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EUROPE INTERNATIONAL RUGBY RANKINGS
GWC SYSTEM 2021 STANDINGS
As at 18 December 2021
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EUROPE TABLE 2021 STANDINGS
As at 18 December 2021

Note: World Rugby update their rankings on Mondays Greenich MT
2021 EUROPE TABLE  2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014   EUROPE TABLE  2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014    
1 SCOTLAND  4 5 4 3 4 5 6 1 ENGLAND  87.83 89.49 88.83 86.22 90.87 90.46 79.77 84.85   Moved up
2 FRANCE  2 4 5 4 5 4 4 2 IRELAND  86.53 84.65 84.46 91.17 86.39 84.62 81.17 85.48   Moved down
3 WALES  5 2 3 5 2 1 3 3 FRANCE 85.53 85.30 80.88 77.33 78.77 80.13 79.77 79.66   No Movement
4 IRELAND  3 3 1 1 3 3 2 4 SCOTLAND 83.05 80.82 79.24 81.84 82.31 80.67 77.94 78.78  
5 ENGLAND  1 1 2 2 1 2 1 5 WALES 81.56 79.36 85.03 87.24 80.98 82.55 83.49 81.64  
6 ITALY  6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 GEORGIA 73.72 72.18 71.26 73.42 73.41 74.14 71.45 70.76  
7 GEORGIA  7 7 8 8 7 7 7 7 ITALY 70.51 70.88 72.05 72.75 71.25 72.47 72.74 71.19  
8 PORTUGAL  11 12 13 13 12 11 11 8 ROMANIA 67.91 65.33 66.64 65.45 70.91 69.39 66.59 67.38  
9 SPAIN  10 8 9 9 10 10 10 9 SPAIN 66.20 67.51 68.15 63.09 63.15 60.17 61.96 60.65  
10 RUSSIA  8 10 10 10 9 8 9 10 PORTUGAL 65.84 62.44 61.01 57.08 57.26 56.96 56.34 58.56  
11 ROMANIA  9 9 7 7 8 9 8 11 RUSSIA 58.60 62.12 63.08 65.20 64.12 63.25 63.54 64.12  
12 NETHERLANDS  X 13 14 14 14 18 19 12 NETHERLANDS 56.82 X 60.09 58.45 53.19 54.93 51.86 52.25  
13 BELGIUM  12 11 12 12 18 13 12 13 BELGIUM 54.86 57.17 55.72 58.09 56.94 56.87 55.69 54.50  
14 POLAND  X 15 16 17 13 19 17 14 POLAND  53.81 X 51.13 52.29 52.35 52.04 51.79 51.33  
15 GERMANY X 14 11 11 11 21 15 15 GERMANY 53.15 X 54.63 57.83 60.04 58.99 56.69 56.32  
16 UKRAINE  X 17 20 19 17 12 16 16 SWITZERLAND 51.53 X 52.62 53.24 53.63 51.84 50.95 47.22  
17 LITHUANIA  X 18 17 23 24 24 21 17 UKRAINE   50.23 X 50.35 50.25 49.69 51.34 55.51 52.33  
18 SWITZERLAND  X 16 15 15 15 15 22 18 CZECHIA   50.87 X 50.03 49.60 53.19 52.73 50.67 51.25  
19 CZECHIA  X 19 18 16 19 17 13 19 MALTA   49.27 X 49.13 49.48 47.72 47.67 46.15 48.74  
20 SWEDEN  X 22 19 25 23 22 18 20 LITHUANIA  47.16 X 47.16 51.53 48.93 47.49 48.86 47.65  
21 LUXEMBOURG  X 21 30 28 28 28 28 21 CROATIA  46.92 X 46.92 45.86 44.68 44.64 46.97 46.47  
22 DENMARK  X 23 33 35 33 32 31 22 SWEDEN 45.84 X 45.04 46.44 42.87 44.59 43.92 46.2  
23 FINLAND  X 24 38 36 36 36 37 23 LUXEMBOURG  41.77 X 43.41 40.34 41.20 40.63 41.67 38.6  
24 BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA X 37 32 31 34 34 34 24 ISRAEL  41.68 X 41.68 41.79 43.07 42.78 42.97 44.03  
25 ANDORRA  X 34 28 26 26 25 27 25 HUNGARY 40.68 X 40.68 40.12 38.27 36.81 37.94 39.77  
26 SERBIA  X 32 37 34 30 30 32 26 BULGARIA   38.21 X 36.54 31.10 29.94 29.94 31.57 33.31  
27 HUNGARY  X 26 21 30 32 33 33 27 DENMARK  38.17 X 37.36 34.90 33.94 33.94 34.26 37.56  
28 TURKEY  X 33 X 40 38 37 39 28 SLOVENIA 37.42 X 37.56 39.07 37.68 40.38, 40.55 38.99  
29 MALTA  X 28 23 20 22 23 20 29 ANDORRA  35.20 X 36.97 37.20 39.86 40.58 42.88 41.14  
30 ISRAEL  X 30 25 22 20 16 25 30 BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA  34.02 X 34.60 37.35 39.34 37.3 36.18 34.66  
31 CROATIA  X 29 24 21 21 14 23 31 AUSTRIA  33.03 X 33.03 35.30 34.89 34.87 35.00 37.83  
32 CYPRUS  X 27 29 27 27 27 26 32 FINLAND  32.75 X 33.01 29.07 28.53 28.71 28.34 30.29  
33 BULGARIA  X 35 36 39 37 35 35 33 SERBIA  32.22 X 32.35 33.07 36.9 36.27 35.11 33.6  
34 AUSTRIA  X 38 35 32 31 31 29 34 NORWAY  27.72 X 28.27 30.46 30.47 31.90 34.00 31.82  
35 SLOVENIA  X 31 27 33 29 29 30 X MOLDOVA * X X 42.14 43.63 50.29 51.58 53.21 55.38  
36 NORWAY   X 39 34 37 35 38 36 X LATVIA   * X X 40.85 43.43 46.22 45.63 41.97 43.1  
37 MONTENEGRO  X 40 39 38 41 40 X                      
X LATVIA * X 20 26 24 25 26 24  * Did not play test rugby in 2021.  
X MOLDOVA * X 25 22 18 16 20 14  
X GIBRALTAR * X 36 31 29 X X X  
X ESTONIA * X 41 40 41 39 41 40  
X SLOVAKIA * X 42 41 42 40 39 X  
X BELARUS * X X X 43 42 X 41  
X GREECE * X X X X X X 38  
  * Did not play test rugby in 2021