2014–15 Rugby League European Championship B

2014–15 European Championship B
Number of teams	4
Host country	Europe
Winner	Serbia (2nd title)
Matches played	12
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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	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
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

Round 1

17 May 2014

Serbia	40–14	Ukraine
Tries Stevanovic, Djurkovic (3), Tulic, Calic, Zogovic, Nedeljkovic Goals: Vukanovic 4/6	Report	Tries: Miroshnichenko, Pozhidaev, Troyan Goals: Skorbach 1/3

Zeleznicar Stadium, Nis

24 May 2014

Russia	24–18	Ukraine
Tries: Bratko, Ovchinnikov, Vlasyuk, Zdobnikov, Kosharin Goals: Zdobnikov 1/2, Bratko 1/1	Report	Tries: Skorbach (3) Goals: Skorbach 3/3

Vereya Stadium, Vereya

Round 2

21 June 2014

Russia	20–6	Serbia
Tries: Kosharin (2), Nisiforov, Bratko Goals: Lysokon 2/4	Report	Tries: Vukanovic Goals: Vukanovic 1/1

Nara Stadium, Narofominsk

5 July 2014

Italy	54–12	Ukraine
Tries: Dalla Regione (3), Idammou (2), Miranda (2), Ameglio, De Mayer, Pagani Goals: Fontana 7/10	Report	Tries: I Karpenko, Troyan Goals: Mazepa 2/2

Stadio Comunale, Gemona del Friuli

Round 3

26 July 2014

Italy	22–18	Russia
Tries: De Meyer, Curione (2) Goals: Bradley 5/6	Report	Tries: Bratko, Izmailov, Botnarash Goals: Lysokon 3/3

Stadio Comunale, Gemona del Friuli

10 September 2014

Serbia	45–6	Italy
Tries: Vukanovic (2), Novakovic, Calic, Djurkovic (2), Zogovic, Stevanovic Goals: Vukanovic 4/4, Vojislav Dedic 2/4 Drop Goals: Novakovic	Report	Tries: Celerino Goals: Fontana 1/1

Makis Stadium, Belgrade

Round 4

16 May 2015

Serbia	20–15	Russia
Tries: Stevanovic (2), Dedic, Zogovic Goals: Dedic 2/4	Report	Tries: Korolev, Ovchinnikov, Zdobnikov Goals: Lysokin 1/2, Grigoryan 0/1 Drop Goals: Ovchnnikov

Makis Stadium, Belgrade

20 June 2015

Italy	14–21	Serbia
Tries: Boscolo, Lepori, Gazzoli Goals: Fontana 1/3	Report	Tries: Djurković, Janković, Stevanović Goals: Vojislav Dedić 4/5 Drop Goals: Vojislav Dedić 1/1

Stadio Comunale, Gemona del Friuli

Round 5

4 July 2015

Ukraine	20–34	Russia
Tries: Troyan, Veprik (2), Skorbach Goals: Skorbach 2/4	Report	Tries: Bratko (2), Korolev (2), Zabelin (2), Bulanov Goals: Lysokon 2/3, Grigoryan 0/1, Bratko 1/3

Makiš Stadium, Belgrade^1

18 July 2015

Ukraine	12–40	Italy
Tries: Troyan, Karpenko Goals: Skorbach (2/2)	Report	Tries: Bellotti (3), Illinca, Boscolo, Celerino, Decaro, Lepori Goals: De Mayer 4/5

National University of Ukraine, Irpin

Round 6

12 September 2015

Russia	26–6	Italy
Tries: Lysokon, Gaponov, Burlutskiy, Bratko, Botnarash Goals: Lysokon (2/4), Bratko (1/1)	Report	Tries: Boscolo Goals: Fontana (1/1)

Fily Stadium, Moscow

12 September 2015

Ukraine	4–64	Serbia
Tries: Shalaev Goals: Bashevskii (0/1)	Report	Tries: 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]

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. Retrieved 2015-06-21.