Rugby Europe Super Cup
| Current season or competition: File:Rugby football current event.svg 2025–26 Rugby Europe Super Cup | |
| File:Rugby Europe Super Cup Logo.png | |
| Sport | Rugby Union |
|---|---|
| Instituted | 2021 |
| Number of teams | 6 |
| Country | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Czech Republic NetherlandsFile:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain |
| Holders | Spain Castilla y León Iberians (1th title) (2025–26) |
| Most titles | Error creating thumbnail: Black Lion (4) |
| Website | rugbyeurope.eu/super-cup |
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The Rugby Europe Super Cup is an annual men's rugby union club tournament organised by the continental governing body, Rugby Europe. Featuring clubs outside the traditional Six Nations strongholds of the sport, it effectively forms a third tier of European club rugby beneath the EPCR-organised European Rugby Champions Cup and European Rugby Challenge Cup.[1] The first Super Cup competition took place in 2021–22.
Format
The tournament was announced as an annual event for emerging nations in Europe. Professional rugby clubs and franchise teams can take part in it. Teams are divided into two conferences: western and eastern. Each team plays every conference rival home and away. The two best teams from each conference advance to the semi-finals, where they play for a ticket to the final. In 2023 for the first time the Czech Rugby Union was involved in the European club competition with Bohemia Rugby Warriors taking part.[2]
Teams
| Teams | Joined |
|---|---|
| Bohemia Rugby Warriors
|
2023 |
| Belgium Brussels Devils | 2021–22 |
| Spain Castilla y León Iberians | 2021–22 |
| Delta
|
2021–22 |
| Portugal Lusitanos XV | 2021–22 |
| Romania Romanian Wolves | 2022 |
Former Teams
The first competition included two Russian teams who were expelled following the invasion of Ukraine, to be replaced with teams from Romania and Georgia in the second season.
In April 2025 Black Lion revealed that they were in talks to join the United Rugby Championship and they decided to withdraw from the Rugby Europe Super Cup.
The goal of the tournament is to bridge the development gap between European countries and attract new sponsors in new markets. All 27 matches are filmed and widely broadcast on TV and digital platforms.
The plan was to expand the Super Cup to include 12 teams by 2023 and 16 teams by 2025.[3]
Finals
2021–23
| Year | Final | Third place match | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Host | 3rd place | Score | 4th place | |||
| 2021–22 | Lisbon | Error creating thumbnail: Black Lion | 17–14 | Portugal Lusitanos XV | N/a | |||||
| 2022 | Tbilisi | Error creating thumbnail: Black Lion | 29–17 | Israel Tel Aviv Heat | ||||||
| 2023 | Tbilisi | Error creating thumbnail: Black Lion | 27–17 | Israel Tel Aviv Heat | Amsterdam | Romania Romanian Wolves | 41–17 | Spain Castilla y León Iberians | ||
2024
| Year | Pool A | Pool B | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Runner-up | 3rd place | Winner | |||
| 2024 | Error creating thumbnail: Black Lion | Portugal Lusitanos XV | Spain Castilla y León Iberians | Romania Romanian Wolves | ||
2025-present
| Year | Final | Third place match | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Host | 3rd place | Score | 4th place | |||
| 2025–26 | Amsterdam | Spain Castilla y León Iberians | 42–17 | Portugal Lusitanos XV | Amsterdam | Delta
|
36–31 | Belgium Brussels Devils | ||
Performances by team
| Team | Winners | Runner-up | 3rd place | 4th place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Error creating thumbnail: Black Lion | 4 (2021–22, 2022, 2023, 2024) | N/a | N/a | N/a |
| Spain Castilla y León Iberians | 1 (2025–26) | N/a | 3 (2021–22, 2022, 2024) | 1 (2023) |
| Portugal Lusitanos XV | N/a | 3 (2021–22, 2024, 2025–26) | 1 (2022) | N/a |
| Israel Tel Aviv Heat | N/a | 2 (2022, 2023) | 1 (2021–22) | N/a |
| Romania Romanian Wolves | N/a | N/a | 1 (2023) | 1 (2024) |
| The Delta
|
N/a | N/a | 1 (2025–26) | N/a |
| Belgium Brussels Devils | N/a | N/a | N/a | 1 (2025–26) |
| Bohemia Rugby Warriors
|
N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a |
| Error creating thumbnail: Batumi RC | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a |
 Lokomotiv Penza[a]
|
N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a |
| Yenisey-STM[a]
|
N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a |
| a Disqualified due to Russian invasion of Ukraine |
Number of participating clubs by country
The following is a list of clubs that have played or will be playing in the Rugby Europe Super Cup group stage.
| Nation | No. | Clubs | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Error creating thumbnail: Georgia (2) | 4 | Black Lion | 2021–22, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| 1 | RC Batumi | 2022 | |
| Russia (2)
|
1 | Lokomotiv Penza | 2021–22 |
| 1 | Yenisey-STM | 2021–22 | |
| Belgium Belgium (1) | 5 | Brussels Devils | 2021–22, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025–26 |
| Netherlands (1)
|
5 | Delta | 2021–22, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025–26 |
| Portugal Portugal (1) | 5 | Lusitanos | 2021–22, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025–26 |
| Spain Spain (1) | 5 | Castilla y León Iberians | 2021–22, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025–26 |
| Israel Israel (1) | 3 | Tel Aviv Heat | 2021–22, 2022, 2023 |
| Romania Romania (1) | 4 | Romanian Wolves | 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025–26 |
| Czech Republic (1)
|
3 | Bohemia Rugby Warriors | 2023, 2024, 2025–26 |
References
- ^ "Rugby Europe launch The Super Cup". Rugby Europe. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ^ "Rugby Europe has confirmed the details of the third season of the Rugby Europe Super Cup, its club competition for the emerging rugby unions in Europe". rugbyeurope.eu. 2023-07-06. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
- ^ "A new dawn for Israeli rugby". Jerusalem Post. 2021-07-18. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
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- ^ "Amsterdam to Host 2025/26 Rugby Europe Super Cup Finals at National Rugby Center". All Blacks Nation. Retrieved 20 December 2025.