The 2020 European Championship is an international rugby league tournament that will take place in October and November 2020. Six teams will compete in the 2020 edition, an increase from the four teams that participated in 2018. The teams will be split into two pools of three, where the winners will contest a final and the bottom teams will be relegated to the 2022 European Championship B.[1]
Teams
The championship will be contested by the same four teams as 2018, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, as well as Italy and Spain. France go in as the defending champions having won the 2018 edition.
Group Stage
Draw
The draw was conducted on 31 January 2020 at the Red Star Sport Society Media Centre in Belgrade by Stevan Stevanovic and Jelena Stojiljkovic, the captains of Serbia's mens and women's rugby league teams respectively.[2]