkin 24' Ostroushko 40' Gresev 42' Con: Kushnarev (2/3) Pen: Kushnarev 2' 54' Rachkov 64'	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Stefano Mancini Italy

5 February 2011	Portugal	24–17	Romania	Estádio Universitário de Lisboa, Lisbon
15:00	Try: Silva 1' Aguilar 21' Oliveira 25' Con: Gardener (3/3) Pen: Gardener 15'	Report	Try: Cazan 65' Nicolae 80' Con: Dumbrava (1/1) Vlaicu (1/1) Pen: Dumbrava 13'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: David Jones Wales

12 February 2011	Georgia	60–0	Spain	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi
15:00	Try: Gugava 7' Kvirikashvili 25' Kacharava 34' Khamashuridze 40' Natriashvili 52' Zibzibadze 63' 72' Labadze 66' Urjukashvili 79' Con: Kvirikashvili (4/7) Malaghuradze (2/2) Pen: Kvirikashvili 30'	Report		Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Greg Garner England

12 February 2011	Russia	19–21	Portugal	Sochi Central Stadium, Sochi
14:00	Try: Artemyev (2) 57' m, 80+5' m Pen: Kushnarev 10', 18', 27'	Report	Try: Foro 35' c Acosta 43' m Con: Gardener (1/2) Pen: Gardener 3', 16', 49'	Attendance: 85 Referee: Stéphan Pomarede France

26 February 2011	Portugal	12–13	Georgia	Estádio Universitário de Lisboa, Lisbon
15:00	Pen: Gardener 11', 17', 43', 74'	Report	Try: Kacharava 37' Con: Malaghuradze (1/1) Pen: Malaghuradze 13' Kvirikashvili 60'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: C Passacantando Italy

26 February 2011	Romania	33–3	Russia	Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
16:00	Try: Zebega 56' Sîrbu 59' Carpo 67' Con: Vlaicu (3/3) Pen: Vlaicu 7', 16', 24', 51'	Report	Pen: Kuzin 19'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: JP Doyle England

26 February 2011	Spain	35–13	Ukraine	Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid
16:00	Try: Rofes 19' Heredia 36' Tudela 43' Roca 49' Cook 76' Con: Aubenell (5/5)	Report	Try: Novokreschenov 65' Kirsanov 72' Pen: Kosariev 24'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Cameron Rudkin Scotland

12 March 2011	Georgia	18–11	Romania	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi
15:00	Try: Maisuradze 10' Khamashuridze 13' Con: Maisuradze (1/2) Pen: Kvirikashvili 5' 63'	Report	Try: Poparlan 70' Pen: Vlaicu 24' 40'	Attendance: 23,541 Referee: David Wilkinson Ireland

12 March 2011	Spain	25–10	Portugal	Madrid
16:00	Try: Ayestaran Con: Heredia Pen: Heredia 6	Report	Try: Silveria Pen: Gardener 13'	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Mauro Dordolo Italy

12 March 2011	Ukraine	5–41	Russia	Odessa
15:00	Try: Kravchenko 43'	Report	Try: Grachev 18' Shakirov 30' Fatakhov 40+5' Korshunov 46' Ostrousko 60' Galinovksy 79' Con: Rachkov 19' 31' 40+6' Kluycnikov 61' Pen: Rachkov 14'	Referee: Éric Gauzins France

19 March 2011	Russia	9–15	Georgia	Sochi Central Stadium, Sochi
15:00	Pen: Rachkov 3' 67' 70'	Report	Try: Penalty Try 50' Bregvadze 77' Con: Kvirikashvili 51' Pen: Kvirikashvili 27'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Patrick Pechambert France

19 March 2011	Romania	64–8	Spain	Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
	Try: Fercu 2' Gal 32' Plottschi 44' / Ursache 50' Lemnaru 54' Calafetanu 65' 72' Dunitras 75' 79' Con: Dumbrava 3' 33' 45' 51' Vlaicu 66' 73' 76' 80' Pen: Dumbrava 25'	Report	Try: R.Delgado 60' Pen: Jorajuria 38'	Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Johann van der Merwe Scotland

19 March 2011	Portugal	46–24	Ukraine	Estádio Universitário de Lisboa, Lisbon
15:00		Report		Referee: Dudley Phillips Ireland

20 August 2011	Ukraine	16–41	Romania	Sokil Stadium, Lviv
				Referee: Leighton Hodges Wales

• The scheduled match between Ukraine and Romania on 12 February 2011 was postponed due to snow and freezing weather in Kiev on the planned matchday, and was rescheduled to 20 August in Lviv.

