2015 Rugby League European Championship C

2015 (2015) European Championship C  ()
Number of teams 3
Host country  Europe
Winner  Spain (1st title)
Matches played 3
Top try scorer Spain Daniel Garcia (3)
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The 2015 European Championship C tournament was the eighth staging of the Rugby League European Bowl tournament played in the respective European countries participating between 26 September to 17 October 2015.

A preliminary match was played between Latvia and Spain on 9 May 2015 for the third place in the competition. The winner of the competition will join the top three 2014–15 European Championship B nations along with Ireland and Wales in a two group round robin competition to qualify for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.[1]

Standings

Team Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference Points
 Spain 220011634824
 Malta 21016040202
 Greece 20024106-1020

Preliminary play-off

Latvia vs Spain

9 May 2015
15:00
Latvia  12–32  Spain
Tries: Ozols 56'
Gabrāns 62'
Garokalns 79'
Goals: Brovackis 0/2
Bajārs 0/1		 Report Tries: Pérez-Fuster 8'
D'Alessandro (3) 27', 35', 38,
Pilkington 46'
Garcia 47'
Goals: Garcia 3/6
Pilkington 1/1
Upesciema Stadionā, Riga
Attendance: 150
Referee/s: England Chris Hancock
Man of the Match: Latvia Mikus Ozols, Spain Daniel Garcia

Spain vs Malta

26 September 2015
18:00
Spain  40–30  Malta
Tries: Morro
Garcia (3)
O'Doutres
Puerta
Pilkington
Goals: Garcia 6/7		 Report Tries: Blyton-Keep
Francois Hussain
Burke Zarb
Lynch
Goals: Blyton-Keep 5/5
Polideportivo Quatre Carreres, Valencia
Man of the Match: Spain Daniel Garcia
FB 1Daniel Garcia
RW 2Hadriel Mehamed González
RC 3Alex O'Doutres
LC 4Antonio Puerta
LW 5Diego Lagunas
SO 6Ivan Mendez
SH 7Miguel Blanco
PR 8Luis Thorp
HK 9Gonzalo Morro
PR 10Dani Moreno
SR 11Cedric Bringuier
SR 12Matt Dulley
LF 13Aitor Davila
Substitutions:
IC 14Ezequiel Perez-Fuster
IC 15Andy Pilkington
IC 16Isaac Pulgar
IC 17Adrian Alonso
Coach:
Darren Fisher
FB 1Andrew Muscat
RW 2Jean-Pierre Zarb
RC 3Sam Blyton-Keep
LC 4Christian Briffa
LW 5Zachariah Micallef
FE 6Robin Cutajar
HB 7Danny Burke
PR 8Jeremy Dela
HK 9Justin Barlogio
PR 10Pete Debono
SR 11Jake Lynch
SR 12Pete Ingham
LK 13Chris Parker
Substitutions:
IC 14Shan Francois Hussain
IC 15Joe Paolella
IC 16Joseph Pio Mizzi
IC 17Sam Firth
Coach:
Chris Parker

Malta vs Greece

10 October 2015
Malta  30–01  Greece
Notes
  1. ^ Malta were awarded a 30-0 victory by the RLEF after Greece defaulted. The Hellenic Federation of Rugby League has struggled to keep financially stable due to Greece's recent economic troubles. The Greek side was unable to make the trip to Malta following the withdrawal of two sponsors.[2]

Greece vs Spain

17 October 2015
16:30
Greece  4–76  Spain
Tries: Roussos 57'
Goals: Koutsimbogiorgos 0/1		 Report Tries: Puerta (2) 11', 47'
Lopez (2) 24', 64'
Lagunas (2) 33', 75'
Doutres 4'
Blanco 7'
Dulley 16'
Morro 18'
Mehamed González 27'
Thorp 61'
Perez-Fuster 68'
Bringuier 78'
Goals: Doutres 8/12
Ivan Mendez 1/1
Aitor Davila 1/1
FB 1Pavlos Polymeneas
RW 2Alexandros Kesipis
RC 3Konstantinos Arvanitis
LC 4Giannis Giannimaras
LW 5Andreas Psarakis
SO 6Panagiotis Varypatis
SH 7Grigoris Koutsimbogiorgos
PR 8Panagiotis Papadopoulos
HK 9Kostas Roussos
PR 10Artemis Pittaras
SR 11Panagiotis Karefilis
SR 12Alexandros Goumas
LF 13Konstantinos Lambrakis
Substitutions:
IC 14Vasilis Ventoyrae
IC 15Giorgos Zdanov
IC 16Touki Arimanana
IC 17Giorgin Syti
Coach:
Matthew Ashill
FB 1Alex Doutres
RW 2Hadriel Mehamed González
RC 3Antonio Puerta
LC 4Andy Pilkington
LW 5Chris Lopez
FE 6Ivan Mendez
HB 7Miguel Blanco
PR 8Luis Thorp
HK 9Gonzalo Morro
PR 10Adrian Alonso
SR 11Cedric Bringuier
SR 12Matt Dulley
LK 13Aitor Davila
Substitutions:
IC 14Diego Lagunas
IC 15Ezequiel Perez-Fuster
IC 16Dani Moreno
IC 17Jose Manuel Munoz
Coach:
Darren Fisher

References

  1. ↑ "European Qualifiers for World Cup 2017 Announced". rlif.com. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Greece withdraw from Malta trip". rlef.eu.com. 2015-09-02. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
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