The 2018–19 Rugby Europe International Championships is the European Championship for tier 2 and tier 3 rugby union nations. The 2018–19 season is the third of its new format and structure, where all Levels play on a one-year cycle, replacing the old format of a two-year cycle, with the teams playing each other both home and away.
After the eligibility controversy of the
2018 Championship season, and the following points deduction, Romania faced and defeated Portugal in the relegation play-off to determine the last competitor for the
2019 Championship edition.
Countries
Pre-tournament
World Rugby
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rankings in parentheses. Trophy as of 24 September 2018, Conferences as of 8 October 2018 and Championship rankings as of 4 February 2019.
After winning the relegation play-off between the winner of the
2018 Trophy, Portugal, and the last placed
2018 Championship team, Romania, and the win by the latter Portugal remained on the Trophy level, whereas Romania stayed inside the Championship.
Following the
2017–18 season and the promotion of
Bulgaria
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as well as the relegation of
Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...
,
Rugby Europe
Rugby Europe is the administrative body for rugby union in Europe. It was formed in 1999 to promote, develop, organise, and administer the game of rugby in Europe under the authority of World Rugby (the sport's global governing body). However, it ...
reallocated
Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...
from Conference 2 South to Conference 2 North for the
2018–19 Conference season.
Championship
* (25)
* * (13)
* (26)
* (19)
* (21)
* ‡ (18)
Conference 1
''North''
* (68)
* ↑ (64)
* ↓ (44)
* (56)
* (37)
Conference 2
''North''
* (75)
* (79)
* (99)
* ↓ (59)
* (96)
Development
* ↓
*
Trophy
* (32)
* ↑ (34)
* (27)
* (35)
* • (24)
* (33)
''South''
* (71)
* (55)
* ↑ (NR)
* (58)
* • (40)
''South''
* ↓ (70)
* ↑ (94)
* (82)
* ‡ (NR)
* (77)
Legend:
* Champion of 2017–18 season; ↑ Promoted from lower division during 2017–18 season; • Division Champion but not promoted during 2017–18 season; ‡ Last place inside own division but not relegated during 2017–18 season; ↓ Relegated from higher division during 2017–18 season
2019 Rugby Europe Championship
2018–19 Rugby Europe Trophy
2018–19 Rugby Europe Conference
Conference 1
Conference 1 North
Conference 1 South
Conference 2
Conference 2 North
Conference 2 South
2019 Rugby Europe Development
Play-off
Championship–Trophy promotion play-off
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:International Championships
2018-19
2018–19 in European rugby union
Europe
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Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...