Spain will face Portugal in Lisbon for a ticket to the European final

Lisbon will host the semi-final of the European Championship of Rugby between Portugal and Spain next Sunday, March 8, at 3:00 p.m., in a stadium yet to be confirmed.

The Iberian derby repeats its headquarters in the Portuguese capital after the pupils of Pablo Bouza They will manage to get the pass to the final of the European during the last edition of the tournament after beating The Wolves with a 31-42, closing a chapter of more than 10 years without Spain won in Lisbon.

Spain arrives after qualifying as second in the group after beating away to Netherlands by 33-41, adding a victory against Swiss by 53-14 and falling to Georgiacurrent champion, 42-30.

For its part, Portugal has played an impeccable group stage and has qualified first by beating Belgium at home by 17-47, to Germany in the German city of Dessau-Rosslau by 12-68, now Romania at home 44-7.

The other ticket for being in the final of the European Championship will be disputed between Georgia and Romania in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi.

From fifth to eighth place will be decided between Swiss and Germanyand between Belgium and Netherlandswho will complete the second semifinal to resolve who is the fifth team in contention.

Lastly, the Ontime Butarque Stadium will host on Sunday, March 15 at Madrid the final phase of the tournament, where the eight national teams will meet to crown the 2026 champion and decide who is relegated to the category trophysecond European division where the last team in the table is relegated.