Season 2012

• Table

ENC 2012 Champions

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Bonus points	Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Georgia	5	4	0	1	148	48	+100	4	20
2	Spain	5	3	0	2	133	100	+33	4	16
3	Romania	5	3	0	2	136	39	+97	4	16
4	Russia	5	3	0	2	112	159	−47	2	14
5	Portugal	5	1	0	4	102	132	−30	3	7
6	Ukraine	5	1	0	4	63	216	−153	1	5

• Games

4 February 2012	Romania	15–7	Portugal	Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
14:00 UTC+2	Try: Lemnaru, 5' Ursache, 65' Con: Vlaicu, 65' Pen: Vlaicu, 79'	Report	Try: Aguilar, 23' Con: Leal, 23'	Attendance: 750 Referee: Mark Patton Ireland

4 February 2012	Ukraine	P–P	Georgia	Postponed

11 February 2012	Spain	25–18	Georgia	Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid
16:00 UTC+1	Try: Sempere, 6', 44' Visensang, 18' Con: Peluchon, 19', 45' Pen: Peluchon, 3', 38'	Report	Try: Basilaia, 8' Machkaneli, 58' Datunashvili, 69' Pen: Kvirikashvili, 36'	Referee: David Wilkinson Ireland

11 February 2012	Portugal	32–33	Russia	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
15:00 UTC+0	Try: Spachuck, 31' Gardener, 34' Foro, 64', 76' Con: Ricardo, 32', 35', 65' Pen: Ricardo, 22' Drop: Ricardo, 26'	Report	Try: Ostroushko, 39', 60' Simplikevich, 46' Con: Kushnarev, 40', 47', 61' Pen: Ryabov, 11', 15', 28' Kushnarev, 45'	Referee: I. Davis Wales

11 February 2012	Romania	P–P	Ukraine	Postponed

25 February 2012	Georgia	32–7	Portugal	Tbilisi
14:00 UTC+4	Try: Basilaia, 35' Samkharadze, 46' Nariashvili, 61' Mamukashvili, 78' Con: Berishvili, 35', 46', 78' Pen: Berishvili, 42', 53'	Report	Try: Bardy, 74' Con: Ricardo, 74'	Referee: Marius Mitrea Italy

25 February 2012	Russia	0–25	Romania	Sochi
14:00 UTC+4		Report	Try: Carpo, 8' penalty try, 33' Apostol, 47' Petre, 51' Con: Vlaicu, 34' Pen: Calafeteanu, 68'	Referee: Cédric Marchat France

25 February 2012	Ukraine	6–41	Spain	Spartak Stadium, Alushta
12:00 UTC+2	Pen: Kosariev, 14', 38'	Report	Try: Phipps, 10' Sempere, 30', 47', Visensang, 53' Peluchon, 68' Con: Sempere, 10' Peluchon, 30', 47', 53', 68' Pen: Peluchon, 21', 26'	Referee: R. Thomas Wales

10 March 2012	Romania	13–19	Georgia	Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
17:00 UTC+2	Try: Carpo, 8' Con: Vlaicu, 8' Pen: Calafeteanu, 32', 45'	Report	Try: Kacharava, 48' Con: Kvirikashvili, 48' Pen: Kvirikashvili, 18', 34', 61', 77'	Referee: JP Doyle England

10 March 2012	Portugal	23–17	Spain	Sergio Conceição, Coimbra
15:00 UTC+0	Try: V Uva, 50' Tadjer, 69' Pen: P Leal, 17' Drop: P Leal, 36', 75'		Try: Auzqui, 39' Pen: Peluchon, 25' Drop: Peluchon, 47', 54', 58'	Referee: Claudio Passacantando Italy

10 March 2012	Russia	38–19	Ukraine	Sochi
	Try: 5 Con: 5 Pen: 1 Drop: 0		Try: 3 Con: 2 Pen: 0 Drop: 0	Referee: V. Iordachescu Romania

17 March 2012	Georgia	46–0	Russia	Tbilisi
15:00 UTC+4	Try: 6 Con: 5 Pen: 2 Drop: 0		Try: 0 Con: 0 Pen: 0 Drop: 0	Referee: Mathieu Raynal France

