2024 Rugby Europe Super Cup
| 2024 Rugby Europe Super Cup | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Countries | Belgium Czech Republic Georgia Netherlands Portugal Romania Spain |
| Date | 7 September – 20 October 2024 |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Teams | 7 |
| Matches played | 14 |
| Attendance | 6,150 (439 per match) |
| Tries scored | 100 (7.14 per match) |
| Final | |
| Champions | Black Lion (4th title) |
| Runners-up | Lusitanos |
The 2024 Rugby Europe Super Cup is the fourth edition of the Rugby Europe Super Cup, an annual rugby union competition for professional clubs and franchises outside the three major leagues of European rugby. The holders, Black Lion's of Georgia, have won the three previous tournaments. Last seasons runner-up, Tel Aviv Heat are not competing in this seasons competition.
Description
The competition will take place without the two-time runner-up, the Tel Aviv Heat, due to ″various logistical elements″. The main change from last season's format in Pool A is that there will now be no semi-finals with the competition concluding after the group matches.[1]
Teams
Location of teams of the 2024 Rugby Europe Super Cup.
| Nation | Stadium | Head coach | Captain | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home stadium | Capacity | Location | |||
| Black Lion | Avchala Stadium | 2,500 | Tbilisi | Richard Cockerill | Merab Sharikadze |
| Bohemia Rugby Warriors | Rugby Arena Tatra Smíchov | n/a | Prague | Antonín Brabec and Jan Oswald |
Patrik Prucha |
| Brussels Devils | Stade Communal de Soignies, Soignies | 1,000 | Brussels | Sébastien Guns | Robin Vermeersch |
| Castilla y León Iberians | San Amaro Stadium | 1,500 | Burgos | Miguel Velasco | Mario Pichardie |
| Delta | NRCA Stadium | 10,000 | Amsterdam | Gareth Gilbert | Vikas Meijer |
| Lusitanos | Estádio Nacional | 500 | Lisbon | Sébastien Bertrank | Tomás Appleton |
| Romanian Wolves | Stadionul Arcul de Triumf | 8,207 | Bucharest | Eugen Apjok | Nicolaas Immelman |
Pool A
| Champions |
| Pos. | Team | Games | Points | Tries | TBP | LBP | Table points | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | For | Against | Diff | |||||
| 1 | Black Lion | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 175 | 38 | +137 | 27 | 5 | +21 | 4 | 0 | 20 |
| 2 | Lusitanos | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 71 | 104 | -33 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | Castilla y León Iberians | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 54 | 158 | -104 | 7 | 22 | -15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Points were awarded to the teams as follows: Win – 4 points | Draw – 2 points | At least 3 more tries than opponent – 1 point | Loss within 7 points – 1 point | ||||||||||||||
Round 1
| 7 September 2024 17:00 WEST (UTC+01) |
| (1 TBP) Lusitanos | 36–18 | Castilla y León Iberians |
| n/a |
| Estádio Nacional, Lisbon Attendance: n/a Referee: Nika Amashukeli |
Round 2
| 15 September 2024 11:00 CEST (UTC+02) |
| Castilla y León Iberians | 3–54 | Black Lion (1 TBP) |
| Report |
| San Amaro Stadium, Burgos Attendance: n/a Referee: Keane Davison |
Round 3
| 21 September 2024 17:00 WEST (UTC+01) |
| Lusitanos | 17–38 | Black Lion (1 TBP) |
| Report |
| Estádio Nacional, Lisbon Attendance: 200 Referee: Alex Frasson |
Round 4
| 28 September 2024 17:30 GET (UTC+04) |
| (1 TBP) Black Lion | 47–21 | Castilla y León Iberians |
| Report |
| Avchala Stadium, Tbilisi Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Alexandru Ionescu |
Round 5
| 12 October 2024 18:00 GET (UTC+04) |
| (1 TBP) Black Lion | 36–0 | Lusitanos |
| Report |
| Avchala Stadium, Tbilisi Attendance: 650 Referee: Kevin Bralley |
Round 6
| 20 October 2024 11:00 CEST (UTC+02) |
| Castilla y León Iberians | 12–21 | Lusitanos |
| Report |
| San Amaro Stadium, Burgos Attendance: 100 Referee: Jonny Perriam |
Pool B
| Final |
| Pos. | Team | Games | Points | Tries | TBP | LBP | Table points | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | For | Against | Diff | |||||
| 1 | Delta | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 56 | +53 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Romanian Wolves | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 118 | 77 | +41 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 3 | Brussels Devils | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 102 | -38 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Bohemia Rugby Warriors | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 99 | -56 | 5 | 14 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Points were awarded to the teams as follows: Win – 4 points | Draw – 2 points | At least 3 more tries than opponent – 1 point | Loss within 7 points – 1 point | ||||||||||||||
Round 1
| 14 September 2024 18:00 CEST (UTC+02) |
| (1 TBP) Delta | 43–10 | Brussels Devils |
| Report |
| NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Nicolae Fratila |
| 15 September 2024 19:00 CEST (UTC+02) |
| Bohemia Rugby Warriors | 18–38 | Romanian Wolves (1 TBP) |
| Report |
| Rugby Arena Tatra Smíchov, Prague Attendance: 400 Referee: Gert Vesser |
Round 2
| 21 September 2024 11:30 EEST (UTC+03) |
| (1 LBP) Romanian Wolves | 36–37 | Delta |
| Report |
| Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest Attendance: 750 Referee: Saba Abulashvili |
| 21 September 2024 16:00 CEST (UTC+02) |
| Brussels Devils | 32–15 | Bohemia Rugby Warriors |
| Report |
| Stade Communal de Soignies, Soignies Attendance: 350 Referee: Eugeniu Procopi |
Round 3
| 27 September 2024 18:30 CEST (UTC+02) |
| (1 TBP) Delta | 29–10 | Bohemia Rugby Warriors |
| Report |
| NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam Attendance: 100 Referee: Diogo Miranda |
| 28 September 2024 14:00 EEST (UTC+03) |
| (1 TBP) Romanian Wolves | 44–22 | Brussels Devils |
| Report |
| Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Luis Fernandes |
Finals
Final
| 19 October 2024 13:00 CEST (UTC+02) |
| Delta | 24–46 | Romanian Wolves |
| Report |
| NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam Attendance: 400 Referee: Paulo Duarte |
Bronze final
| 19 October 2024 17:00 CEST (UTC+02) |
| Brussels Devils | 24–20 | Bohemia Rugby Warriors |
| Report |
| Stade Communal de Soignies, Soignies Attendance: 300 Referee: Inigo Atorrasagasti |
See also
References
- ^ "Rugby Europe Super Cup Returns for 2024". 7 August 2024.