2018 Rugby League European Championship C

2018 (2018) European Championship C  ()
Number of teams 6
Host country  Europe
Matches played 6
Points scored 296 (49.33 per match)
Tries scored 54 (9 per match)
Top scorer Greece Jordan Meads (36)
Top try scorers Norway Kristoffer Borsheim (4)
Greece Jordan Meads (4)
Tournaments
 < 2016

The 2018 Rugby League European Championship C (known as Euro C) is the initial phase of European qualifying to the 2021 Rugby League World Cup. The series involves six teams in pool play, before a final match. The championship consists of two stages. The first is a two pool single round-robin tournament with two points awarded for a win and one point for a draw. The matches will take place between 16 June and 15 September 2018.

The winner of the final match, in addition to becoming Euro C champion, shall also enter the final European qualifying play-off competition.

Euro C North

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Norway 2 1 0 1 52 42 +10 2 European C Final
2  Germany 2 1 0 1 46 44 +2 2 Eliminated
3  Czech Republic 2 1 0 1 24 36 −12 2
Updated to match(es) played on 15 September 2018. Source:

16 June 2018
17:00 CEST (UTC+02)
Czech Republic  20 – 12  Norway
Try: Chrbolka, Heininger, Kittl
Goal: Koliska (4/5)
 Report Try: Cummins, McIntyre
Goal: Cummins (2/2)
Vrchlabí Football Stadium, Vrchlabí[1][2]
Attendance: ≈1,000
Referee: Radoslav Novaković (Serbia)

25 August 2018
16:00 CEST (UTC+02)
Germany  24 – 4  Czech Republic
Try: Wood (2), Billsborough, Dent
Goal: Billsborough (4/5)
 Report Try: Chrbolka
Goal: Řičica (0/1)
Ballsport e.V., Osnabrück[1]
Attendance: ≈250[3]
Referee: Andrew Pilkington (Spain)

15 September 2018
15:00 CEST (UTC+02)
Norway  40 – 22  Germany
Try: Borsheim (4), Cummins, Kalvik, Milligan, Viljoen
Goal: Cummins (2/6), Nortun (2/2)
 Report Try: Billsborough, Hampson, Hoggins, Hunz
Goal: Billsborough (3/4)
Kjølnes Idrettspark, Porsgrunn[1]
Attendance: 562
Referee: James Spencer (Ireland)[4]

Euro C South

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Greece 2 2 0 0 88 30 +58 4 European C Final
2  Ukraine 2 1 0 1 60 50 +10 2 Eliminated
3  Malta 2 0 0 2 26 94 −68 0
Updated to match(es) played on 15 September 2018. Source:

30 June 2018
18:00 CEST (UTC+02)
Malta  22 – 34  Ukraine
Try: Falzon (2), J. Attard, Maylor
Goal: M. Attard (2/3), Chircop (1/1)
 Report Try: Semerenko (2), Andreychenko, Scherbina, Skorbach, Troyan
Goal: Mazepa (5/6)
Marsa Sports Complex, Marsa[1]
Attendance: ≈500
Referee: Radoslav Novaković (Serbia)[5]

8 September 2018
17:00 EEST (UTC+03)
Ukraine  26 – 28  Greece
Try: Andreychenko, Shalaev, Sivokoz, Skorbach, Veprik
Goal: Skorbach (3/5)
 Report Try: Meads (2), N. Bosmos, Constantinou, Kartsonakis
Goal: Meads (4/6)
Dynamo Stadium, Kharkiv[1][6]
Referee: Matthew Rossleigh (England)

15 September 2018
16:00 EEST (UTC+03)
Greece  60 – 4  Malta
Try: Constantinou (2), Katsidonis (2), Meads (2), Tsattalios (2), Malai, Tuliatu, Zampetides
Goal: Meads (6/9), N. Bosmos (2/2)
 Report Try: Caruana
Goal: Zarb (0/1)
Glyka Nera Stadium, Athens[1]
Referee: Benjamin Casty (France)[7]

Championship Final

2019
Norway  v  Greece

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "The Road to the 2021 Rugby League World Cup Begins in Vrchlabi". Rugby League International Federation. 26 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "První zápas ME skupiny C začne ve Vrchlabí" (in Czech). rugbyleague.cz. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  3. ↑ Hallmann, Sven (26 August 2018). "Deutsche Rugby-Nationalmannschaft schlägt Tschechien 24:4" (in German). Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "On the back of his appointment to the European Under 19's championships as one of the 12 match officials Rugby League Ireland can proudly announce that James Spencer has been appointed to Officiate the Senior European Championship fixture between Norway and Germany on 15th Sept at North Kjølnes Idrettspark, Porsgrunn". Facebook. Rugby League Ireland. 24 June 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  5. 1 2 "European Championships C match Malta v Ukraine match officials Phil Smith (4th official, England), Radoslav Novakovic (match official, Serbia), Adrian Seglem(touch judge, Norway), Roman Bykhov (touch judge, Ukraine)". Twitter. RLEF. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "Чемпионат Европы группа С Юг" (in Ukrainian). UFRL. 22 August 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "L'arbitrage français vers l'international!" (in French). FFR13. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
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