2006–2008 European Nations Cup Second Division

The 2006–2008 European Nations Cup (ENC) Second Division (a European rugby union competition for national teams) will be contested over two years during which all teams meet each other home and away. The winner of Division 2A, Germany, will be promoted to Division 1 and fifth place, Netherlands, relegated to Division 2B. The winner, Poland, and loser of Division 2B shall be promoted to Division 2A and relegated to Division 3A, respectively.

In 2006 Ukraine was relegated from the First Division to Division 2A and Latvia promoted from Division 3A to 2B. The other teams joined from Round 3 of the qualification for the World Cup 2007. Spain, the winner of Round 3 of WC qual., was thereby promoted to the First Division in 2006.

Division 2A

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Pos Team Games Points Table
Points
Play Won Draw Lost For Ag. Diff.
1   Germany 8 6 0 2 191 124 +67 20
2   Belgium 8 6 0 2 214 147 +67 20
3   Moldova 8 5 0 3 163 157 +6 18
4   Ukraine 8 3 0 5 117 128 −11 14
5   Netherlands 8 0 0 8 97 226 −129 8
  • In the event of a tie the following rules apply: champion to be decided by 1. Winner of the games between tied teams 2. Best difference points for and against in all pool matches 3. Best difference between tried in all pool matches 4. Higher number of points 5. Higher number of tries [1]
  • Germany was promoted because they won on aggregate in the two games played between them and Belgium (32 – 13 and 18 – 32 giving an aggregate of 50 – 45).
4 November 2006
Belgium  24–11  Ukraine
Brussels

11 November 2006
Moldova  26–24  Germany
Chișinău

18 November 2006
Netherlands  18–29  Ukraine
Amsterdam

18 November 2006
Germany  32–13  Belgium
Heidelberg

26 November 2006
Moldova  43–7  Netherlands
Chișinău

21 April 2007
Ukraine  14–22  Germany
Kyiv

21 April 2007
Belgium  27–29  Moldova
Brussels

28 April 2007
Germany  21–12  Netherlands
Hannover

5 May 2007
Ukraine  16–17  Moldova
Kyiv

5 May 2007
Netherlands  20–27  Belgium
Amsterdam

10 November 2007
Ukraine  13–7  Netherlands
Kyiv

10 November 2007
Belgium  32–18  Germany
Brussels

17 November 2007
Netherlands  13–15  Moldova
Amsterdam

24 November 2007
Germany  34–5  Moldova
Heidelberg

24 November 2007
Ukraine  15–18  Belgium
Feodosiya

12 April 2008
Moldova  19–22  Belgium
Chișinău

19 April 2008
Germany  13–5  Ukraine
Hannover

26 April 2008
Netherlands  17–27  Germany
Amsterdam

3 May 2008
Moldova  9–14  Ukraine
Chișinău

3 May 2008
Belgium  51–3  Netherlands
Brussels

Division 2B

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Pos Team Games Points Table
Points
Play Won Draw Lost For Ag. Diff.
1   Poland 8 7 0 1 266 67 +199 22
2   Latvia 8 5 0 3 150 165 −15 18
3   Croatia 8 4 0 4 133 134 −1 16
4   Malta 8 2 0 6 125 210 −85 12
5   Andorra 8 2 0 6 118 216 −98 12
  • Andorra was relegated because they lost on aggregate in the two games played between them and Malta (24 – 24 and 17 – 16 giving an aggregate of 41 – 47).
7 October 2006
Poland  54–8  Andorra
Try: Hotowski (2)
Sajur (2)
Komisarczuk
Łukasiewicz
Urbanowicz
Wojaczek
Con: Stępień (7)
Try: Duran
Pen: Abelló
Kraków
Attendance: approx. 300–400
Referee: Paolo Ventura

4 November 2006
Andorra  21–34  Latvia
Andorre

4 November 2006
Malta  18–49  Croatia
Paola

28 October 2006
Croatia  11–12  Poland
Try: Hotowski (2)
Con: Banaszek (2/2)
Makarska

29 October 2006
Latvia  27–16  Malta
Riga

31 March 2007
Croatia  7–27  Latvia
Makarska

7 April 2007
Andorra  24–13  Croatia
Andorra La Vella

5 May 2007
Latvia  9–33  Poland
Try: Sajur (2)
Hotowski
Łukasiewicz
Pisarek
Con: Bukhalo (4)
Riga

12 May 2007
Malta  31–24  Andorra
Paola

19 May 2007
Poland  36–3  Malta
Try: Królikowski
Łukasiewicz
Mirosz
Miśkiewicz
Wojaczek
Con: Bukhalo (4)
Pen: Bukhalo
Pen: Mirabell
Siedlce
Attendance: 2500
Referee: Gheorghe Sabău

29 September 2007
Andorra  5–33  Poland
Try: AlieuTry: Hotowski (3)
Banaszek
Pisarek
Con: Banaszek (4)
Andorra la Vella
Attendance: approx. 300–400
Referee: Paolo Ventura

27 October 2007
Poland  14–15  Croatia
Try: Michalak
Pen: Bukhalo (3)
Pen: Ursić (5)
Gdynia

10 November 2007
Croatia  24–9  Malta
Makarska

17 November 2007
Malta  16–13  Latvia
Marsa

24 November 2007
Latvia  20–9  Andorra
Riga

19 April 2008
Croatia  15–10  Andorra
Split

26 April 2008
Poland  55–0  Latvia
Try: Banaszek (2)
Hotowski (2)
Pisarek
Popławski
Stępień
Con: Bukhalo (7)
Pen: Bukhalo (2)
Koszalin


10 May 2008
Latvia  20–8  Croatia
Riga

17 May 2008
Andorra  17–16  Malta
Andorra la Vella

Notes

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See also

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