1997–98 FIRA Tournament

The 1997–98 FIRA Tournament was a rugby union tournament organized by the Fédération Internationale de Rugby Amateur (FIRA). Only minnow teams participated, because the strongest 15 teams were playing the qualification for the Rugby World Cup.

1997–98 FIRA Tournament
Date18 October 1997 – 2 June 1998
Tournament statistics
ChampionsNot awarded
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The teams were divided into three pools. Latvia, Luxembourg and Austria were the winners. No championship title was awarded.

Pool "Silver" (Division 2)
Place Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against diff.
1 Latvia43015443+1110
2 Lithuania43015188−3710
3  Switzerland420210264+388
4 Serbia and Montenegro42028738+497
5 Israel4004970−612
25 October 1997
Lithuania  25–23  Latvia
8 November 1997
Switzerland   29–13  Serbia and Montenegro
28 March 1998
Israel  3–34   Switzerland
25 April 1998
Serbia and Montenegro  30–6  Israel
9 May 1998
Latvia  25–18   Switzerland
10 May 1998
Switzerland   21–23  Lithuania
20 May 1998
Serbia and Montenegro  44–0  Lithuania
30 May 1998
Latvia  3 – 0
withdraw 		 Israel

2 June 1998
Latvia  3 – 0
withdraw 		 Serbia and Montenegro


Lithuania  3 – 0
withdraw 		 Israel

Pool "Bronze" (Division 3)
Place Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against diff.
1 Luxembourg33007923+569
2 Bosnia and Herzegovina32014943+67
3 Monaco31024956−75
4 Bulgaria30032782−553
18 October 1997
Bulgaria  6–39  Luxembourg
15 November 1997
Monaco  22–16  Bosnia and Herzegovina
28 March 1998
Luxembourg  22–5  Bosnia and Herzegovina

18 April 1998
Luxembourg  18–12  Monaco

9 May 1998
Monaco  21–16  Bulgaria

13 May 1998
Bosnia and Herzegovina  22–5  Bulgaria

Pool "Bowl" (Division 4)
Place Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against diff.
1 Austria22007415+596
2 Slovenia21014150−94
3 Hungary20021262−502
18 April 1998
Slovenia  38–0  Hungary
23 May 1998
Hungary  12–24  Austria
6 June 1998
Austria  50–3  Slovenia

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).
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