2018–19 Rugby League European Championship C

2018–19 (2018–19) European Championship C  ()
Number of teams	6
Host country	Europe
Winner	Greece (2nd title)
Matches played	7
Attendance	3,820 (546 per match)
Points scored	378 (54 per match)
Tries scored	69 (9.86 per match)
Top scorer	Jordan Meads (50)
Top try scorers	Kristoffer Borsheim (5) Terry Constantinou (5)
Tournaments  < 2016 2020 >

The 2018–19 Rugby League European Championship C (also known as Euro C) was the tenth edition of the Rugby League European Championship C and acted as the initial phase of European qualifying to the 2021 Men's Rugby League World Cup. The series involves two pools of three teams in a round-robin tournament. These matches took place between 16 June and 15 September 2018, with the final match taking place on 18 May 2019, where Greece defeat Norway to progress to the next round of European repechage qualifying against Scotland and Serbia.

Fixtures

Group A

Group A consisted of northern European nations; Czech Republic, Germany and Norway.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	2	1	0	1	52	42	+10	2	Advance to Championship Final
2	Germany	2	1	0	1	46	44	+2	2
3	Czech Republic	2	1	0	1	24	36	−12	2

16 June 2018 17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)

Czech Republic	20–12	Norway
Tries: Chrbolka, Heininger, Kittl Goals: Koliska (4/5)	Report	Tries: Cummins, McIntyre Goals: Cummins (2/2)

Vrchlabí Football Stadium, Vrchlabí[1][2] Attendance: 1,000[3] Referee: Radoslav Novaković (Serbia) Player of the Match: Patrik Koliska (Czech Republic)

Team details

FB 1 Patrik Koliska WG 2 Oldřich Chrbolka CE 3 Filip Špaček CE 4 Filip-Daniel Kittl WG 5 Jan Murdoch FE 6 Ladislav Cintler HB 7 Tomáš Řičica (c) PR 8 Tomáš Adamec HK 9 Petr Šedina PR 10 Pavel Mejstřík SR 11 Jan Heininger SR 12 Richard Gach LK 13 Ondřej Preininger Interchange: BE 14 Dominik Machek BE 15 Lukáš Kristof BE 16 Adam Petržela BE 18 Aleš Pour Coach: Ladislav Cintler FB 1 Frank Kiriinya WG 2 Bendik Kalvik CE 3 Kristoffer Borsheim CE 4 Fredrik Nordtun WG 5 Ole Magnus Brekk FE 6 Simon Viljoen HB 7 Nathan Cummins PR 8 Ezra McIntyre HK 9 Kristoffer Milligan (c) PR 10 Mathias Vada Stenseth-Holm SR 11 Kristian Nordin-Skipnes SR 12 Kevin Båtnes LK 13 Isaac Schmidt Interchange: BE 14 Kim André Seglem BE 15 Ravn Arvidsønn BE 16 Christoffer Stalsberg BE 17 Sonny Mellor Coach: Dave Hunter

25 August 2018 16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)

Germany	24–4	Czech Republic
Tries: Wood (2), Billsborough, Dent Goals: Billsborough (4/5)	Report	Tries: Chrbolka Goals: Řičica (0/1)

Ballsport e.V., Osnabrück[1] Attendance: 250[4][5] Referee: Andrew Pilkington (Spain) Touch judges: Max Doughton (Germany), Nikos Hatzinikos (Greece) Player of the Match: Brad Billsborough (Germany)

Team details

FB 1 Ben Dent WG 2 Jannek Hagenah CE 3 George Wood CE 4 Sebastian Peter WG 5 David Ziekursch FE 6 Brad Billsborough (c) HB 7 Marc Zupan PR 18 Connor Hampson HK 9 Liam Doughton PR 10 Sebastian Roczyn SR 11 Martin Apostel SR 12 Joshua Leutenecker LK 13 Philip Hunz Interchange: BE 14 Vivi Seelweger BE 15 Phil Wadewitz BE 16 Renko Flemming BE 19 Karsten Brüning Co-coaches: Bob Doughton Simon Cooper FB 1 Jan Mudroch WG 2 Oldřich Chrbolka CE 3 Antonín Berk CE 4 Filip-Daniel Kittl WG 5 Filip Špaček FE 6 Tomáš Řičica (c) HB 7 Jakub Hudrlík PR 8 Bruno Jasiczek HK 9 Petr Šedina PR 10 Ondřej Maňák SR 11 Ondřej Preininger SR 12 Jan Heininger LK 13 Josef Maňák Interchange: BE 14 Tomáš Adamec BE 15 Richard Gach BE 16 Lukáš Krištof BE 18 Aleš Pour Coach: Ladislav Cintler

