2008-2010 European Nations Cup Second Division

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The European Nations Cup Second division 2008-2010 is the second tier of the European Championship for developing Rugby Union nations.

It is made up of two divisions with 5 teams in each division with promotion and relegation between them. The winner of Division 2A gets promoted to Division One whilst the last placed team in 2B gets relegated to Division 3A.

The leader of Division 2B at the end of the 2008-2009 season, and the champion of Division 2A at the end of the competition, will have the opportunity to participate in qualification for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

The current champions of Division 2A are Germany who have been replaced by the relegated Czech Republic. Poland won Division 2B and were promoted to Division 2A in place of the Netherlands. Sweden was promoted from Division 3A to replace the relegated Andorra.

Contents

Table - Division 2A

Promoted to Division 1 for 2010-2012 and qualified for 2011 RWC Qualifying Relegated to 2B for 2010-2012


Place Nation
 v • d • e 
Games		 Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
1  Moldova (36) 2 1 0 1 29 19 +10 4
2  Poland (32) 2 1 0 1 25 20 +5 4
3  Ukraine (31) 2 1 0 1 21 21 +0 4
4  Czech Republic (37) 2 1 0 1 18 22 -4 4
5  Belgium (27) 2 1 0 1 17 28 -11 4

Matches

Date Match Result Venue
04-Oct-2008 Poland - Ukraine 12 - 13 Poland
01-Nov-2008 Belgium - Ukraine 9 - 8 Belgium
15-Nov-2008 Czech Republic - Poland 7 - 13 Czech Republic
16-Nov-2008 Moldova - Belgium 20 - 8 Moldova
22-Nov-2008 Czech Republic - Moldova 11 - 9 Czech Republic
15-Mar-2009 Belgium - Czech Republic Belgium
22-Mar-2009 Ukraine - Czech Republic Ukraine
18-Apr-2009 Ukraine - Moldova Ukraine
16-May-2009 Moldova - Poland Moldova
30-May-2009 Poland - Belgium Poland

Return matches in 2009-2010 not scheduled.

Table - Division 2B

Promoted to 2A for 2010-2012 Qualified for 2011 RWC Qualifying Relegated to 3A for 2010-2012


Place Nation
 v • d • e 
Games		 Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
1  Netherlands (41) 2 2 0 0 47 22 +25 6
2  Sweden (43) 2 1 0 1 27 14 +13 4
3  Malta (53) 2 1 0 1 25 24 +1 4
4  Croatia (45) 2 1 0 1 30 34 -4 4
5  Latvia (55) 2 0 0 2 15 50 -35 2

Matches

Date Match Result Venue
25-Oct-2008 Sweden - Latvia 21 - 5 Belgium
25-Oct-2008 Malta - Croatia 16 - 18 Czech Republic
01-Nov-2008 Netherlands - Croatia 18 - 12 Moldova
01-Nov-2008 Sweden - Malta 6 - 9 Czech Republic
08-Nov-2008 Latvia - Netherlands 10 - 29 Belgium
18-Apr-2009 Netherlands - Sweden Netherlands
18-Apr-2009 Latvia - Malta Latvia
25-Apr-2009 Malta - Netherlands Malta
25-Apr-2009 Croatia - Latvia Croatia
02-May-2009 Croatia - Sweden Croatia

Return matches in 2009-2010 not scheduled.

See also

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008-2010_European_Nations_Cup_Second_Division"

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