1952 Rugby Union European Cup

The Europe Cup 1952 was the fourth Rugby Union European championship, organized by FIRA.

1952 Rugby Europe Cup
Date2 March - 17 May 1952
Countries Spain
 Belgium
 West Germany
 France
 Italy
Tournament statistics
Champions France
Matches played4
← 1938 (Previous) (Next) 1954 →

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 Spain.[2]

Results
Point system: try 3 pt, conversion: 2 pt., penalty kick 3 pt. drop 3 pt, goal from mark 3 pt.
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Preliminary tournament
  • Semifinals
2 March 1952
West Germany 16 - 9 Belgium
Hanover
13 April 1952 Spain  0 - 6  Italy Montjuic, Barcelona  
Try: Gerosa 62'
Pen: Cecchetto 46'
 Referee: Barbe France
  • 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 France

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 England
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
  1. Volpe-Vecchiarelli, pg 114.
  2. Volpe-Pacitti p.291
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