2018-2019 Rugby Europe Competition

[RugInt Profile Website]

Couldn't find a relevant thread, so here we go.
The idea being to post what is known about this competition and the structures/teams etc, known to date. My brain hurts when I try to figure all that out
My understanding is that the schedule and pools get sorted at the RE AGM which I believe is soon?

I was thinking for this season I would start a thread for each different comp. rather than for each game. Use this thread to start it all and for discussions and handbag episodes of a general nature. Your thoughts? I don't mind a thread for each game if that is preferred.

[dwpeate Profile]

I seem to recall one of the Georgian users saying the AGM was at the end of June though I saw nothing about it. Still waiting to hear when this playoff between Romania and Portugal will be!

[FLIDTA RISXVA Profile Website]

SURELY it was

REC playing weekends and GEO games are
(( albeit TBC )) :

sat 09/02 ROM|POR - GEO
sat 16/02 GEO - SPN
sat 02/03 BEL - GEO
sat 09/03 GEO - GER
sun 17/03 RUS - GEO

Business as USUAL >> REC has a template and just FILLS in
*ALLER* for ODD (2019) year, and *RETOUR* for EVEN (2020)

For 2019-2020 REVISED seedings are:
1 GEO, 2 RUS, 3 GER, 4 BEL, 5 SPN, 6 ROM | POR

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[Canalina Profile]

According to some national federations' social media

Conference 1 N
Moldova, Ukraine, Sweden, Hungary, Luxembourg

Conference 1 S
Malta, Croatia, Israel, Cyprus, Bosnia&Herzegovina

Conference 2 N
Austria, Latvia, Denmark, Finland, Norway

Conference 2 S
Andorra, Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Bulgaria

Development
? (let's hope a good bunch of nations)

[vino_93 Profile]

1N look so weak if Moldova doesn't improve. Ukraine isn't anymore what it used to be...

[dwpeate Profile]

Polter posted on another topic that the fixtures have been published for the season. It contains the date of the play off between Romania and Portugal, but have also included Romania and Portugal in the fixtures. You would imagine that it's a template based on which team is the highest seed.

Unusually they even have fixtures for the development competition already in place.

3/11/18 Romania - Portugal PLAYOFF

CHAMPIONSHIP (Belgium, Germany, Georgia, Romania/Portugal, Russia, Spain)

9/2/19 Romania/Portugal - Georgia
9/2/19 Belgium - Germany
10/2/19 Spain - Russia
16/2/19 Georgia - Spain
16/2/19 Russia - Belgium
16/2/19 Romania/Portugal - Germany
2/3/19 Belgium - Georgia
2/3/19 Germany - Russia
3/3/19 Spain - Romania/Portugal
9/3/19 Georgia - Germany
9/3/19 Romania/Portugal - Russia
10/3/19 Spain - Belgium
17/3/19 Russia - Georgia
17/3/19 Germany - Spain
17/3/19 Belgium - Romania/Portugal


TROPHY (Czech Republic, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Romania/Portugal, Switzerland)

29/9/18 Czech Republic - Poland
13/10/18 Lithuania - Czech Republic
3/11/18 Poland - Lithuania
17/11/18 Lithuania - Portugal/Romania
17/11/18 Switzerland - Czech Republic
17/11/18 Poland - Netherlands
24/11/18 Netherlands - Switzerland
16/2/19 Portugal/Romania - Poland
2/3/19 Switzerland - Portugal/Romania
9/3/19 Netherlands - Portugal/Romania
16/3/19 Czech Republic - Netherlands
23/3/19 Portugal/Romania - Czech Republic
23/3/19 Poland - Switzerland
6/4/19 Lithuania - Netherlands
13/4/19 Switzerland - Lithuania

1 NORTH (Hungary, Luxembourg, Moldova, Sweden, Ukraine)

13/10/18 Ukraine - Luxembourg
20/10/18 Sweden - Moldova
3/11/18 Moldova - Hungary
3/11/18 Luxembourg - Sweden
10/11/18 Hungary - Ukraine
13/4/19 Luxembourg - Moldova
20/4/19 Moldova - Ukraine
4/5/19 Hungary - Luxembourg
11/5/19 Sweden - Hungary
18/5/19 Ukraine - Sweden

1 SOUTH (Bosnia, Croatia, Cyprus, Israel, Malta)

13/10/18 Bosnia - Croatia
20/10/18 Israel - Malta
20/10/18 Croatia - Cyprus
27/10/18 Croatia - Israel
27/10/18 Malta - Bosnia
10/11/18 Cyprus - Israel
16/3/19 Israel - Bosnia
23/3/19 Cyprus - Malta
6/4/19 Bosnia - Cyprus
13/4/19 Malta - Croatia

