2012–14 European Nations Cup Second Division
| 2012–14 European Nations Cup | |||
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| Date | 2012–2014 | ||
| Countries |
Division 2A: Croatia Lithuania Malta Netherlands SwitzerlandDivision 2B:  Andorra Denmark Israel Latvia SerbiaDivision 2C:  Austria Bulgaria Cyprus Hungary SloveniaDivision 2D:  Bosnia and Herzegovina Finland Greece Luxembourg Norway
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| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | Division 2A: 1 Division 2B: 4 Division 2C: 3 Division 2D: 2 | ||
| Top point scorer(s) |
Division 2A: Bart Viguurs (44)
Division 2B: Boris Martić (31)
Division 2C: Marcus Holden (75)
Division 2D: Armin Vehabovic (45) |
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| Top try scorer(s) |
Division 2A: Cyril Lin (3)
Division 2B: Eitan Humphreys (4)
Division 2C: 4 Try scorers (4)
Division 2D: 6 Try scorers (2) |
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| 2012–13 Champions & qualified for RWC 15 European Qualifiers Round 3 |
| 2013–14 Champions |
| Promoted to Division 1B for 2014–16 ENC |
| Playoff to remain Division 2A in 2014–16 |
| Relegated to Division 2B for 2014–16 ENC |
| 2012–13 Champions & qualified for RWC 15 European Qualifiers Round 2 |
| 2013–14 Champions |
| Promoted to Division 2A for 2014–16 ENC |
| Playoff for promotion to Division 2A in 2014–16 |
| Playoff to remain Division 2B in 2014–16 |
| Relegated to Division 2C for 2014–16 ENC |
| 2012–13 Champions |
| 2013–14 Champions |
| Promoted to Division 2B for 2014–16 ENC |
| Playoff for promotion to Division 2B in 2014–16 |
| Playoff to remain Division 2C in 2014–16 |
| Relegated to Division 2D for 2014–16 ENC |
The 2012–14 European Nations Cup Second Division is the third tier rugby union in Europe behind the Six Nations Championship and the 2012-2014 European Nations Cup First Division.
The second division comprises four pools (2A, 2B, 2C, and 2D). Teams within each division play each other in a home and away round robin schedule over a two-year period.
At the end of every season a champion was declared according but for relegation and promotion only the two years ranking are considered. The first in the 2012–2014 ranking of each pool will be promoted while last place teams will be relegated. Winners of pool 2A, will be promoted to division 1 pool B for the 2014–16 edition while the last place team in pool 2A will be relegated to pool 2B. Likewise, winners of 2B will be promoted to 2A, last place in 2B will be relegated to 2C, winner of 2C will be promoted to 2B, last place of 2C will be relegated to 2D, winner of 2D will be promoted to 2C and last place of 2D will be relegated to 3; The winner of 3 replacing the relegated 2D team. Additionally, there will be playoff matches between second place teams and fourth place teams between pools. Winners of these playoffs will determine if additional promotions/relegation occur. There will no playoff between the fourth of 2D and the second of 3.
In addition to the season competitions, the 2012–2013 seasons in all four pools doubles as a 2015 Rugby World Cup qualifier. The winning teams in each pool will play off for the chance to challenge the Division 1 teams for the repechage place for Europe.
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Division 2B's 2nd placed Latvia hosted Division 2A's 4th placed Croatia. Croatia won and retained their place in the ENC Division 2A for 2014-2016, while Latvia will play in the ENC Division 2B.
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