The 2008–10

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. At present, there is no promotion or relegation between the European Nations Cup and the Six Nations. The current champions are Georgia, who won the 2011 First Division. The top two teams,

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and

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, qualified directly to the

, and the third placed team,

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, entered the European qualification playoffs. These playoffs included the champion of Division 2A and the leaders of the lower ENC divisions (excluding 3D) at the end of the 2008–09 season. Romania emerged as the winner of the playoff series and will go on to play

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, the second place African qualifier, in the semifinals of the

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for the last spot in the

finals. This season saw

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in the First Division for the first time since the divisional system was created, replacing

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who were relegated to Division 2A. The divisions play on a two-year cycle with the teams playing each other both home and away. From 2009 onward, the title is assigned according to a one-year ranking. So Georgia won the 2009 title and Romania the title for 2010. The same for the 2011–12 period.

Season 2009

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Season 2010

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- * ''The scheduled match between Romania and Spain on February 6, 2010 was postponed due to snow and freezing weather in Bucharest on the planned matchday, and was rescheduled to March 27''.

Table 2008–10

The cumulated table from both years, 2009–2010, decided which teams qualify directly to

, which team goes through Play-off qualification rounds and which team is relegated to Division 1B for the 2010–12 season.

References

External links

2008/10 – ENC Division 1 – RWC2011

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Season 2009

Season 2010

Table 2008–10

See also

References

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