15 September 2018 15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)

Norway	40–22	Germany
Tries: Borsheim (4), Cummins, Kalvik, Milligan, Viljoen Goals: Cummins (2/6), Nordtun (2/2)	Report	Tries: Billsborough, Hampson, Hoggins, Hunz Goals: Billsborough (3/4)

Kjølnes Idrettspark, Porsgrunn[1] Attendance: 562[6] Referee: James Spencer (Ireland)[7]

Group B

Group B consisted of southern European nations; Greece, Malta and Ukraine.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	2	2	0	0	88	30	+58	4	Advance to Championship Final
2	Ukraine	2	1	0	1	60	50	+10	2
3	Malta	2	0	0	2	26	94	−68	0

30 June 2018 18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)

Malta	22–34	Ukraine
Tries: Falzon (2), J. Attard, Maylor Goals: M. Attard (2/3), Chircop (1/1)	Report	Tries: Semerenko (2), Andreychenko, Scherbina, Skorbach, Troyan Goals: Mazepa (5/6)

Marsa Sports Complex, Marsa[1] Attendance: 500[8] Referee: Radoslav Novaković (Serbia)[9] Touch judges: Roman Bykhov (Ukraine), Adrian Seglem (Norway)

Team details

FB 1 Nathan Falzon WG 2 Jean Pierre Zarb CE 3 Jon Jon Micallef CE 4 Matt Camilleri (c) WG 5 Shaun Chircop FE 6 Malcolm Attard HB 7 Aaron Grech PR 8 Vince Farrugia HK 9 Jake Attard PR 26 Jeremy Dela SR 11 Ian Catania SR 12 Nicky Maylor LK 13 Tyson Freeman Interchange: BE 14 Jamie Brincat Brockdorff BE 15 Joseph Pio Mizzi BE 17 Clive Sciberras BE 25 Ben Naudi Coaches: Sam Blyton-Keep FB 1 Bogdan Veprik WG 2 Mikhail Troyan CE 3 Mikhailo Pavliv CE 4 Svyatoslav Andreychenko WG 5 Anatoly Grankovskii FE 6 Aleksandr Skorbach (c) HB 7 Vladimir Mazepa PR 8 Volodymyr Radchik HK 9 Dmitriy Semrenko PR 10 Nazar Semion SR 14 Evgenii Trusov SR 12 Aleksandr Sivokoz LK 13 Aleksandr Scherbina Interchange: BE 11 Vladimir Karpenko BE 15 Igor Yurkin BE 16 Ostap Grischenko BE 22 Sergii Kravchenko Coach: Gennady Veprik

8 September 2018 17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)

Ukraine	26–28	Greece
Tries: Andreychenko, Shalaev, Sivokoz, Skorbach, Veprik Goals: Skorbach (3/5)	Report	Tries: Meads (2), N. Bosmos, Constantinou, Kartsonakis Goals: Meads (4/6)

Dynamo Stadium, Kharkiv[1][10] Attendance: 700[11] Referee: Matthew Rossleigh (England) Touch judges: Aleksey Markov (Ukraine), Aleksey Shkolny (Ukraine)

Team details

FB 1 Bogdan Veprik WG 2 Svyatoslav Andreychenko CE 3 Mikhail Troyan CE 4 Nikolai Shalaev WG 5 Anatoly Grankovskii FE 6 Aleksandr Skorbach (c) HB 7 Mikhailo Pavliv PR 8 Volodymyr Radchik HK 9 Dmitriy Semerenko PR 10 Aleksandr Kozak SR 11 Andriy Shakura SR 12 Evgenii Trusov LK 13 Aleksandr Scherbina Interchange: BE 15 Ostap Grischenko BE 16 Aleksandr Sivokoz BE 17 Dmitrii Kaevich BE 23 Igor Yurkin Coach: Gennady Veprik FB 1 Dimosthenis Kartsonakis WG 2 Nikolaos Kourkakis CE 3 Alvaro Zota CE 4 Konstantinos Katsidonis WG 5 Michail Bosmos FE 6 Nikolaos Bosmos HB 20 Jordan Meads (c) PR 8 Stefanos Bastas HK 9 Ioannis Nake PR 15 Ioannis Rousoglou SR 11 Sebastian Sell SR 12 Robert Tuliatu LK 13 Terry Constantinou Interchange: BE 7 Konstantinos Koutras BE 14 Komninos Tsavaris BE 16 Eugenios Malai BE 17 Panteleimon Tsattalios Coach: Michalis Chatziioannou

