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Germany at the 2010–12 European Nations Cup saw a return of the German national rugby union team to the ENC Second Division, having been relegated without a win from the First Division in 2008–10. The renaming of division within the ENC however meant, that the former Second Division is now named First Division B. The team struggled in the first half of the competition, only winning one of their five games but improved in the second half, when it won three games, to finish fourth overall and well clear of relegation. Germany faced Belgium, Czech Republic, Moldova, Poland and the Netherlands in a competition that had been enlarged from five to six teams.〔(2010-12 Schema ENC ) FIRA-AER website, published: 5 February 2010, accessed: 6 May 2010〕 Germany kicked-off its campaign on 20 November 2010, when they played and lost to Poland in Frankfurt am Main, followed by a game against the Netherlands a week later in Amsterdam. The next matches were then played in March and April 2011, when Germany met the remaining three teams.〔 Germany's first game of the autumn campaign in 2011 was against the Netherlands on 12 November 2011, followed by an away game in Poland a week later. The final three games of the competition for Germany were then played in March 2012. Germany also played, like in the previous year, a friendly against Hong Kong, on 11 December 2010 at Heidelberg.〔(IRB gibt Okay für Spiel gegen Hongkong ) ''Rugby-Journal'', published: 8 September 2010, accessed: 17 September 2010〕 With the final game against Moldova, Germany's captain Alexander Widiker played his 51st game for his country, thereby equaling Horst Kemmling's record.〔(Rekord für Snakko ) ''DRV'' website, accessed: 7 April 2012〕 ==Games== Germany suffered a defeat in its opening game of the 2010–2012 European Nations Cup First Division, losing to Poland 17-22 after leading 17-9 at half time. The defeat was seen as unnecessary by the president of the German Rugby Federation, Claus-Peter Bach, but he also considered Poland's victory as deserved. Germany went into the match with a new coach and assistant, a new captain, Alexander Widiker and five uncapped players.〔(DRV XV: Unnötige Auftaktniederlage gegen Polen ) ''Rugby-Journal'', published: 21 November 2010, accessed: 21 November 2010〕 Germany finally achieved its first win in the ENC since 26 April 2008, when it beat the Netherlands in Amsterdam on 27 November 2010. Its last victory in the European competition had come at the same place against the same opposition, just over 31 months earlier.〔(DRV XV: Verdienter Sieg in Amsterdam ) ''Rugby-Journal'', published: 28 November 2010, accessed: 28 November 2010〕 It also won the following game, a friendly against Hong Kong, cementing its position as number 30 in the rugby world ranking.〔(Deutschland besiegt Hongkong mit 34:13 ) ''Rugby-Journal'', published: 11 December 2010, accessed: 12 December 2010〕 A loss in this game could have meant for Germany a drop as far as to position 37 in the ranking, instead, the country managed to cut down its deficit to 29th placed Ukraine.〔(Hong Kong aim for big rise in rankings ) IRB website, published: 10 December 2010, accessed: 12 December 2010〕 Germany began its 2011 spring campaign with an unofficial friendly〔(Match report Germany vs. New Zealand Ambassadors XV ) ''DRV'' website, accessed: 8 March 2011〕 against a New Zealand Ambassadors XV, made up almost exclusively of players from New Zealand which are active in Germany and the Netherlands. The New Zealand embassy in Germany donated a cup for this match, the ''Ambassadors Cup''.〔(International News ) ''DRV'' website, accessed: 15 February 2011〕 The first competitive game of 2011, against the Czech Republic in Heidelberg, brought a disappointing 23-29 defeat for the German team. Germany lost the game in the first half, after which the Czech Republic lead 26-13.〔(Match report Germany vs. Czech Republic ) ''DRV'' website, accessed: 20 March 2011〕 The German team continued its 2011 campaign with a third defeat in the third game, against Belgium in Brussels. Belgium lead 28-13 after 59 minutes but Germany clawed back to earn a bonus point in its 25-28 defeat.〔(Match report Belgium vs. Germany ) ''DRV'' website, accessed: 20 March 2011〕 The fifth game of Germany's ENC campaign also ended in defeat, this time in Moldova, ending all German hopes for promotion and instead condemning the team to struggle against relegation.〔(Match report Moldova vs. Germany ) ''DRV'' website, accessed: 2 April 2011〕 In an attempt to improve the performance of the team it was decided to have weekly training sesions for the members of the national team, held at different locations.〔(DRV XV: Wöchentliche Trainings für die Nationalmannschaft ) totalrugby.de, published: 10 August 2011, accessed: 21 August 2011〕 Germany started with an improved performance in its 2011 autumn campaign, defeating the New Zealand Ambassadors XV 19–17 despite fielding a number of uncapped players, a side it had lost to 19–43 eight month earlier.〔(Testspiel 15er ) ''DRV'' website, published: November 2011, accessed: 9 November 2011〕 The German team nominated eight new, uncapped players for the encounter against the Netherlands on 12 November 2011,〔(ENC: Kader nominiert ) ''DRV'' website, published: November 2011, accessed: 9 November 2011〕 which the team won 23–7, thereby making a major step towards avoiding relegation.〔( Germany versus Netherlands game report ) ''DRV'' website, accessed: 12 November 2011〕 In its second game of the 2011 autumn campaign, away against Poland, Germany took an 8–0 lead after 14 minutes but did not score another point after that. Poland scored 34 points after that of which 26 were scored by the Polish No 15, David Chartier.〔(Poland versus Germany game report ) ''DRV'' website, accessed: 28 November 2011〕 Germany played three games in three weeks in March 2012 and showed signs of improvement. It won 20-17 away at the Czech Republic, narrowly lost by a point at home to eventual champions Belgium and won its final match, against Moldova, 40-7. Germany played strong first halves in their fist two games but was lucky to hang on to its lead in the Czech Republic while,〔(Deutsche Rugby-Herren holen knappen Sieg in Tschechien ) totalrugby.de, published: 10 March 2012, accessed: 6 April 2012〕 against Belgium, a half time lead of 22-9 was not enough to win the game.〔(Deutsche XV unterliegt Belgien erneut knapp ) totalrugby.de, published: 17 March 2012, accessed: 6 April 2012〕 In the last game, Germany played its best performance of the campaign while Moldova displayed a weak side.〔(Germany - Moldavia game report ) totalrugby.de, published: 24 March 2012, accessed: 6 April 2012〕 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 2010–12 European Nations Cup」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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