1987–1989 FIRA Trophy

1987-89 FIRA Trophy
Date	25 October 1987 – 9 May 1989
Countries	France Italy Romania Spain Soviet Union
Tournament statistics
Champions	France
Matches played	20
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The 1987–89 FIRA Trophy was the 27th edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams. It was played along two seasons (1987–1988 and 1988–89).

The tournament was won by France, with a single loss to Soviet Union (17–10) in Kutaisi. Despite facing strong opposition from both Italy and Soviet Union, the French only awarded caps in their games with Romania, who finished in 3rd place, while the Soviets reached the 2nd place. Spain lost all their matches and were relegated.

The winners of the Second division two pools were Poland and Belgium, who faced each other in a final, with the Poles winning (25–23).

First division

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	France	8	7	0	1	241	92	+149	22
2	Soviet Union	8	6	0	2	129	92	+37	20
3	Romania	8	5	0	3	117	128	-11	18
4	Italy	8	2	0	6	95	148	-53	12
5	Spain	8	0	0	8	81	203	-122	8

• Spain relegated to second division

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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.)

25 October 1987

Romania	18 - 10	Soviet Union
Try: Toader Con: Dumitru Pen: Dumitru (4)		Try: Hairulin Pen: Mironov, Sijussar

Iași Attendance: 8,000 Referee: N. Camaduro

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7 November 1987

Soviet Union	12 - 9	Italy
Pen: Mironov (3) Drop: Sijussar		Pen: Bettarello (3)

Kishinev Attendance: 8,000 Referee: M. Lamoulie

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11 November 1987

France	49 - 3	Romania
Try: Andrieu (2), Berot, Lagisquet (2), Ondarts, penalty try Con: Berot (6) Pen: Berot (3)		Drop: Alexandru

Stade Armandie, Agen Attendance: 10,417 Referee: Jim Fleming

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5 December 1987

Spain	0 - 13	Italy
		Try: de Biase, Gaetaniello Con: Bettarello Pen: Stefano Bettarello

Estadi Baldiri Aleu, Sant Boi de Llobregat Attendance: 3,000 Referee: J. Doulcet

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7 February 1988

France A1	19 - 9	Italy
Try: Bonneval, Deslandes, Gleyze (2) Drop: Trille		Pen: Ambrosio (3)

Stade Louis II, Montecarlo, Monaco Attendance: 7,000 Referee: D. Roelands

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2 April 1988

Italy	3 - 12	Romania
Pen: Bonomi		Try: Radulescu Con: Ignat Drop: Ignat

San Siro, Milan Attendance: 9,000 Referee: P. Frantschi

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17 April 1988

Romania	16 - 7	Spain
Try: Caragea, Piti Con: Ignat Pen: Ignat (3)		Try: Oller Rodriguez Pen: Díaz Lavilla

Focşani Referee: A. Grumbinas

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23 April 1988

Soviet Union	12 - 7	Spain
Pen: Mironov (2) Drop: Mironov, Dzagnidze		Try: Chocarro Huesa Pen: Díaz Paternain

Municipal Stadium, Kutaisi Attendance: 1,500

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15 May 1988

Spain	16 - 32	France XV

Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid Attendance: 9,000

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22 May 1988

Soviet Union	17 - 10	France XV

Municipal Stadium, Kutaisi

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23 October 1988

Soviet Union	23 - 9	Romania
Try: Molchanov, Tikhonov (2) Con: Dzagnidze Pen: Dzagnidze (3)		Pen: Dumitru (3)

Alma Ata Attendance: 12,000

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5 November 1988

Italy	12 - 18	Soviet Union
Pen: Bettarello (4)		Try: Mironov Con: Dzagnidze Pen: Dzagnidze (2) Drop: Mironov

Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso Attendance: 15,000 Referee: M. Lamoulie

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20 November 1988

Spain	9-21	Soviet Union
Pen: Blanco Duelo (2) Drop: Díaz Paternain		Try: Nechaev, Hairulin Con: Mironov Pen: Mironov (2), Dzagnidze

Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid Attendance: 5,000

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26 November 1988

Romania	12 - 16	France
Try: Neaga Con: Ignat Pen: Ignat (2)		Try: Blanco, Lagisquet Con: Berot Pen: Berot (2)

Dinamo Stadion, Bucharest Attendance: 5,000 Referee: C. Norling

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19 February 1989

Italy	12 - 40	France A1
Pen: Capitani (3) Drop: Tebaldi (2)		Try: Hondagne-Monge, Lecomte (2), Sallaber (2), Tremouille, Trille Con: Berot (3) Pen: Berot (2)

Stadio Mompiano, Brescia Referee: A. Grombinas

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19 March 1989

France XV	57 - 7	Spain

Parc des Sports d'Ondarraitz, Hendaye

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15 April 1989

Romania	28 - 4	Italy
Try: Boldor, Coman, Ignat, Murariu Con: Ignat (3) Pen: Ignat Drop: Ignat		Try: Ceselin