2 NORTH (Austria, Denmark, Finland, Latvia, Norway)

13/10/18 Finland - Denmark
13/10/18 Norway - Austria
20/10/18 Lativa - Finland
27/10/18 Denmark - Norway
27/10/18 Austria - Latvia
30/3/19 Austria - Finland
27/4/19 Denmark - Austria
4/5/19 Latvia - Denmark
25/5/19 Norway - Latvia
1/6/19 Finland - Norway

2 SOUTH (Andorra, Bulgaria, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia)

13/10/18 Serbia - Bulgaria
20/10/18 Slovenia - Andorra
27/10/18 Bulgaria - Slovenia
3/11/18 Andorra - Slovakia
10/11/18 Slovakia - Serbia
20/4/19 Slovakia - Bulgaria
11/5/19 Serbia - Slovenia
11/5/19 Bulgaria - Andorra
18/5/19 Slovenia - Slovakia
18/5/19 Andorra - Serbia

DEVELOPMENT (Estonia, Turkey, Montenegro)

6/4/19 Turkey - Montenegro
20/4/19 Montenegro - Estonia
4/5/19 Estonia - Turkey

[Canalina Profile]

The same list published by Dwpeate, but week by week instead of pool by pool. It assumes that Romania will defeat Portugal in the play-off; in the opposite case the names of Romania and Portugal have to be switched

29/09/2018 15:00 CZECH REPUBLIC 0-0 POLAND
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13/10/2018 13:00 LITHUANIA 0-0 CZECH REPUBLIC
13/10/2018 13:00 UKRAINE 0-0 LUXEMBOURG
13/10/2018 14:00 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA 0-0 CROATIA
13/10/2018 14:00 SERBIA 0-0 BULGARIA
13/10/2018 14:00 FINLAND 0-0 DENMARK
13/10/2018 15:00 NORWAY 0-0 AUSTRIA
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20/10/2018 13:00 ISRAEL 0-0 MALTA
20/10/2018 14:00 LATVIA 0-0 FINLAND
20/10/2018 14:00 SWEDEN 0-0 MOLDAVIA
20/10/2018 15:00 CROATIA 0-0 CYPRUS
20/10/2018 15:00 SLOVENIA 0-0 ANDORRA
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27/10/2018 15:00 CROATIA 0-0 ISRAEL
27/10/2018 15:00 MALTA 0-0 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
27/10/2018 15:00 BULGARIA 0-0 SLOVENIA
27/10/2018 16:00 DENMARK 0-0 NORWAY
27/10/2018 18:00 AUSTRIA 0-0 LATVIA
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03/11/2018 ??:00 ROMANIA 0-0 PORTUGAL [play-off]
03/11/2018 15:00 MOLDAVIA 0-0 HUNGARY
03/11/2018 16:00 LUXEMBOURG 0-0 SWEDEN
03/11/2018 17:00 ANDORRA 0-0 SLOVAKIA
03/11/2018 18:00 POLAND 0-0 LITHUANIA
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10/11/2018 14:00 SLOVAKIA 0-0 SERBIA
10/11/2018 14:00 HUNGARY 0-0 UKRAINE
10/11/2018 15:00 CYPRUS 0-0 ISRAEL
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17/11/2018 15:00 LITHUANIA 0-0 PORTUGAL
17/11/2018 15:00 SWITERLAND 0-0 CZECH REPUBLIC
17/11/2018 18:00 POLAND 0-0 NETHERLANDS
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24/11/2018 15:00 NETHERLANDS 0-0 SWITERLAND
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(ten weeks winter pause)
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09/02/2019 15:00 ROMANIA 0-0 GEORGIA
09/02/2019 15:00 BELGIUM 0-0 GERMANY
10/02/2019 13:08 SPAIN 0-0 RUSSIA
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16/02/2019 15:00 GEORGIA 0-0 SPAIN
16/02/2019 15:00 RUSSIA 0-0 BELGIUM
16/02/2019 15:00 ROMANIA 0-0 GERMANY
16/02/2019 16:00 PORTUGAL 0-0 POLAND
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02/03/2019 15:00 SWITERLAND 0-0 PORTUGAL
02/03/2019 15:00 BELGIUM 0-0 GEORGIA
02/03/2019 15:00 GERMANY 0-0 RUSSIA
03/03/2019 13:00 SPAIN 0-0 ROMANIA
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09/03/2019 15:00 GEORGIA 0-0 GERMANY
09/03/2019 15:00 ROMANIA 0-0 RUSSIA
09/03/2019 15:00 NETHERLANDS 0-0 PORTUGAL
10/03/2019 13:00 SPAIN 0-0 BELGIUM
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16/03/2019 13:00 ISRAEL 0-0 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
16/03/2019 15:00 CZECH REPUBLIC 0-0 NETHERLANDS
17/03/2019 13:00 RUSSIA 0-0 GEORGIA
17/03/2019 13:00 GERMANY 0-0 SPAIN
17/03/2019 13:00 BELGIUM 0-0 ROMANIA
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23/03/2019 14:00 CYPRUS 0-0 MALTA
23/03/2019 16:00 PORTUGAL 0-0 CZECH REPUBLIC
23/03/2019 18:00 POLAND 0-0 SWITERLAND
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30/03/2019 18:00 AUSTRIA 0-0 FINLAND
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06/04/2019 14:00 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA 0-0 CYPRUS
06/04/2019 15:00 TURKEY 0-0 MONTENEGRO
06/04/2019 15:00 LITHUANIA 0-0 NETHERLANDS
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13/04/2019 15:00 SWITERLAND 0-0 LITHUANIA
13/04/2019 15:00 MALTA 0-0 CROATIA
13/04/2019 16:00 LUXEMBOURG 0-0 MOLDAVIA
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20/04/2019 14:00 SLOVAKIA 0-0 BULGARIA
20/04/2019 15:00 MOLDAVIA 0-0 UKRAINE
20/04/2019 15:00 MONTENEGRO 0-0 ESTONIA
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27/04/2019 16:00 DENMARK 0-0 AUSTRIA
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04/05/2019 14:00 HUNGARY 0-0 LUXEMBOURG
04/05/2019 14:00 LATVIA 0-0 DENMARK
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11/05/2019 14:00 SWEDEN 0-0 HUNGARY
11/05/2019 14:00 SERBIA 0-0 SLOVENIA
11/05/2019 15:00 BULGARIA 0-0 ANDORRA
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18/05/2019 14:00 SLOVENIA 0-0 SLOVAKIA
18/05/2019 14:00 UKRAINE 0-0 SWEDEN
18/05/2019 17:00 ANDORRA 0-0 SERBIA
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25/05/2019 15:00 NORWAY 0-0 LATVIA
25/05/2019 15:00 ESTONIA 0-0 TURKEY
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01/06/2019 15:00 FINLAND 0-0 NORWAY

