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1965–66 FIRA Nations Cup

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Champions
  
France

Matches played
  
6

Date
  
17 October 1965 – 6 November 1966

Countries
  
France  Romania  Italy  West Germany  Czechoslovakia

The Nations Cup 1965–66 was the sixth edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams and was the first with this name. After the 1954 European Cup, the FIRA did not organize any championship. During the 1964 general assembly in The Hague, it was decided to organize a tournament as a league championship. The teams would be divided in two divisions, with a process of promotion and relegation. The first edition was played between 1965–66. Normally Italy, France and Romania played against each other regularly in "test match" so it was easy to arrange this kind of tournament.

References

1965–66 FIRA Nations Cup Wikipedia