Heavens Game
April 3 2010

European Nations Cup 2010: Armenia V Andorra

Friday, 02 April 2010 03:58 Written by James Mortimer

The two bottom ranked teams in the European Nations Cup 3A division
battle in a game that will go a long way to determining who is
relegated next season.

Abovyan will play host to the two sides, a small city of 40,000 in the
Armenian province of Kotayk.

Armenia are a formidable team at home, having beaten Switzerland 35-15
way back on the 18th October 2008, while they lost to Lithuania ` the
current unbeaten top ranked side in 3A ` by only five points in May of
last year.

Over all the Armenians have showed some solid mettle throughout,
especially when considering they did not play their first
international until 2004, but the unranked nation has struggled of
late, only winning two of six matches. When considering that they
were runners up to Sweden in 3A two years ago, they have struggled
against four teams ranked higher than them on the IRB table (Lithuania
is ranked 37th in the world).

Their last two matches against Lithuania and Switzerland have resulted
in heavy defeats, losing 25-0 and 18-0 respectively.

As a consequence the Armenians are ranked last with two matches still to play.

Their opponents Andorra, sit fifth on the table, but have won (two)
and lost (four) the same as their rivals this weekend, but did defeat
Serbia at the end of November last year.

The small rugby nation from the Principality of Andorra (located in
the Eastern Pyrenees Mountains), are nicknamed `Els Isards’, and also
carry into the match a winning record against the Armenians, having
won 36-10 when playing in the Andorra la Vella, the capital city of
the Andorra last year.

European Nations Cup 3A so far

13-Sep-2008, Serbia – Armenia, 0 – 41 @ Smederevo, Serbia
18-Oct-2008, Armenia – Switzerland, 35 – 15 @ Abovyan, Armenia
08-Nov-2008, Andorra – Lithuania, 10 – 26 @ Andorra la Vella, Andorra
15-Nov-2008, Lithuania – Switzerland, 33 – 0 @ Vilnius, Lithuania
06-Dec-2008, Serbia – Andorra, 32 – 7 @ Smederevo, Serbia
14-Mar-2009, Switzerland – Andorra, 32 – 9 @ Bern, Switzerland
21-Mar-2009, Andorra – Armenia, 36 – 10 @ Andorra la Vella, Andorra
04-Apr-2009, Switzerland – Serbia, 6 – 12 @ Nyon, Switzerland
02-May-2009, Lithuania – Serbia, 50 – 9 @ Vilnius, Lithuania
09-May-2009, Armenia – Lithuania, 19 – 24 @ Abovyan, Armenia
10-Oct-2009, Lithuania – Andorra, 40 – 12 @ Siauliai, Lithuania
24-Oct-2009, Serbia – Switzerland, 13 – 8 @ Belgrade, Serbia
31-Oct-2009, Lithuania – Armenia, 25 – 0 @ Klaipeda, Lithuania
22-Nov-2009, Switzerland – Armenia, 18 – 0 @ Switzerland
29-Nov-2009, Andorra – Serbia, 21 – 7 @ Andorra la Vella, Andorra

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