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2018–19 (2018–19) European Championship C  ()
Number of teams6
Host country Europe
Winner Greece (2nd title)

Matches played7
Attendance3,820 (546 per match)
Points scored378 (54 per match)
Tries scored69 (9.86 per match)
Top scorerGreece Jordan Meads (50)
Top try scorersNorway Kristoffer Borsheim (5)
Greece Terry Constantinou (5)
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The 2018–19 Rugby League European Championship C (known as Euro C) is the initial phase of European qualifying to the 2021 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.

The final match took place on 18 May 2019, and saw Greece defeat Norway to progress to the next round of qualifying against Scotland and Russia.

Euro C North

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Norway 2 1 0 1 52 42 +10 2 European C Final
2  Germany 2 1 0 1 46 44 +2 2 Eliminated
3  Czech Republic 2 1 0 1 24 36 −12 2
Updated to match(es) played on 15 September 2018. Source: [citation needed]
16 June 2018
17:00 CEST (UTC+02)
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
Referee: Radoslav Novaković (Serbia)

25 August 2018
16:00 CEST (UTC+02)
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[3]
Referee: Andrew Pilkington (Spain)

15 September 2018
15:00 CEST (UTC+02)
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
Referee: James Spencer (Ireland)[4]

Euro C South

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Greece 2 2 0 0 88 30 +58 4 European C Final
2  Ukraine 2 1 0 1 60 50 +10 2 Eliminated
3  Malta 2 0 0 2 26 94 −68 0
Updated to match(es) played on 15 September 2018. Source: [citation needed]
30 June 2018
18:00 CEST (UTC+02)
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
Referee: Radoslav Novaković (Serbia)[5]

8 September 2018
17:00 EEST (UTC+03)
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][6]
Attendance: ≈700[7]
Referee: Matthew Rossleigh (England)

15 September 2018
16:00 EEST (UTC+03)
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[8]
Referee: Benjamin Casty (France)[9]

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.[10] The game was a curtain-raiser to the League 1 game between London Skolars and Doncaster game.[11]

18 May 2019
13:00 BST (UTC+01)
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[12]
Attendance: 608
Referee: Cameron Worsley (England)[13]
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

Touch judges:
Shane Daniel (England)[13]
Joe Turner (England)[13]

Notes:

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "The Road to the 2021 Rugby League World Cup Begins in Vrchlabi". Rugby League International Federation. 26 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  2. ^ "První zápas ME skupiny C začne ve Vrchlabí" (in Czech). rugbyleague.cz. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  3. ^ Hallmann, Sven (26 August 2018). "Deutsche Rugby-Nationalmannschaft schlägt Tschechien 24:4" (in German). Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  4. ^ "On the back of his appointment to the European Under 19's championships as one of the 12 match officials Rugby League Ireland can proudly announce that James Spencer has been appointed to Officiate the Senior European Championship fixture between Norway and Germany on 15th Sept at North Kjølnes Idrettspark, Porsgrunn". Facebook. Rugby League Ireland. 24 June 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  5. ^ a b "European Championships C match Malta v Ukraine match officials Phil Smith (4th official, England), Radoslav Novakovic (match official, Serbia), Adrian Seglem(touch judge, Norway), Roman Bykhov (touch judge, Ukraine)". Twitter. RLEF. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Чемпионат Европы группа С Юг" (in Ukrainian). UFRL. 22 August 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  7. ^ http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/dates/8-september-2018/ukraine-vs-greece.html
  8. ^ http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/dates/15-september-2018/greece-vs-malta.html
  9. ^ "L'arbitrage français vers l'international!" (in French). FFR13. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  10. ^ "European play-off draw made". Rugby League World Cup. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  11. ^ "NORWAY TO FACE GREECE IN LONDON". www.rlef.eu.com. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
  12. ^ "Norway to face Greece in London". RLEF. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  13. ^ a b c "Match Officials for the @RLWC2021 Qualifier at the home of @LondonSkolarsRL between Norway and @GreekRL Sat May 18 KO 1:00". Twitter. RLIF. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  14. ^ "Match Report | London Skolars vs Doncaster". skolarsrl.com. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.