15 September 2018 16:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)

Greece	60–4	Malta
Tries: Constantinou (2), Katsidonis (2), Meads (2), Tsattalios (2), Malai, Tuliatu, Zampetides Goals: Meads (6/9), N. Bosmos (2/2)	Report	Tries: Caruana Goals: Chircop (0/1)

Glyka Nera Stadium [el], Athens[1] Attendance: 200[12] Referee: Benjamin Casty (France)[13] Touch judges: Aris Dardamanis (Greece), Dimitris Kogianos (Greece)

Team details

FB 1 Dimosthenis Kartsonakis WG 2 Nikolaos Kourkakis CE 3 Alvaro Zota CE 4 Konstantinos Katsidonis WG 5 Ioannis Nake FE 17 Pantelis Tsattalios HB 20 Jordan Meads (c) PR 8 Stefanos Bastas HK 9 Nikolaos Bosmos PR 15 Ioannis Rousoglou SR 11 Mitchell Zampetides SR 12 Robert Tuliatu LK 13 Terry Constantinou Interchange: BE 6 Michail Bosmos BE 7 Konstantinos Koutras BE 14 Komninos Tsavaris BE 16 Eugenios Malai Coach: Michalis Chatziiannou FB 1 Jake Scott WG 6 Jean Pierre Zarb CE 3 Pete Debono CE 4 Jon Jon Micallef WG 5 Shaun Chircop FE 2 Liam Davis HB 7 Adam Campbell PR 8 Dean Zammit HK 9 Josh Caruana PR 10 Vince Farrugia SR 17 Damien Davis SR 12 Nicky Maylor LK 13 Joseph Pio Mizzi (c) Interchange: BE 11 Clive Sciberras BE 14 Sam Blyton-Keep BE 16 Liam Scicluna   Coach: Sam Blyton-Keep

Final

At the draw for the groupings for the 2019 Rugby League European play-off tournament it was announced that the Championship C final will be played in London on 18 May 2019.^[14] This match acted as a curtain raiser for a League 1 fixture between the London Skolars and Doncaster, which posted a crowd of 608.^[15][16]

Championship Final

18 May 2019 13:00 BST (UTC+01:00)

Greece	56–26	Norway
Tries: Mamouzelos (4), Constantinou (2), Nianiakas (2), Kartsonakis, Tuliatu Goals: Meads (7/8), Bastas (1/1), Mamouzelos (0/1)	Report	Tries: Diggs (2), Borsheim, Milligan, Nordtun Goals: Nordtun (2/4), Cummins (1/1)

New River Stadium, London[17] Attendance: 608[18] Referee: Cameron Worsley (England)[19] Touch judges: Shane Daniel (England), Joe Turner (England)[19]

Team details

FB 1 Terry Constantinou WG 2 Ioannis Nake CE 3 Konstantinos Katsidonis CE 4 Dimosthenis Kartsonakis WG 5 Nikolaos Kourkakis FE 6 Nikolaos Bosmos HB 7 Jordan Meads (c) PR 8 Stefanos Bastas HK 9 Peter Mamouzelos PR 12 Ioannis Rousoglou SR 11 Theodoros Nianiakas SR 10 Grigoris Koutsimpogiorgos LK 13 Robert Tuliatu Interchange: BE 14 Aris Dardamanis BE 15 Pantelis Tsattalios BE 17 Ioannis Dimakas BE 18 Giorgos Tsiakos Coach: Jim Pizanias FB 1 Stephen Mwikaria WG 2 Casey Diggs CE 3 Kristoffer Borsheim CE 4 Fredrik Nordtun WG 5 Bendik Kalvik FE 6 Nathan Cummins HB 7 Simon Viljoen PR 8 Sam Mullins HK 9 Kristoffer Milligan (c) PR 10 Ezra McIntyre SR 11 Nils Kristian Holte SR 12 Kristian Nordin-Skipnes LK 13 Brett Harvey Interchange: BE 14 Sonny Mellor BE 15 Christoffer Stalsberg BE 16 Lucas Zuniga BE 17 Josh Skidmore-Hornby Coach: Dave Hunter

See also

• International rugby league in 2018
• International rugby league in 2019
• 2021 Men's Rugby League World Cup qualification
• 2018 Rugby League European Championship
• 2018 Rugby League European Championship B

References