1952 Rugby Union European Cup
The Europe Cup 1952 was the fourth Rugby Union European championship, organized by FIRA.
| 1952 Rugby Europe Cup | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 2 March - 17 May 1952 | ||
| Countries | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Spain.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium West Germany France Italy | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Champions | France | ||
| Matches played | 4 | ||
| |||
After the Second World War rugby activity restarted in Europe with the Five Nations restarting in 1947. The FIRA approved to reorganize the European Championship, after three tournaments in 1936-38. During the assembly of May 20, 1951, it was decided that the name of tournament would be Europe Cup, and that the first edition was to be played in 1952.[1] Like in all subsequent editions, only countries of Continental Europe ever took place.
A "challenge" format was chosen: France, winner of the last tournament in 1938, advanced directly to the final, where it met the winner of the preliminary tournament, which was played by four teams: Belgium, West Germany, Italy and Romania.[2]
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) |
Preliminary tournament
- Semifinals
| 13 April 1952 | Spain |
0 - 6 | Italy |
Montjuic, Barcelona | |
| Try: Gerosa 62' Pen: Cecchetto 46' |
Referee: Barbe |
- Finals
| 27 April 1952 | Italy |
14 - 6 | West Germany |
Stadio Tre Pini, Padua | |
| Try: Gerosa 21' 78' Masci 39' Rosi 76' Con: Cecchetto 39' |
Pen: Ritter 31' Drop: W.Schumann 74' |
Referee: Taddei |
Great Final
| 17 May 1952 | Italy |
8 - 17 | France |
Arena, Milan | |
| Try: Perducani 36’ Con: Turcato 36’ Pen: Cecchetto-Milani 42’ |
Try: Rogé 8’ Bienes 75’ Basquet 77’ Con: Prat 50’ 72’ |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Priest  | |||
| Italy: 15.Silvano Tartaglini (cap), 14.Pietro Stievano, 13.Paolo Rosi, 12.Emilio Andina, 11.Enzo Gerosa, 10.Riccardo Santopadre, 9.Aldo Cecchetto-Milani, 8.Mario Percudani, 7.Gianni Aiolfi, 6.Primo Masci, 5.Leonardo Riccioni, 4.Paolo Dari, 3.Giorgio Fornari, 2.Gennaro Mancini, 1.Luciano Turcato | |||||
| France : 15.Pierre Guilleux, 14.Georges Brun, 13.Roger Martine, 12.Jacques Mauran, 11.Lucien Roge, 10.Michel Lecointre, 9.Paul Lasaosa, 8.Guy Basquet (cap), 7.Jean-Roger Bourdeu, 6.Jean Prat, 5.Bernard Chevallier, 4.Lucien Mias, 3.Andre Sanac, 2.Paul Labadie, 1.René Bienes | |||||
Bibliography
- (in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Valerio Vecchiarelli (2000), 2000 Italia in Meta, Storia della nazionale italiana di rugby dagli albori al Sei Nazioni, GS Editore (2000) ISBN 88-87374-40-6
- (in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999).
References
- Volpe-Vecchiarelli, pg 114.
- Volpe-Pacitti p.291