[Bogdan_DC Profile]

Wow, we will play again in Spain (if we beat Portugal first of course). I was expecting the next game to be in Bucharest.That will be a tough one .

[RugbyLiebe Profile]

Wow, we will play again in Spain (if we beat Portugal first of course). I was expecting the next game to be in Bucharest.That will be a tough one .

I had a brief look and apparently they always do the same thing at the start of a new circle. 6th (Romania/Portugal) vs. 1st (Georgia), 4th (Belgium) vs 3rd (Germany), 5th (Spain) vs. 2nd (Russia).
Same goes for day 3 when the 5th ranked Spain welcomes 6th ranked Romania (/Portugal).
Haven't checked other dates, but this sounds logical.

[FLIDTA RISXVA Profile Website]

YES, they DO -- we too in GEO, for all comps:
that (2-season) template is well balanced and FAIR

[iul Profile]

Ahh, I was wondering how come we're playing Georgia in the first round. It's going to be a little bit weird.

[qwerty Profile]

Somewhat relevant, today begins the UEFA Nations League, which pretty much mirrors the tiering system of the Rugby Europe championship.

[Vova12 Profile]

1 NORTH (Hungary, Luxembourg, Moldova, Sweden, Ukraine)

13/10/18 Ukraine - Luxembourg
20/10/18 Sweden - Moldova
3/11/18 Moldova - Hungary
3/11/18 Luxembourg - Sweden
10/11/18 Hungary - Ukraine
13/4/19 Luxembourg - Moldova
20/4/19 Moldova - Ukraine
4/5/19 Hungary - Luxembourg
11/5/19 Sweden - Hungary
18/5/19 Ukraine - Sweden

