2012–2014 European Nations Cup Third Division

The 2012–14 European Nations Cup Third Division is the fourth tier of rugby union in Europe behind the Six Nations Championship and the 2012-2014 European Nations Cup First Division and the 2012–14 European Nations Cup Second Division.

This will be the first tournament for Turkey, while returning from the 2010-2012 European Nations Cup Third Division are Slovakia and Azerbaijan. The winning team will be promoted to Division 2D of the European Nations Cup for the 2014–2016 cup.^[1]

This tournament, unlike the 1st and 2nd division tournaments, does not form part of the 2015 Rugby World Cup qualification system.

Division 3A

Table

2012–13 Champions

Place	Nation	Games					Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	bonus	for	against	difference	Table points
1	Turkey	2	2	0	0	2	87	9	+78	10
2	Slovakia	2	1	0	1	0	31	50	−19	4
3	Azerbaijan	2	0	0	2	0	19	78	−59	0

Games^[2]

	11 November 2012	Turkey	34–6	Slovakia	Kemer Kazım Gül Stadium, Antalya, Turkey
		Try: Alı Bökey Sürer 2 (5', 62'), Salım Çavuş 2 (26', 56'), Kerım Galal (48'), Bayram Erdener (67') Con: Alı Bökey Sürer 2	Team Sheet^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Pen: Michal Kučera (15') Drop: Michal Kučera (9') Cards: Jan Pfeifer 21' to 31', Petr Kalina 37' to 47'	Referee: Frédéric Gracianette

	14 November 2012	Slovakia	25–16	Azerbaijan	Kemer Kazım Gül Stadium, Antalya, Turkey
	14:00	Try: Andrej Rábara (15'), Petr Kozubík (40'), Martin Mihalka (55') Con: Michal Kučera 2 Pen: Michal Kučera 2 (45', 70')	Team Sheet^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Try: Renard Aliyev (76') Con: Eldar Nasrullayev Pen: Eldar Nasrullayev 3 (6', 25', 53')	Referee: Frédéric Gracianette

	17 November 2012	Turkey	53–3	Azerbaijan	Kemer Kazım Gül Stadium, Antalya, Turkey
	14:00	Try: Zakir Kalabas 3 (12', 30', 47'), Ogun Boz (15'), Ramazan Kilickaya (31'), Mustafa Kurt (36'), Alper Topal (44'), Alı Bökey Sürer (57') Con: Alı Bökey Sürer 5 Pen: Alı Bökey Sürer (7')	Team Sheet	Pen: Eldar Nasrullayev (18') Cards: Parvin Keygubadi 9' to 19', Ilgar Gubadov 28' to 38', Ibraham Abzotov 35' to 45'	Referee: Frédéric Gracianette Game was stopped after 65 minutes due to fights breaking out between players from Azerbaijan and local crowd.^[3]

Table

2013–14 Champions

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference	Table points
1	Turkey	2	2	0	0	86	6	+80	10
2	Slovakia	2	1	0	1	21	65	−44	5
3	Azerbaijan	2	0	0	2	13	49	−36	0

Games

	17 November 2013	Slovakia	18–10	Azerbaijan	Bratislava, Slovakia
	14:00	Try: Marek Ujček (65'c), Sam Morgan (78') Con: Daniel Puha Pen: Daniel Puha 2 (6', 37')	Team Sheet	Try: Turel Useynov (34'), Ilqar Gubadov (44') Cards: Rauf Mahmudla 19' to 29'	Referee: Csaba Priskin

	20 November 2013	Turkey	31–3	Azerbaijan	Bratislava, Slovakia
	14:00	Try: Erkut Levent Durmuş 2 (2'c, 10'), Yasin Bakar (35'), Mert Zapçı (40'c), Zakir Kalabaş (45'c) Con: Ali Bökeyhan Sürer 3 Cards: Toygun Yıldırım 21' to 31'	Team Sheet	Drop: Ilqar Gubadov (28')	Referee: Štepán Cekal

	23 November 2013	Slovakia	3–55	Turkey	Bratislava, Slovakia
	14:00	Pen: Daniel Puha (11') Cards: Pavel Kozubík 58' to 68'	Team Sheet	Try: Muhammet Bozkurt 3 (14'c, 17', 40'c), Ali Bökeyhan Sürer 2 (25', 63'), Mert Zabçı 2 (37'c, 52'), İbrahim Demircan (47'c), Zakir Kalabaş (80'+5'c) Con: Ali Bökeyhan Sürer 5 Cards: Ogün Boz 80' to 80'	Referee: Matej Razga

Table

Promoted to Division 2D for 2014–2016 Cup

Place	Nation	Games					Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	bonus	for	against	difference	Table points
1	Turkey	4	4	0	0	4	173	15	+158	20
2	Slovakia	4	2	0	2	0	52	115	−63	10
3	Azerbaijan	4	0	0	4	0	32	127	−95	0

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Second Division	2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–04 2004–06 2006–08 2008–10 2010–12 2012–14 2014–16
Third Division	2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–04 2004–06 2006–08 2008–10 2010–12 2012–14 2014–16
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