2023 Rugby Europe Super Cup

2023 Rugby Europe Super Cup
Tournament details
Countries	Belgium  Czech Republic  Georgia  Israel  Netherlands  Portugal  Romania  Spain
Date	4 November – 22 December 2023
Tournament statistics
Teams	8
Matches played	20
Attendance	6,664 (333 per match)
Tries scored	153 (7.65 per match)
Final
Champions	Black Lion (3rd title)
Runners-up	Tel Aviv Heat

The 2023 Rugby Europe Super Cup was the third edition of the Rugby Europe Super Cup, an annual rugby union competition for professional clubs and franchises outside the three major leagues of European rugby. This edition of the Rugby Europe Super Cup featured one new addition to the competition, the Bohemia Rugby Warriors from the Czech Republic, who in turn replaced RC Batumi of Georgia, the team that participated in the previous edition of the tournament. For the first time, eight separate nations were represented in the competition.^[1]

The Black Lion Tbilisi from Georgia, as winners of the 2022 edition are also competing by invitation in the second tier European Challenge Cup, the first time the winner of the Super Cup has been integrated into the professional EPCR competition.

Teams

Nation	Stadium			Head coach	Captain
	Home stadium	Capacity	Location
Black Lion	Avchala Stadium	2,500	Tbilisi	Levan Maisashvili	Merab Sharikadze
Bohemia Rugby Warriors [fr]	Markéta Stadium	10,000	Prague	Antonín Brabec and Jan Oswald	Patrik Prucha
Brussels Devils [fr]	Stade Communal de Soignies	1,000	Soignies	Sébastien Guns	Robin Vermeersch
Castilla y León Iberians	Estadio Pepe Rojo	5,000	Valladolid	Miguel Velasco	Mario Pichardie
Delta	NRCA Stadium	10,000	Amsterdam	Gareth Gilbert	Vikas Meijer
Lusitanos	Estádio Nacional	500	Lisbon	Sébastien Bertrank	Tomás Appleton
Romanian Wolves	Arena Zimbrilor	2,300	Baia Mare	Eugen Apjok	Nicolaas Immelman
Tel Aviv Heat	Tsirio Stadium* National Rugby Center*	13,331 3,000	Limassol* Budapest*	Kevin Musikanth	Prince ǃGaoseb

* Owing to the ongoing war in Israel, Tel Aviv Heat's home matches were played in Cyprus and Hungary

Brussels Devils

Rugby Warriors

Black Lion

Tel Aviv Heat

Delta

Lusitanos

Romanian Wolves

Iberians

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Location of teams of the 2023 Rugby Europe Super Cup.

Group stage

The format was mildly rejigged from previous seasons with a 'major' and 'minor' group, rather than two geographical pools, although the distribution was roughly north (Group B) and south (Group A).

The 'major' group, Group A contained the four highest seeds, three of whom qualify for the semi finals. The 'minor' group, Group B, contained the teams ranked 5th to 8th, and the winner of that group became the fourth semi finalist. The aim was to ensure relative competitiveness across the competition.

Tel Aviv Heat played both of its home fixtures outside Israel due to the ongoing conflict in Gaza.

Key to colours

	Advances to the Grand Finals Semi-Finals
	Advances to the Ranking Finals Semi-Finals

Pool A

Pos.	Team	Games				Points			Tries			TBP	LBP	Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	For	Against	Diff
1	Black Lion	3	3	0	0	90	46	+44	13	6	+7	2	0	14
2	Tel Aviv Heat	3	2	0	1	96	72	+24	14	8	+6	2	1	11
3	Castilla y León Iberians	3	1	0	2	57	90	-33	8	13	-5	0	0	4
4	Lusitanos	3	0	0	3	36	71	-35	3	11	-8	0	1	1
Points were awarded to the teams as follows: Win – 4 points | Draw – 2 points | At least 3 more tries than opponent – 1 point | Loss within 7 points – 1 point

