1983–84 FIRA Trophy

1983-84 FIRA Trophy
Date	30 October 1983 – 27 May 1984
Countries	France Italy Morocco Poland Romania Soviet Union
Tournament statistics
Champions	France
Matches played	15
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The 1983–84 FIRA Trophy was the 24th edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams.

The tournament was won by France, who swept all their matches.

First division

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	France	5	5	0	0	129	47	+82	15
2	Romania	5	3	0	2	75	40	+35	11
3	Italy	5	3	0	2	68	60	+8	11
4	Soviet Union	5	3	0	2	67	70	-3	11
5	Poland	4	1	0	3	13	84	-71	6
6	Morocco	4	0	0	4	25	76	-51	4

• Marocco and Polonia relegated to division 2

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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

Bucharest

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30 October 1983

Soviet Union	16 - 7	Italy

Kiev

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20 November 1983

Romania	19 - 3	Soviet Union

Bucharest

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4 December 1983	France	25 - 15	Romania	Stade Ernest Wallon, Toulouse
	Try: Esteve, Gallion Lagisquet, Lescarboura Con: Lescarboura 2 Pen: Lescarboura Drop: Lescarboura		Try: Radulescu Con: Podarascu Pen: Podarascu 3	Referee: R:Quittenton
France: 15.Serge Gabernet, 14.Patrice Lagisquet, 13.Philippe Sella, 12.Didier Codorniou, 11.Patrick Esteve, 10.Jean-Patrick Lescarboura, 9.Jerome Gallion, 8.Jean-Luc Joinel, 7.Dominique Erbani, 6.Jean-Pierre Rives (cap.), 5.Alain Lorieux, 4.Jean Condom, 3.Jean-Pierre Garuet-Lempirou, 2.Philippe Dintrans, 1.Michel Cremaschi
Romania: 15.Vasile Ion, 14.Marian Aldea, 13.Adrian Lungu, 12.Mihai Marghescu, 11.Gheorghie Varzaru, 10.Stelian Podarascu, 9.Mircea Paraschiv (cap.), 8.Stefan Constantin, 7.Alexandru Radulescu, 6.Florica Murariu, 5.Gheorghie Caragea, 4.Gheorghie Dumitru, 3.Vasile Pascu, 2.Mircea Munteanu, 1.Ion Bucan - replacements: 16.D. Balan, 17.Laurentiu Constantin

19 February 1984

France A1	38 - 16	Italy

Chalon-sur-Saone

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4 March 1984

France A1	15 - 10	Morocco

Libourne

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18 March 1984

Italy	27 - 0	Morocco

Piacenza

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8 April 1984

Romania	6 – 0 withdraw	Morocco

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22 April 1984	Italy	12 - 6	Romania	Stadio Fattori, L'Aquila
	Pen: Bettarello 3 Drop: Bettarello		Pen: Alexandru Drop: Podarascu	Referee: Derek Bevan
Italy: 15.Serafino Ghizzoni, 14.Alberto Osti, 13.Rino Francescato (cap.), 12.Luigi de Joanni, 11.Andrea Azzali, 10.Stefano Bettarello, 9.Alessandro Ghini, 8.Claudio Tinari, 7.Gianni Zanon, 6.Sabatino Pace, 5.Mauro Gardin, 4.Antonio Colella, 3.Stefano Romagnoli, 2.Giorgio Morelli, 1.Giancarlo Pivetta - replacements: 16.Mariano Crescenzo
Romania: 15.Liviu Hodorca, 14.Sorin Fuicu, 13.Adrian Lungu, 12.C. Capmare, 11.Marian Aldea, 10.Dumitru Alexandru, 9.Mircea Paraschiv, 8.Alexandru Radulescu, 7.Pompiliu Bors, 6.Florica Murariu, 5.Laurentiu Constantin, 4.Gheorghie Dumitru, 3.Vasile Pascu, 2.Mircea Munteanu, 1.Ion Bucan - replacements: 16.Stelian Podarascu, 17.Haralambie Dumitras

29 April 1984

Morocco	6 - 7	Poland

Rabat

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6 May 1984

Morocco	9 - 23	Soviet Union

Rabat

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16 May 1984

Poland	3 - 19	France A1

Warsaw

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20 May 1984

Soviet Union	3 - 32	France A1

Moscow

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27 May 1984

Poland	3 - 22	Soviet Union

Warsaw

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1984

Italy	6 – 0 withdraw	Poland

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Second division

Pool A

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
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

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5 November 1983

Netherlands	6 - 6	Belgium

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19 November 1983

Netherlands	28 - 3	Denmark

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10 December 1983

Belgium	31 - 9	Denmark

Brussels

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25 February 1984

Spain	32 - 6	Netherlands

Madrid

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11 March 1984

Portugal	6 - 6	Spain

Lisbon

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22 March 1984

Spain	12 - 3	Belgium

Valladolid

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24 March 1984

Portugal	21 - 3	Netherlands

Coimbra

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5 April 1984

Belgium	9 - 12	Portugal

Brussel

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8 April 1984

Denmark	3 - 40	Portugal

Copenhagen

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28 April 1984

Denmark	13 - 53	Spain

Copenhagen

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Pool B

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
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

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22 October 1983

Tunisia	25 - 6	Sweden

Monaco

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29 October 1983

Tunisia	23 - 9	West Germany

Tunis

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5 November 1983

Yugoslavia	16 - 20	Czechoslovakia

Split

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13 November 1983

West Germany	38 - 0	Yugoslavia

Hanover

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15 April 1984

West Germany	3 - 15	Czechoslovakia

Heidelberg

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5 May 1984

Sweden	15 - 13	Germany

Norrkoping

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13 May 1984

Czechoslovakia	10 - 20	Tunisia

Prague

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5 May 1984

Yugoslavia	12 - 22	Tunisia

Split

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1984

Sweden	6 – 0 Withdraw	Yugoslavia

withdraw

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Bibliography

• (Italian) Francesco Volpe, Valerio Vecchiarelli (2000), 2000 Italia in Meta, Storia della nazionale italiana di rugby dagli albori al Sei Nazioni, GS Editore (2000) ISBN 88-87374-40-6.
• (Italian) Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999).

External links

• FIRA-AER official website