2008 Russian Professional Rugby League season

2008 Professional Rugby League season
Countries  Russia
Champions VVA-Podmoskovye Monino (8th title)
2007
2009

The 2008 Russian Professional Rugby League Season was the fourth season of the new Russian Professional Rugby League. The season saw a huge expansion of the competition with the entrance of 14 teams into the preliminary group stage of the championship. VVA Monino were the eventual champions.

Format

This season saw the introduction of an initial group stage whereby the championship was divided into two Divisions, the Eastern Division consisting of six (6) teams, and the Western Dvision consisting of eight (8), with the West Division further subdivided into two (2) groups of four (4). At the end of the group stage the top six (6) sides formed a super-group that then featured a home and away stage between these six (6) sides.

The play-offs again featured a best of three semi final stage with the top side playing against the four side, whilst two versed three. The final itself was a best of three if required, though the surprise finalists Slava Moscow were defeated by VVA Monino 2-0.

Teams

Club City
VVA Monino Monino
Slava Moscow Moscow
Fili Moscow Moscow
RK Zelenograd (Moscow) Moscow
Spartak GM Moscow
RK Maryina (Moscow) Moscow
Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk
Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk
RK Siberia (Krasnoyarsk) Krasnoyarsk
Siberian Federal University (Krasnoyarsk) Krasnoyarsk
RC Novokuznetsk Novokuznetsk
Imperia-Dynamo Penza
Universitet Chita Chita
Dynamo-Don (Rostov-na-Donu) Rostov-na-Donu

Stage One East Divisions

Standings

  Nation
Games
Points Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk00000000
2RC Novokuznetsk00000000
3Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk00000000
4RK Siberia00000000
5Universitet Chita00000000
6Siberian Federal University000000000

Round One

Round Two

Round 3

Stage One West Division (Group A)

Standings

  Nation
Games
Points Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1VVA Monino00000000
2Dynamo-Don00000000
3Fili Moscow00000000
4RK Maryina00000000

Round One

Round Two

Stage One West Division (Group B)

Standings

  Nation
Games
Points Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1Slava Moscow00000000
2Imperia-Dynamo00000000
3Spartak-GM Moscow00000000
4RK Zelenograd00000000

Round One

Round Two

Superleague (Final League) Table (Places 1-6)

  Nation
Games
Points Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1VVA-Podmoskovye Monino10901374119+25537
2Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk10604198255-5728
3Slava Moscow10514211226-1526
4Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk10505257158+9925
5RC Novokuznetsk10415168194-2623
6Imperia-Dynamo Penza100010138395-25710

Play-offs

2008 Russian Professional League Play-offs
Home Score Away
Semi-Finals (Best of 3 Match Series)
VVA-Podmoskovye Monino 2-1 Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk
Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk 1-2 Slava Moscow
Finals (Best of 3 Match Series)
3rd Place Play-off Final
Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk 0-2 Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk
Championship Final
VVA-Podmoskovye Monino 2-0 Slava Moscow