1 SOUTH (Bosnia, Croatia, Cyprus, Israel, Malta)

13/10/18 Bosnia - Croatia
20/10/18 Israel - Malta
20/10/18 Croatia - Cyprus
27/10/18 Croatia - Israel
27/10/18 Malta - Bosnia
10/11/18 Cyprus - Israel
16/3/19 Israel - Bosnia
23/3/19 Cyprus - Malta
6/4/19 Bosnia - Cyprus
13/4/19 Malta - Croatia

2 NORTH (Austria, Denmark, Finland, Latvia, Norway)

13/10/18 Finland - Denmark
13/10/18 Norway - Austria
20/10/18 Lativa - Finland
27/10/18 Denmark - Norway
27/10/18 Austria - Latvia
30/3/19 Austria - Finland
27/4/19 Denmark - Austria
4/5/19 Latvia - Denmark
25/5/19 Norway - Latvia
1/6/19 Finland - Norway

2 SOUTH (Andorra, Bulgaria, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia)

13/10/18 Serbia - Bulgaria
20/10/18 Slovenia - Andorra
27/10/18 Bulgaria - Slovenia
3/11/18 Andorra - Slovakia
10/11/18 Slovakia - Serbia
20/4/19 Slovakia - Bulgaria
11/5/19 Serbia - Slovenia
11/5/19 Bulgaria - Andorra
18/5/19 Slovenia - Slovakia
18/5/19 Andorra - Serbia

DEVELOPMENT (Estonia, Turkey, Montenegro)

6/4/19 Turkey - Montenegro
20/4/19 Montenegro - Estonia
4/5/19 Estonia - Turkey

Russia should play in one of these tournaments.
This is suitable for us according to climatic conditions.

And in winter let others play. Russia is not profitable.

Or play in Asian Cup.

[qwerty Profile]

Why can't you play in stadiums with heating?

[Vova12 Profile]

Why can't you play in stadiums with heating?

And why should we do this?
And how will this help us in the off-season?
I would on the contrary spend matches in Krasnoyarsk at - 30 C.
Or in Moscow at - 10C.

[Vova12 Profile]

I really like Artemiev but he does not understand that Russia has no chance in Europe. We lose points in the winter.
We must play in Asia.

[qwerty Profile]

The only games worth playing in Asia are against Japan, 2 games. In Europe you have Georgia, Romania, Spain, and maybe Germany in the near future.

[qwerty Profile]

Maybe there could be a special arrangement in which you play in the Rugby Asia Championship as an invited team.

[Vova12 Profile]

The only games worth playing in Asia are against Japan, 2 games. In Europe you have Georgia, Romania, Spain, and maybe Germany in the near future.

We can play tests with anyone.

Russia is placed in discriminatery conditions and forced to play in winter in the inter season without a chance to win tournament.

In Asia we will play at a convenient time of year and second place and participation in Repechege is provided to us.

[Vova12 Profile]

Maybe there could be a special arrangement in which you play in the Rugby Asia Championship as an invited team.

Russia has no chance of participating in WC. We lose points in games in winter at an inconvenent time.
In this case.

[Vova12 Profile]

But at moment need to follow all directions of European rugby.
Do yours want to play in Russia in winter?
Okay! In Krasnoyarsk!

What would each visit to Russia be memorable and unforgetable.

[victorsra Profile Website]

The new European clubs calendar that will be in place from 2020 will maybe allow the REC to be played in another period, maybe in April and May.

Let's see:

- Top 14/Prod2/Premiership/PRO14 payoffs will be in June, therefore April and May will be regular season months with only Champions Cup/Challenge Cup quarter and semifinals.

- Premiership and PRO14 will probably avoid matches during the 6N, having their own cups in the period;

- Top 14/Pro D2 will have matches during the 6N anyway;

- It will be possible to place an entire REC calendar in the space between Champions Cup/Challenge Cup QFs and SFs...

- If the REC is played in April and May, players from those countries that play in France and England would need to deal with their clubs. So the challenge here would be World Rugby make it mandatory for French/English clubs to allow their REC players to play in April/May. It might be possible because those players would be available during the whole 6N window. Maybe? That's a matter of compensation. The only reason I see to have the REC in the 6N period is because countries like Spain, Georgia and Romania have many players in French leagues.

[IanCleverly Profile]

Game between Czech Republic and Poland in the Trophy section to take place away from their 'normal' Prague speedway stadium venue, and will take place Here

https://en.mapy.cz/zakladni?x=17.648846 ... &id=346811

[Armchair Fan Profile]

Great little university city, I really hope it works.

[victorsra Profile Website]

The Portuguese Rugby Union http://www.fpr.pt/ lists Romania vs Portugal in Bucharest on November 9th now.