Coppa Italia (rugby)
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The Coppa Italia is a rugby union
competition in Italy
for domestic clubs. The competition is second to the Super 10
. The competition has been contested annually since 1967, though it was not held from 1974 to 1980, and 1983 to 1994, and again in 1996, 1999 and 2002. The first club to win the competition was CUS Roma.
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...
competition in Italy
Italy
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for domestic clubs. The competition is second to the Super 10
Super 10 (Italian premiership)
The withdrawal of Viadana and Benetton Treviso from the league has been compounded by club mergers. Rugby Viadana, Gran Parma and Colorno have merged to form GranDucato Rugby. Overmach Parma and Noceto have merged to form Crociati, both new clubs to be based in Parma. These changes created 2...
. The competition has been contested annually since 1967, though it was not held from 1974 to 1980, and 1983 to 1994, and again in 1996, 1999 and 2002. The first club to win the competition was CUS Roma.
Results
- 1967 - CUS Roma
- 1968 - Fiamme Oro Padova
- 1969 - Fiamme Oro Padova
- 1970 - Metalcrom Treviso
- 1971 - Fiamme Oro Padova
- 1972 - Fiamme Oro Padova
- 1973 - L'Aquila RugbyL'Aquila RugbyL'Aquila Rugby 1936 are an Italian rugby union club currently competing in Super 10.The club is based in L'Aquila which is the capital of Abruzzo.The official colours of the club are black and green, the colours of the city of L'Aquila.-History:...
- Not held from 1974 to 1980
- 1981 - Mael L'Aquila
- 1982 - Petrarca Padova
- Not held from 1983 to 1994
- 1995 - Milan Amatori Milano
- 1996 - Not held
- 1997 - Benetton Rugby TrevisoBenetton Rugby TrevisoBenetton Rugby Treviso are an Italian professional rugby union club currently competing in the RaboDirect Pro12 and the Heineken Cup.They are based in Treviso in Veneto, and owned by the Benetton clothing company....
- 1998 - RDS Roma
- 1999 - Not held
- 2000 - Arix Viadana
- 2001 - E.Planet Petrarca Padova
- 2002 - Not held
- 2003 - Arix Viadana
- 2004 - Rugby CalvisanoRugby CalvisanoRugby Calvisano are an Italian rugby union club currently competing in National Championship of Excellence.They are based in Calvisano , in Lombardy....
- 2005 - Benetton Rugby Treviso
- 2006 - Overmach Parma
- 2007 - Arix Viadana
- 2008 - Overmach Parma
- 2009 - Overmach Parma
- 2010 - Benetton Rugby Treviso
- 2011 - Rugby Roma