17 March 2012	Ukraine	35–33	Portugal	Odessa
14:00 UTC+2	Try: Tserkovnuiy, 31' Malaguradze, 51' Monastyrov, 60' Ponomarenko, 74' Con: Kosariev, 31', 60', 74' Pen: Kosariev, 26', 42', 84'	Report	Try: Aguilar, 35', 42' Uva, 80' Con: Ricardo, 42' Costa, 80' Pen: Ricardo, 12', 29', 40', 55'	Referee: Laurent Cardona France

17 March 2012	Spain	13–12	Romania	Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid
16:00 UTC+1	Try: Rolls, 46' Con: Aubanell, 46' Pen: Peluchon, 17' Drop: Peluchon, 77'	Report	Pen: Calafeteanu, 7', 23', 66', 74'	Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Cammy Rudkin Scotland

31 March 2012	Romania	71–0	Ukraine	Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest

19 May 2012	Russia	41–37	Spain	Slava Stadium, Moscow
15:00	Try: Artemyev 27', 52' Antonov 34' Ostroushko 56' Con: Kushnarev (3/4) Pen: Kushnarev 9', 17', 42', 48', 77' Cards: Trishin  59'	Report	Try: Labadie 44' Ascarat 65', 74' Blanco 81' Con: Pelushon (4/4) Pen: Pelushon 6', 20', 50'	Referee: Andrew Small England

9 June 2012	Ukraine	3–33	Georgia

Table 2011-2012

Relegated to Division 1B

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Bonus points	Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Georgia	10	9	0	1	316	83	+233	6	42
2	Romania	10	6	0	4	302	118	+184	8	32
3	Spain	10	5	0	5	225	275	−50	6	26
4	Russia	10	5	0	5	212	257	−45	5	25
5	Portugal	10	4	0	6	215	230	−15	5	21
6	Ukraine	10	1	0	9	124	442	−318	1	5

Division 1B

Season 2010–11

2011 Champions

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Belgium	5	4	0	1	123	88	+35	18
2	Moldova	5	4	0	1	115	91	+24	18
3	Poland	5	3	0	2	122	112	+10	14
4	Czech Republic	5	3	0	2	102	99	+3	12
5	Germany	5	1	0	4	109	117	−8	7
6	Netherlands	5	0	0	5	74	138	−64	1

• Games:

9 October 2010	Czech Republic	20–15	Poland	Stadion RC Tatra Smíchov, Prague
13:00	Try: Okleštěk 40', Rohlík 77' Con: Vokrouhlík 40', Čížek 77' Pen: Vokrouhlík (2) 44', 47'	Report	Try: Hotowski (2) 37', 79' Con: Chartier 37' Pen: Chartier 55'	Referee: Patrick Beuriot (France)

13 November 2010	Poland	25–36	Moldova	Narodowy Stadion Rugby, Gdynia
18:00	Try: Beccuau (2) 31', 40' Siepielski 25' Con: Banaszek (2) 25', 31' Pen: Banaszek (2) 10', 54'	Report	Try: Titica (2) 4', 58' Prepeliţă (2) 37', 45' Castraveţ 76' Con: Gagauz (3) 4', 37', 58' V. Cobîlaș 76' Pen: Gagauz 12'	Referee: Pikhovin (Russia)

13 November 2010	Czech Republic	12–24	Belgium	Prague
		Report

20 November 2010	Germany	17–22	Poland	Frankfurt am Main
14:30	Try: Güngör 7', Hauck 14' Con: Heimpel (2) 7', 14' Pen: Heimpel 43'	Report	Try: Bobryk 47' Con: Chartier 47' Pen: Chartier (5) 11', 33', 37', 53', 55'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Pedro Murinello (Portugal)

20 November 2010	Netherlands	13–25	Czech Republic	Amsterdam
		Report

27 November 2010	Netherlands	10–29	Germany	Amsterdam
14:30	Try: Blom 11', Cornelisse 18'	Report	Try: Widiker 7', Liebig 37', Keinhorst 80' Con: Heimpel 37' Pen: Heimpel (4) 16', 36', 45', 76'	Referee: Stephano Marrama (Italy)

