| European Bowl | |
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| Sport | Rugby league football |
| Inaugural season | 2008 |
| Number of teams | 3 |
| Region | Europe (RLEF) |
| Holders | Czech Republic (2011) |
| Website | rlef.eu.com |
| Related competition | European Cup European Shield Euro-Med Challenge |
The European Bowl is an international European rugby league football tournament organised by the Rugby League European Federation for fourth tier rugby league nations.
It was first contested in 2008, with the proposed participating teams being Estonia, Latvia and Ukraine.
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The competition had a major setback with the Ukrainian team's visas not being passed in time for them to play a double header in Latvia. Therefore with just two matches being played, the tournament was won by Latvia.
| 2008-06-28 |
Estonia | 10–48 | Latvia | A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn |
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| 2008-08-03 |
Latvia | 62–10 | Estonia | Skonto stadions, Riga |
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The competition took place again in 2009 with Ukraine joining Estonia and Latvia. The winners were Ukraine
| 2009-07-24 |
Latvia | 6–40 | Ukraine | Skonto stadions, Riga |
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| Try: Ashmolis Conv: Valdavs |
(Report) | Tries: Romanko (2), Martyrosyan, Troyan (2), Kardakov, Ljubensky Conv: Romanko (6) |
| 2009-07-26 |
Ukraine | 86-0 | Estonia | Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium, Riga |
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| (Report) |
| 2008-08-08 |
Estonia | 4–74 | Latvia | A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn |
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| Team | Played | Won | Drew | Lost | For | Against | Difference | Points |
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| Ukraine | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 6 | 120 | 4 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 44 | +36 | 2 |
| Estonia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 160 | -156 | 0 |
There was due to be a single group of three teams containing Belgium, Malta and Norway. But Belgium withdrew leaving Malta and Norway to play a one off match.
On 4 June Malta came from 10-0 down mid way through the first half to defeat Norway, 30-20 to take the Rugby League European Federation Bowl at the Victor Tedesco Stadium, Hamrun.[1]
| 2010-06-04 |
Malta | 30–20 | Norway | Victor Tedesco Stadium, Hamrun |
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| Tries: Grima, M. Attard, Bonanno, Bartlett (2) Conv: Attard (5) |
(Report) | Tries: Scmidt, Borsheim (2), Mellor Conv: Meldalen, Ytterdahi Elgheim |
The 2011 Bowl will again comprise of a single match. Czech Republic and Hungary (Magyar Bulls RLFC) will both make their debuts in the Bowl competition.
| 2011-07-23 |
Hungary | 16-38 | Czech Republic | Széktói Stadion, Kecskemét |
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| Tries: Torrance, Bihari L., Angel Conv: Torrance (2) |
(Report) | Tries: Mulhall, Leeuw (3), Buben (2), Sedina Conv: Buben (4) Mulhall (1) |
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