RUGBYINTERNATIONAL.NET EUROPE INTERNATIONAL RUGBY RANKINGS GWC SYSTEM 2023 STANDINGS As at 2 October 2023											WORLD RUGBY RANKINGS Adapted from https://www.world.rugby/tournaments/rankings/mru EUROPE TABLE 2023 STANDINGS As at 2 October 2023 Note: World Rugby update their rankings on Mondays Greenich MT
2023	EUROPE TABLE	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015			EUROPE TABLE	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
1	IRELAND	1	4	3	3	1	1	3	3		1	IRELAND	93.79	90.03	86.53	84.65	84.46	91.17	86.39	84.62	81.17		Moved up
2	FRANCE	2	2	2	4	5	4	5	4		2	FRANCE	90.59	90.01	85.53	85.30	80.88	77.33	78.77	80.13	79.77		Moved down
3	SCOTLAND	7	1	4	5	4	3	4	5		3	SCOTLAND	83.43	81.55	83.05	80.82	79.24	81.84	82.31	80.67	77.94		No Movement
4	ENGLAND	3	5	1	1	2	2	1	2		4	ENGLAND	83.24	83.66	87.83	89.49	88.83	86.22	90.87	90.46	79.77
5	WALES	6	3	5	2	3	5	2	1		5	WALES	83.17	78.09	81.56	79.36	85.03	87.24	80.98	82.55	83.49
6	GEORGIA	4	7	7	7	8	8	7	7		6	ITALY	75.93	75.95	70.51	70.88	72.05	72.75	71.25	72.47	72.74
7	PORTUGAL	10	8	11	12	13	13	12	11		7	GEORGIA	72.68	75.19	73.72	72.18	71.26	73.42	73.41	74.14	71.45
8	ITALY	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6		8	PORTUGAL	68.78	65.97	65.84	62.44	61.01	57.08	57.26	56.96	56.34
9	ROMANIA	9	11	9	9	7	7	8	9		9	ROMANIA	64.56	64.79	67.91	65.33	66.64	65.45	70.91	69.39	66.59
10	SPAIN	8	9	10	8	9	9	10	10		10	SPAIN	64.05	67.17	66.20	67.51	68.15	63.09	63.15	60.17	61.96
11	RUSSIA *	11	10	8	10	10	10	9	8		11	RUSSIA *	58.06	58.06	58.60	62.12	63.08	65.20	64.12	63.25	63.54
12	NETHERLANDS	12	12	X	13	14	14	14	18		12	NETHERLANDS	55.84	53.69	56.82	X	60.09	58.45	53.19	54.93	51.86
13	GERMANY	13	15	X	14	11	11	11	21		13	SWITZERLAND	55.72	53.8	51.53	X	52.62	53.24	53.63	51.84	50.95
14	SWITZERLAND	14	18	X	16	15	15	15	15		14	BELGIUM	54.58	55.97	54.86	57.17	55.72	58.09	56.94	56.87	55.69
15	BELGIUM	15	13	12	11	12	12	18	13		15	GERMANY	52.32	52.79	53.15	X	54.63	57.83	60.04	58.99	56.69
16	POLAND	16	14	X	15	16	17	13	19		16	POLAND	51.54	53.03	53.81	X	51.13	52.29	52.35	52.04	51.79
17	CROATIA	32	31	X	29	24	21	21	14		17	CZECHIA	50.78	50.26	50.87	X	50.03	49.60	53.19	52.73	50.67
18	SWEDEN	19	20	X	22	19	25	23	22		18	UKRAINE	50.14	49.61	50.23	X	50.35	50.25	49.69	51.34	55.51
19	LITHUANIA	17	17	X	18	17	23	24	24		19	SWEDEN	48.31	48.06	45.84	X	45.04	46.44	42.87	44.59	43.92
20	UKRAINE	18	16	X	17	20	19	17	12		20	CROATIA	47.51	46.67	46.92	X	46.92	45.86	44.68	44.64	46.97
21	CZECHIA	20	19	X	19	18	16	19	17		21	MALTA	46.75	46.75	49.27	X	49.13	49.48	47.72	47.67	46.15
22	LATVIA	21	X	X	20	26	24	25	26		22	LITHUANIA	46.65	48.09	47.16	X	47.16	51.53	48.93	47.49	48.86
23	LUXEMBOURG *	22	21	X	21	30	28	28	28		23	MOLDOVA	43.04	43.04	X	X	42.14	43.63	50.29	51.58	53.21
24	MOLDOVA	23	X	X	25	22	18	16	20		24	BULGARIA	42.41	42.2	38.21	X	36.54	31.10	29.94	29.94	31.57
25	FINLAND	24	23	X	24	38	36	36	36		25	ISRAEL	41.24	40.98	41.68	X	41.68	41.79	43.07	42.78	42.97
26	DENMARK	25	22	X	23	33	35	33	32		26	LUXEMBOURG *	41.08	41.08	41.77	X	43.41	40.34	41.20	40.63	41.67
27	SERBIA	26	26	X	32	37	34	30	30		27	LATVIA	40.21	40.73	X	X	40.85	43.43	46.22	45.63	41.97
28	BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA	27	24	X	37	32	31	34	34		28	HUNGARY	39.13	39.11	40.68	X	40.68	40.12	38.27	36.81	37.94
29	MONTENEGRO	40	37	X	40	39	38	41	40		29	DENMARK	36.82	36.1	38.17	X	37.36	34.90	33.94	33.94	34.26
30	TURKEY	28	28	X	33	X	40	38	37		30	SERBIA	36.66	35.20	32.22	X	32.35	33.07	36.9	36.27	35.11
31	CYPRUS	35	32	X	27	29	27	27	27		31	FINLAND	36.59	35.56	32.75	X	33.01	29.07	28.53	28.71	28.34
32	BULGARIA	29	33	X	35	36	39	37	35		32	SLOVENIA	35.43	35.69	37.42	X	37.56	39.07	37.68	40.38,	40.55
33	ANDORRA	30	25	X	34	28	26	26	25		33	AUSTRIA	31.82	X	33.03	X	33.03	35.30	34.89	34.87	35.00
34	HUNGARY	31	27	X	26	21	30	32	33		34	ANDORRA	31.68	32.85	35.20	X	36.97	37.20	39.86	40.58	42.88
35	MALTA	33	29	X	28	23	20	22	23		35	BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA	30.47	31.93	34.02	X	34.60	37.35	39.34	37.3	36.18
36	ISRAEL	34	30	X	30	25	22	20	16		36	TURKEY	30.00	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
37	AUSTRIA	36	34	X	38	35	32	31	31		37	NORWAY	25.95	26.52	27.72	X	28.27	30.46	30.47	31.90	34.00
38	SLOVENIA	37	35	X	31	27	33	29	29			* Yet to qualify in 2023
39	NORWAY	38	36	X	39	34	37	35	38
40	SLOVAKIA *	39	X	X	42	41	42	40	39
41	KOSOVO	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
X	GIBRALTAR *	X	X	X	36	31	29	X	X
X	ESTONIA *	X	X	X	41	40	41	39	41
X	BELARUS *	X	X	X	X	X	43	42	X
	* Yet to qualify in 2023