European Nations Cup First Division 2000
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The 2000 European Nations Cup
was the newly formed European Championship for second tier nations. The main reformation of the competition was down to the induction of professionalism & Italy being granted a place in the Six Nations
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The First Season had 6 teams (5 European & 1 African in Morocco. The Teams played each other once, playing roughly to the same weekends as the Six Nations.
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European Nations Cup (rugby union)
The European Nations Cup is the European Championship for tier 2 and tier 3 rugby union nations. The Championship is split into 7 divisions with 5 or 6 teams in each. The divisions play on a two-year cycle with the teams playing each other both home and away...
was the newly formed European Championship for second tier nations. The main reformation of the competition was down to the induction of professionalism & Italy being granted a place in the Six Nations
Six Nations Championship
The Six Nations Championship is an annual international rugby union competition involving six European sides: England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales....
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The First Season had 6 teams (5 European & 1 African in Morocco. The Teams played each other once, playing roughly to the same weekends as the Six Nations.
Table
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Table points |
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| played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | ||
| 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 130 | 57 | 13 | |
| 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 145 | 105 | 11 | |
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 94 | 69 | 11 | |
| 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 109 | 105 | 9 | |
| 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 74 | 100 | ||
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| 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 52 | 168 | ||
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Matches
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See also
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