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Current season, competition or edition: 2024–25 Rugby Europe International Championships | |
| Sport | Rugby union |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1936 (predecessors) 2000 (current format) |
| No. of teams | 35 (See below) |
| Continent | Europe / Rugby Europe |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Georgia |
| Most titles |  France (25) Georgia (16)  Romania (10) |
The Rugby Europe International Championships is the European Championship for tier 2 and tier 3 rugby union nations.
The tournament is the latest formation of a competition with history going back to 1932. At that time, France had been expelled from the then Five Nations, and joined with a number of European teams to found an alternative organisation, the International Amateur Rugby Federation (FIRA, now Rugby Europe). While France were eventually readmitted to the Five Nations, the then FIRA-AER continued to run competitions, increasingly taking the role of organiser of European continental rugby below the Five Nations, and in which France continued to compete.
The competition expanded and modified under the new Rugby Europe structure, even as France, then Italy, left to compete solely in the Six Nations. It was held in a variety of formats with a variety of names including the European Nations Cup and the Rugby Europe Nations Championship.
The competition today is split into 3 levels. The highest level is now called the Rugby Europe Championship and, unofficially, was referred to as the Six Nations B, although the event now features eight teams. Below the Championship a six team Rugby Europe Trophy is contested by tier three nations, with promotion and relegation operating between the Championship and the Trophy. Below that, as of 2024, is the Rugby Europe Conference consisting of the lowest ranked teams in Europe in five pools - previously there had been tiers within the conference. A previous Development Tier competition was disbanded at the same time.