1982–83 FIRA Trophy

1982-83 FIRA Trophy
Date	24 October 1982 – 22 May 1983
Countries	France  Italy  West Germany  Morocco  Romania  Soviet Union
Tournament statistics
Champions	Romania
Matches played	15
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The 1982–83 FIRA Trophy was the 23rd edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams.

The tournament was won by Romania, who carried all their matches, while France finished in a disappointing 4th place, behind Italy and the Soviet Union.

First division

The first division returned to the six teams format.

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Romania	5	5	0	0	95	40	+55	15
2	Italy	5	3	1	1	60	35	+25	12
3	Soviet Union	5	3	0	2	80	54	+26	11
4	France	5	2	1	2	121	40	+81	10
5	Morocco	5	1	0	4	43	87	-44	7
6	West Germany	5	0	0	5	37	180	-143	5

Germany relegated to second division

• Results

24 October 1982

Soviet Union	31 - 9	West Germany

Moscow

31 October 1982	Romania	13 - 9	France	Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest
	Try: Paraschiv Pen: Ion, Podarascu Drop: Podarascu		Try: Fabre Con: Camberabero Drop: Camberabero	Referee: J.Anderson
Romania: 15.Vasile Ion, 14.Sorin Fuicu, 13.Mihai Holban, 12.Adrian Lungu, 11.Marian Aldea, 10.Stelian Podarascu, 9.Mircea Paraschiv (cap.), 8.Gheorghie Dumitru, 7.Enciu Stoica, 6.Florica Murariu, 5.Gheorghie Caragea, 4.Gheorghie Daraban, 3.Constantin Dinu, 2.Mircea Munteanu, 1.Ion Bucan
France: 15.Serge Blanco, 14.Michel Fabre, 13.Philippe Sella, 12.Pierre Chadebech, 11.Patrick Esteve, 10.Didier Camberabero, 9.Pierre Berbizier, 8.Jean-Luc Joinel, 7.Laurent Rodriguez, 6.Jean-Pierre Rives (cap.), 5.Jean Condom, 4.Daniel Revailler, 3.Robert Paparemborde, 2.Philippe Dintrans, 1.Pierre Dospital - replacements: 16.Eric Buchet

1 November 1982

France XV	6 - 12	Soviet Union

Merignac

7 November 1982

West Germany	3 - 23	Italy

Hanover

19 December 1982

Morocco	3 - 13	Italy

Casablanca

6 February 1983

Italy	6 - 6	France A1

Rovigo

20 February 1983

France XV	84 - 0	West Germany

Bourg-en-Bresse

27 February 1983

Morocco	3 - 28	Romania

Casablanca

27 March 1983

West Germany	12 - 26	Romania

Heidelberg

10 April 1983

Morocco	9 - 16	France XV

Casablanca

10 April 1983	Romania	13 - 6	Italy	Buzau
	Try: Varzaru Con: Alexandru, Ion 2		Pen: Bettarello Drop: Bettarello	Referee: A. Welsby
Romania: 15.Vasile Ion, 14.Sorin Fuicu, 13.Adrian Lungu, 12.Gheorghie Varzaru, 11.Marian Aldea, 10.Dumitru Alexandru, 9.Mircea Paraschiv, 8.O. Sugar, 7.Gheorghie Dumitru, 6.Florica Murariu, 5.Gheorghie Caragea, 4.Gheorghie Daraban, 3.Constantin Dinu, 2.Mircea Munteanu, 1.Ion Bucan - replacements: 16.Pompiliu Bors, 17.Vasile Pascu
Italy: 15.Fabrizio Gaetaniello (cap.), 14.Alberto Osti, 13.Massimo Mascioletti, 12.Rino Francescato, 11.Andrea Azzali, 10.Stefano Bettarello, 9.Alessandro Ghini, 8.Claudio Tinari, 7.Gianni Zanon, 6.Giuseppe Artuso, 5.Mauro Gardin, 4.Antonio Colella, 3.Guido Rossi, 2.Giorgio Morelli, 1.Renato de Bernardo - replacements: 16.Fulvio Lorigiola

8 May 1983

West Germany	13 - 16	Morocco

Heidelberg

11 May 1983

Soviet Union	17 - 12	Morocco

Kiev

15 May 1983

Soviet Union	10 - 15	Romania

Kiev

22 May 1983

Italy	12 - 10	Soviet Union

Catania

Second division

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Poland	4	3	0	1	82	30	+52	10
2	Spain	4	3	0	1	83	26	+57	10
3	Portugal	4	2	0	2	38	46	-8	8
4	Netherlands	4	2	0	2	38	58	-20	8
5	Sweden	4	0	0	4	25	106	-81	4

• Poland promoted to division 1
• Results

10 October 1982

Poland	6 - 13	Netherlands

Warsaw

24 October 1982

Poland	54 - 6	Sweden

Poznań

6 November 1982

Sweden	7 - 16	Netherlands

Malmö

13 March 1983

Netherlands	3 - 32	Spain

Hilversum

26 March 1983

Spain	25 - 4	Portugal

Madrid

10 April 1983

Netherlands	6 - 13	Portugal

Hilversum

24 April 1983

Spain	7 - 16	Poland

Valencia

30 April 1983

Portugal	4 - 6	Poland

Lisbon

8 May 1983

Sweden	3 - 19	Spain

Arstad

21 May 1983

Portugal	17 - 9	Sweden

Lisbon

Third division

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Czechoslovakia	4	4	0	0	67	31	+36	12
2	Tunisia	4	3	0	1	64	33	+31	10
3	Yugoslavia	4	2	0	2	73	80	-7	8
4	Belgium	4	1	0	3	44	65	-21	6
5	Switzerland	4	0	0	4	37	76	-39	4

Czechoslovakia promoted to division 2

• Results

14 November 1982

Czechoslovakia	17 - 9	Yugoslavia

Prague

27 November 1982

Belgium	6 - 21	Czechoslovakia

Brussel

27 November 1982

Yugoslavia	36 - 19	Switzerland

12 December 1982

Tunisia	3 - 0	Switzerland

Tunis

23 October 1982

Belgium	12 - 13	Tunisia

Brussel

5 March 1983

Switzerland	9 - 23	Belgium

Geneva

23 April 1983

Switzerland	9 - 14	Czechoslovakia

Nafels

30 April 1983

Yugoslavia	22 - 3	Belgium

Ljubliana

7 May 1983

Czechoslovakia	15 - 7	Tunisia

Prague

14 May 1983

Tunisia	41 - 6	Yugoslavia

Tunis

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