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2020–21 Rugby Europe International Championships
Date	6 March 2021 – 18 December 2021
Countries	6
Tournament statistics
Champions	Championship  Georgia (13)
Antim Cup	Georgia (14th title)
Matches played	15
Attendance	30,339 (2,023 per match)
Tries scored	96 (6.4 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Samuel Marques (74 points)
Top try scorer(s)	Raffaele Storti (7 tries)
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The 2020–21 Rugby Europe International Championships is the European Championship for tier 2 and tier 3 rugby union nations. The 2020–21 season is the fourth of its new format and structure, where all Levels play on a one-year cycle, replacing the old format of a two-year cycle, with the teams playing each other both home and away.

For all teams competing in the Championship, this year's edition of the Rugby Europe International Championships doubles as the first year of 2023 Rugby World Cup qualifiers for the European region, where the winner and runner-up teams of the two-year cycle, automatically qualifies to the tournament as Europe 1 and Europe 2. The third team qualifies to the Final qualification tournament.

Countries

Pre-tournament World Rugby rankings in parentheses.

Championship

•  Georgia * (12)
•  Netherlands ↑ (25)
•  Portugal (20)
•  Spain (17)
•  Romania (19)
•  Russia (21)

Legend:
* Champion of 2019–20 season; ↑ Promoted from lower division during 2019–20 season;

2021 Rugby Europe Championship

Pos.	Team	Games				Points			Tries			TBP	LBP	GS	Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	For	Against	Diff
1	Georgia	5	5	0	0	153	73	+80	22	6	+16	3	0	1	24
2	Romania	5	3	0	2	136	104	+32	16	9	+7	1	1	0	14
3	Portugal	5	3	0	2	196	139	+57	25	20	+5	1	1	0	14
4	Russia	5	2	0	3	97	142	−45	11	18	−7	1	0	0	9
5	Spain	5	2	0	3	164	109	+55	21	14	+7	2	2	0	7*
6	Netherlands	5	0	0	5	73	252	−179	10	38	−28	0	0	0	0
Source - Points were awarded to the teams as follows: Win – 4 points | Draw – 2 points | At least 3 more tries than opponent – 1 point | Loss within 7 points – 1 point | Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point * deducted points

Matches

6 March 2021 15:00 MSK (UTC+03) Russia  18–13  Romania (1 LBP) Report Fisht Stadium, Sochi Attendance: 2,895 Referee: Shota Tevzadze (Georgia) 6 March 2021 15:00 WET (UTC+00) Portugal  16–29  Georgia (1 TBP) Report Estádio Nacional, Lisbon Attendance: 0 Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi (Italy) 13 March 2021 13:00 WET (UTC+00) (1 LBP) Portugal  27–28  Romania Report Estádio Nacional, Lisbon Attendance: 30 Referee: Luc Ramos (France) 14 March 2021 12:45 CET (UTC+01) (1 LBP) Spain  19–25  Georgia Report Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid Attendance: 0 Referee: Pierre Brousset (France) 20 March 2021 13:00 KALT (UTC+02) Russia  6–23  Georgia (1 TBP) Report Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy) 20 March 2021 15:00 EET (UTC+02) Romania  22–16  Spain (1 LBP) Report Stadionul Steaua II, Bucharest Attendance: 50 Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia) 27 March 2021 16:00 WET (UTC+00) Portugal  43–28  Spain Report Estádio de Rugby Jamor, Lisbon Attendance: 0 Referee: Ludovic Cayre (France) 28 March 2021 15:00 GET (UTC+04) Georgia  28–17  Romania Report Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal) 26 June 2021 17:00 GET (UTC+04) (1 TBP) Georgia  48–15  Netherlands Report Caucasus Arena, Telavi Attendance: 700 Referee: Alexandru Ionescu (Romania) 10 July 2021 15:00 CEST (UTC+02) Netherlands  28–61  Portugal (1 TBP) Report NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Aled Evans (Wales) 17 July 2021 13:30 MSK (UTC+03) Russia  26–49  Portugal Report Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Ben Blain (Scotland) 6 November 2021 15:00 CET (UTC+01) Netherlands  8–35  Russia (1 TBP) Report NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Keith Allen (Scotland) 13 November 2021 17:30 EET (UTC+02) (1 TBP) Romania  56–15  Netherlands Report Stadionul Naţional de Rugby Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest Attendance: 0 Referee: Peter Martin (Ireland) 14 November 2021 12:45 CET (UTC+01) (1 TBP) Spain  49–12  Russia Report Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ben Breakspear (Wales) 18 December 2021 14:00 CET (UTC+01) Netherlands  7–52  Spain (1 TBP) Report NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam Attendance: 0 Referee: Eoghan Cross (Ireland)

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