1997–98 FIRA Tournament
Appearance
1997–98 FIRA Tournament | |||
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Date | 18 October 1997 – 2 June 1998 | ||
Tournament statistics | |||
Champions | Not awarded | ||
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The 1997–98 FIRA Tournament was a rugby union tournament organized by the Fédération Internationale de Rugby Amateur (FIRA). Only minnow teams participated because the strongest 15 teams were playing the qualification for the Rugby World Cup.
The teams were divided into three pools, with the winners being Latvia, Luxembourg and Austria. No championship title was awarded.
Pool "Silver" (Division 2)
[edit]Place | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | |||||
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played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | diff. | |||
1 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 43 | +11 | 10 |
2 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 88 | −37 | 10 |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 102 | 64 | +38 | 8 |
4 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 87 | 38 | +49 | 7 |
5 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 70 | −61 | 2 |
Pool "Bronze" (Division 3)
[edit]Place | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | |||||
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played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | diff. | |||
1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 23 | +56 | 9 |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 43 | +6 | 7 |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 56 | −7 | 5 |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 82 | −55 | 3 |
Pool "Bowl" (Division 4)
[edit]Place | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | |||||
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played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | diff. | |||
1 | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 15 | +59 | 6 |
2 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 4 |
3 | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 62 | −50 | 2 |
Bibliography
[edit]- (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).
- "Minor Tournaments FIRA Tournament 1997/98". The Rugby Archive. 19 December 2014. Archived from the original on 28 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.