1967-68 Nations Cup
Date	29 October 1967 - 26 May 1968
Countries	France   Romania   West Germany   Czechoslovakia
Tournament statistics
Champions	France
Matches played	6
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The Nations Cup 1967-68 was the eighth edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams, and third with the formula and the name of "Nations Cup". The tournament was won by France.

First division

• Table (Italy withdraw)

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	France	3	3	0	0	56	17	39	6
2	Romania	3	2	0	1	47	19	28	4
3	Czechoslovakia	3	1	0	2	18	42	-24	2
4	West Germany	3	0	0	3	19	62	-43	0

• Results

29 October 1967

Romania	27 - 5	West Germany

Bucharest

22 November 1967

Czechoslovakia XV	9 - 6	West Germany

Prague

10 December 1967	France	11 - 3	Romania	Stade M.Saupin, Nantes
	Try: Capendeguy Con: Lacaze Pen: Lacaze Drop: Lacaze		Pen: Penciu	Referee: Patrick d'Arcy
France: 15. Claude Lacaze, 14. Jean-Michel Capendeguy, 13. Jean-Pierre Lux, 12. Jean Trillo, 11. Jean-Jacques Lenient, 10. Jo Maso, 9. Jean-Henri Mir, 8. Andre Herrero, 7. Christian Carrere (cap), 6. Jean-Joseph Rupert, 5. Benoit Dauga, 4. Alain Plantefol, 3. Jean-Michel Esponda, 2. Jean-Michel Cabanier, 1. Jean-Claude Berejnoi
Romania: 15. Alexandru Penciu, 14. M. Wusek, 13. Valeriu Irimescu, 12. Gheorghie Dragomirescu-Rahtopol, 11. Gheorghie Nica, 10. M. Oblemenco, 9. Petre Florescu, 8. Radu Demian (cap), 7. Gheorgie Rascanu, 6. Paul Ciobanel, 5. Ion Tutuianu, 4. Petre Veluda, 3. Constantin Dinu, 2. V. Onutiu, 1. Nicolae Baciu

14 April 1968

France XV	26 - 8	West Germany

Lons-le-Saunier

5 May 1968

Czechoslovakia XV	6 - 19	France

Prague

26 May 1968

Romania	17 - 3	Czechoslovakia XV

Bucharest

Division 2

Pool 1

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Poland	2	2	0	0	54	11	43	4
2	Netherlands	2	1	0	1	43	19	24	2
3	Sweden	2	0	0	2	6	73	-67	0

Poland admitted to final

• Results

12 May 1968

Netherlands	8 - 16	Poland

Sportpark Berestein, Hilversum

24 May 1968

Poland	38 - 3	Sweden

Warsaw

1 June 1968

Sweden	3 - 35	Netherlands

Helsingborg

Pool 2

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Morocco	3	2	1	0	26	11	15	5
2	Spain	3	2	0	1	33	11	22	4
3	Portugal	3	1	1	1	19	26	-7	3
4	Belgium	3	0	0	3	6	36	-30	0

Marocco admitted to final

• Results

17 March 1968

Morocco	6 - 5	Spain

Casablanca

31 March 1968

Spain	14 - 5	Portugal

Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid

7 April 1968

Belgium	0 - 14	Spain

Verviers

13 April 1968

Morocco	14 - 0	Belgium

Casablanca

21 April 1968

Portugal	8 - 6	Belgium

Lisbon

5 May 1968

Portugal	6 - 6	Morocco

Lisbon

Final

2 June 1968

Poland	5 - 0	Morocco

Warsaw

• Poland promoted in first division

Bibliography

• (in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Valerio Vecchiarelli (2000), 2000 Italia in Meta, Storia della nazionale italiana di rugby dagli albori al Sei Nazioni, GS Editore (2000) ISBN  88-87374-40-6.
• (in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999).

References

External links

• FIRA-AER official website