2021 Rugby Europe Championship
The 2021 Rugby Europe Championship was the 5th Rugby Europe Championship, the annual rugby union competition contested by the national teams of Georgia, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain and the Netherlands, and the 52nd edition of the competition. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament spanned from March to December, compared to previous editions where the tournament would have been held between February and March.
This year's edition of the Rugby Europe Championship doubles as the first year of the 2023 Rugby World Cup qualifiers for the European region, where the winner and runner-up of the two-year cycle automatically qualify to the tournament as Europe 1 and Europe 2 respectively while the team in third place advances to the final qualification tournament as Europe 3.
Table
Fixtures
Week 1
Touch judges:Eugeniu Procopi
Saba Abulashvili
Television match official:
Tornike Gvirjishvili
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Touch judges:
Federico Vedovelli
Filippo Bertelli
Television match official:
Stefano Roscini
Week 2
Touch judges:Pierre-Baptiste Nuchy
Richard Duhau
Television match official:
Patrick Dellac
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Touch judges:
Sébastien Minery
Jean-Claude Labarbe
Television match official:
Philippe Bonhoure
Week 3
Touch judges:Manuel Bottino
Matteo Franco
Television match official:
Matteo Liperini
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Touch judges:
Papuna Chiqaberidze
Giga Mshvenieradze
Television match official:
Sulkhan Chikhladze
Week 4
Touch judges:Cedric Marchat
Stéphane Crapoix
Television match official:
Denis Grenouillet
Touch judges:
Francisco Serra
José Moita
Television match official:
Pedro Mendes Silva
Week 5
Touch judges:Mihai Văcaru
Vlad Iordăchescu
Television match official:
Cristian Răduță
Week 6
Touch judges:Gareth Newman
Dewi Phillips
Television match official:
Sean Brickell
Week 7
Touch judges:Alexandru Ionescu
Radu Petrescu
Television match official:
Charles Samson
Week 8
Touch judges:David Sutherland
Graeme Ormiston
Television match official:
Neil Paterson
Week 9
Touch judges:Nigel Correll
Stuart Douglas
Television match official:
Leo Colgan
Touch judges:
Jason Bessant
Tom Spurrier
Television match official:
Wayne Davies
Week 10
Touch judges:Andrew Cole
Jonny Erskine
Television match official:
Colin Stanley