12 January 2011	Belgium	20–5	Moldova	Brussels
		Report

12 March 2011	Germany	23–29	Czech Republic	Fritz-Grunebaum-Sportpark, Heidelberg
14:30	Try: G. Franke 16', Schmidt 55' Con: Heimpel (2) 16', 55' Pen: Heimpel (3) 9', 30', 67'	Report	Try: Kutil (2) 12', 40' Con: Vokrouhlík (2) 12', 40' Pen: Vokrouhlík (5) 6', 18', 33', 38', 53'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Tony Raduta (Romania)

12 March 2011	Poland	28–21	Belgium	Narodowy Stadion Rugby, Gdynia
		Report

19 March 2011	Belgium	28–25	Germany	Brussels
15:00	Try: Berger (2) 26', 36', Williams 59' Con: Williams (2) 36', 59' Pen: Williams (3) 5', 7', 68'	Report	Try: Jordaan (2) 17', 77', Strauch 74' Con: Heimpel 17', Güngör 77' Pen: Heimpel (2) 10', 40'	Referee: Félix Villegas (Spain)

19 March 2011	Moldova	24–16	Czech Republic	Chişinău
15:00		Report		Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)

2 April 2011	Moldova	28–15	Germany	Dynamo Stadium, Chişinău
15:00	Try: Prepelita (2) 10', 56', Arhip 74' Con: Gagauz (2) 10', 74' Pen: Gagauz (3) 19', 35', 53'	(Report)	Try: Kasten 39', Liebig 47' Con: Güngör 47' Pen: G. Franke 37'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)

16 April 2011	Poland	32–18	Netherlands	Stadion Suche Stawy

23 April 2011	Netherlands	18–30	Belgium

30 April 2011	Moldova	22–15	Netherlands

Season 2011–12

2012 Champions

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Belgium	5	5	0	0	180	61	+119	21
2	Poland	5	3	1	1	116	77	+39	17
3	Germany	5	3	0	2	120	95	+25	15
4	Czech Republic	5	1	0	4	58	118	−60	8
5	Moldova	5	1	1	3	79	120	−41	8
6	Netherlands	5	1	0	4	79	161	−82	5

• Games

15 October 2011	Poland	20–13	Czech Republic	Nowy Sacz
				Referee: A. Hadj Bachir (France)

5 November 2011	Belgium	55–0	Czech Republic	Brussels
				Referee: A. Vivarini (Italy)

12 November 2011	Germany	23–7	Netherlands	Hannover
				Referee: Murinello (Portugal)

12 November 2011	Moldova	17–17	Poland	Chisinau
				Referee: R.Petrescu (Romania)

19 November 2011	Poland	34–8	Germany	Gdańsk
				Referee: Gallastegi (Spain)

19 November 2011	Czech Republic	22–10	Netherlands	Tatra Smichov Stadium, Prague
				Referee: Voloivk (Russia)

26 November 2011	Czech Republic	6–13	Moldova	Ricany Stadium, Prague

25 February 2012	Belgium	58–3	Netherlands	Brussels

10 March 2012	Moldova	16–17	Belgium	Chisinau

10 March 2012	Czech Republic	17–20	Germany	Prague

17 March 2012	Germany	29–30	Belgium	Heusenstamm
	Try: 4 Con: 3 Pen: 1		Try: 3 Con: 3 Pen: 3

24 March 2012	Germany	40–7	Moldova	Heidelberg
	Try: Tim Kasten 28 m Rob May 39 m Tim Kasten 51 m Lars Eckert 55 c Kieran Manawatu 69 c Marten Strauch 75 m Con: Christopher Hilsenbeck 55, 69, Pen: Kieran Manawatu 4,11		Try: Dmitri Arhip 31 c Con: Alexandr Gagauz

7 April 2012	Belgium	20–13	Poland	Brussels
				Referee: Murinello (Portugal)

7 April 2012	Netherlands	40–26	Moldova	Amsterdam

21 April 2012	Netherlands	19–32	Poland	Amsterdam

Table 2010-2012

Promoted to Division 1A

Relegated for 2012–2014

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Belgium	10	9	0	1	303	149	+154	39
2	Poland	10	6	1	3	238	189	+49	31
3	Moldova	10	5	1	4	194	211	−17	26
4	Germany	10	4	0	6	229	212	+17	22
5	Czech Republic	10	4	0	6	160	217	−57	20
6	Netherlands	10	1	0	9	153	299	−146	6

See also

• European Nations Cup (rugby union)
• FIRA – Association of European Rugby
• Six Nations Championship
• Antim Cup

External links

• FIRA-AER official website