| 2000 European Nations Cup | |
| Date: | 6 February – 2 April 2000 |
| Countries: | |
| Matches: | 15 |
| Previous Year: | 1998–99 |
| Previous Tournament: | 1998–99 FIRA Tournament |
| Next Year: | 2000–01 |
| Next Tournament: | 2001 European Nations Cup First Division |
The 2000 European Nations Cup was the first European Nations Cup, an international rugby union competition for second-tier nations. It replaced the FIRA Tournament following the emergence of professionalism in rugby union and Italy being granted a place in the Six Nations.
The first season had six teams (five from Europe and one from Africa). The teams played each other once, playing roughly to the same weekends as the Six Nations. Romania won the first title, with a single loss to Morocco in the opening game. Georgia improved their performance in the context of European rugby, finishing in second place, while Morocco finished in third place, ahead of Spain and Portugal. Netherlands finished last.[1]
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | ||||
| 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 130 | 57 | +73 | 13 | ||
| 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 145 | 105 | +40 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 94 | 69 | +25 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 109 | 105 | +4 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 74 | 100 | −26 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 52 | 168 | −116 | 7 |
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