The Europe Cup 1952 was the fourth

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European championship, organized by

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rugby activity restarted in Europe with the Five Nations restarting in 1947. The FIRA approved to reorganize the European Championship, after three tournaments in 1936-38. During the assembly of May 20, 1951, it was decided that the name of tournament would be Europe Cup, and that the first edition was to be played in 1952.Volpe-Vecchiarelli, pg 114. Like in all subsequent editions, only countries of Continental Europe ever took place. A "challenge" format was chosen:

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, winner of the last tournament in 1938, advanced directly to the final, where it met the winner of the preliminary tournament, which was played by four teams: Belgium, West Germany, Italy and Spain.Volpe-Pacitti p.291

Results

Preliminary tournament

*Semifinals ---- *Finals

Great Final

Bibliography

* Francesco Volpe, Valerio Vecchiarelli (2000), ''2000 Italia in Meta, Storia della nazionale italiana di rugby dagli albori al Sei Nazioni'', GS Editore (2000) * Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), ''Rugby 2000'', GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999).

References

External links

FIRA-AER official website
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1952 rugby union tournaments for national teams 1951–52 in French rugby union

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1952 in German sport 1952 in Belgian sport 1952 in Spanish sport