The 1997–98 FIRA torunament, was a rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 tournament organized by the Fédération Internationale de Rugby Amateur (FIRA). Only minnow teams participated, because the strongest 15 teams were playing the qualification for the Rugby World Cup.

The teams were divided into three pools.

Pool "Silver"

11

38

49

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1		4	3	0	1	54	43
10
2		4	3	0	1	51	88	−37	10
3		4	2	0	2	102	64
8
4		4	2	0	2	87	38
7
5		4	0	0	4	9	70	−61	2

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Pool "Bronze"

56

6

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1		3	3	0	0	79	23
9
2		3	2	0	1	49	43
7
3		3	1	0	2	49	56	−7	5
4		3	0	0	3	27	82	−55	3

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Pool "Bowl"

59

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.
1		2	2	0	0	74	15
6
2		2	1	0	1	41	50	−9	4
3		2	0	0	2	12	62	−50	2

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External links

• FIRA-AER official website