| 2025 Rugby Europe Championship | |
| Date: | 1–2 February – 16 March 2025 |
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| Previous Year: | 2024 |
| Previous Tournament: | 2024 Rugby Europe Championship |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Next Tournament: | 2026 Rugby Europe Championship |
The 2025 Rugby Europe Championship will be the ninth Rugby Europe Championship, the annual rugby union competition for the top European national teams outside the Six Nations Championship, and the 54rd edition of the competition (including all its previous incarnations as the FIRA Tournament, Rugby Union European Cup, FIRA Nations Cup, FIRA Trophy, and European Nations Cup).[1]
Eight teams took part in the 2024 championship. The championship was contested by Belgium, Georgia, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Spain and Poland.[2] Georgia won the previous championship after defeating Portugal in the final, claiming their 16th title. Poland were relegated. After winning the 2023-24 Rugby Europe Trophy, Switzerland were promoted to the Championship for the 2025 season. This will be the first time in their history that they are in the top division.
The serpentine system was applied to allocate each team to their respective groups.[3] Each team played a total of five games (three round robin group matches to determine the team's path and two play-off matches).[3] Seeding (for a group) and relegation are calculated over a two-year cycle, as is the promotion from the Trophy competition.[3]
This year's edition of the Rugby Europe Championship doubles as the year of the 2027 Rugby World Cup qualifiers for the European region. The first four teams automatically qualify for the tournament as Europe 1, Europe 2, Europe 3 and Europe 4, respectively while the team in fifth place advances to the final qualification tournament as Europe 5.[4]
| Nation | Stadium | Head coach | Captain | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home stadium | Capacity | Location | ||||
| Stade Nelson Mandela | 2,100 | Brussels | Mike Ford | Jens Torfs | ||
| Avchala Stadium | 3,500 | Tbilisi | Richard Cockerill | Beka Gorgadze | ||
| Fritz-Grunebaum-Sportpark Stadion Pichterich | 5,000 6,000 | Heidelberg Neckarsulm | Mark Kuhlmann | Jörn Schröder | ||
| NRCA Stadium | 7,000 | Amsterdam | Lyn Jones | Hugo Langelaan | ||
| Estádio do Restelo Estádio Nacional | 19,856 37,593 | Lisbon |  Simon Mannix | Tomás Appleton | ||
| Stadionul Arcul de Triumf | 8,207 | Bucharest |  David Gérard | Mihai Macovei | ||
| Estadio El Malecón Estadio Nacional Complutense Estadio Nuevo Vivero | 6,007 12,400 14,898 | Torrelavega Madrid Badajoz |  Pablo Bouza | Jon Zabala | ||
| Stade Municipal Yverdon Colovray Sports Centre Centre Sportif des Cherpines | 6,600 7,200 1,000 | Yverdon-les-Bains Nyon Plan-les-Ouates | Olivier Nier | Cyril Lin | ||
| Advances to the Grand Finals Semi-Finals | |
| Advances to the Ranking Finals Semi-Finals |
| Pos. | Team | Games | Points | Tries | Table points | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | For | Against | Diff | |||||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Source - [5] 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 | |||||||||||
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| Advances to the Grand Finals Semi-Finals | |
| Advances to the Ranking Finals Semi-Finals |
| Pos. | Team | Games | Points | Tries | Table points | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | For | Against | Diff | |||||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Source - 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 | |||||||||||
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See main article: article and 2027 Men's Rugby World Cup qualifying.
| Pos. | Team | Points | 2027 RWC / WRNC Division 2 qualification | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TBA | 10 | Qualified as Europe 1 | |
| 2 | TBA | 8 | Qualified as Europe 2 | |
| 3 | TBA | 6 | Qualified as Europe 3 | |
| 4 | TBA | 5 | Qualified as Europe 4 | |
| 5 | TBA | 4 | Advances to as Europe 5 | |
| 6 | TBA | 3 | ||
| 7 | TBA | 2 | ||
| 8 | TBA | 1 |
| width=15% | Country | Broadcaster[6] | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Rugby Europe (registration required) | ||
| Rugby TV Imedi TV | Georgia games shown live via Rugby TV and Imedi TV. Also Georgia games are streamed and free on Rugby TV Facebook page | ||
| — | Rugby Europe (registration required) | ||
| Ziggo | Selected games live on Ziggo Sport | ||
| TVP Sport | Poland's home games shown live | ||
| Sport TV | Portugal games shown live | ||
| — | Rugby Europe (registration required) | ||
| Teledeporte | Spain games shown live via Teledeporte | ||
| TBA | |||
| RugbyZone | All games available through streaming via RugbyZone | ||
| North America | FloRugby | All games available through streaming via FloSports | |
| Rest of the World | Rugby Europe | All games available through streaming via Rugby Europe (registration required). Some games are streamed and free on Rugby Europe Youtube channel |