Dinamo Stadion, Bucharest Referee: Y. Peyrelongue

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20 May 1989

France XV	18 - 16	Soviet Union

Valence

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21 May 1989

Spain	16 - 19	Romania
Try: Gutiérrez Merelles Pen: Díaz Paternain (4)		Try: Neaga, Chirila Con: Ignat Pen: Ignat (3)

Polideportivo El Saler, Valencia Attendance: 5,000 Referee: A. Condorelli

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2 June 1989

Italy	33 - 19	Spain
Try: Ambrosio, Covi, Pietrosanti, Pivetta, Venturi Con: Troiani (3) Pen: Troiani (3)		Try: Malo, Puertas Soto Con: Díaz Paternain Pen: Tejada Chacon

Stadio Tommaso Fattori, L'Aquila Referee: Vasilica

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Second division

Pool A

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Poland	6	6	0	0	126	49	+77	18
2	Morocco	6	2	1	3	47	66	-19	11
3	Czechoslovakia	6	2	0	4	78	96	-18	10
4	Tunisia	6	1	1	4	62	102	-40	9

1987

Tunisia	6 - 11	Morocco

Tunis

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23 April 1988

Czechoslovakia	18 - 9	Tunisia

Prague

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13 May 1988

Morocco	7 - 13	Poland

Casablanca

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15 May 1988

Poland	18 - 9	Czechoslovakia

Sochaczew

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21 May 1988

Czechoslovakia	15 - 0	Morocco

Prague

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29 May 1988

Poland	18 - 6	Morocco

Kraków

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1988

Poland	21 - 6	Tunisia

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25 March 1989

Morocco	17 - 8	Czechoslovakia

Casablanca

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5 May 1989

Tunisia	26 - 16	Czechoslovakia

Tunis

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20 May 1989

Czechoslovakia	12 - 26	Poland

Prague

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1989

Tunisia	9 - 30	Poland

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1989

Morocco	6 - 6	Tunisia

Casablanca

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Pool B

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Belgium	8	6	1	1	155	103	+52	21
2	West Germany	8	5	0	3	139	95	+44	18
3	Portugal	8	4	1	3	118	117	+1	17
4	Netherlands	8	3	0	5	111	115	-4	14
5	Yugoslavia	8	1	0	7	66	159	-93	10

25 October 1987

Netherlands	15 - 20	Belgium

Sportpark Berestein, Hilversum

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15 November 1987

West Germany	21 - 24	Belgium

Berlin

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29 November 1987

Yugoslavia	6 - 15	West Germany

Split

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13 December 1987

Portugal	7 - 13	Belgium

Lisbon University Stadium, Lisbon

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21 February 1988

Portugal	16 - 9	Netherlands

Municipal Stadium, Lousã

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20 March 1988

West Germany	6 - 3	Netherlands

Fritz-Grunebaum-Sportpark, Heidelberg

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14 April 1988

Belgium	18 - 11	Yugoslavia

Liège

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17 April 1988

Netherlands	31 - 10	Yugoslavia

Sportpark Berestein, Hilversum

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17 April 1988

Portugal	13 - 9	West Germany

Estádio da Coutada, Arcos de Valdevez

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8 May 1988

Yugoslavia	9 - 22	Portugal

Split Attendance: 1,000

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22 October 1988

Belgium	27 - 9	Netherlands

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13 November 1988

Yugoslavia	9 - 31	Belgium

Split

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20 November 1988

West Germany	29 - 6	Yugoslavia

Rudolf-Kalweit-Stadion, Hanover

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27 November 1988

Yugoslavia	6 - 0	Netherlands

Split

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10 December 1988

Belgium	7 - 16	West Germany

Brussels

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5 April 1989

Netherlands	23 - 17	Portugal

Sportpark Berestein, Hilversum

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8 April 1989

Belgium	15 - 15	Portugal

Brussels

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16 April 1989

Netherlands	21 - 13	West Germany

Sportpark Berestein, Hilversum

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22 April 1989

Portugal	13 - 9	Yugoslavia

Municipal Stadium, Lousã

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30 April 1989

West Germany	30 - 15	Portugal

Rudolf-Kalweit-Stadion, Hanover

Final

29 October 1989

Poland	25 - 23	Belgium

Madrid

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• Poland promoted to Division 1

Third division

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Bulgaria	4	4	0	0	78	21	+57	12
2	Andorra	4	1	0	3	43	64	-21	6
3	Luxembourg	4	1	0	3	21	57	-36	6

• Bulgaria promoted to division 2

8 October 1987

Andorra	24 - 3	Luxembourg

Andorra la Vella

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28 May 1988

Bulgaria	30 - 6	Andorra

Sofia

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1988

Luxembourg	4 - 14	Bulgaria

Luxembourg

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23 April 1989

Luxembourg	10 - 6	Andorra

Luxembourg

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28 May 1989

Andorra	7 - 21	Bulgaria

Andorra la Vella

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1989

Bulgaria	13 - 4	Luxembourg

Sofia

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Bibliography

• (in 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.
• (in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999).

External links

• 1987-89 FIRA Trophy at ESPN