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1966-67 Nations Cup
Date	27 November 1966 - 26 May 1967
Countries	France  Romania  Italy  Portugal
Tournament statistics
Champions	France
Grand Slam	France
Matches played	6
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The Nations Cup 1966-67 was the seventh edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams, and second with the formula and the name of "Nations Cup". The Tournament was won by France, who swept all their matches, with Romania, Italy and Portugal. Portugal, who had the chance to play with the three best teams from Continental Europe, achieved an honourable 6-3 loss to Italy, but, having lost all their matches, were relegated. France did not award caps in their 56-14 win over Portugal abroad.

First division

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	France	3	3	0	0	125	30	95	6
2	Romania	3	2	0	1	73	18	55	4
3	Italy	3	1	0	2	22	87	-65	2
4	Portugal	3	0	0	3	23	108	-85	0

Portugal relegated to second division

• Results

27 November 1966	Romania	3 - 9	France	Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest
	Pen: Penciu		Try: Duprat Salut Pen: Lacaze	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: P.G. Brook
Romania: 15 Vasile Daiciulescu, 14 Alexandru Penciu, 13 Gheorghe Nica, 12 Valeriu Irimescu, 11 Paul Ciobănel, 10 Mihai Wusek, 9 Adrian Mateescu, 8 Gheorghe Stoica, 7 Alexandru Ionescu, 6 Constantin Dinu, 5 Ion Țuțuianu, 4 Vasile Rusu, 3 Gheorghe Rășcanu, 2 Mircea Rusu, 1 Radu Demian (c.)
France: 15.Claude Lacaze, 14.Bernard Duprat, 11.Christian Darrouy (c), 13.Jo Maso, 12.Claude Dourthe, 10.Jean-Claude Roques, 9.Jean-Claude Lasserre, 8.Andre Herrero, 7.Jean Salut, 6.Christian Carrere, 5.Walter Spanghero, 4.Benoit Dauga, 3.Arnaldo Gruarin, 2.Jean-Michel Cabanier, 1.Jean-Claude Berejnoi

26 March 1967	France	60 - 13	Italy	Stade Mayol, Toulon
	Try: Armaudet 9' 19' 34', Rupert 12' Cabanier 21' Lux 25' Sitjar 38' Gachassin 52' 80' Dauga 63' Darrouy 68' Con: G.Camberabero 9' 19' 21' 25' 34' 52' 80' Pen: G.Camberabero 8' 48' 63' 69' Drop: G.Camberabero		Try: Salmaso 32' Degli Antoni 76' Prosperini 77' Con: Di Zitti 75' 77'	Attendance: 9,270 Referee: K. Morgan
France:15 Pierre Villepreux, 14 Michel Arnaudet, 13 Jean Gachassin, 12 Jean-Pierre Lux, 11 Christian Darrouy (c.), 10 Guy Camberabero, 9 Lilian Camberabero, 8 Jean-Claude Berejnoi, 7 Jean-Nichel Cabanier, 6 Arnaldo Gruarin, 5 Benoît Dauga, 4 Jacques Fort, 3 Michel Sitjar, 2 Jean-Joseph Rupert, 1 André Herrero
Italy:15 Ettore Giugovaz, 14 Giorgio Troncon, 13 Andrea d'Alberton, 12 Roberto Luise III, 11 Vittorio Ambron, 10 Francesco Soro II, 9 Elio Fusco, 8 Antonio di Zitti (c), 7 Giancarlo Degli Antoni, 6 Marco Bollesan, 5 Franco Piccinini, 4 Ivo Mazzucchelli, 3 Enzo Bellinazzo, 2 Oreste Vene', 1 Franco Mazzantini

7 May 1967	Italy	6 - 3	Portugal	Stadio "Ferraris", Genoa
	Pen: Di Zitti 36' 56'		Pen: L. Lynce 58'	Referee: Cuny
Italy: 15 Luciano Modonesi, 14 Vittorio Ambron, 11 Adriano Agujari, 13 Mauro Gatto, 12 Gastone Giani, 10 Giampiero Ricci, 9 Luciano Bosciano, 8 Marco Bollesan, 7 Franco Cioni, 6 Carlo Prosperini, 5 Antonio di Zitti (c), 4 Franco Gargiulo, 3 Gianni Romagnoli, 2 Uriele Silvestri, 1 Andrea Taveggia
Portugal15 Pedro Lynce Faria, 14 P. Lencastre, 11 Alberto Quadrio, 13 Luis Matos Chaves, 12 Luis Lynce de Faria, 10 C.V. Pardal, 9 Nunez Silva, 8 J.F.N. Guedes, 7 Carlos Nobre, 6 Raul Martins, 5 Bruno Monteiro, 4 J.M. Vasconcelos, 3 Jorge Miranda, 2 J. Faria, 1 Tomas Mayer

Portugal	14 - 56	France XV

14 May 1967	Romania	24 - 3	Italy	Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest
	Try: Irimescu 7', Wusek 10' 19' Baciu 36', Rășcanu 59' Con: Irimescu 7' 19' 59' Pen: Irimescu 41'		Pen: Di Zitti 50'	Referee: Friedlen
Romania:15.Vasile Daiciulescu, 14.Mihai Wusek, 13.Mihai Țibuleac, 12.Gheorghe Dragomirescu-Rahtopol, 11.Valeriu Irimescu, 10.Mihai Oblemenco, 9.Petre Florescu, 8.Radu Demian, 7.Mihai Șerbu, 6.Gheorghe Rășcanu, 5.Petre Veluda, 4.Mircea Rusu, 3.Nicolae
Italy15.Luciano Modonesi, 14.Mauro Mattei, 13.Andrea d'Alberton, 12.Vittorio Ambron, 11.Mauro Gatto, 10.Gastone Giani, 9.Umberto Conforto, 8.Carlo Prosperini, 7.Antonio di Zitti (cap), 6.Loreto Cucchiarelli, 5.Franco Cioni, 4.Dalmazio Bertoli, 3.Gianni Romagnoli, 2.Uriele Silvestri, 1.Maurizio Bocconcelli

Portugal	6 - 46	Romania

Second division

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Czechoslovakia	3	3	0	0	31	13	18	6
2	Spain	3	2	0	1	25	14	11	4
3	Morocco	2	0	0	2	0	9	-9	0
4	Netherlands	2	0	0	2	10	30	-20	0

Czechoslovakia promoted in first division

• Results

Marocco-Netherlands not played

Czechoslovakia	16 - 5	Netherlands

Spain	3 - 0	Morocco

Netherlands	5 - 14	Spain

Morocco	0 - 6	Czechoslovakia

Spain	8 - 9	Czechoslovakia

Bibliography

• (in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Valerio Vecchiarelli (2000), 2000 Italia in Meta, Storia della nazionale italiana di rugby dagli albori al Sei Nazioni, GS Editore (2000) ISBN 88-87374-40-6
• (in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999).

References

1. Match data at ESPN

External links

• FIRA-AER official website

• 1966–67 in European rugby union
• FIRA Tournaments
• 1967 rugby union tournaments for national teams
• 1966 rugby union tournaments for national teams