The 1983–84 FIRA Trophy was the 24th edition of a European

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championship for national teams. The tournament was won by

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, with a

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and

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finished in the following places, with the same points. The French only awarded caps in their win over

(25-15).

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

and

Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...

finished in the 5th and 6th places and were relegated.

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and

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won the Second division pools and were promoted for the following season.

First division

*Morocco and Poland relegated to division 2 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

Second division

Pool A

*Spain promoted to division 1 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

Pool B

*Tunisia promoted to division 1 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

Bibliography

* Francesco Volpe, Valerio Vecchiarelli (2000), ''2000 Italia in Meta, Storia della nazionale italiana di rugby dagli albori al Sei Nazioni'', GS Editore (2000) . * Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), ''Rugby 2000'', GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999).

References

External links

1983-84 FIRA Trophy at ESPN
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