2018 Rugby League European Championship B

2018 (2018) European Championship B  ()

Number of teams| 3
Host country|  Europe
Winner|  Russia (3rd title)

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Matches played| 3
Points scored| 154 (51.33 per match)
Tries scored| 29 (9.67 per match)
Top scorer|  Aleksandr Lysokon (28)
Top try scorers|  Aleksandr Lysokon (3)
Romain Pallares (3)

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The 2018 Rugby League European Championship B (also known as Euro B) was ninth edition of the Rugby League European Championship B and acted as the second phase of European qualifying to the 2021 Rugby League World Cup. The series involved three teams in pool play and took place in October 2018. The two highest ranked teams, Russia and Spain, advanced to the European play-off. In August 2019, Russia withdrew from the play-off tournament and were replaced by Serbia.[1]

## Standings[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Russia | 2  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 60  | 50  | +10  | 2  | Advance to third round
2  |  Spain | 2  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 52  | 48  | +4  | 2
3  |  Serbia | 2  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 42  | 56  | −14  | 2  |

Source: ERL

## Fixtures[edit]

6 October 2018
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)

Spain | 32–24  |  Russia

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Tries: Pallares (3), Doutres (2), Franco, Puerta
Goals: Franco (1/3), R. Garcia (1/1), Delgado (0/2), Olivares (0/1), Pallares (0/1)
| Report
| Tries: Danilov, Konstantinov, Leskov, Lysokon
Goals: Lysokon (4/5)

Poliesportiu Quatre Carreres, Valencia[2]
Referee: Geoffrey Poumes (France)[3]
Player of the Match: Romain Pallares (Spain)

Team details

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FB | 9 | Luc Franco
WG | 2 | Dani Morales
CE | 3 | Antonio Puerta
CE | 4 | Alex Doutres
WG | 5 | Hadriel Mehamed Gonzalez
FE | 16 | Daniel Garcia
HB | 7 | Romain Pallares
PR | 8 | Carlos Font
HK | 1 | Chris Lopez
PR | 10 | Adria Alonso
SR | 11 | Anthony Delgado
SR | 12 | Kevin Aparicio
LK | 15 | Raul Simo (c)
Interchange:
BE | 14 | Aitor Romero
BE | 17 | Juan Mudarra
BE | 18 | Rafael Garcia
BE | 19 | Miguel Olivares
Coach:
Darren Fisher
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FB | 1 | Iustin Petrushka
WG | 2 | Ilia Danilov
CE | 3 | Igor Abramov
CE | 4 | Boris Voloskov
WG | 5 | Andrey Lavrushin
FE | 6 | Aleksandr Lysokon
HB | 7 | Denis Tyulenev
PR | 8 | Sergei Konstantinov (c)
HK | 9 | Aleksandr Naumov
PR | 10 | Kirill Bozhko
SR | 11 | Dmitrii Leskov
SR | 12 | Vladislav Lesnikov
LK | 13 | Ivan Troitskii
Interchange:
BE | 14 | Igor Chuprin
BE | 15 | Vyacheslav Eremin
BE | 16 | Andrey Perin
BE | 17 | Dmitrii Tarasenkov
Coach:
Denis Korolev

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Serbia were without their Australian-based players, David Andjelić, Brandon Janjić, Jonathan Kress, and Ilija Radan, along with head coach Brett Davidson due to VISA issues.[4] The Serbian Rugby League allege that Russia's Association of Rugby League Clubs did not provide the necessary paperwork for VISA removal.[5]

13 October 2018
15:00 MSK (UTC+03:00)

Russia | 36–18  |  Serbia

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Tries: Lysokon (2), Konstantinov, Leskov, Lesnikov, Orlov, Zagoskin
Goals: Lysokon (4/8)
| Report
| Tries: Jašari, Keglić, Trifunović
Goals: Vo. Dedić (3/4)

Fili Stadium, Moscow[2]
Attendance: 300[6]
Referee: Liam Moore (England)
Player of the Match: Aleksandr Lysokon (Russia)

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20 October 2018
14:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)

Serbia | 24–20  |  Spain

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Tries: Janjić, Kress, Milutinović, Stevanović, Zogović
Goals: Vo. Dedić (2/5)
| Report
| Tries: Delgado, Franco, Simo
Goals: R. Garcia (4/5)

Makiš Stadium, Belgrade[2]
Attendance: 150
Referee: Tom Grant (England)
Player of the Match: Luc Franco (Spain)

## References[edit]

1. ^ Caplan, Phil (25 August 2019). "Serbia replace Russia in Rugby League World Cup qualifiers" (Press release). Rugby League European Federation. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
2. ^ a b c "Nations Gear Up For European Championship B". RLEF. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
3. ^ "L'arbitrage français vers l'international!" (in French). FFR13. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
4. ^ "Russia and Serbia Test match goes ahead". RLEF. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
5. ^ "Srbija ruši Španiju za nastavak kvalifikacija" (in Serbian). srbijasport.net. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
6. ^ "Russia vs. Serbia - Russia 36 def. Serbia 18".

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