1971–72 FIRA Nations Cup

The Nations Cup 1971-72 was the 12th edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams, and seventh with the formula and the name of "Nations Cup".

1971-72 Nations Cup
Date	11 December 1971- 21 May 1972
Countries	Czechoslovakia  France  Morocco  Romania
Tournament statistics
Champions	France
Matches played	6
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The tournament was won by France, who swept all their matches.

First division

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	France	3	3	0	0	171	18	153	9
2	Romania	3	2	0	1	92	40	52	7
3	Morocco	3	1	0	2	30	133	-103	5
4	Czechoslovakia	3	0	0	3	9	111	-102	3

Czechoslovakia relegated to division 2

• Results

Point system: try 3 pt, conversion: 2 pt., penalty kick 3 pt. drop 3 pt, goal from mark 3 pt. Click "show" for more info about match (scorers, line-up etc).

11 December 1971	France	31 - 12	Romania	Parc Sauclères, Beziers
	Try: Cantoni, Dourthe Dubertrand, Maso Con: Villepreux 3 Pen: Villepreux 3		Pen: Irimescu Drop: Durbac, Nicolescu
France15.Pierre Villepreux, 14.André Dubertrand, 13.Claude Dourthe, 12.Jo Maso, 11.Jack Cantoni, 10.Jean-Louis Bérot, 9.Richard Astre, 8.Yvan Buonomo, 7.Victor Boffelli, 6.Olivier Saïsset, 5.Benoît Dauga (cap.), 4.Claude Spanghero, 3.Jean-Louis Martin, 2.René Bénésis, 1.Armand Vaquerin
Romania:15.Radu Durbac, 14.Radu Ionescue, 13.Valeriu Irimescu, 12.Gheorghie Nica, 11.Mihai Suciu, 10.Mihai Nicolescu, 9.Vasile Tata, 8.Ion Tutuianu, 7.Gheorgie Rascanu (cap.), 6.Paul Ciobanel, 5.Alexandru Atanasiu, 4.Constantin Serban, 3.Constantin Dinu, 2.Valeriu Iorgulescu, 1.Nicolae Baciu

• Historical note: Valeriu Irimescu score, almost surely, the last goal from mark scored in an International match.^[1][2]

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30 January 1972

Morocco	3 - 72	France XV

Casablanca

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22 April 1972

France XV	68 - 3	Czechoslovakia

Colmar

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27 April 1972

Czechoslovakia	3 - 21	Morocco

Millau

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2 May 1972

Romania	58 - 6	Morocco

Bucharest

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21 May 1972

Czechoslovakia	3 - 22	Romania

Vyškov

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Second Division

Point system: try 3 pt, conversion: 2 pt., penalty kick 3 pt. drop 3 pt, goal from mark 3 pt. Click "show" for more info about match (scorers, line-up etc)

• Semifinals

20 February 1972

Italy	0 - 0	Portugal

Stadio Plebiscito, Padua

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2 April 1972

Portugal	7 - 15	Italy

Lisbon

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• Aggregate; Italy 15 - Portugal 7

5 December 1971

Spain	26 - 4	Yugoslavia

Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid

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30 April 1972

Yugoslavia	7 - 21	Spain

Split

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• Aggregate; Spain 47 - Yugoslavia 11
• Final

14 May 1972

Spain	10 - 0	Italy

Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid

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21 May 1972

Italy	6 - 6	Spain

Stadio Gino Pistoni, Ivrea

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• Aggregate; Spain 16 - Italy 6
• Spain promoted to division 1

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).