| 2016–17 Rugby Europe International Championships | |
| Date: | September 2016 – May 2017 |
| Countries: | 35 |
| Champions: | Championship (5) Trophy (1) Conference 1 (2) (1) Conference 2 (1) (1) Development (1) |
| Count Antim: | 6 |
| Matches: | 69 |
| Attendance: | 177923 |
| Tries: | 427 |
| Top Point Scorer: | Championship  Bradley Linklater (51) Trophy  David Weersma (52) Conference  Ori Abutbul (60) Development Petar Nikolov (31) |
| Top Try Scorer: | Championship  Giorgi Koshadze (4) Giorgi Tkhilaishvili (4) Trophy Sep Visser (6) Conference  James Kirk (7) Development  Dusan Vucicevic (4) |
| Website: | Rugby Europe |
| Previous Year: | 2014–16 |
| Previous Tournament: | 2014–16 European Nations Cup First Division |
| Next Year: | 2017–18 |
| Next Tournament: | 2017–18 Rugby Europe International Championships |
The 2016–17 Rugby Europe International Championships is the European Championship for tier 2 and tier 3 rugby union nations. The 2016–17 season is the first of its new format and structure, where all Levels play on a one-year cycle, replacing the old format of a two-year cycle, where the teams played each other both home and away.
For all teams competing, except the Development league, this year's edition of the Rugby Europe International Championships doubles as the 2019 Rugby World Cup qualifiers for the European region, where the winner of the Championship, excluding Georgia, automatically qualifies to the tournament as Europe 1. All other teams remains in contention, playing in their respective leagues, but also playing in World Cup play-offs, for the right to play in the Europe/Oceania play-off against Oceania 3.
Pre-tournament World Rugby rankings (from November 28 for Championship, from August 29 for all other levels) in parentheses[1]
Championship[2]
Conference 1
North[3]
South[4]
Development[5]
Trophy[6]
Conference 2
North[7]
South[8]
Notes
Due to financial instability, Turkey has cancelled all matches for the 2016–17 season and is no longer part of World Cup Qualifying.[9] [10]
See main article: article and 2017 Rugby Europe Championship.
| Champions |
| Advances Promotion/ Relegation play-off |
| Pos. | Team | Games | Points | Table points | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | ||||||
| 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 122 | 78 | +44 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 136 | 44 | +92 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | |
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 91 | 54 | +37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 107 | 117 | −10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 121 | 201 | −80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 70 | 153 | −83 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Points were awarded to the teams as follows:[11] Win – 4 points : Draw – 2 points : Loss within 7 points – 1 point : Loss greater than 7 points – 0 points: At least 3 more tries than opponent- 1 point Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point (will not be counted towards World Cup Qualification) As the tournament for 2017 had been completed and issues of relegation had been decided in that year, the points deduction should not be applied to the 2017 Rugby Europe tournament (para 51).[12] [13] [14] | ||||||||||||
See main article: article and 2016–17 Rugby Europe Trophy.
| Champions and advances to Promotion/ Relegation play-off |
| Relegated |
| Pos. | Team | Games | Points | Table points | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | ||||||
| 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 179 | 37 | +142 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 25 | |
| 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 159 | 94 | +65 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | |
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 140 | 122 | +18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 73 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 100 | 162 | −62 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 52 | 215 | −163 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Points were awarded to the teams as follows: Win – 4 points : Draw – 2 points : Loss within 7 points – 1 point : Loss greater than 7 points – 0 points: At least 3 more tries than opponent- 1 point Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point (will not be counted towards World Cup Qualification) | ||||||||||||
See main article: article.
| Champions and advances to Promotion play-off |
| Relegated |
| Pos. | Team | Games | Points | Table points | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | ||||||
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 158 | 26 | +132 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20 | |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 93 | 45 | +48 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 98 | −42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 54 | 124 | −70 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 107 | −68 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Points were awarded to the teams as follows: Win – 4 points : Draw – 2 points : Loss within 7 points – 1 point : Loss greater than 7 points – 0 points: At least 3 more tries than opponent- 1 point Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point (will not be counted towards World Cup Qualification) | ||||||||||||
| Champions and advances to Promotion play-off |
| Relegated |
| Pos. | Team | Games | Points | Table points | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | ||||||
| 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 147 | 49 | +98 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 135 | 100 | +35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 106 | 79 | +27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 62 | 181 | −119 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 72 | 113 | −41 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Points were awarded to the teams as follows: Win – 4 points : Draw – 2 points : Loss within 7 points – 1 point : Loss greater than 7 points – 0 points: At least 3 more tries than opponent- 1 point Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point (will not be counted towards World Cup Qualification) | ||||||||||||
See main article: article.
| Pos. | Team | Games | Points | Table points | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | ||||||
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 157 | 30 | +127 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20 | |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 161 | 42 | +119 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 98 | 109 | −11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 92 | 144 | −52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 222 | −183 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Points were awarded to the teams as follows: Win – 4 points : Draw – 2 points : Loss within 7 points – 1 point : Loss greater than 7 points – 0 points: At least 3 more tries than opponent- 1 point Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point (will not be counted towards World Cup Qualification) | ||||||||||||
| Champions and Promoted |
| Relegated |
| Pos. | Team | Games | Points | Table points | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | |||||||
| 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 90 | 54 | +36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | ||
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 79 | 51 | +28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 114 | 48 | +66 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 77 | 107 | −30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 100 | −100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Points were awarded to the teams as follows: Win – 4 points : Draw – 2 points : Loss within 7 points – 1 point : Loss greater than 7 points – 0 points: At least 3 more tries than opponent- 1 point Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point (will not be counted towards World Cup Qualification) | |||||||||||||
| Pos. | Team | Games | Points | Table points | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 42 | +10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 51 | +11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 62 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Points were awarded to the teams as follows: Win – 4 points : Draw – 2 points : Loss within 7 points – 1 point : Loss greater than 7 points – 0 points: At least 3 more tries than opponent- 1 point Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point (will not be counted towards World Cup Qualification) | ||||||||||||