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
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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.

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

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

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

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

	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				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

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