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2017 Balkans Cup (rugby league)

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2017 (2017) Balkans Cup  ()
Number of teams3
Host country Serbia
Winner Serbia (1st title)

Matches played3
Points scored202 (67.33 per match)
Tries scored36 (12 per match)
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The 2017 Balkans Cup was a rugby league football tournament that was held in Serbia between October 6 and October 10, 2017. [1]

Three teams competed in the 2017 event. These teams were: Serbia, Greece and Bulgaria.

After a series of round robin matches, Serbia were crowned champions for the first time in their history. [2]

Teams

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Team Coach Captain RLIF Rank[3]
 Serbia Serbia Ljubomir Bukvić Serbia Dragan Jankovic 14
 Greece Australia Steve Georgallis Greece Stefanos Bastas 23
 Bulgaria Bulgaria Tihomir Simeonov Bulgaria Tihomir Simeonov 41

Stadiums

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Stadium Games City State Capacity Best Crowd
Makiš Stadium 1 Čukarica Belgrade 4,000 150[4]
Sportski Centar Rakovica 2 Rakovica Belgrade

Fixtures

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Round 1

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Greece vs Bulgaria

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6 October 2017
21:30 (GMT+2)
Greece  68 – 8  Bulgaria
Tries:
Aris Dardamanis (2)
Giorgos Tsiakos (2)
Alvaro Zota (2)
Stefanos Bastas
Kostas Georgogalas
Konstantinos Katsidonis
Iasonas Lamprou
Ioannis Nake
Ioannis Rousoglou
Goals:
Nikolaos Bosmos (9/11)
Ioannis Nake (1/1)
Report
Tries:
Milen Nikolov (2)
Goals:
Milen Nikolov (0/2)
SC Rakovica, Belgrade
Attendance: 50
Referee: Serbia Radoslav Novakovic

Round 2

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Serbia vs Greece

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8 October 2017
Serbia  50 – 8 Greece 
Tries:
Rajko Trifunović (2)
Miloš Zogović (2)
Andrej Mora
Relja Petrović
Aleksa Radić
Djordje Stošić
Miloš Ćalić
Goals:
Vojislav Dedić (5/7)
Miloš Zogović (2/2)
Report
Tries:
Dimosthenis Kartsonakis
Goals:
Nikolaos Bosmos (2/2)
Makis Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 150
Referee: Serbia Slavisa Zekic

Round 3

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Serbia vs Bulgaria

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10 October 2017
Serbia  50 – 20 Bulgaria 
Tries:
Denis Bajrami (2)
Dragan Janković (2)
Tihomir Stamenković (2)
Mihajlo Ilic
Mihajlo Jović
Aleksandar Palović
Goals:
Stefan Vukanović (7/8)
Branko Čarapić (0/1)
Report
Tries:
Antonio Lubenov (3)
Martin Hristov
Goals:
Veselin Pechev (2/4)

References

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  1. ^ "Balkans Cup 2017 - Results - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  2. ^ "Serbia win rugby league Balkans Championship". philcaplan. 2017-10-10. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  3. ^ "World Rankings released ahead of RLWC2017". www.rlif.com. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  4. ^ "Balkans Cup 2017 - Results - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2020-01-13.

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