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1983-84 FIRA Trophy
Date	30 October 1983 – 27 May 1984
Countries	France  Italy  Morocco  Poland  Romania  Soviet Union
Tournament statistics
Champions	France
Grand Slam	France
Matches played	15
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The 1983–84 FIRA Trophy was the 24th edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams.

The tournament was won by France, with a Grand Slam. Romania, Italy and Soviet Union finished in the following places, with the same points. The French only awarded caps in their win over Romania (25-15). Poland and Morocco finished in the 5th and 6th places and were relegated.

Spain and Tunisia won the Second division pools and were promoted for the following season.

First division

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	France	5	5	0	0	159	47	+112	15
2	Romania	5	3	0	2	71	40	+31	11
3	Italy	5	3	0	2	62	60	+2	11
4	Soviet Union	5	3	0	2	67	70	-3	11
5	Poland	4	1	0	3	13	78	-65	6
6	Morocco	4	0	0	4	25	102	-77	4

• Morocco and Poland relegated to division 2

Romania	31 - 0	Poland
Try: Murariu, Radulescu, Aldea, Caragea Con: Dumitru (3) Pen: Dumitru Drop: Dinu

Dinamo Stadion, Bucharest Referee: N. Camaduro

Soviet Union	16 - 7	Italy
Try: Mironov, Parshin, Feshenko Con: Gonyani (2)		Try: Zanon Pen: Torresan

Spartak Stadium, Kiev Referee: Bressy

Romania	19 - 3	Soviet Union
Try: Ion Pen: Ion, Podarescu (2) Drop: Podarescu		Pen: Gonyani

Dinamo Stadion, Bucharest Attendance: 3,000 Referee: J.-C- Doucet

4 December 1983	France	25 - 15	Romania	Stade Ernest-Wallon, Toulouse
	Try: Estève, Gallion, Lagisquet, Lescarboura Con: Lescarboura (2) Pen: Lescarboura Drop: Lescarboura		Try: Radulescu Con: Podarescu Pen: Podarescu	Attendance: 6,800 Referee: R. Quittenton
France: 15.Serge Gabernet, 14.Patrice Lagisquet, 13.Philippe Sella, 12.Didier Codorniou, 11.Patrick Estève, 10.Jean-Patrick Lescarboura, 9.Jérôme Gallion, 8.Jean-Luc Joinel, 7.Dominique Erbani, 6.Jean-Pierre Rives (cap.), 5.Alain Lorieux, 4.Jean Condom, 3.Jean-Pierre Garuet-Lempirou, 2.Philippe Dintrans, 1.Michel Cremaschi
Romania: 15.Vasile Ion, 14.Marian Aldea, 13.Adrian Lungu, 12.Mihai Marghescu, 11.Gheorghie Varzaru, 10.Stelian Podarescu, 9.Mircea Paraschiv (cap.), 8.Stefan Constantin, 7.Alexandru Radulescu, 6.Florica Murariu, 5.Gheorghie Caragea, 4.Gheorghie Dumitru, 3.Vasile Pascu, 2.Mircea Munteanu, 1.Ion Bucan - replacements: 16.D. Balan, 17.Laurentiu Constantin

France A1	38 - 16	Italy
Try: Camberabero, Carpentier (2), Caussade, Janik, Martinez Con: Camberabero (4) Pen: Camberabero (2)		Try: Azzali, Ghizzoni Con: Bettarello Pen: Bettarello (2)

Stade Léo-Lagrange, Chalon-sur-Saône Referee: John Trigg

France A1	45-10	Morocco

Italy	27 - 0	Morocco
Try: Zanon, Ghizzoni, Screnci Con: Bettarello (3) Pen: Bettarello (3)

Stadio Leonardo Garilli, Piacenza Referee: Matheu

Romania	6 – 0 withdraw	Morocco

22 April 1984	Italy	12 - 6	Romania	Stadio Fattori, L'Aquila
	Pen: Bettarello (3) Drop: Bettarello		Pen: Alexandru Drop: Podarescu	Referee: Derek Bevan
Italy: 15.Serafino Ghizzoni, 14.Alberto Osti, 13.Rino Francescato (cap.), 12.Luigi de Joanni, 11.Andrea Azzali, 10.Stefano Bettarello, 9.Alessandro Ghini, 8.Claudio Tinari, 7.Gianni Zanon, 6.Sabatino Pace, 5.Mauro Gardin, 4.Antonio Colella, 3.Stefano Romagnoli, 2.Giorgio Morelli, 1.Giancarlo Pivetta - replacements: 16.Mariano Crescenzo
Romania: 15.Liviu Hodorca, 14.Sorin Fuicu, 13.Adrian Lungu, 12.C. Capmare, 11.Marian Aldea, 10.Dumitru Alexandru, 9.Mircea Paraschiv, 8.Alexandru Radulescu, 7.Pompiliu Bors, 6.Florica Murariu, 5.Laurentiu Constantin, 4.Gheorghie Dumitru, 3.Vasile Pascu, 2.Mircea Munteanu, 1.Ion Bucan - replacements: 16.Stelian Podarescu, 17.Haralambie Dumitras

Morocco	6 - 7	Poland

Morocco	9 - 23	Soviet Union

Poland	3 - 19	France A1

Soviet Union	3 - 32	France A1

Poland	3 - 22	Soviet Union

Italy	6 – 0 withdraw	Poland

Second division

Pool A

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Spain	4	3	1	0	103	28	+75	11
2	Portugal	4	3	1	0	79	21	+58	11
3	Belgium	4	1	1	2	49	39	+10	7
4	Netherlands	4	1	1	2	43	62	-19	7
5	Denmark	4	0	0	4	28	152	-124	4

• Spain promoted to division 1

Netherlands	6 - 6	Belgium

Netherlands	28 - 3	Denmark

Belgium	31 - 9	Denmark

Spain	32 - 6	Netherlands

Portugal	6 - 6	Spain
Pen: Queimado Drop: Queimado		Pen: Nuñez Doval (2)

Spain	12 - 3	Belgium

Portugal	21 - 3	Netherlands

Belgium	9 - 12	Portugal

Denmark	3 - 40	Portugal

Denmark	13 - 53	Spain

Pool B

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Tunisia	4	4	0	0	90	37	+53	12
2	Czechoslovakia	4	3	0	1	65	49	+16	10
3	Sweden	4	2	0	2	37	58	-21	8
4	West Germany	4	1	0	3	63	53	+10	6
5	Yugoslavia	3	0	0	3	28	86	-58	3

• Tunisia promoted to division 1

Czechoslovakia	20 - 10	Sweden

Tunisia	25 - 6	Sweden

Tunisia	23 - 9	West Germany

Yugoslavia	16 - 20	Czechoslovakia

West Germany	38 - 0	Yugoslavia

West Germany	3 - 15	Czechoslovakia

Sweden	15 - 13	Germany

Czechoslovakia	10 - 20	Tunisia

Yugoslavia	12 - 22	Tunisia

Sweden	6 – 0 Withdraw	Yugoslavia

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

• 1983-84 FIRA Trophy at ESPN

• 1983–84 in European rugby union
• FIRA Tournaments
• 1983 rugby union tournaments for national teams
• 1984 rugby union tournaments for national teams