2012–14 European Nations Cup Second Division

2012–14 European Nations Cup
Date 2012–2014
Countries Division 2A:
 Croatia
 Lithuania
 Malta
 Netherlands
  Switzerland
Division 2B:
 Andorra
 Denmark
 Israel
 Latvia
 Serbia
Division 2C:
 Austria
 Bulgaria
 Cyprus
 Hungary
 Slovenia
Division 2D:
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Finland
 Greece
 Luxembourg
 Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played

Division 2A: 1

Division 2B: 4

Division 2C: 3

Division 2D: 2

Top point scorer(s)

Division 2A: Netherlands Bart Viguurs (44)

Division 2B: Serbia Boris Martić (31)

Division 2C: Cyprus Marcus Holden (75)

Division 2D: Bosnia and Herzegovina Armin Vehabovic (45)

Top try scorer(s)

Division 2A: Switzerland Cyril Lin (3)

Division 2B: Israel Eitan Humphreys (4)

Division 2C: 4 Try scorers (4)

Division 2D: 6 Try scorers (2)

2010–12 (Previous) (Next) 2014–16

The 2012–14 European Nations Cup Second Division is the third tier rugby union in Europe behind the Six Nations Championship and the 2012-2014 European Nations Cup First Division.

The second division comprises four pools (2A, 2B, 2C, and 2D). Teams within each division play each other in a home and away round robin schedule over a two-year period.

At the end of every season a champion was declared according but for relegation and promotion only the two years ranking are considered. The first in the 2012–2014 ranking of each pool will be promoted while last place teams will be relegated. Winners of pool 2A, will be promoted to division 1 pool B for the 2014–16 edition while the last place team in pool 2A will be relegated to pool 2B. Likewise, winners of 2B will be promoted to 2A, last place in 2B will be relegated to 2C, winner of 2C will be promoted to 2B, last place of 2C will be relegated to 2D, winner of 2D will be promoted to 2C and last place of 2D will be relegated to 3; The winner of 3 replacing the relegated 2D team. Additionally, there will be playoff matches between second place teams and fourth place teams between pools. Winners of these playoffs will determine if additional promotions/relegation occur. There will no playoff between the fourth of 2D and the second of 3.

In addition to the season competitions, the 2012–2013 seasons in all four pools doubles as a 2015 Rugby World Cup qualifier. The winning teams in each pool will play off for the chance to challenge the Division 1 teams for the repechage place for Europe.[1]

Division 2A

2012–2013

Table

2012–13 Champions & qualified for RWC 15 European Qualifiers Round 3


Place Nation Games Points Bonus
points
Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
1 Netherlands (47)440012557+68218
2  Switzerland (52)43019275+17214
3 Croatia (44)41037892-1437
4 Malta (45)410373104-3115
5 Lithuania (36)410369109-4004

Pre tournament rankings in parentheses.

Games[2]










2013–14

Table

2013–14 Champions


Place Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost Bonus for against difference
1 Netherlands4310313268+6417
2 Malta430118975+1413
3 Lithuania410338090-1067
4  Switzerland411217884-67
5 Croatia4103067129-624


Games










2012–2014

Promoted to Division 1B for 2014–16 ENC
Playoff to remain Division 2A in 2014–16
Relegated to Division 2B for 2014–16 ENC
Place Nation Games Points Bonus
points
Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
1 Netherlands (47)8710257125+132535
2  Switzerland (52)8413170159+11321
3 Malta (45)8404162179-17218
4 Croatia (44)8206145221-76311
5 Lithuania (36)8206149199-50311

Pre tournament rankings in parentheses.

Division 2B

2012–2013

Table

2012–13 Champions & qualified for RWC 15 European Qualifiers Round 2


Place Nation Games Points Bonus
points
Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
1 Israel (56)440013745+92319
2 Latvia (72)42028582+3311
3 Denmark (61)41126279-1717
4 Andorra (62)41124877-2906
5 Serbia (73)410384133-4926

Numbers in parentheses are pre-tournament rankings.
Games[3]










2013–14

Table

2013–14 Champions


Place Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost Bonus for against difference
1 Latvia430138967+2215
2 Israel430127564+1114
3 Andorra430128363+2014
4 Denmark410336672-67
5 Serbia400405299-470

Games










2012–2014

Promoted to Division 2A for 2014–16 ENC
Playoff for promotion to Division 2A in 2014–16
Playoff to remain Division 2B in 2014–16
Relegated to Division 2C for 2014–16 ENC
Place Nation Games Points Bonus
points
Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
1 Israel (56)8701212109+103533
2 Latvia (72)8503174149+25626
3 Andorra (62)8413131140-9220
4 Denmark (61)8215128151-23314
5 Serbia (73)8107136232-9626

Numbers in parentheses are pre-tournament rankings.

