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| Apodo (s) | Edelweiss (Las flores blancas) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Emblema | Edelweiss | ||
| Unión | Federación Suiza de Rugby | ||
| Entrenador | Olivier Nier | ||
| Capitán | TBC | ||
| Estadio local | TBC | ||
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| Ranking mundial de rugby | |||
| Actual | 28 (al 4 de febrero de 2021) | ||
| Más alto | 28 (2020, 2021) | ||
| Más bajo | 67 (2010) | ||
| Primera internacional | |||
 Suiza 4-23 Portugal ( Neuchâtel , Suiza 11 de abril de 1973) | |||
| Mayor victoria | |||
 Bulgaria 9–90 Switzerland (Pernik, Bulgaria 14 October 2000) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Morocco 43–0 Switzerland (Casablanca, Morocco 25 March 1979) | |||
| Website | www.suisserugby.com | ||
El equipo nacional de rugby de Suiza ( francés : Equipe Nationale Suisse de Rugby à XV alemán : Schweizer Rugby-Union-Nationalmannschaft italiano : Nazionale di Rugby XV della Svizzera ) representa a Suiza en las competiciones internacionales masculinas de rugby . Apodado The White Flowers ( Edelweiss ), es considerado uno de los equipos de nivel 3 más fuertes en el rugby europeo y actualmente compite en la segunda división del Rugby Europe International Championships en el Rugby Europe Trophy., a competition which is just below the Rugby Europe Championship where the top 6 countries in Europe (apart from the teams in the 6 nations) compete. They are yet to participate in any Rugby World Cup and often play in all red while their away kit is all white.
History[edit]
Switzerland played their first ever international rugby match on April 11, 1973 in Neuchâtel against Portugal, losing 23–4. The following year they lost 10–18 to Belgium, and were then defeated by them 33–3 in 1975. After the second lost to Belgium, Switzerland won their first international rugby match; defeating Serbia-Montenegro 12–3 in Geneva. The only other win for Switzerland during the 1970s was a 7–4 victory over Luxembourg in 1977. In 1979 they were defeated 43–0 by Morocco and 31–0 by Portugal.
They however bounced back in 1980, defeating Luxembourg 10–7 in Berne, though they then lost close matches against Sweden and Belgium, and were again held to nil by Portugal in 1981, but got a victory over Denmark later that year. After losing to Belgium and Sweden in 1982, they then scored 60 unanswered points against Finland. They then lost nine games in a row from 1982 to 1986, then defeating Serbia-Montenegro 5–0 in May 1986.
En 1989, Suiza intentó clasificar para la Copa Mundial de Rugby de 1991 en Inglaterra, jugando en el torneo europeo - Ronda 2A. Terminaron terceros en la clasificación final de la ronda, ganando uno de sus tres partidos. Suiza también participó en los torneos de clasificación para la Copa Mundial de Rugby de 1995 en Sudáfrica, pasando la ronda preliminar del grupo oeste, pero sin avanzar más allá de la Ronda 1.
Switzerland finished third (out of six nations) in Pool 1 of Round 1 of the European qualification tournaments for the 1999 Rugby World Cup in Wales, winning and drawing one game out of four fixtures. Switzerland had more success in the qualifying tournaments for the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia, finishing at the top of Pool B in Round 1 and advancing to Round 2, but were unable to advance to Round 3. In attempting to qualify for the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France, Switzerland finished fourth in Pool D of Round 2 of the European qualification process.
Switzerland also failed to qualify for the 2011 or 2015 Rugby World Cups.
In 2016 Switzerland reached the second division (Rugby Europe Trophy, formerly Division 1B) of the ENC for the first time since the divisional structure was implemented in 2000, after winning Division 2A over the 2014-16 two-year cycle.
