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It was the first attempt to create a Champions Cup.
The tournament was not succesfull and was discontinued after only three editions.
The main reason for the failure was the absence of the british and irish teams. They were absent because not members of FIRA, but also because they did not consider fair for club rugby playing official competitions.
The tournament was irregularly played with a variable number of partecipating nations: only France, Romania and West Germany played every one of the 3 edition.
Some sources ([
1
], [
2
]) report of a 1962/63 edition with
Grenoble
losing the final against an unknown team. This is probably not true because there is no evidence of this tournament edition.
Honours Roll
Season:
Winners
Runners up
Format
Result
1965/66
Dinamo Bucuresti (1)
Agen
Multiple final
1963/64
CFR Grivita Rosie Bucuresti (1)
Mont de Marsan
Final
10-0
1961/62
Béziers (1)
CFR Grivita Rosie Bucuresti
Final
11-3
Team
Titles
Runners up
CFR Grivita Rosie Bucuresti
1
1
Béziers
1
0
Dinamo Bucuresti
1
0
Agen
0
1
Mont de Marsan
0
1
Team appearances
FIRA Champions Cup
Team
Team
appearances
First
appearance
Last
appearance
Grivita Rosie Bucuresti
2
1961/62
1963/64
RC Hilversum
2
1961/62
1963/64
Agen
1
1965/66
1965/66
ASPTT Rabat
1
1961/62
1961/62
Béziers
1
1961/62
1961/62
Dinamo Bucuresti
1
1965/66
1965/66
Hannover 78
1
1965/66
1965/66
Mont de Marsan
1
1963/64
1963/64
Racing Jet Brussels
1
1961/62
1961/62
Racing Universitaire de Casablanca
1
1963/64
1963/64
RC Praga Praha
1
1963/64
1963/64
RC Slavia Praha
1
1965/66
1965/66
Rovigo
1
1963/64
1963/64
Santboiana
1
1961/62
1961/62
SG Ricklingen/Wunstorf
1
1961/62
1961/62
SL Benfica
1
1961/62
1961/62
TSV Victoria Linden
1
1963/64
1963/64
Sources
uesantboiana.com/club/historia-rugby-i-palmares
- Club history page on
Santboiana
site
www.08ricklingen.de/chronik.html
- Club history page on
SV 08 Ricklingen
site
www.rugby.ro/articol/1961-277
- Pagina about romanian rugby in 1961
www.wikiwand.com/de/Rugby_Europe
- German wikiwand page about FIRA
www.ammanu.edu.jo/wiki1/de/articles/r/u/g/Rugby_Union_in_Deutschland_d2a8.html
- Page about rugby union in Germany
sportnews.libertatea.ro/grivita-a-sarbatorit-50-de-ani-de-la-castigarea-cupei-campionilor-la-rugby-dupa-finala-neterminata-26048.html
- Page about
Grivita Rosie
victory in 1964
frr.ro/2012/08/28/povestea-cupei-campionilor-europeni-castigata-de-grivita-rosie-in-1964/
- Page about
Grivita Rosie
victory in 1964
www.csdinamo.eu/sectia-jocuri-sportive/rugby/sectia-de-rugby-cs-dinamo-bucuresti
- Page about
Dinamo
victory in 1967
frr.ro/2012/12/06/dramatica-dubla-dinamo-agen-in-cupa-campionilor
- Page about
Dinamo
victory in 1967
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coupe_d'Europe_des_clubs_champions_FIRA
- Wikipedia page about FIRA Champions Cup