2020 Rugby League European Championship B

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2020 (2020) European Championship B  ()
Number of teams3
Host country Serbia
Matches played3
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The 2020 European Championship B is an international rugby league tournament. Originally scheduled to take place in October and November 2020. In July 2020 the championship was postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] Three teams will compete in the 2020 edition, the same number of teams as the previous edition. Russia and Serbia remain, while Ukraine are the third team, joining the competition after Greece withdrew.[2] They will play each other once in a round robin format, where the top team will be promoted to the 2022 European Championship and the bottom team will be relegated to the 2022 European Championship C.[3][4] In April 2021 the Rugby League European Federation announced that the tournament will take place in October 2021 in a COVID-19 bubble in Belgrade, Serbia.[5]

Participants[]

Team Captain Coach Previous
Apps 		Previous best result World
Ranking1
 Russia TBA Russia 5 Champions (2010 East, 2012–13, 2018) 37
 Serbia TBA England Stuart Wilkinson 5 Champions (2007, 2010 West, 2014–15) 15
 Ukraine TBA Ukraine 3 Runners-up (2010 East) 39

Notes: 1^ IRL World Rankings are as of July 2021.[6]

Table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to
2  Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:[citation needed]

Fixtures[]

European Championship B
3 October 2021[7]
15:00 CEST (GMT+2)
Serbia  v  Russia
European Championship B
6 October 2021[8]
15:00 CEST (GMT+2)
Russia  v  Ukraine
European Championship B
9 October 2021[9]
15:00 CEST (GMT+2)
Ukraine  v  Serbia

References[]

  1. ^ "Rugby League European Federation confirms status of 2020 European Championships". www.rlef.eu.com. 10 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  2. ^ "All Stars Beat England". Rugby League Review (153): 28. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  3. ^ "Men's European Championship to expand in 2020". www.rlef.eu.com. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Draw for the Euros to be Live Streamed". www.rlef.eu.com. Archived from the original on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  5. ^ "European rugby league board confirm revised international schedule". Rugby League European Federation. 7 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Cook Islands rise 17 places in latest Rugby League World Rankings". Rugby League International Federation. 13 July 2019.
  7. ^ "EURO B CONFIRMED FOR SERBIA". European Rugby League. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  8. ^ "EURO B CONFIRMED FOR SERBIA". European Rugby League. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  9. ^ "EURO B CONFIRMED FOR SERBIA". European Rugby League. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
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