2022 Rugby Europe Championship
The 2022 Rugby Europe Championship was the sixth Rugby Europe Championship, the annual rugby union for the top European national teams outside the Six Nations Championship, and the 52nd 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).
| 2022 Rugby Europe Championship | |||
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| Date | 5 February 2022 – 20 March 2022 | ||
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| Champions | Georgia (14th title) | ||
| Antim Cup | Georgia (15th title) | ||
| Kiseleff Cup | Romania (1st title) | ||
| Matches played | 12 | ||
| Attendance | 47,000 (3,917 per match) | ||
| Tries scored | 96 (8 per match) | ||
| Top point scorer(s) | Manuel Ordas (55 points) | ||
| Top try scorer(s) | Aka Tabutsadze (6 tries) | ||
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The 2022 Championship was contested by Georgia, The Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Russia and Spain.
Georgia enter the tournament as defending champions. They topped the table after winning all of their matches in the 2021 tournament, claiming their 13th title and 10th Grand Slam as a result.
As in several other sports, Russia were disqualified after Week 3 due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
This year's edition of the Rugby Europe Championship doubles as the second year of the 2023 Rugby World Cup qualifiers for the European region. The winner and runner-up of the two-year cycle automatically qualify for the tournament as Europe 1 and Europe 2 respectively while the team in third place advances to the final qualification tournament as Europe 3.