Rugby Europe has confirmed the fixtures for the Men's Championship 2026 with exciting news that the finals will this year be in Madrid.
The competition will take place in February and March 2026, throughout a six-week window (instead of seven last years), and will continue with the same format as last season with an initial round robin phase before the semi finals and finals.
After the centrally organised finals in Paris two years ago, the Finals Day will this time make it’s way to Madrid on Sunday March 15th, in conjunction with Real Federación Española de Rugby, with all games played on the same day. Finals details will be communicated in due course with tickets going on public sale in December.
After a successful 2025 edition, which saw four team qualify for the World Rugby organised Nations Cup 2026 and Rugby World Cup 2027, with Georgia, Spain, Romania and Portugal taking the final spots.
Belgium still have the opportunity to make it five Rugby Europe Championship teams in Australia as they take part in the Final Qualification Tournament in Dubai from 8-18 of November.
The two pools are composed of the same nations as last season.
- Pool A: #1 Georgia, #4 Spain, #5 Netherlands and #8 Switzerland
- Pool B: #2 Portugal , #3 Romania, #6 Germany and #7 Belgium
Fixtures will be the mirror of the previous season :
|
Pool |
Round |
HOME |
AWAY |
Day |
Date |
KO Local |
City |
Venue |
|
A |
1 |
NETHERLANDS |
SPAIN |
Sat |
07.02.26 |
13.00 |
Amsterdam |
NRCA |
|
B |
1 |
BELGIUM |
PORTUGAL |
Sat |
07.02.26 |
20.00 |
Mons |
Stade du Tondreau |
|
A |
1 |
SWITZERLAND |
GEORGIA |
Sun |
08.02.26 |
13.00 |
Yverdon |
Stade Municipal |
|
B |
1 |
GERMANY |
ROMANIA |
Sun |
08.02.26 |
16.00 |
Kassel |
Auestadion Kassel |
|
B |
2 |
GERMANY |
PORTUGAL |
Sat |
14.02.26 |
13.00 |
Dessau |
Paul-Greifzu Stadion |
|
A |
2 |
SPAIN |
SWITZERLAND |
Sat |
14.02.26 |
20.00 |
Palencia |
Estadio Nueva Balastera |
|
A |
2 |
NETHERLANDS |
GEORGIA |
Sun |
15.02.26 |
13.00 |
Amsterdam |
NRCA |
|
B |
2 |
ROMANIA |
BELGIUM |
Sun |
15.02.26 |
19.00 |
Bucharest |
Arcul de Triumf |
|
A |
3 |
GEORGIA |
SPAIN |
Sat |
21.02.26 |
15.00 |
Tbilissi |
Avchala Rugby Stadium |
|
B |
3 |
BELGIUM |
GERMANY |
Sat |
21.02.26 |
20.00 |
Mons |
Stade du Tondreau |
|
A |
3 |
SWIZTERLAND |
NETHERLANDS |
Sun |
22.02.26 |
13.00 |
Yverdon |
Stade Municipal |
|
B |
3 |
PORTUGAL |
ROMANIA |
Sun |
22.02.26 |
17.30 |
Lisbon |
Estadio De Honra do Jamor |
The semi-finals will take place on 7-8 March on the soil of the teams finishing first and third of each pool.
There is still plenty on the line in the 2026 edition, with Spain pushing Georgia last season and at the other end of the table it will be confirmed which team be relegated to Trophy division, based on the the combined results of 2025 and 2026 tournaments.
Currently in the Trophy division there is a fierce battle to get promotion to the next Rugby Europe Championship as the teams complete their two-year cycle, with Poland and Sweden vying for top-spot.
All games will be live-streamed on rugbyeurope.tv platform. The list of other TV broadcasters will be announced in due course.
