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Germany at the 2008–10 European Nations Cup was the first time since 1981 that the German national rugby union team competed at the highest level of FIRA rugby, the European Nations Cup, during 2008-10.〔(Deutschland vor Rückkehr in Division 1 ) ''Rugby-Journal'', accessed: 24 March 2010〕 Germany played ten competition games and two friendlies in its campaign. It lost all ten competition games and, with the exception of the two games against Spain, did so quite clearly, ultimately resulting in Germany's relegation back to the Division 2A for the 2010–12 season. Of the two warm-up friendlies, it lost its match against a Welsh Districts XV, too and managed to win only the game against Hong Kong. A third friendly, against a selection of the British Forces Germany, the British Army Germany rugby union team, had to be postponed twice because of bad weather and was eventually cancelled.〔(Testspiel in Gütersloh fällt aus ) ''Rugby-Journal'', published: 12 January 2010, accessed: 24 March 2010〕〔(Testspiel gegen British Forces Germany fällt aus ) ''Rugby-Journal'', published: 28 January 2010, accessed: 24 March 2010〕 Germany also played two friendlies against Switzerland, to contest the ''Alpencup'', but these games were not counted towards the country's official record as the sides fielded were an under-21 side in 2008 and labelled as ''Germany A'' in 2009.〔(Nationalteams holten den Alpencup zurück ) ''Rugby-Journal'', published: 27 September 2009, accessed: 24 March 2010〕〔(Deutsche U21-Auswahl soll Alpencup verteidigen ) totalrugby.de, published: 27 September 2008, accessed: 27 March 2010〕 Germany went into its campaign unbeaten at home, having last lost on 12 November 2000, to the Ukraine. This record was broken on in its first game on 8 November 2008, when it lost to the Welsh XV.〔(Deutschland vor Rückkehr in Division 1 ) Rugby Journal - Match report, accessed: 25 March 2010〕 ==Background== The 2008-2010 European Nations Cup First Division was the 7th edition of the championship since it was reformed in 2000. The championship not only determined the champions of the ENC but it also acted as an element of European qualification for the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. The top two teams qualified directly to the 2011 Rugby World Cup, and the third placed entered the European qualification playoffs. The last placed team in the competition was relegated to the Division 2A. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Germany at the 2008–10 European Nations Cup」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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