RUGBYINTERNATIONAL.NET EUROPE INTERNATIONAL RUGBY RANKINGS GWC SYSTEM 2023 STANDINGS As at 18 March 2023											WORLD RUGBY RANKINGS Adapted from https://www.world.rugby/tournaments/rankings/mru EUROPE TABLE 2023 STANDINGS As at 19 March 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	91.82	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	90.47	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	82.77	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	82.12	83.66	87.83	89.49	88.83	86.22	90.87	90.46	79.77
5	GEORGIA	4	7	7	7	8	8	7	7		5	WALES	78.08	78.09	81.56	79.36	85.03	87.24	80.98	82.55	83.49
6	ITALY	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6		6	GEORGIA	76.23	75.19	73.72	72.18	71.26	73.42	73.41	74.14	71.45
7	WALES	6	3	5	2	3	5	2	1		7	ITALY	74.63	75.95	70.51	70.88	72.05	72.75	71.25	72.47	72.74
8	PORTUGAL	10	8	11	12	13	13	12	11		8	PORTUGAL	67.62	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	65.85	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	65.45	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	54.67	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	LITHUANIA *	17	17	X	18	17	23	24	24		17	CZECHIA *	50.26	50.26	50.87	X	50.03	49.60	53.19	52.73	50.67
18	UKRAINE	18	16	X	17	20	19	17	12		18	UKRAINE	50.14	49.61	50.23	X	50.35	50.25	49.69	51.34	55.51
19	SWEDEN *	19	20	X	22	19	25	23	22		19	LITHUANIA *	48.09	48.09	47.16	X	47.16	51.53	48.93	47.49	48.86
20	CZECHIA *	20	19	X	19	18	16	19	17		20	MALTA *	46.75	46.75	49.27	X	49.13	49.48	47.72	47.67	46.15
21	LATVIA *	21	X	X	20	26	24	25	26		21	CROATIA	46.67	46.67	46.92	X	46.92	45.86	44.68	44.64	46.97
22	LUXEMBOURG *	22	21	X	21	30	28	28	28		22	SWEDEN	46.66	48.06	45.84	X	45.04	46.44	42.87	44.59	43.92
23	MOLDOVA *	23	X	X	25	22	18	16	20		23	MOLDOVA *	43.04	43.04	X	X	42.14	43.63	50.29	51.58	53.21
24	FINLAND *	24	23	X	24	38	36	36	36		24	BULGARIA	42.2	42.2	38.21	X	36.54	31.10	29.94	29.94	31.57
25	DENMARK *	25	22	X	23	33	35	33	32		25	LUXEMBOURG *	41.08	41.08	41.77	X	43.41	40.34	41.20	40.63	41.67
26	SERBIA *	26	26	X	32	37	34	30	30		26	ISRAEL *	40.98	40.98	41.68	X	41.68	41.79	43.07	42.78	42.97
27	BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA *	27	24	X	37	32	31	34	34		27	LATVIA  *	40.73	40.73	X	X	40.85	43.43	46.22	45.63	41.97
28	TURKEY *	28	28	X	33	X	40	38	37		28	HUNGARY *	39.11	39.11	40.68	X	40.68	40.12	38.27	36.81	37.94
29	CROATIA	32	31	X	29	24	21	21	14		29	DENMARK *	36.1	36.1	38.17	X	37.36	34.90	33.94	33.94	34.26
30	BULGARIA	29	33	X	35	36	39	37	35		30	SLOVENIA *	35.69	35.69	37.42	X	37.56	39.07	37.68	40.38,	40.55
31	ANDORRA *	30	25	X	34	28	26	26	25		31	FINLAND *	35.56	35.56	32.75	X	33.01	29.07	28.53	28.71	28.34
32	HUNGARY *	31	27	X	26	21	30	32	33		32	SERBIA *	35.20	35.20	32.22	X	32.35	33.07	36.9	36.27	35.11
33	MALTA *	33	29	X	28	23	20	22	23		33	ANDORRA *	32.85	32.85	35.20	X	36.97	37.20	39.86	40.58	42.88
34	ISRAEL *	34	30	X	30	25	22	20	16		34	BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA *	31.93	31.93	34.02	X	34.60	37.35	39.34	37.3	36.18
35	CYPRUS *	35	32	X	27	29	27	27	27		35	NORWAY *	26.52	26.52	27.72	X	28.27	30.46	30.47	31.90	34.00
36	AUSTRIA *	36	34	X	38	35	32	31	31		X	AUSTRIA *	X	X	33.03	X	33.03	35.30	34.89	34.87	35.00
37	SLOVENIA *	37	35	X	31	27	33	29	29			* Yet to qualify in 2023
38	NORWAY  *	38	36	X	39	34	37	35	38
39	SLOVAKIA *	39	X	X	42	41	42	40	39
40	MONTENEGRO *	40	37	X	40	39	38	41	40
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