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2014–15 (2014–15) European Championship B  ()
Number of teams4
Host country  Europe
Winner  Serbia (2nd title)
Matches played12
 < 2012–13
2018

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.

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
  Serbia 6 5 0 1 196 73 +123 10
  Russia 6 4 0 2 137 31 +106 8
  Italy 6 3 0 3 142 54 +88 6
  Ukraine 6 0 0 6 80 256 –176 0


Fixtures

17 May 2014
  Serbia40–14  Ukraine
Tries Stevanovic, Djurkovic (3), Tulic, Calic, Zogovic, Nedeljkovic
Goals: Vukanovic 4/6
ReportTries: Miroshnichenko, Pozhidaev, Troyan
Goals: Skorbach 1/3
Zeleznicar Stadium, Nis
24 May 2014
  Russia24–18  Ukraine
Tries: Bratko, Ovchinnikov, Vlasyuk, Zdobnikov, Kosharin
Goals: Zdobnikov 1/2, Bratko 1/1
ReportTries: Skorbach (3)
Goals: Skorbach 3/3
Vereya Stadium, Vereya

21 June 2014
  Russia20–6  Serbia
Tries: Kosharin (2), Nisiforov, Bratko
Goals: Lysokon 2/4
ReportTries: Vukanovic
Goals: Vukanovic 1/1
Nara Stadium, Narofominsk
5 July 2014
  Italy54–12  Ukraine
Tries: Dalla Regione (3), Idammou (2), Miranda (2), Ameglio, De Mayer, Pagani
Goals: Fontana 7/10
ReportTries: I Karpenko, Troyan
Goals: Mazepa 2/2
Stadio Comunale, Gemona del Friuli

26 July 2014
  Italy22–18  Russia
Tries: De Meyer, Curione (2)
Goals: Bradley 5/6
ReportTries: Bratko, Izmailov, Botnarash
Goals: Lysokon 3/3
Stadio Comunale, Gemona del Friuli
10 September 2014
  Serbia45–6  Italy
Tries: Vukanovic (2), Novakovic, Calic, Djurkovic (2), Zogovic, Stevanovic
Goals: Vukanovic 4/4, Vojislav Dedic 2/4
Drop Goals: Novakovic
ReportTries: Celerino
Goals: Fontana 1/1
Makis Stadium, Belgrade

16 May 2015
  Serbia20–15  Russia
Tries: Stevanovic (2), Dedic, Zogovic
Goals: Dedic 2/4
ReportTries: Korolev, Ovchinnikov, Zdobnikov
Goals: Lysokin 1/2, Grigoryan 0/1
Drop Goals: Ovchnnikov
Makis Stadium, Belgrade
20 June 2015
  Italy14–21  Serbia
Tries: Boscolo, Lepori, Gazzoli
Goals: Fontana 1/3
ReportTries: Djurković, Janković, Stevanović
Goals: Vojislav Dedić 4/5
Drop Goals: Vojislav Dedić 1/1
Stadio Comunale, Gemona del Friuli

4 July 2015
  Ukraine20–34  Russia
Tries: Troyan, Veprik (2), Skorbach
Goals: Skorbach 2/4
ReportTries: Bratko (2), Korolev (2), Zabelin (2), Bulanov
Goals: Lysokon 2/3, Grigoryan 0/1, Bratko 1/3
Makiš Stadium, Belgrade 1
18 July 2015
  Ukraine12–40  Italy
Tries: Troyan, Karpenko
Goals: Skorbach (2/2)
ReportTries: Bellotti (3), Illinca, Boscolo, Celerino, Decaro, Lepori
Goals: De Mayer 4/5
National University of Ukraine, Irpin

12 September 2015
  Russia26–6  Italy
Tries: Lysokon, Gaponov, Burlutskiy, Bratko, Botnarash
Goals: Lysokon (2/4), Bratko (1/1)
ReportTries: Boscolo
Goals: Fontana (1/1)
Fily Stadium, Moscow
12 September 2015
  Ukraine4–64  Serbia
Tries: Shalaev
Goals: Bashevskii (0/1)
ReportTries: 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]

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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