2026 Rugby Europe Championship

The 2026 Rugby Europe Championship will be the tenth Rugby Europe Championship, the annual rugby union competition for the top European national teams outside the Six Nations Championship, and the 55th edition of the competition.
Eight teams took part in the 2024 championship. The championship was contested by Belgium, Georgia, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Spain and Switzerland.
Georgia entered the tournament as defending champions. They won the final against Spain in the 2025 tournament, claiming their 17th 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.
All matches on the final day will be staged in Spain. The fifth and seventh place playoffs will be hosted at Estadio Nacional Complutense in Madrid, with the third place playoff and final hosted at the Butarque Stadium in Leganés.

Participants