Round 1

4 November 2023 16:00 GET (UTC+04)

(1 TBP) Black Lion	39–19	Castilla y León Iberians
	Report

Avchala Stadium, Tbilisi Attendance: n/a Referee: Cristian Șerban

4 November 2023 15:00 WET (UTC+00)

Lusitanos	23–31	Tel Aviv Heat (1 TBP)
	Report

Estádio Nacional, Lisbon Attendance: n/a Referee: Ian Kenny

Round 2

11 November 2023 15:00 WET (UTC+00)

Lusitanos	0–22	Black Lion (1 TBP)
	Report

Estádio Nacional, Lisbon Attendance: 300 Referee: Keane Davsion

12 November 2023 12:00 CET (UTC+01)

Castilla y León Iberians	20–38	Tel Aviv Heat (1 TBP)
	Report

Estadio Pepe Rojo, Valladolid Attendance: 500 Referee: Shota Tevzadze

Round 3

18 November 2023 19:00 EEST (UTC+02)

(1 LBP) Tel Aviv Heat	27–29	Black Lion
	Report

Tsirio Stadium, Limassol Attendance: 0 Referee: Luc Ramos

19 November 2023 12:30 CET (UTC+01)

Castilla y León Iberians	18–13	Lusitanos (1 LBP)
	Report

Estadio Pepe Rojo, Valladolid Attendance: n/a Referee: Saba Abulashvili

Pool B

Pos.	Team	Games				Points			Tries			TBP	LBP	Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	For	Against	Diff
1	Romanian Wolves	3	3	0	0	167	17	+150	25	3	+22	3	0	15
2	Brussels Devils	3	2	0	1	89	82	+7	14	9	+5	2	0	10
3	Delta	3	1	0	2	91	72	+19	11	12	-1	1	0	5
4	Bohemia Rugby Warriors	3	0	0	3	17	193	-176	2	28	-26	0	0	0
Points were awarded to the teams as follows: Win – 4 points | Draw – 2 points | At least 3 more tries than opponent – 1 point | Loss within 7 points – 1 point

Round 1

4 November 2023 19:00 CET (UTC+01)

(1 TBP) Brussels Devils	41–12	Delta
	Report

Stade Communal de Soignies, Soignies Attendance: 582 Referee: Mike English

5 November 2023 14:00 EET (UTC+02)

(1 TBP) Romanian Wolves	76–7	Bohemia Rugby Warriors
	Report

Arena Zimbrilor, Baia Mare Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Eugeniu Procopi

Round 2

10 November 2023 19:30 CET (UTC+01)

Delta	5–31	Romanian Wolves (1 TBP)
	Report

NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam Attendance: 300 Referee: Saba Abulashvili

11 November 2023 14:00 CET (UTC+01)

Bohemia Rugby Warriors	10–43	Brussels Devils (1 TBP)
	Report

Markéta Stadium, Prague Attendance: n/a Referee: Iñigo Atorrasagasti

Round 3

16 November 2023 19:00 CET (UTC+01)

Bohemia Rugby Warriors	0–74	Delta (1 TBP)
	Report

Markéta Stadium, Prague Attendance: 732 Referee: Ethan Glass

18 November 2023 20:30 CET (UTC+01)

Brussels Devils	5–60	Romanian Wolves (1 TBP)
	Report

Nelson Mandela Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 650 Referee: Paulo Duarte

Ranking Finals

	Fifth place semi-finals				Fifth place Final
	3 December – Soignies
	Delta	8
					16 December – Amsterdam
	Lusitanos	53
					Lusitanos (a.e.t.)	46
	2 December – Amsterdam
					Brussels Devils	29
	Brussels Devils	44
	Bohemia Rugby Warriors	10
					Seventh place final
					16 December – Amsterdam
					Delta	55
					Bohemia Rugby Warriors	3

Semi-finals

2 December 2023 19:00 CET (UTC+01)

Brussels Devils	44–10	Bohemia Rugby Warriors
	Report

Stade Communal de Soignies, Soignies Attendance: 250 Referee: Alexandru Ionescu

3 December 2023 12:45 CET (UTC+01)

Delta	8–53	Lusitanos
	Report

NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam Attendance: 100 Referee: Ethan Glass

7th place final

16 December 2023 15:00 CET (UTC+01)

Delta	55–3	Bohemia Rugby Warriors
	Report

NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam Attendance: 150 Referee: Paulo Duarte

5th place final

16 December 2023 12:00 CET (UTC+01)

Lusitanos	46–29 (a.e.t.)	Brussels Devils
	Report

NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam Attendance: 150 Referee: Iñigo Atorrasagasti

Grand Finals

	Semi-finals				Final
	2 December – Tbilisi
	Black Lion	41
					22 December – Tbilisi
	Castilla y León Iberians	0
					Black Lion	27
	2 December – Budapest
					Tel Aviv Heat	17
	Tel Aviv Heat	31
	Romanian Wolves	6
					Bronze final
					16 December – Amsterdam
					Castilla y León Iberians	17
					Romanian Wolves	41

Semi-finals

2 December 2023 14:00 GET (UTC+04)

Black Lion	41–0	Castilla y León Iberians
	Report

Avchala Stadium, Tbilisi Attendance: 800 Referee: Ru Campbell

2 December 2023 13:30 CET (UTC+01)

Tel Aviv Heat	31–6	Romanian Wolves
	Report

National Rugby Center, Budapest Attendance: 500 Referee: Andrew Cole

Bronze final

16 December 2023 18:00 CET (UTC+01)

Castilla y León Iberians	17–41	Romanian Wolves
	Report

NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam Attendance: 150 Referee: Sulkhan Chikhladze

Cup Final

22 December 2023 15:00 GET (UTC+04)

Black Lion	27–17	Tel Aviv Heat
	Report

Avchala Stadium, Tbilisi Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Andrew Cole

See also

• 2023–24 European Rugby Champions Cup
• 2023–24 EPCR Challenge Cup

References

1. "Rugby Europe has confirmed the details of the third season of the Rugby Europe Super Cup, its club competition for the emerging rugby unions in Europe". 6 July 2023.