Paris to host Men's 2024 REC Finals

Rugby Europe is delighted to announce that this year’s Rugby Europe Championship 2024 Finals will be held at the home of Stade Français, Stade Jean Bouin in Paris. 

In what promises to be a real European festival of international rugby, all eight national teams will travel to the French capital to determine their final ranking in the competition and, of course, decide the champion of this year’s competition.  

All four matches will be held on Sunday 17 March 2024, culminating in the Championship Final at 9pm with the ranking and bronze finals taking place from noon. 

It will allow those players that participated in Rugby World Cup 2023 to return to France and tap into the many new fans they acquired during the global event through September and October. 

The pool matches that have been confirmed are:  

• 3/2/24 - Netherlands v Spain, Amsterdam, National Rugby Center, 1:15pm CET
• 3/2/24 - Belgium v Portugal, venue TBC, 8pm CET 
• 4/2/24 - Germany v Georgia, Dessau, Paul Greifzu Stadium, 3pm CET 
• 4/2/24 - Poland v Romania, Gdynia, Narodowy Stadion 8:15pm CET
• 10/2/24 - Georgia v Netherlands, Tbilisi, Avchala Stadium, 11am CET 
• 10/2/24 - Portugal v Poland, Lisbon, CAR Jamor, 8pm CET 
• 11/2/24 - Spain v Germany, Madrid, The Estadio Nacional Complutense 12:45pm CET
• 17/2/24 - Georgia v Spain, Tbilisi, Avchala Stadium, 1pm CET 
• 17/2/24 - Romania v Portugal, Bucharest, Arcul de Triumf, 3:30pm CET 
• 17/2/24 - Belgium v Poland, venue TBC, 6pm CET
• 18/02/24 - Netherlands v Germany, Amsterdam, National Rugby Center, 1:30pm CET  

The semifinals will then take place on the weekend of 2nd/3rd of March before the teams make their way to Paris.  

The competition is in the middle of a two-year cycle and the current pools remain identical to 2023, but with the home and away fixtures reversed.