| 2021–22 Rugby Europe International Championships | |
| Date: | 2 October 2021 – 21 May 2022 |
| Countries: | 34 |
| Champions: | Championship (14) Trophy (3) Conference 1 (3) (1) Conference 2 (1) (1) Development |
| Count Antim: | 15 |
| Matches: | 57 |
| Attendance: | 92517 |
| Tries: | 298 |
| Previous Year: | 2020–21 |
| Previous Tournament: | 2020–21 Rugby Europe International Championships |
| Next Year: | 2022–23 |
| Next Tournament: | 2022–23 Rugby Europe International Championships |
The 2021–22 Rugby Europe International Championships is the European Championship for tier 2 and tier 3 rugby union nations. The 2021–22 season is the fifth of its new format and structure, where all Levels play on a one-year cycle, replacing the old format of a two-year cycle, with the teams playing each other both home and away.
For all teams competing in the Championship, this year's edition of the Rugby Europe International Championships doubles as the second year of 2023 Rugby World Cup qualifiers for the European region, where the winner and runner-up teams of the two-year cycle, automatically qualifies to the tournament as Europe 1 and Europe 2. The third team qualifies to the Final qualification tournament.
On February 28, 2022 Russia and Belarus were suspended from all international rugby and cross-border club rugby activities until further notice.[1]
Pre-tournament World Rugby rankings in parentheses.
Championship
Conference 1
North
Conference 2
North
Development
Trophy
South
South
Legend:
* Champion of 2020–21 season; ↓ Relegated from higher division during 2019–20 season; X Disqualified
See main article: 2022 Rugby Europe Championship.
See main article: 2021–22 Rugby Europe Trophy.
| Champions and promoted to 2022–23 Rugby Europe Trophy |
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | |||||
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 154 | 73 | +81 | 2 | 0 | 18 | |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 142 | 70 | +72 | 3 | 0 | 15 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 67 | 109 | -42 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 56 | 128 | -72 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 61 | 90 | -29 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Source - [2] 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[3] | |||||||
| Champions and promoted to 2022–23 Rugby Europe Trophy |
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | |||||
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 33 | +78 | 2 | 0 | 18 | |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 40 | +29 | 0 | 1 | 13 | |
| 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 54 | +8 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 58 | 70 | -12 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 116 | -103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Source - [4] 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[5] | |||||||
| Champions and promoted |
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | |||||
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 19 | +64 | 2 | 0 | 14 | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 95 | 46 | +49 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 60 | -17 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 104 | -101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Source - [6] 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[7] | |||||||
| Champions and promoted |
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | |||||
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 61 | +73 | 2 | 0 | 18 | |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 110 | 74 | +36 | 1 | 1 | 14 | |
| 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 69 | 72 | +3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 81 | 124 | -43 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 55 | 132 | -77 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Source - [8] 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[9] | |||||||
| Champions |
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 0 | +65 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 65 | -37 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | -28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Source - [10] 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[11] | |||||||