| 2016–17 Rugby Europe Conference | |
| Date: | 3 September 2016 – 6 May 2017 |
| Countries: | 20 |
| Count: | 2 |
| Grand Slam: | (2) (1) |
| Matches: | 36 |
| Attendance: | 25020 |
| Tries: | 237 |
| Top Point Scorer: | Conference 1  Ori Abutbul (60) Conference 2  Gregorie Collet (48) |
| Top Try Scorer: | Conference 1  James Kirk (7) Conference 2 Gregorie Collet (6) |
| Previous Year: | 2014–16 |
| Previous Tournament: | 2014–16 European Nations Cup Second Division |
| Next Year: | 2017–2018 |
| Next Tournament: | 2017–18 Rugby Europe Conference |
The 2016–17 Rugby Europe Conference is the third-level rugby union competition below the premier Championship and Trophy competitions. It is the inaugural Conference under its new format, that will see Andorra, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta and Sweden compete for the Conference 1 title. While Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Norway, Serbia, Slovenia and Turkey will compete for the Conference 2 title.
The winners of Conference 1 North and South will play an additional match, a promotion play-off to the Trophy competition for the 2017–18 season. While the bottom placed teams of Conference 1 North and South will be relegated to Conference 2 for the following season, replacing the North and South winners of Conference 2. The team with the worst record in an aggregated Conference 2 table, will be relegated to the Development league for the following season.
| Champions and advances to Promotion play-off |
| Relegated |
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Try BP | Losing BP | Grand Slam BP | Table points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | ||||||
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 158 | 26 | +132 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 93 | 47 | +46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 98 | −42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 56 | 124 | −68 | 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 At least 3 more tries than opponent- 1 point Loss within 8 points – 1 point Loss greater than 8 points – 0 points Completing a Grand Slam – 2 points (will not be counted towards World Cup Qualification) | ||||||||||||
| Champions and advances to Promotion play-off |
| Relegated |
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Try BP | Losing BP | Grand Slam BP | Table points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | ||||||
| 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 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 77 | 52 | +25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 62 | 181 | −119 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 84 | −39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 8 points – 1 point Loss greater than 8 points – 0 points Completing a Grand Slam – 2 points (will not be counted towards World Cup Qualification) | ||||||||||||
| Champions and Promoted |
| Possibly relegated |
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Try BP | Losing BP | Grand Slam BP | Table points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | ||||||
| 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 161 | 42 | +119 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 25 | +95 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 87 | 107 | −20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 93 | −38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 179 | −156 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 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 8 points – 1 point Loss greater than 8 points – 0 points Completing a Grand Slam – 2 points (will not be counted towards World Cup Qualification) | ||||||||||||
| Champions and Promoted |
| Relegated |
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Try BP | Losing BP | Grand Slam BP | Table points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | ||||||
| 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 At least 3 more tries than opponent- 1 point Loss within 8 points – 1 point Loss greater than 8 points – 0 points Completing a Grand Slam – 2 points (will not be counted towards World Cup Qualification) | ||||||||||||
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Bonus points | Table points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 18 | +60 | 1 | 14 | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 13 | +86 | 1 | 9 | |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 22 | +45 | 0 | 12 | |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 82 | 54 | +28 | 1 | 5 | |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 29 | +18 | 1 | 5 | |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 51 | −3 | 1 | 5 | |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 25 | +8 | 0 | 4 | |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 74 | −36 | 0 | 4 | |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 104 | −93 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 100 | −100 | 0 | 0 | |
| Points were awarded to the teams as follows: Win – 4 points Draw – 2 points 4 or more tries – 1 point Loss within 7 points – 1 point Loss greater than 7 points – 0 points | ||||||||||