2023–24 Rugby Europe Trophy

The 2023–24 Rugby Europe Trophy is the sixth season of the second premier rugby union competition for European national teams outside the Six Nations Championship which itself is a part of the Rugby Europe International Championships. The confirmed teams that are competing include Czechia, Croatia, Lithuania, Sweden, Switzerland and Ukraine.

2023–24 Rugby Europe Trophy
Date	28 October 2023 - 13 April 2024
Countries	Croatia  Czech Republic  Lithuania  Sweden   Switzerland  Ukraine
Tournament statistics
Champions	Switzerland (2nd title)
Matches played	15
Attendance	13,818 (921 per match)
Tries scored	111 (7.4 per match)
← 2022–23 (Previous) (Next) 2024–25 →

Participants

Nation	Stadium			Head coach	Captain
	Home stadium	Capacity	Location
Croatia	Stadion Stari plac Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić	5,000 5,000	Split Zagreb	Anthony Posa	Nik Jurišić
Czech Republic	Markéta Stadium	10,000	Prague	Miroslav Němeček	Dan Hošek
Lithuania	Klaipėda Central Stadium Šiauliai Rugby Academy Stadium	4,428 4,000	Klaipėda Šiauliai	Gediminas Marcišauskas	Tautvydas Krasauskas
Sweden	Olympiastadion Östervångsstadion	14,417 n/a	Stockholm Trelleborg	Alex Laybourne	Sami Paulsson
Switzerland	Stade Municipal Yverdon Colovray Sports Centre Centre Sportif des Cherpines	6,600 7,200 1,000	Yverdon-les-Bains Nyon Plan-les-Ouates	Olivier Nier	Cyril Lin
Ukraine	Makarska City Stadium* Rugby Club Havirov Stadium*	3,000 300	Makarska* Havířov*	Valerii Kochanov	Oleg Kosariev Viacheslav Ponomarenko

* Owing to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine's home matches will be played in Croatia and Czech Republic

Table

Champions

Relegated to Conference

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Tries			TBP	LBP	Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	For	Against	Diff
1	Switzerland (P)	5	5	0	0	198	64	+134	25	8	+17	2	0	22
2	Sweden	5	4	0	1	145	112	+33	21	13	+8	2	0	18
3	Czech Republic	5	3	0	2	192	153	+39	26	19	+7	2	0	14
4	Croatia	5	2	0	3	130	132	-2	20	10	+1	2	1	11
5	Lithuania	5	1	0	4	103	143	-40	12	20	-8	0	0	4
6	Ukraine	5	0	0	5	61	225	-164	8	33	-25	0	0	0
Source - [1] Points were awarded to the teams as follows: Win – 4 points | Draw – 2 points | At least 3 more tries than opponent – 1 point | Loss within 7 points – 1 point | Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point[2] (P) - promoted to 2025 Rugby Europe Championship

Fixtures

28 October 2023 14:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Sweden	48–37	Czech Republic
	Report

Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Eugeniu Procopi (Moldova)

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4 November 2023 13:00 CET (UTC+1)

(1 TBP) Czech Republic	48–22	Croatia
	Report

Markéta Stadium, Prague Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Adrian Pawlik (Poland)

4 November 2023 14:00 CET (UTC +1)

Ukraine	14–32	Lithuania
	Report

Makarska City Stadium, Makarska Attendance: 300 Referee: Ethan Glass (Switzerland)

4 November 2023 15:30 CET (UTC+1)

Switzerland	23–12	Sweden
	Report

Stade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains Attendance: n/a Referee: Killian O'Brien (Germany)

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11 November 2023 14:00 EET (UTC+2)

Lithuania	17–31	Switzerland
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Klaipėda Central Stadium, Klaipėda Attendance: 500 Referee: Sulkhan Chikladze (Georgia)

11 November 2023 14:30 CET (UTC +1)

Ukraine	5–41	Croatia (1 TBP)
	Report

Makarska City Stadium, Makarska Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Luis Fernandez (Spain)

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18 November 2023 14:30 CET (UTC +1)

(1 LBP) Croatia	20–22	Sweden
	Report

Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić, Zagreb Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Lukasz Jasinski (Poland)

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25 November 2023 14:00 CET (UTC+1)

Czech Republic	34–24	Lithuania
	Report

Markéta Stadium, Prague Attendance: 700 Referee: Gert Visser (Netherlands)

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9 March 2024 14:00 CET (UTC+1)

Czech Republic	25–41	Switzerland
	Report

Markéta Stadium, Prague Attendance: 600 Referee: Joshua Ferreira (Germany)

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16 March 2024 14:30 CET (UTC+1)

(1 TBP) Croatia	37–22	Lithuania
	Report

Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić, Zagreb Attendance: 300 Referee: Maria Latos (Germany)

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23 March 2024 13:00 CET (UTC+1)

Ukraine	18–48	Czech Republic (1 TBP)
	Report

Rugby Club Havirov Stadium, Havířov Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Mike Hawkins (Denmark)

23 March 2024 14:00 EET (UTC+2)

Lithuania	8–27	Sweden (1 TBP)
	Report

Šiauliai Rugby Academy Stadium, Šiauliai Attendance: 300 Referee: Pedro Mendes-Silva (Portugal)

23 March 2024 15:30 CET (UTC+1)

(1 TBP) Switzerland	35–10	Croatia
	Report

Stade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains Attendance: 1,518 Referee: Nicola Fratila (Romania)

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6 April 2024 14:00 CEST (UTC+2)

(1 TBP) Sweden	36–24	Ukraine
	Report

Östervångsstadion, Trelleborg Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Gert Visser (Netherlands)

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13 April 2024 15:30 CEST (UTC+2)

(1 TBP) Switzerland	68–0	Ukraine
	Report

Utogrund, Zürich Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Ignacio Munoz Martin (Spain)

Two-Year overall table

Promoted to Championship

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Tries			TBP	LBP	Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	For	Against	Diff
1	Switzerland	8	8	0	0	362	111	+251	49	13	+36	5	0	37
2	Sweden	8	5	0	3	179	214	-35	26	27	-1	3	0	23
3	Croatia	8	3	0	5	208	217	-9	28	30	-2	2	2	16
4	Lithuania	8	2	0	6	176	231	-55	23	31	-8	1	2	11
5	Ukraine	8	3	0	5	160	312	-152	21	46	-25	1	0	9
Source - [3] Points were awarded to the teams as follows: Win – 4 points | Draw – 2 points | At least 3 more tries than opponent – 1 point | Loss within 7 points – 1 point | Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point[4]

See also

• Rugby Europe International Championships
• Six Nations Championship

References

1. "2023-24 Rugby Europe Trophy standings".
2. "Rugby Europe International Championships 2018-2019 Manual" (PDF). Rugby Europe. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
3. "2022-23 Rugby Europe Trophy standings".
4. "Rugby Europe International Championships 2018-2019 Manual" (PDF). Rugby Europe. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.

External links

• Rugby Europe - Official Site