The Europe Cup 1954 was the fifth Rugby Union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 European championship, organised by FIRA and the second (and last) with this name.

With the excpetion of a preliminary, all the matches were played in Italy. As in the 1952 edition

1952 Rugby Union European Cup

The Europe Cup 1952 was the fourth Rugby Union European championship, organized by FIRA.After the Second World War rugby acticity restarted in Europe with the Five Nations restarting in 1947. The FIRA approved to reorganized the European Championship, after three tournaments in 1936-38...

, France won the title after a victory over Italy in the final.

This was the last edition of this competition. A European tournament arranged by FIRA, returned only in 1965 with the Nations Cup

1965–1966 FIRA Nations Cup

- Semifinals :--------- Final :- Bibliography : Francesco Volpe, Valerio Vecchiarelli , 2000 Italia in Meta, Storia della nazionale italiana di rugby dagli albori al Sei Nazioni, GS Editore ISBN 88-87374-40-6 Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti , Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale .-External links:*...

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Results

Point system: try 3 pt, conversion: 2 pt., penalty kick 3 pt. drop 3 pt, goal from mark 3 pt. Click "show" for more info about match (scorers, line-up etc)

First preliminary

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Second preliminary

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Semifinals

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Final

After an Italian try in the first minute, France took control of the match and won.

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External links

• FIRA-AER official website