1997–98 FIRA Tournament

1997–98 FIRA Tournament
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)

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Lettland	4	3	0	1	54	43	+11	10
2	Litauen	4	3	0	1	51	88	−37	10
3	Schweiz	4	2	0	2	102	64	+38	8
4	Yugoslavia	4	2	0	2	87	38	+49	7
5	Israel	4	0	0	4	9	70	−61	2

25 October 1997

Litauen	25–23	Lettland

Vilnius

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8 November 1997

Schweiz	29–13	Yugoslavia

Nyon

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28 March 1998

Israel	3–34	Schweiz

Netanya

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25 April 1998

Yugoslavia	30–6	Israel

Beograd

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9 May 1998

Lettland	25–18	Schweiz

Riga

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10 May 1998

Schweiz	21–23	Litauen

Basel

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20 May 1998

Yugoslavia	44–0	Litauen

Beograd

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30 May 1998

Lettland	3 – 0 withdraw	Israel

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2 June 1998

Lettland	3 – 0 withdraw	Yugoslavia

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Litauen	3 – 0 withdraw	Israel

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Pool "Bronze" (Division 3)

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Luxemburg	3	3	0	0	79	23	+56	9
2	Bosnien und Herzegowina	3	2	0	1	49	43	+6	7
3	Monaco	3	1	0	2	49	56	−7	5
4	Bulgarien	3	0	0	3	27	82	−55	3

18 October 1997

Bulgarien	6–39	Luxemburg

Sofia

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15 November 1997

Monaco	16–22	Bosnien und Herzegowina

Montecarlo

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28 March 1998

Luxemburg	22–5	Bosnien und Herzegowina

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18 April 1998

Luxemburg	18–12	Monaco

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9 May 1998

Monaco	21–16	Bulgarien

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13 May 1998

Bosnien und Herzegowina	22–5	Bulgarien

Zenica

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Pool "Bowl" (Division 4)

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Österreich	2	2	0	0	74	15	+59	6
2	Slowenien	2	1	0	1	41	50	−9	4
3	Ungarn	2	0	0	2	12	62	−50	2

18 April 1998

Slowenien	38–0	Ungarn

Sofia

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23 May 1998

Ungarn	12–24	Österreich

Montecarlo

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6 June 1998

Österreich	50–3	Slowenien

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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).
• "Minor Tournaments FIRA Tournament 1997/98". The Rugby Archive. 19 December 2014. Archived from the original on 28 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.