Current players[edit]
| Name | Position | Date of Birth | Club/Province |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schelte Betten | GC Zürich | ||
| Olivier Gerber | GC Zürich | ||
| Bang Gomay | RC Genève PLO | ||
| Frédéric Rossier | Stade Lausanne RC | ||
| Alfredo Burgener | RC Nyon | ||
| Gaby Fox | RC Fribourg | ||
| Josh Bjornson | GC Zürich | ||
| Hugh Kisielewski | GC Zürich | ||
| Nicolas Guyou | Flanker | 18 May 1982 | RC Châteaurenard |
| Didier Richard | Stade Lausanne RC | ||
| Sergio Hösel | GC Zürich | ||
| Ludovic Keller | CA Pontarlier | ||
| Ali Nouri | Hermance RRC | ||
| Loïc Verreman | RC Nyon | ||
| Pedro Dubois | RC Nyon | ||
| Ismael Meyer | Stade Lausanne RC | ||
| Geoff Johnson | Hermance RRC | ||
| Jonathan Hudson | Hermance RRC - Oxford University | ||
| Iain Wise | Hermance RRC | ||
| Mathieu Guyou-Kreis | RCA Cergy-Pontoise | ||
| Jacky Dervey | Stade Lausanne RC | ||
| Thomas Douvegheant | Hermance RRC | ||
| Christophe Guillet | RC Genève PLO | ||
| Thomas Brossard | RC Annemasse | ||
| Florian Dillet | Hermance RRC |
Record[edit]
Men's World Rugby Rankings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Top 30 rankings as of 26 April, 2021[1] | |||
| Rank | Change* | Team | Points |
| 1 |  |  South Africa | 94.20 |
| 2 | |  New Zealand | 88.95 |
| 3 | |  England | 85.44 |
| 4 | |  Ireland | 84.69 |
| 5 | |  France | 84.27 |
| 6 | |  Wales | 83.44 |
| 7 | |  Australia | 83.08 |
| 8 | |  Scotland | 82.02 |
| 9 | |  Argentina | 80.31 |
| 10 | |  Japan | 79.29 |
| 11 | |  Fiji | 76.87 |
| 12 | |  Georgia | 73.73 |
| 13 | |  Tonga | 71.44 |
| 14 | |  Samoa | 70.72 |
| 15 | |  Italy | 70.65 |
| 16 | |  United States | 68.10 |
| 17 | |  Uruguay | 67.02 |
| 18 | |  Romania | 66.22 |
| 19 | |  Spain | 64.82 |
| 20 | |  Russia | 62.71 |
| 21 | | Portugal | 62.10 |
| 22 | |  Hong Kong | 61.23 |
| 23 | |  Canada | 61.11 |
| 24 | |  Namibia | 61.04 |
| 25 | |  Netherlands | 60.09 |
| 26 | |  Brazil | 57.71 |
| 27 | |  Belgium | 57.17 |
| 28 | | Switzerland | 54.12 |
| 29 | |  Chile | 53.81 |
| 30 | |  Germany | 53.13 |
| *Change from the previous week | |||
Switzerland national rugby union team results as of 14 December 2020.
| Opponent | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | % Won | Points For | Points Against | Pts Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Andorra | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 75.0 | 142 | 94 | +48 |
 Armenia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75.0 | 92 | 78 | +14 |
 Austria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 79 | 32 | +47 |
| Belgium | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 25.0 | 123 | 189 | –66 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 43 | 6 | +37 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 181 | 20 | +161 |
 Croatia | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 71.4 | 163 | 104 | +61 |
 Czech Republic | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 58 | 91 | –33 |
| Czechoslovakia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 51 | –27 |
 Denmark | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 182 | 165 | +17 |
 Finland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 60 | 0 | +60 |
| Georgia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 44 | –2 |
| Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | –37 |
 Hungary | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 61 | 23 | +38 |
 Israel | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 71.4 | 170 | 64 | +106 |
 Latvia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25.0 | 34 | 82 | –48 |
 Lithuania | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25.0 | 76 | 101 | –25 |
 Luxembourg | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 139 | 43 | +96 |
 Malta | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 93 | 79 | +14 |
 Moldova | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 29 | 26 | +3 |
 Monaco | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 20 | 16 | +4 |
| Morocco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43 | –43 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 86 | 169 | –83 |
 Poland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 35 | –12 |
| Portugal | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 153 | –139 |
 Serbia | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 26.7 | 165 | 224 | –59 |
 Slovenia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 60 | 176 | 68 | +108 |
| Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | –40 |
 Sweden | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 41 | 119 | –78 |
 Tunisia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 46 | –40 |
 Ukraine | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.3 | 72 | 78 | –6 |
| West Germany | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 84 | –62 |
| Total | 140 | 58 | 7 | 75 | 41.43% | 2400 | 2404 | –4 |
See also[edit]
- Rugby union in Switzerland
References[edit]
- ^ "Men's World Rankings". World Rugby. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
External links[edit]
- Fédération Suisse de Rugby - Official Site
