Global Information2023 Rugby Europe Championship information
| 2023 Rugby Europe Championship | |||
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| Date | 4 February – 19 March 2023 | ||
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| Tournament statistics | |||
| Champions |  Georgia (15th title) | ||
| Antim Cup | Georgia (16th title) | ||
| Matches played | 20 | ||
| Attendance | 60,619 (3,031 per match) | ||
| Tries scored | 149 (7.45 per match) | ||
| Top point scorer(s) |  David Weersma (52 points) | ||
| Top try scorer(s) | Aka Tabutsadze (8 tries) | ||
| Player of the tournament |  Nuno Sousa Guedes | ||
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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 (including all its previous incarnations as the FIRA Tournament, Rugby Union European Cup, FIRA Nations Cup, FIRA Trophy and European Nations Cup).
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 (Georgia, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, and Spain) 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.[1] Each team played a total of five games (three round robin group matches to determine the team's path and two play-off matches).[1] Seeding (for a group) and relegation are calculated over a two-year cycle, as is the promotion from the Trophy competition.[1]
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