1992–93 FIRA Preliminary Tournament

1992–94 FIRA Trophy
Date	1 October 1992 – 24 May 1994
Countries	Belgium  France  Germany  Italy  Morocco  Portugal  Romania  Russia  Spain  Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Champions	France
Matches played	41
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The 1992–94 FIRA Trophy was arranged with a new format.

Ten teams were admitted to first division and divided into two pools to play a "Preliminary Tournament", that qualified five teams to play for the Trophy in the 1993–1994 season.

Pool A

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	France	4	4	0	0	219	57	+162	12
2	Russia	4	3	0	1	66	+113	−47	10
3	Morocco	4	2	0	2	62	+70	−8	8
4	Germany	4	1	0	3	53	117	−64	6
5	Belgium	4	0	0	4	36	79	−43	4

• France and Russia qualified for Pool Title 1993–94
• Morocco qualified to Barrage
• Germany and Belgium qualified to the Pool for 6th place 1993–94

11 October 1992

Belgium	11–17	Russia

Brussels

18 October 1992

France XV	76–12	Russia

Villeneuve-sur-Lot

25 October 1992

Russia	13–10	Germany

Moscow

1 November 1992

Belgium	9–11	Morocco

Brussels

15 November 1992

Germany	13–10	Belgium

Stuttgart

21 March 1993

France Military	38–6	Belgium

Soissons

17 April 1993

Morocco	23–3	Germany

Casablanca

15 May 1993

Russia	24–16	Morocco

Moscow

29 May 1993

Morocco	12–34	France XV

Casablanca

30 May 1993

Germany	27–71	France XV

Hanover

Pool B

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Italy	4	4	0	0	158	22	+136	12
2	Romania	4	3	0	1	128	50	+78	10
3	Spain'	4	2	0	2	72	108	−36	8
4	Tunisia	4	1	0	3	30	132	−102	6
5	Portugal	4	0	0	4	49	125	−76	4

• Italy and Romania Russia qualified for Pool Title 1993–94
• Spain qualified to Barrage
• Tunisia and Portugal qualified to the Pool for 6th place 1993–94

1 October 1992	Italy	22–3	Romania	Stadio Flaminio, Rome
	Try: Bottacchiari, Checchinato Mar Cuttitta Con: Bonomi, Troiani Pen: Bonomi		Drop: Nichitean	Referee: D. Salle
Italy: 15.Luigi Troiani, 14.Paolo Vaccari, 13.Stefano Barba, 12.Sergio Zorzi, 11.Marcello Cuttitta, 10.Massimo Bonomi, 9.Ivan Francescato, 8.Tito Ciccio', 7.Julian Gardner, 6.Alessandro Bottacchiari, 5.Mark Giacheri, 4.Carlo Checchinato, 3.Giovanni Grespan, 2.Giancarlo Pivetta (cap), 1.Massimo Cuttitta – Replacements: Ramiro Cassina, Umberto Casellato, Mauro Tommasi – Coach: Bertrand Fourcade
Romania: 15.Vasile Brici, 14.Lucian Colceriu, 13.Nicolae Răcean, 12.Nicolae Fulina, 11.Gheorghe Solomie, 10.Neculai Nichitean, 9.Mihai Foca, 8.Ionuț Seceleanu, 7.Tiberiu Brînza, 6.Gheorghe Dinu, 5.Tudor Constantin, 4.Sandu Ciorăscu, 3.Gabriel Vlad, 2.Christian Gheorghe, 1.Gheorghe Leonte – Replacements: Andrei Gurănescu, Constantin Stan

30 January 1993

Tunisia	8–20	Spain

Tunisia

14 February 1993	Spain	0–52	Italy	Campo Universitario Madrid
			Try: M.Cuttitta, Dotto Rigo 2, Venturi 2 Con: Dominguez 5 Pen: Dominguez 4	Referee: Caulet
Spain : 15.Francisco Puertas Soto, 14.Pablo Calderon Sole, 13.Javier Torres Morote, 12.Gabriel Rivero Macia, 11.Jose Angel Hermosilla Olmos, 10.Miguel Sanchez Gonzalez-Bermudo, 9.Javier Diaz Paternain, 8.Emilio Illaregui Etxabe, 7.Jaime Gutierrez Merelles, 6.Inaki Laskurain Gonzalez, 5.Alberto Malo Navio, 4.Alejandro Esteve Herrera, 3.Jose Luis Moral Iglesias, 2.Javier Aguiar Cayetano, 1.Julio Alvarez Ruiz de Temino – replacements: Aitor Gorrotxategui Fernandez, Mario Auzmendi Ripoll, Jordi Camps Riba
Italy : 15.Luigi Troiani, 14.Edgardo Venturi, 13.Stefano Barba, 12.Stefano Bordon, 11.Marcello Cuttitta, 10.Diego Dominguez, 9.Umberto Casellato, 8.Tito Ciccio', 7.Massimo Giovanelli (cap.), 6.Stefano Rigo, 5.Mark Giacheri, 4.Roberto Favaro, 3.Giovanni Grespan, 2.Carlo Orlandi, 1.Massimo Cuttitta – replacements: Pier Massimiliano Dotto, Francesco Pietrosanti – Coach: Bertrand Fourcade

27 March 1993

Italy A	51–8	Tunisia

Leno

3 April 1993

Portugal	13–41	Romania

Lisbon

17 April 1993	Portugal	11–33	Italy	Stadium S.Conceicao, Coimbra
	Try: de Morais Pen: Queimado 2		Try: Casellato, Coppo, Perziano Rigo, Tommasi Con: Filizzola Pen: Filizzola 2	Referee: Yves Peyrelongue
Portugal : 15.Pedro Rogerio Arsenio, 14.Paulo Murinello, 13.R.C. Pereira, 12.Nuno Mourao, 11.Trigo de Morais, 10.Joao Queimado, 9.Joao Jonet, 8.Antonio Cunha, 7.Jorge Heredia, 6.F. Borges, 5.Pedro Correia Neiva, 4.Simao Cunha, 3.Luis Luis Nieves, 2.Miguel Baptista, 1.Eduardo Macedo – replacements: Joaquim Ferreira
Italy : 15.Gabriel Filizzola, 14.Massimo Brunello, 13.Stefano Bordon, 12.Mauro Tommasi, 11.Leonardo Perziano, 10.Hector de Marco, 9.Umberto Casellato, 8.Fabio Coppo, 7.Massimo Giovanelli (cap.), 6.Stefano Rigo, 5.Mark Giacheri, 4.Carlo Checchinato, 3.Massimo Cuttitta, 2.Alessandro Moscardi, 1.Mauro dal Sie – replacements: Giuliano Faltibà, Andrea Sgorlon

24 April 1993

Tunisia	14–10	Portugal

Tunis

8 May 1993

Romania	51–0	Tunisia

Bucharest

16 May 1993

Portugal	15–37	Spain

Lisbon

29 May 1993

Romania	33–15	Spain

Bucharest

Barrage

28 November 1993

Spain	48–17	Morocco

Toulouse

• Spain qualified for Title Pool.

References

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).

External links

• FIRA-AER official website