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1982-83 FIRA Trophy
Date	24 October 1982 – 22 May 1983
Countries	France  Italy  West Germany  Morocco  Romania  Soviet Union
Tournament statistics
Champions	Romania
Grand Slam	Romania
Matches played	15
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The 1982–83 FIRA Trophy was the 23rd edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams.

The tournament was won by Romania, with a Grand Slam. Romania managed to defeat France at home (13-6). The French would finish in a disappointing 4th place, behind Italy and the Soviet Union. Italy reached a brilliant 2nd place, with a draw with France (6-6) at home, and a single loss to Romania (13-6) abroad. West Germany finished in 6th place, with five losses, and were relegated. Poland won the Second division and were promoted for the following season.

First division

The first division returned to the six teams format.

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Romania	5	5	0	0	95	40	+55	15
2	Italy	5	3	1	1	60	35	+25	12
3	Soviet Union	5	3	0	2	80	54	+26	11
4	France	5	2	1	2	121	40	+81	10
5	Morocco	5	1	0	4	43	87	-44	7
6	West Germany	5	0	0	5	37	180	-143	5

Germany relegated to second division

• Results

Soviet Union	31 - 9	West Germany

31 October 1982	Romania	13 - 9	France	Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest
	Try: Paraschiv Pen: Ion, Podarescu Drop: Podarescu		Try: Michel Fabre Con: Camberabero Drop: Camberabero	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: J.Anderson
Romania: 15.Vasile Ion, 14.Sorin Fuicu, 13.Mihai Holban, 12.Adrian Lungu, 11.Marian Aldea, 10.Stelian Podarescu, 9.Mircea Paraschiv (cap.), 8.Gheorghie Dumitru, 7.Enciu Stoica, 6.Florica Murariu, 5.Gheorghie Caragea, 4.Gheorghie Daraban, 3.Constantin Dinu, 2.Mircea Munteanu, 1.Ion Bucan
France: 15.Serge Blanco, 14.Michel Fabre, 13.Philippe Sella, 12.Pierre Chadebech, 11.Patrick Estève, 10.Didier Camberabero, 9.Pierre Berbizier, 8.Jean-Luc Joinel, 7.Laurent Rodriguez, 6.Jean-Pierre Rives (cap.), 5.Jean Condom, 4.Daniel Revailler, 3.Robert Paparemborde, 2.Philippe Dintrans, 1.Pierre Dospital - replacements: 16.Eric Buchet

France XV	6 - 12	Soviet Union

West Germany	3 - 23	Italy

Rudolf-Kalweit-Stadion, Hanover Referee: Senssac

Morocco	3 - 13	Italy

COC Stadium, Casablanca Attendance: 3,000 Referee: G. Maurette

Italy	6 - 6	France A1
Try: Zanon Con: Bettarello		Try: Mothe Con: Lescure

Stadio Comunale Mario Battaglini, Rovigo Referee: K. Parfitt

France XV	84 - 0	West Germany

Morocco	3 - 28	Romania

West Germany	12 - 26	Romania

Morocco	9 - 16	France XV

10 April 1983	Romania	13 - 6	Italy	Stadionul Gloria, Buzau
	Try: Varzaru Pen: Alexandru, Ion (2)		Pen: Bettarello Drop: Bettarello	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: A. Welsby
Romania: 15.Vasile Ion, 14.Sorin Fuicu, 13.Adrian Lungu, 12.Gheorghie Varzaru, 11.Marian Aldea, 10.Dumitru Alexandru, 9.Mircea Paraschiv, 8.O. Sugar, 7.Gheorghie Dumitru, 6.Florica Murariu, 5.Gheorghie Caragea, 4.Gheorghie Daraban, 3.Constantin Dinu, 2.Mircea Munteanu, 1.Ion Bucan - replacements: 16.Pompiliu Bors, 17.Vasile Pascu
Italy: 15.Fabrizio Gaetaniello (cap.), 14.Alberto Osti, 13.Massimo Mascioletti, 12.Rino Francescato, 11.Andrea Azzali, 10.Stefano Bettarello, 9.Alessandro Ghini, 8.Claudio Tinari, 7.Gianni Zanon, 6.Giuseppe Artuso, 5.Mauro Gardin, 4.Antonio Colella, 3.Guido Rossi, 2.Giorgio Morelli, 1.Renato de Bernardo - replacements: 16.Fulvio Lorigiola

West Germany	13 - 16	Morocco

Soviet Union	17 - 12	Morocco

Soviet Union	10 - 15	Romania
Try: Kushnarev Pen: Bobrov (2)		Try: Murariu, Dumitru, Munteanu Pen: Dumitru

Spartak Stadium, Kiev Attendance: 7,000 Referee: N. Camaduro

Italy	12 - 10	Soviet Union
Try: Ghizzoni Con: Bettarello Pen: Bettarello Drop: Bettarello		Try: Hairulin Pen: Berzin (2)

Stadio Santa Maria Goretti, Catania Referee: J.-C. Yché

Second division

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Poland	4	3	0	1	82	30	+52	10
2	Spain	4	3	0	1	83	26	+57	10
3	Portugal	4	2	0	2	38	46	-8	8
4	Netherlands	4	2	0	2	38	58	-20	8
5	Sweden	4	0	0	4	25	106	-81	4

• Poland promoted to division 1
• Results

Poland	6 - 13	Netherlands

Poland	54 - 6	Sweden

Sweden	7 - 16	Netherlands

Netherlands	3 - 32	Spain

Spain	25 - 4	Portugal
Try: Egido Sancho, Rivero Macía, Tormo López, Oteo Catalayud Con: Nuñez Doval (3) Drop: Nuñez Doval		Try: Novais Reis

Netherlands	6 - 13	Portugal

Spain	7 - 16	Poland

Portugal	4 - 6	Poland

Sweden	3 - 19	Spain

Portugal	17 - 9	Sweden

Third division

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Czechoslovakia	4	4	0	0	67	31	+36	12
2	Tunisia	4	3	0	1	64	33	+31	10
3	Yugoslavia	4	2	0	2	73	80	-7	8
4	Belgium	4	1	0	3	44	65	-21	6
5	Switzerland	4	0	0	4	37	76	-39	4

Czechoslovakia promoted to division 2

• Results

Czechoslovakia	17 - 9	Yugoslavia

Belgium	6 - 21	Czechoslovakia

Yugoslavia	36 - 19	Switzerland

Tunisia	3 - 0	Switzerland

Belgium	12 - 13	Tunisia

Switzerland	9 - 23	Belgium

Switzerland	9 - 14	Czechoslovakia

Yugoslavia	22 - 3	Belgium

Czechoslovakia	15 - 7	Tunisia

Tunisia	41 - 6	Yugoslavia

Bibliography

• (in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Valerio Vecchiarelli (2000), 2000 Italia in Meta, Storia della nazionale italiana di rugby dagli albori al Sei Nazioni, GS Editore (2000) ISBN 88-87374-40-6.
• (in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999).

External links

• 1982-83 FIRA Trophy at ESPN

• 1982–83 in European rugby union
• FIRA Tournaments
• 1983 rugby union tournaments for national teams
• 1982 rugby union tournaments for national teams