Madrid Hosts Rugby Europe
Madrid is hosting the Men’s Rugby Europe Championship finals this weekend — event coverage comes with a local guide (and a nudge to try cozido madrileño before the weather heats up). (rugbyeurope.eu)
Finals day took place on Sunday, March 15, 2026, with matches scheduled across Madrid’s Estadio Nacional Complutense and the Estadio Ontime Butarque in Leganés. (rugbyeurope.eu) All eight Championship teams—Belgium, Georgia, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Spain and Switzerland—were brought together for the single-day finals format in Madrid. (europesays.com) Portugal defeated Georgia 19-17 in the grand final at Butarque to lift the Rugby Europe Championship. (rugbypass.com) Spain beat Romania 29-23 in the bronze final, a result recorded on the official Rugby Europe match pages and in match reports. (rugbyeurope.eu) Portugal’s win ended Georgia’s run of eight consecutive REC titles and a reported 43-match unbeaten streak in the competition, and marked Portugal’s first top-level European title since 2004. (rugbypass.com, theportugalnews.com) Estadio Ontime Butarque’s post-expansion capacity is listed at roughly 13,000 seats while the Complutense national rugby stadium holds about 6,000; local ticket listings for the Madrid finals showed resale prices starting from about €20. (as.com, wikipedia.org, tomaticket.com) Full match replays and official game sheets were posted on Rugby Europe’s competition pages and on partner broadcast platforms following the finals. (rugbyeurope.eu)
