2023 Rugby Europe Championship
The 2023 Rugby Europe Championship was the seventh Rugby Europe Championship, the annual rugby union for the top European national teams outside the Six Nations Championship, and the 53rd edition of the competition.
Eight teams took part in the 2023 Championship, up from six in previous tournaments, due to a reorganisation of the various flights of European international competition. The Championship was contested by Belgium, Georgia, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania and Spain.
Russia, who competed in the 2022 Championship were relegated as a result of suspension due to their country's 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The remaining five teams were joined by the top three teams from the 2021–22 Rugby Europe Trophy, which Belgium won.
Georgia entered the tournament as defending champions. They topped the table in the 2022 tournament, claiming their 14th title. The serpentine system was applied to allocate each team to their respective groups. Each team played a total of five games. Seeding and relegation are calculated over a two-year cycle, as is the promotion from the Trophy competition.
Tables and Fixtures
Pool A
Week 1
----Week 2
----Week 3
----Pool B
Week 1
----Week 2
----Week 3
----Ranking finals
Semi-finals
----Grand finals
Semi-finals
----Team of the Tournament
On 6 April 2023 Rugby Europe published its Team of the TournamentNuno Sousa Guedes was voted the player of the tournament by the fans.