2008 Russian Professional Rugby League season

The 2008 Russian Professional Rugby League Season was the fourth season of the new Russian Professional Rugby League. The season saw a huge expansion of the competition with the entrance of 14 teams into the preliminary group stage of the championship. VVA Monino were the eventual champions.

2008 Professional Rugby League season
Countries Russia
ChampionsVVA-Podmoskovye Monino (8th title)

Format

This season saw the introduction of an initial group stage whereby the championship was divided into two Divisions, the Eastern Division consisting of six (6) teams, and the Western Division consisting of eight (8), with the West Division further subdivided into two (2) groups of four (4). At the end of the group stage the top six (6) sides formed a super-group that then featured a home and away stage between these six (6) sides.

The play-offs again featured a best of three semi final stage with the top side playing against the four side, whilst two versed three. The final itself was a best of three if required, though the surprise finalists Slava Moscow were defeated by VVA Monino 2-0.

Teams
Club City
VVA Monino Monino
Slava Moscow Moscow
Fili Moscow Moscow
RK Zelenograd (Moscow) Moscow
Spartak GM Moscow
RK Maryina (Moscow) Moscow
Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk
Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk
RK Siberia (Krasnoyarsk) Krasnoyarsk
Siberian Federal University (Krasnoyarsk) Krasnoyarsk
RC Novokuznetsk Novokuznetsk
Imperia-Dynamo Penza
Universitet Chita Chita
Dynamo-Don (Rostov-na-Donu) Rostov-na-Donu

Stage One East Divisions
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 RC Novokuznetsk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 RK Siberia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Universitet Chita 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Siberian Federal University 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:

Round One

Round Two

Round 3

Stage One West Division (Group A)
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 VVA Monino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Dynamo-Don 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Fili Moscow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 RK Maryina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:

Round One

Round Two

Stage One West Division (Group B)
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Slava Moscow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Imperia-Dynamo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Spartak-GM Moscow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 RK Zelenograd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:

Round One

Round Two

Superleague (Final League) Table (Places 1-6)
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 VVA-Podmoskovye Monino 10 9 0 1 374 119 +255 37
2 Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk 10 6 0 4 198 255 −57 28
3 Slava Moscow 10 5 1 4 211 226 −15 26
4 Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk 10 5 0 5 257 158 +99 25
5 RC Novokuznetsk 10 4 1 5 168 194 −26 23
6 Imperia-Dynamo Penza 10 0 0 10 138 395 −257 10
Source:

Play-offs
2008 Russian Professional League Play-offs
Home Score Away
Semi-Finals (Best of 3 Match Series)
VVA-Podmoskovye Monino 2-1 Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk
Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk 1-2 Slava Moscow
Finals (Best of 3 Match Series)
3rd Place Play-off Final
Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk 0-2 Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk
Championship Final
VVA-Podmoskovye Monino 2-0 Slava Moscow
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