1990–1992 FIRA Trophy explained

1990-92 FIRA Trophy
Date:30 September 1990 – 28 May 1992
Countries:


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Matches:20
Previous Year:1989-1990
Previous Tournament:1989–1990 FIRA Trophy
Next Year:1992–1994
Next Tournament:1992–1994 FIRA Trophy

The 1990–92 FIRA Trophy was the 29th edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams. The format returned to a two-year tournament.

The tournament was won by France, with a Grand Slam. Italy, improving their competitive performance, finished in 2nd place, while Romania where 3rd. Both teams qualified for the 1991 Rugby World Cup, since the first two games also were valid for the qualification, while Soviet Union missed them. This would be their last presence at the FIRA Trophy, since the country ceased to exist on 25 December 1991. They were replaced by the CIS for the final two games. Spain failed the 1991 Rugby World Cup qualification because of her two losses in the opening games, had a narrow defeat to Italy (22-21), and a win over Romania (6-0), both at home, but wasn't able to avoid the 5th and last place, and were relegated.

The winners of the Second Division pools were Germany and Morocco.

First division

 FRAITAROUURSESP
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9-15––––39-1334-1230-6
21-3318-21––––34-619-6
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24-6021-226-016-19––––

Due to Dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union was replaced by the Commonwealth of Independent States.

PlaceNationGamesPointsTable
points
played won drawn lost for against diff.
1 88 0 0 281 109 +172 24
28 6 0 2 194 109 +85 20
38 3 0 5 121 139 -18 14
4/ 8 2 0 6 100 192 -92 12
5 8 1 0 7 86 233 -147 10
align=left width=60% style="font-size: 85%"Point system: try 4 pt, conversion: 2 pt., penalty kick 3 pt. drop 3 pt
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Second division

Pool A

PlaceNationGamesPointsTable
points
played won drawn lost for against diff.
1 64114633+1315
263127665+1113
362317669+713
460154576-317

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Pool B

PlaceNationGamesPointsTable
points
played won drawn lost for against diff.
16 5 0 1 98 54 +44 16
26 40211766+51 14
36 2 0 4 89 85 +4 10
46 1 0 5 75 174 -99 8

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Third division

Pool 1

(not completed due to the withdrawal of Yugoslavia)

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Pool 2

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