1989–90 FIRA Trophy

1989-90 FIRA Trophy
Date	22 October 1989 – 27 May 1990
Countries	France Italy Romania Poland Soviet Union
Tournament statistics
Champions	France Soviet Union Romania
Matches played	10
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The 1989–90 FIRA Trophy was the 28th edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams. The format returned to a "one-year tournament".

The tournament was won by France, Romania, and Soviet Union with the same points.

First division

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	France	4	3	0	1	82	47	+35	10
1	Soviet Union	4	3	0	1	81	59	+22	10
1	Romania	4	3	0	1	66	55	+11	10
4	Italy	4	1	0	3	67	56	+11	6
6	Poland	4	0	0	4	43	122	-79	4

• Poland 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)

22 October 1989

Romania	13 - 21	Soviet Union

Baia Mare

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5 November 1989

Soviet Union	15 - 12	Italy

Moscow

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18 February 1990

France A1	22 - 12	Italy

Albi

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7 April 1990

Italy	34 - 3	Poland

Naples

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14 April 1990

Romania A	25 - 19	Poland

Bucharest

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14 April 1990

Italy	9 - 16	Romania

Frascati

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18 May 1990

France XV	32 - 9	Poland

Le Creusot

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20 May 1990

Soviet Union	14 - 22	France XV

Moscow

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24 May 1990

France	6 - 12	Romania

Auch

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27 May 1990

Poland	12 - 31	Soviet Union

Warsaw

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Second division

Pool A

The first match between Tunisia and Morocco was tied. The two unions, according with FIRA, agreed to considered valid for tournament the match originally valid only for Rugby World Cup 1991 qualification instead the first one.

The match between Belgium and Tunisia, scheduled in Bruxelles, was not played.

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Portugal	3	3	0	0	52	28	+24	9
2	Morocco	3	1	0	2	39	35	+8	5
3	Tunisia	2	1	0	1	18	21	-3	4
4	Belgium	2	0	0	2	18	44	-26	2

10 February 1990

Tunisia	12 - 12 match non valid	Morocco

Menzel

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10 March 1990

Morocco	20 - 6	Belgium

Casablanca

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24 March 1990

Portugal	16 - 10	Morocco

Porto

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5 May 1990

Tunisia	16 - 12	Morocco

Harare

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25 May 1990

Belgium	12 - 24	Portugal

Waterloo

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26 May 1990

Portugal	12 - 6	Tunisia

Lisbon

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1990

Belgium	match not played	Tunisia

Brussels

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Pool B

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Spain	4	3	1	0	70	45	+25	11
2	Netherlands	4	3	0	1	101	51	+50	10
3	West Germany	4	2	0	2	86	50	36	8
4	Czechoslovakia	4	0	1	3	45	98	-53	5
5	Bulgaria	3	1	0	2	37	101	-64	4

17 September 1989

West Germany	6 - 12	Netherlands

Heidelberg

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29 October 1989

Spain	29 - 15	Netherlands

Madrid

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4 March 1990

Netherlands	45 - 10	Bulgaria

Hilversum

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18 March 1990

Spain	19 - 8	West Germany

Madrid

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18 March 1990

Czechoslovakia	6 - 29	Netherlands

Brno

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22 April 1990

Bulgaria	12 - 40	West Germany

Sofia

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29 April 1990

Czechoslovakia	22 - 22	Spain

Vyskov

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5 May 1990

West Germany	32 - 7	Czechoslovakia

Hanover

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3 June 1990

Bulgaria	15 - 10	Czechoslovakia

Sofia

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Bulgaria	0 – 6 withdraw	Spain

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Final

28 October 1990

Spain	29 - 6	Portugal

Seville

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Third division

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Andorra	2	2	0	0	35	9	+26	6
2	Yugoslavia	2	1	0	1	31	15	+16	4
3	Luxembourg	2	0	0	2	12	54	-42	2

29 April 1990

Andorra	26 - 6	Luxembourg

Andorra-la-Vella

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13 May 1990

Luxembourg	6 - 28	Yugoslavia

Luxembourg

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20 May 1990

Yugoslavia	3 - 9	Andorra

Split

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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