Division 2C

2012–2013

Table

2012–13 Champions


Place Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost Bonus for against difference
1 Cyprus (NR)4400319853+14519
2 Slovenia (81)420225296-4410
3 Hungary (85)420226157+410
4 Bulgaria (79)4202165128-639
5 Austria (84)400435799-423

Pre tournament rankings in parentheses. NR=no ranking

Games[4]










2013–14

Table

2013–14 Champions


Place Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost Bonus for against difference
1 Cyprus4400314839+10919
2 Hungary4301213866+7214
3 Austria420219867+319
4 Slovenia4103157106-495
5 Bulgaria4004051214-1630

Games










2012–2014

Promoted to Division 2B for 2014–16 ENC
Playoff for promotion to Division 2B in 2014–16
Playoff to remain Division 2C in 2014–16
Relegated to Division 2D for 2014–16 ENC
Place Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost Bonus for against difference
1 Cyprus (NR)8800634692+25438
2 Hungary (85)85034176111+6524
3 Slovenia (81)83053109194-9315
4 Austria (84)82064143143012
5 Bulgaria (79)82061116342-1699

Pre tournament rankings in parentheses. NR=no ranking

Division 2D

2012–2013

Table

2012–13 Champions & qualified for RWC 15 European Qualifiers Round 1


Place Nation Games Points Bonus
points
Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
1 Luxembourg (95)43017462+12012
2 Norway (93)42026548+17311
3 Bosnia and Herzegovina (87)42027871+7210
4 Greece (NR)42026164-319
5 Finland (96)41034578-3326

Pre-tournament rankings in parentheses. NR=No ranking
Games[6]










2013–14

Table

2013–14 Champions


Place Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost Bonus for against difference
1 Luxembourg4301110046+5413
2 Bosnia and Herzegovina4202310961+4811
3 Norway420227687-1110
4 Finland420228396-1310
5 Greece4103071149-784

Games










2012–2014

Promoted to Division 2C for 2014–16 ENC
Playoff for promotion to Division 2C in 2014–16
Relegated to Division 3A for 2014–16 ENC
Place Nation Games Points Bonus
points
Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
1 Luxembourg (95)8602174107+67125
2 Bosnia and Herzegovina (87)8404187132+55521
3 Norway (93)8404141135+6521
4 Finland (96)8305128174-46416
5 Greece (NR)8305132215-81113

Pre-tournament rankings in parentheses. NR=No ranking

Promotion/Relegation Playoffs

Division 2A-Division 2B

Division 2B's 2nd placed Latvia hosted Division 2A's 4th placed Croatia. Croatia won and retained their place in the ENC Division 2A for 2014-2016, while Latvia will play in the ENC Division 2B.

Division 2B-Division 2C

Division 2C's 2nd placed Hungary were due to host Division 2B's 4th placed Denmark. However, Denmark chose not to play the match, and therefore Hungary were promoted to Division 2B for 2014-16, while Denmark was relegated to Division 2C.[8]

Division 2C-Division 2D

Division 2D's 2nd placed Bosnia and Herzegovina hosted Division 2C's 4th placed Austria. Austria won and retained their place in the ENC Division 2C for 2014-2016, while Bosnia and Herzegovina will remain in the ENC Division 2D.

Pre-game rankings in parentheses

References

  1. Note: Though Cyprus is participating in ENC Division 2C, they are not IRB members and are thus not eligible to participate in Rugby World Cup qualifying. As Cyprus won this division's 2013 round, the runner-up team, Slovenia, entered the RWC play-offs.
  2. "ENC 2A First Leg". FIRA-AER. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
  3. "ENC 2B First Leg". FIRA-AER. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
  4. "ENC 2C First Leg". FIRA-AER. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
  5. Farmer, Stuart; Vou, Andrew (16 March 2013). "Cyprus on verge of historic win". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  6. "ENC 2D First Leg". FIRA-AER. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
  7. 1 2 FIRA Match sheet shows incorrectly that Tertius Barnard scored.
  8. "Mérkőzés nélkül kerülhetünk fel az ENC 2B csoportba". Hungarian Rugby Union. 2014-05-23. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
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