2014–15 Rugby League European Championship B

The 2014–15 European Championship B tournament was the eighth staging of the Rugby League European Shield tournament played in the respective European countries participating over 2014 and 2015.

2014–15 (2014–15) European Championship B  ()
Number of teams4
Host country Europe
Winner Serbia (2nd title)
Matches played12
Tournaments
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Germany were replaced in the tournament by Ukraine. Ukraine was joined by Russia, Serbia and Italy to contest the tournament. The tournament formed part of the 2017 Rugby League World Cup qualifying process, as the top three teams from the European B competition advanced to the final round-robin stage.[1]

Standings

Serbia, Russia and Italy have all qualified for the next stage of the 2017 Rugby League World Cup qualifying.

Team Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Serbia650119673+12310
 Russia640213731+1068
 Italy630314254+886
 Ukraine600680256–1760

Fixtures

Round 1
17 May 2014
 Serbia 40–14  Ukraine
Tries Stevanovic, Djurkovic (3), Tulic, Calic, Zogovic, Nedeljkovic
Goals: Vukanovic 4/6		 Report Tries: Miroshnichenko, Pozhidaev, Troyan
Goals: Skorbach 1/3
Zeleznicar Stadium, Nis
24 May 2014
 Russia 24–18  Ukraine
Tries: Bratko, Ovchinnikov, Vlasyuk, Zdobnikov, Kosharin
Goals: Zdobnikov 1/2, Bratko 1/1		 Report Tries: Skorbach (3)
Goals: Skorbach 3/3
Vereya Stadium, Vereya

Round 2
21 June 2014
 Russia 20–6  Serbia
Tries: Kosharin (2), Nisiforov, Bratko
Goals: Lysokon 2/4		 Report Tries: Vukanovic
Goals: Vukanovic 1/1
Nara Stadium, Narofominsk
5 July 2014
 Italy 54–12  Ukraine
Tries: Dalla Regione (3), Idammou (2), Miranda (2), Ameglio, De Mayer, Pagani
Goals: Fontana 7/10		 Report Tries: I Karpenko, Troyan
Goals: Mazepa 2/2
Stadio Comunale, Gemona del Friuli

Round 3
26 July 2014
 Italy 22–18  Russia
Tries: De Meyer, Curione (2)
Goals: Bradley 5/6		 Report Tries: Bratko, Izmailov, Botnarash
Goals: Lysokon 3/3
Stadio Comunale, Gemona del Friuli
10 September 2014
 Serbia 45–6  Italy
Tries: Vukanovic (2), Novakovic, Calic, Djurkovic (2), Zogovic, Stevanovic
Goals: Vukanovic 4/4, Vojislav Dedic 2/4
Drop Goals: Novakovic		 Report Tries: Celerino
Goals: Fontana 1/1
Makis Stadium, Belgrade

Round 4
16 May 2015
 Serbia 20–15  Russia
Tries: Stevanovic (2), Dedic, Zogovic
Goals: Dedic 2/4		 Report Tries: Korolev, Ovchinnikov, Zdobnikov
Goals: Lysokin 1/2, Grigoryan 0/1
Drop Goals: Ovchnnikov
Makis Stadium, Belgrade
20 June 2015
 Italy 14–21  Serbia
Tries: Boscolo, Lepori, Gazzoli
Goals: Fontana 1/3		 Report Tries: Djurković, Janković, Stevanović
Goals: Vojislav Dedić 4/5
Drop Goals: Vojislav Dedić 1/1
Stadio Comunale, Gemona del Friuli

Round 5
4 July 2015
 Ukraine 20–34  Russia
Tries: Troyan, Veprik (2), Skorbach
Goals: Skorbach 2/4		 Report Tries: Bratko (2), Korolev (2), Zabelin (2), Bulanov
Goals: Lysokon 2/3, Grigoryan 0/1, Bratko 1/3
18 July 2015
 Ukraine 12–40  Italy
Tries: Troyan, Karpenko
Goals: Skorbach (2/2)		 Report Tries: Bellotti (3), Illinca, Boscolo, Celerino, Decaro, Lepori
Goals: De Mayer 4/5
National University of Ukraine, Irpin

Round 6
12 September 2015
 Russia 26–6  Italy
Tries: Lysokon, Gaponov, Burlutskiy, Bratko, Botnarash
Goals: Lysokon (2/4), Bratko (1/1)		 Report Tries: Boscolo
Goals: Fontana (1/1)
Fily Stadium, Moscow
12 September 2015
 Ukraine 4–64  Serbia
Tries: Shalaev
Goals: Bashevskii (0/1)		 Report Tries: Gak (2), Stevanovic (3), Calic, V. Dedic, Nedeljkovic (2), Madzarevic, Zogovic
Goals: Vukanovic (0/1), V. Dedic (10/11)
FC Locomotive Stadium, Chop
Notes
  1. ^ Match moved to neutral territory due to travel restrictions following the 2014–15 Russian military intervention in Ukraine[2]
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See also

References
  1. "European Qualifiers for World Cup 2017 Announced". rlif.com. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  2. "Ukraine versus Russia Rugby League International to go ahead". Rugby League European Federation. 2015-06-11. Archived from the original on 2015-06-21. Retrieved 2015-06-21.
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