2001–02 European Nations Cup Third Division

The 2001 European Nations Cup (ENC) Third Division (a European rugby union competition for national teams) was contested over a one-year period by 15 teams divided in three pools.

The teams were divided in 3 pool according to the results of the first round of 2003 Rugby World Cup – European qualification, played the previous season

Pool 1 (Title)

Played by :

•  Austria (3rd) im RWC qualification pool A
•  Yugoslavia (2nd) in RWC qualification pool B
•  Andorra (3rd) in RWC qualification pool B
•  Slovenia (2nd) in RWC qualification pool C
•  Moldova (3rd) in RWC qualification pool C

table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Slovenia	4	3	0	1	113	59	+54	10
2	Yugoslavia	4	3	0	1	88	70	+18	10
3	Moldova	3	2	0	1	63	72	−9	7
4	Andorra	3	1	0	2	77	48	+29	5
5	Austria	4	0	0	4	41	133	−92	4

•  Slovenia Promoted to 2002–03 2nd div.- Pool B
•  Austria Relegated to 2002–03 3rd div.- Pool B

Result

29 September 2001

Austria	16–24	Slovenia

Vienna

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13 October 2001

Andorra	56–3	Austria

Andorra la Vella

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20 October 2001

Moldova	36–16	Yugoslavia

Chișinău

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11 November 2001

Slovenia	26–16	Andorra

Ljubliana

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6 April 2002

Yugoslavia	26–8	Austria

Belgrade

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20 April 2002

Austria	14–27	Moldova

Linz

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25 May 2002

Slovenia	42–0	Moldova

Ljubliana

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4 May 2002

Andorra	5–19	Yugoslavia

Andorra la Vella

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11 May 2002

Yugoslavia	27–21	Slovenia

Belgrade

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• Moldova-Andorra not played.

Pool 2 (Plate)

Played by:

•  Hungary (4th) im RWC qualification pool A
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina (5th) in RWC qualification pool A
•  Israel (4th) in RWC qualification pool B
•  Luxembourg (5th) in RWC qualification pool B
•  Lithuania (4th) in RWC qualification pool C

table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Hungary	4	4	0	0	121	57	+64	12
2	Lithuania	4	3	0	1	87	66	+21	10
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4	2	0	2	41	72	−31	8
4	Luxembourg	4	1	0	3	67	71	−4	6
5	' Israel	4	0	0	4	72	122	−50	4

•  Hungary Promoted to 2002–03 3rd div.- Pool A
•  Israel Telegated to 2002–03 3rd div.- Pool C

Results

6 October 2001

Luxembourg	17–19	Hungary

Cessange

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20 October 2001

Hungary	26–16	Lithuania

Százhalombatta

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27 October 2001

Bosnia and Herzegovina	13–12	Luxembourg

Sarajevo

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4 May 2002

Luxembourg	7–26	Lithuania

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4 May 2002

Bosnia and Herzegovina	19–11	Israel

Zenica

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18 May 2002

Lithuania	33–24	Israel

Klaipėda

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25 May 2002

Lithuania	12–9	Bosnia and Herzegovina

Jonava

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25 May 2002

Hungary	39–24	Israel

Esztergom

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1 June 2002

Hungary	37–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina

Esztergom

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1 June 2002

Luxembourg	31–13	Israel

Cessange

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Pool 3 (Bowl)

Played by:

•  Bulgaria (6th) im RWC qualification pool A
•  Norway (6th) in RWC qualification pool A
•  Monaco (5th) in RWC qualification pool C
•  Malta (6th) in RWC qualification pool C

table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Malta	3	2	1	0	45	24	+21	8
2	Monaco	3	2	0	1	113	16	+97	7
3	Bulgaria	3	1	0	2	30	83	−53	5
4	Norway	3	0	1	2	16	81	−65	4

•  Malta Promoted to 2002–03 3rd div.- Pool B

results

24 November 2001

Malta	8–0	Monaco

Marsa

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19 January 2002

Monaco	60–3	Norway

Saint-Laurent-du-Var

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9 March 2002

Malta	27–14	Bulgaria

Marsa

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6 April 2002

Monaco	53–5	Bulgaria

Monte Carlo

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4 May 2002

Bulgaria	11–3	Norway

Sofia

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25 May 2002

Norway	10–10	Malta

Ekeberg

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Bibliography

• "Rugby Europe Championship; European Nations Cup 2001/02 - Division 3A". The Rugby Archive. 21 December 2014. Archived from the original on 28 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
• "Rugby Europe Championship; European Nations Cup 2001/02 - Division 3B". The Rugby Archive. 21 December 2014. Archived from the original on 28 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
• "Rugby Europe Championship; European Nations Cup 2001/02 - Division 3C". The Rugby Archive. 21 December 2014. Archived from the original on 28 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.

See also

• 2001-2002 European Nations Cup First Division
• 2003 Rugby World Cup – European qualification