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1996–97 FIRA Tournament
Date	22 November 1996 – 17 May 1997
Countries	Belgium  Czech Republic  Denmark  Georgia  Germany  Morocco  Netherlands  Poland  Portugal  Russia  Spain  Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Champions	Spain
Matches played	24
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The 1996–97 FIRA tournament was a rugby union tournament organized by the Fédération Internationale de Rugby Amateur (FIRA).

Italy, France and Romania did not participate, in order to privilege other appointments. Italy and France were not interested to continue to participate in the FIRA senior competitions. Really, the two teams had to play the final of the previous trophy. Due to the great number of matches, also for the European competitions reserved to clubs, they could play the final only on 23 March 1997, after this tournament was started.

The tournament had a new formula. Twelwe teams were divided into four pools of 3 teams. After a round robin, they were ranked in 3 groups to define the ranking, also valid to divide the Teams for the second round qualification to 1999 Rugby World Cup.

There was no second division, the other 18 European teams played the first round of qualification to the 1999 Rugby World Cup.

First Round

Pool A

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Spain	2	2	0	0	102	17	+85	6
2	Belgium	2	1	0	1	24	80	−56	4
3	Germany	2	0	0	2	20	49	−29	2

Belgium	24–3	Germany

Germany	17–25	Spain

Spain	77–0	Belgium

Pool B

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Georgia	2	2	0	0	47	34	+13	6
2	Russia	2	1	0	1	57	43	+14	4
3	Czech Republic	2	0	0	2	28	55	−27	2

Czech Republic	14–18	Georgia

Georgia	29–20	Russia

Russia	37–14	Czech Republic

Pool C

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Portugal	2	2	0	0	66	17	+49	6
2	Tunisia	2	1	0	1	26	26	0	4
3	Netherlands	2	0	0	2	26	75	−49	2

Netherlands	15–20	Tunisia

Portugal	55–11	Netherlands

Tunisia	6–11	Portugal

Pool D

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1	Poland	2	2	0	0	33	26	+7	6
2	Morocco	2	1	0	1	33	22	+11	4
3	Denmark	2	0	0	2	15	33	−18	2

Poland	16–10	Denmark

Morocco	16–17	Poland

Denmark	5–17	Morocco

Second round

• First to Fourth places Semifinals

Portugal	21–17	Georgia

Spain	44–10	Poland

• 5th to 8th places Semifinals

Belgium	9–14	Morocco

Tunisia	25–30	Russia

• 9th to 12th places Semifinals

Denmark	8–13	Germany

Czech Republic	19–18	Netherlands

Finals

• First Place Final

Spain	25–18	Portugal

• 3rd Place Final

Poland	29–23	Georgia

• 5th Place Final

Morocco	20–7	Russia

• 7th Place Final

Belgium	22–29	Tunisia

• 9th Place Final

Czech Republic	9–14	Germany

• 11th Place Final

Netherlands	48–5	Denmark

Final Ranking

1.  Spain
2. Portugal
3. Poland
4. Georgia
5. Morocco
6. Russia
7. Tunisia
8. Belgium
9. Germany
10. Czech Republic
11. Netherlands
12. Denmark

Bibliography

• Template:It icon 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.
• Template:It icon Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999).

External links

• FIRA-AER official website

• FIRA tournaments
• 1996 rugby union tournaments for national teams
• 1997 rugby union tournaments for national teams
• 1996 in Spanish sport
• 1997 in Spanish sport