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1981-82 FIRA Trophy
Date	25 October 1981 – 22 May 1982
Countries	France  Italy  Romania  Soviet Union  West Germany
Tournament statistics
Champions	France
Matches played	10
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The 1981–82 FIRA Trophy was the 22nd edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams.

The first division number of teams was reduced to five teams, instead of the previous six. The tournament was won by France, with three wins and a single draw, in the final game, a 10–10 draw with Soviet Union abroad. France only awarded caps in their 17–9 win over the strong side of Romania. Italy finished in 2nd place, with two wins, a draw and a loss, ahead of Romania, who had two wins and two losses. Soviet Union finished in a disappointing 4th place, not being able to win a single game.

First division

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	France	4	3	1	0	105	53	+52	11
2	Italy	4	2	1	1	75	52	+23	9
3	Romania	4	2	0	2	102	59	+43	8
4	Soviet Union	4	0	2	2	32	50	-18	6
5	West Germany	4	1	0	3	43	143	-100	6

No relegations

• Results

Soviet Union	12 - 12	Italy

1 November 1981	France	17 - 9	Romania	Stade de l'Egassiaral, Narbonne
	Try: Blanco, Elissalde Pen: Gabernet 2 Drop: Laporte		Pen: Constantin 3	Referee: J.A.F. Trigg
France:15.Serge Gabernet, 14.Michel Fabre, 13.Patrick Mesny, 12.Roland Bertranne, 11.Serge Blanco, 10.Guy Laporte, 7.Pierre Lacans, 6.Laurent Rodriguez, 5.Daniel Revailler, 4.Alain Lorieux, 3.Robert Paparemborde (cap.), 2.Philippe Dintrans, 1.Michel Cremaschi9.Jean-Pierre Elissalde, 8.Jean-Luc Joinel,
Romania:15.Gheorghe Florea, 14.Sorin Fuicu, 13.Adrian Lungu, 12.Ion Constantin, 11.Marian Aldea, 10.Dumitru Alexandru, 7.Alexandru Radulescu, 6.Enciu Stoica, 5.Gheorghie Caragea, 4.Gheorghie Dumitru, 3.Constantin Dinu, 2.Mircea Munteanu, 1.Ion Bucan9.Mircea Paraschiv (cap.), 8.Pompiliu Bors, - replacements: 16.Gheorghie Varzaru

West Germany	10 - 7	Soviet Union

Italy	23 - 0	West Germany

France A1	25 - 19	Italy

West Germany	15 - 53	France A1

Romania	60 - 18	West Germany

11 April 1982	Italy	21 - 15	Romania	St. Battaglini, Rovigo
	Try: Azzali, Ghizzoni Con: Bettarello 2 Pen: Bettarello 3		Try: Mot 2 Con: Podarascu 2 Pen: Podarascu	Referee: Corris Thomas
Italy:15.Fabrizio Gaetaniello (cap.), 14.Serafino Ghizzoni, 13.Massimo Mascioletti, 12.Giancarlo Morelli, 11.Andrea Azzali, 10.Stefano Bettarello, 7.Marzio Innocenti, 6.Claudio Jannone, 5.Mario Nicolosi, 4.Stefano Annibal, 3.Giancarlo Pivetta, 2.Giorgio Morelli, 1.Renato de Bernardo9.Alessandro Ghini, 8.Gianni Zanon, - replacements: 16.Claudio Torresan
Romania:15.Gheorghe Florea, 14.Ion Constantin, 13.Adrian Lungu, 12.Olimpiu Becheș, 11.Marian Aldea, 10.Stelian Podarascu, 7.M. Guramare, 6.Alexandru Radulescu, 5.Gheorghie Dumitru, 4.Gheorghie Caragea, 3.Dinu Gheorghe, 2.Marin Mot, 1.Ion Bucan9.Mircea Paraschiv, 8.Enciu Stoica, - replacements: 16.Florin Constantin

Romania	18 - 3	Soviet Union

Soviet Union	10 - 10	France A1

Second division

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Morocco	5	5	0	0	54	17	+37	15
2	Poland	5	4	0	1	108	37	+71	13
3	Spain	5	3	0	2	70	66	+4	10
4	Netherlands	5	1	0	4	51	76	-25	7
5	Portugal	5	1	0	4	62	124	-62	7
6	Tunisia	5	1	0	4	32	57	-25	7

Morocco Promoted to division 1

Tunisia relegated to division 3

• Results

Netherlands	9 - 19	Poland

Morocco	6 - 3	Poland

Morocco	6 - 4	Tunisia

Netherlands	3 - 10	Morocco

Morocco	6 - 0 withdraw	Spain

Spain	25 - 12	Netherlands

Portugal	7 - 26	Morocco

Portugal	13 - 32	Spain

Portugal	13 - 16	Tunisia

Netherlands	12 - 16	Portugal

Spain U.23	7 - 3	Tunisia

Poland	38 - 13	Portugal

Tunisia	3 - 16	Poland

Tunisia	6 - 15	Netherlands

Poland	32 - 6	Spain

Third division

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Sweden	4	4	0	0	77	27	+50	12
2	Belgium	4	3	0	1	44	33	11	10
3	Yugoslavia	4	2	0	2	65	30	35	8
4	Switzerland	4	1	0	3	43	51	-8	6
5	Denmark	4	0	0	4	43	131	-88	4

Sweden promoted to division 2

• Results

Sweden	15 - 9	Belgium

Switzerland	34 - 21	Denmark

Denmark	6 - 35	Sweden

Belgium	9 - 0	Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia	46 - 4	Denmark

Switzerland	0 - 10	Yugoslavia

Belgium	10 - 6	Switzerland

Denmark	12 - 16	Belgium

Yugoslavia	9 - 17	Sweden

Sweden	10 - 3	Switzerland

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

External links

• FIRA-AER official website

• 1981–82 in European rugby union
• FIRA Tournaments
• 1981 rugby union tournaments for national teams
• 1982 rugby union tournaments for national teams