2019–20 Rugby Europe International Championships
The 2019–20 Rugby Europe International Championships is the European Championship for tier 2 and tier 3 rugby union nations. The 2019–20 season is the third of its new format and structure, where all Levels play on a one-year cycle, replacing the old format of a two-year cycle, with the teams playing each other both home and away.
| 2019–20 Rugby Europe International Championships | |||
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| Date | September 2019 – May 29, 2021 | ||
| Countries | 36 | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Champions | Championship Georgia (12) Trophy Netherlands (1) | ||
| Antim Cup | Georgia (13th title) | ||
| Matches played | 26 | ||
| Attendance | 18,312 (704 per match) | ||
| Tries scored | 158 (6.08 per match) | ||
| Top point scorer(s) | Championship Dany Antunes (45) Trophy David Weersma (34) Conference Petar Nikolov (43) | ||
| Top try scorer(s) | Championship Aka Tabutsadze (5) Trophy Joshua Gascoigne (4) Jordy Hop (4) Conference Jan Kučera (4) | ||
| Official website | Rugby Europe | ||
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After their win against Germany in the relegation play-off of the 2019 Championship season, Portugal was promoted to the Championship for 2020.
On 12 March 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Rugby Europe announced a suspension of all its matches and tournaments from 13 March 2020 until 15 April 2020. On 26 March, Rugby Europe decided to extend the suspension of all its matches and tournaments indefinitely. On 8 April, Rugby Europe Board of Directors decided to call off the season of Men's Senior XV Conference 1, Conference 2 and Development. There will be no promotion or relegation this year. The same pools will be kept for the 2020–21 season. On 20 October 2020, following the resurgence of COVID-19 pandemic across Europe and local authority restrictions, Rugby Europe has announced a suspension of all matches planned until the end of November 2020.