Rugby Nordic Cup

The title Nordic Cup has been applied to two separate rugby union tournaments:

Rugby Nordic Cup (club competition)

The Rugby Nordic Cup was a pan-Scandinavian club rugby union tournament annually pitching the champions of each Nordic country against each other. It ran for two seasons between 2008 and 2009. [1]

Year Winner Score Runner up
2009 Oslo RK 33 - 24 Helsinki Warriors
2008 Enköpings 20 - 7 Oslo RK

Rugby Nordic Cup (international tournament)

A series of international tournaments entitled Nordic Cup were played between the national sides of Denmark (plus two "A" team entries), Finland, Norway and Sweden between 1987 and 1993. Two editions of an expanded competition featuring Latvia, Poland and Russia, retitled the Baltic Cup, were held in 1994 and 1995. A further one-off tournament, entitled the Viking Tri-Nations, was held in 2011.

Results summary

Team Tournaments 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
1 Sweden 9 8 2 0 1 -
2 Denmark 10 8 7 1 0 0
3 Poland 2 1 0 1 0 0
4 Russia 1 1 0 0 0 0
5 Latvia 1 0 1 0 0 -
6 Norway 10 0 0 7 2 1
7 Finland 4 0 0 1 3 -
8 Denmark A 2 0 0 0 2 -

Viking Tri-Nations

Year Format 1st 2nd 3rd
2011 [2] Round Robin Sweden Denmark Norway

Baltic Cup

Year Format 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
1995 [3] Knockout + positional playoffs Russia Denmark Poland Sweden Norway
1994 [4] Knockout + playoff for 3rd/4th Poland Latvia Denmark Norway -

Nordic Cup

Year Format 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
1993 [5] Knockout + playoff for 3rd/4th Denmark Sweden Norway Denmark A
1992 [6] Round robin Denmark Sweden Norway -
1991 [7] Knockout + playoff for 3rd/4th Sweden Denmark Finland Norway
1990 [8] Knockout + playoff for 3rd/4th Sweden Denmark Norway Finland
1989[9] Knockout + playoff for 3rd/4th Sweden Denmark Norway Finland
1988[10] Knockout + playoff for 3rd/4th Sweden Denmark Norway Denmark A
1987[11] Knockout + playoff for 3rd/4th Sweden Denmark Norway Finland

References