Copa Ibérica de Rugby

The Copa Ibérica de Rugby (Iberian Rugby Cup) is a rugby union knock-out competition played annually by clubs of the Spanish Rugby Federation and Portuguese Rugby Federation. It was played for the first time in 1965.

Copa Ibérica de Rugby
Founded1965
Region
Number of teams4
Current championsDireito
(4th title)
Most successful club(s)Direito
S.L. Benfica
UE Santboiana
El Salvador
(4 titles each)

Between 1965 and 1971 it was played by 4 clubs (2 of each country, both Champion's and both Runner's-up), that face each other in ligule type competition. The competition stopped being played in 1972, but returned in 1983 with a new format, with the 2 Champion's facing each other in just one game. In the season 2007–2008 it returned to the ligule type competition.

In 2009, a new competition named Iberian Rugby Cup[1] was designed. This style of rugby was meant to be played with 8 teams, four of each federation, although it was suspended.

On 6 January 2013, CDUL defeated Quesos Entrepinares by 24-13, winning their 3rd title, in the return of the Copa Ibérica after a 5-year gap.[2]

Winners by year
Edition Season Winner Score Runner-up
1st 1965 Canoe CDUL
2nd 1966 CDU Barcelona FC Barcelona
3rd 1967 Canoe (2) CDUL
4th 1968 Cisneros CDUL
5th 1969 Atl. San Sebastián CDUL
6th 1970 FC Barcelona Cisneros
7th 1971 S.L. Benfica Canoe
8th 1983–84 CDUL 13–3 Valencia
9th 1984–85 CDUL (2) 32–9 Santboiana
10th 1985–86 Cisneros (2) 13–10 CDUL
11th 1986–87 S.L. Benfica (2) 21–16 Arquitectura
12th 1987–88 Santboiana 23–16 GDS Cascais
13th 1988–89 S.L. Benfica (3) 25–4 Arquitectura
14th 1989–90 Santboiana (2) 13–6 CDUL
15th 1990–91 Arquitectura 25–16 CDUL
16th 1991–92 El Salvador 13–0 S.L. Benfica
17th 1992–93 GDS Cascais 12–11 Ciencias Sevilla
18th 1993–94 GDS Cascais (2) 21–19 Getxo
19th 1994–95 Ciencias Sevilla 31–14 GDS Cascais
20th 1995–96 Arquitectura (2) 18–16 GDS Cascais
21st 1996–97 GDS Cascais (3) 14–9 Santboiana
22nd 1997–98 Académica 15–8 Santboiana
23rd 1998–99 El Salvador (2) 29–15 Técnico
24th 1999-00 Direito 20–16 Quesos Entrepinares
25th 2000–01 Canoe (3) 26–11 Direito
26th 2001–02 S.L. Benfica (4) 19–16 Quesos Entrepinares
27th 2002–03 Direito (2) 24–18 La Moraleja Alcobendas
28th 2003–04 El Salvador (3) 40–34 Os Belenenses
29th 2004–05 El Salvador (4) 32–0 Académica
30th 2005–06 Santboiana (3) 22–16 Direito
31st 2006–07 Santboiana (4) 26–20 Direito
32nd 2007–08 Agronomia 26–18 Direito
–2009-11
(Not held)
33rd 2012[3][4][5] CDUL 24–13 Quesos Entrepinares
34th 2013[6] Direito (3) 41–11 Quesos Entrepinares
35th 2014[7] VRAC Quesos Entrepinares (1) 32–8 CDUL
36th 2015[8] Direito (4) 22–12 Quesos Entrepinares
37th 2016[9] SilverStorm El Salvador (5) 27–22 Direito
38th 2017[10] VRAC Quesos Entrepinares (2) 27–13 CDUL
39th 2018[11] VRAC Quesos Entrepinares (3) 34–25 Os Belenenses
40th 2019 VRAC Quesos Entrepinares (4) 28–27 AEIS Agronomia

Performance by club
Team Title Years Won Federation
El Salvador 5 1992, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2016
S.L. Benfica 4 1971, 1987, 1989, 2002
Santboiana 4 1988, 1990, 2006, 2007
Direito 4 2000, 2003, 2013, 2015
VRAC Quesos Entrepinares 4 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019
GDS Cascais 3 1993, 1994, 1997
Canoe 3 1965, 1967, 2001
CDUL 3 1984, 1985, 2012
Cisneros 2 1968, 1986
Arquitectura 2 1991, 1996
CDU Barcelona 1 1966
Atl. San Sebastián 1 1969
FC Barcelona 1 1970
Ciencias Sevilla 1 1995
Académica de Coimbra 1 1998
Agronomia 1 2008

Titles by country
Flag Federation Title count
Spain 23
Portugal 16
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References
  1. "La Iberian Rugby Cup takes over Copa Ibérica". Marca. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  2. "El Universitario de Lisboa se adjudica la Copa Ibérica". MARCA.com (in Spanish). 6 January 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  3. http://www.maodemestre.com/2013/01/cdul-e-campeao-iberico.html
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. http://www.maodemestre.com/2013/01/taca-iberica-esta-de-regresso.html
  6. http://www.maodemestre.com/2013/12/coroa-iberica-sem-espinhas-fica-em.html#more
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. https://www.dn.pt/desporto/interior/direito-conquista-taca-iberica-4971941.html
  9. http://ferugby.es/noticias2.php?titulo=SilverStorm%20El%20Salvador%20rey%20ib%E9rico%5B%5D
  10. http://ferugby.es/noticias2.php?titulo=Segunda%20Ib%E9rica%20para%20el%20VRAC%5B%5D
  11. "El VRAC vence a Os Belenenses y levanta su tercera Copa Ibérica". ferugby.es (in Spanish). 29 December 2018.

See also
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