Rugby Europe Super Cup

The Rugby Europe Super Cup is an annual men's rugby union club tournament organised by the continental governing body, Rugby Europe. Featuring clubs outside the traditional Six Nations strongholds of the sport, it effectively forms a third tier of European club rugby beneath the EPRC-organised European Rugby Champions Cup and European Rugby Challenge Cup.[1] The first Super Cup draw will take place in 2021.

Rugby Europe Super Cup
Current season or competition:
2021-2022 Rugby Europe Super Cup
SportRugby Union
Instituted2021 (2021)
Number of teams8
Country Belgium
 Georgia
 Israel
 Netherlands
 Portugal
 Russia
 Spain
Websitewww.rugbyeurope.eu/super-cup/

Format

The tournament has been announced as an annual event for emerging nations in Europe. Professional rugby clubs and franchise teams can take part in it. Teams are divided into two conferences: western and eastern. Each team will play every conference rival home and away. The two best teams from each conference will advance to the semifinals, where they will play for a ticket to the final.

The Eastern Conference

a Disqualified due to nationality

The Western Conference

Romania is expected to join the tournament in the coming seasons.[3] The group stage games will run from September to December 2021, with the semi-finals in April 2022 and the final in May 2022.

The goal of the tournament is to bridge the development gap between European countries and attract new sponsors in new markets. All 27 matches will be filmed and widely broadcast on TV and digital platforms.

The plan is to expand the Super Cup to include 12 teams by 2023 and 16 teams by 2025.[4]

Finals
Rugby Europe Super Cup Finals
Season Country Winners Score Runners-up Country Venue Attendance
2021-22 TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC Estádio Nacional, Lisbon TBA

References
  1. "Rugby Europe launch The Super Cup". Rugby Europe. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  2. Sport (2021-07-08). "Rugby Europe lanza una nueva competición de clubes". sport (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-07-10.
  3. "Rugby Europe launches Super Cup club competition for emerging nations". France 24. 2021-07-07. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  4. "A new dawn for Israeli rugby". Jerusalem Post. 2021-07-18. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
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