2019–20 Rugby Europe Trophy

2019-20 Rugby Europe Trophy
2019-20 Rugby Europe Trophy
Date	26 October 2019 – 7 March 2020
Countries	Germany; Lithuania; Netherlands; Poland; Switzerland; Ukraine;
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Attendance	8,631 (1,439 per match)
Tries scored	36 (6 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	David Weersma (34)
Top try scorer(s)	Joshua Gascoigne (4) ; Jordy Hop (4)
Official website	2019–20 Rugby Europe International Championships
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The 2019–20 Rugby Europe Trophy is the second-level rugby union competition below the premier Championship. It is the fourth Trophy competition under its new format, that will see Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, and Switzerland compete for the title, and a place in the Championship–Trophy promotion play-off.

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This year's competition sees Ukraine joining the Trophy after winning its division in Conference 1 North. After the Championship–Trophy promotion play-off of the 2018–19 season, which was played on 15 June 2019 between Portugal and Germany, Portugal was promoted after its third try and Germany relegated to the Trophy level.

Pos.	Team	Games				Points			Tries			Table points
Pos.	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	For	Against	Diff	Table points
1	Netherlands (25)	5	4	1	0	144	38	+106	3	0	0	21
2	Switzerland (30)	5	2	2	1	93	52	+41	1	1	0	14
3	Ukraine (38)	5	2	2	1	60	74	−19	2	0	0	14
4	Germany (28)	5	1	2	2	62	85	−23	0	0	0	8
5	Lithuania (37)	5	1	1	3	61	103	−42	1	0	0	7
6	Poland (35)	5	1	0	4	44	112	−68	0	1	0	5
Pre-tournament rankings in parentheses.^[1] Points were awarded to the teams as follows:^[2] Win – 4 points \| Draw – 2 points \| Loss – 0 points Match bonus points: Scoring at least 3 more tries than the opponent – 1 point \| Losing by 7 points or less – 1 point \| Overall bonus point: Completing a Grand Slam (winning all matches) – 1 point

(1 TBP) Ukraine	27–10	Lithuania
Try: Vertyletskyi (2) 30' c, 40'+1 m Radchuk 66' m Kosariev 80'+4 c Con: Kosariev (2/4) 30', 80'+4 Pen: Kosariev 10'	Gamesheet	Try: Miezys 35' c Con: Vilimavičius (1/1) 35' Pen: Vilimavičius 19'

Poland	15–35	Germany
Try: Buczek 40' m Cal 55' c Con: Gdula (1/2) 55' Pen: Gdula (1) 7'	Gamesheet	Try: Rinklin 29' c Lammers (2) 35' c, 40' m Paine 72' c Con: Klewinghaus (3/4) 29', 35', 72' Pen: Klewinghaus (3) 2', 22', 60'

(1 TBP) Netherlands	64–8	Ukraine
Try: Hop (2) 21' c, 60' m Gascoigne (4) 32' c, 44' c, 66' c, 75' c Koning 39' c Danen 50' c Visser 63' c Con: Weersma (8/9) 22', 33', 40', 45', 51', 64', 67', 76' Pen: Weersma 13'	Gamesheet	Try: Shakura 7' m Pen: Kosariev 15'

Lithuania	9–40	Switzerland (1 TBP)
Pen: Vilimavičius (3/3) 6', 15', 19'	Gamesheet	Try: Kavanagh 9' c Heinrich 12' m O'Grady 39' c Wullschleger 48' c Perrod 55' c Penalty try 72' Con: Perrod (4/5) 10', 40', 49', 56

Table

(1 LBP) Switzerland	20–23	Poland
Try: Delabays 25' c Malyon 57' c Con: Perrod (2/2) 26', 58' Pen: Perrod (2) 2', 14'	Gamesheet	Try: Pogorzelski 67' m Pen: Nowicki (6) 10', 18', 42', 53', 61', 74'