The 1989-90 FIRA Trophy was the 28th edition of a European rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 championship for national teams. The format return to a "one-year tornament".

The tournament was won by France, Romania and Soviet Union with the same points.

First division

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Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1		4	3	0	1	82	47
10
1		4	3	0	1	81	59
10
1		4	3	0	1	66	55	+11	10
4		4	1	0	3	67	56	+11	6
6		4	0	0	4	43	122	-79	4

• Poland Relegated to division 2

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Point system: try 4 pt, conversion: 2 pt., penalty kick 3 pt. drop 3 pt Click "show" for more info about match (scorers, line-up etc)

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Pool A

The first match between Tunisia and Morocco was tied. The two unions according with FIRA, agreed to considered valid for tournament the match originally valid only for Rugby World Cup 1991 qualification instead the first one.

The match between Belgium and Tunisia, scheduled in Bruxelles, wasn't played.

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Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1		3	3	0	0	52	28
9
2		3	1	0	2	39	35
5
3		2	1	0	1	18	21
4
4		2	0	0	2	18	44
2

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Pool B

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Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1		4	3	1	0	70	45
11
2		4	3	0	1	101	51
10
3		4	2	0	2	86	50	36	8
4		4	0	1	3	45	98	-53	5
5		3	1	0	2	37	101	-64	4

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Final

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Third division

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Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1		2	2	0	0	35	9
6
2		2	1	0	1	31	15
4
3		2	0	0	2	12	54
2

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External links

• FIRA-AER official website