Ukraine national rugby league team

Ukraine national rugby league team
Team information
Governing body Ukrainian Federation of Rugby League
Region Rugby League European Federation
Head coach Gennady Vepryk
Home stadium Dynamo Stadium
RLIF ranking 23rd
Team results
First game
United KingdomGreat Britain Students 36-18 Ukraine 
(Ukraine; 13 July 2008)[1]
2009 Rugby League European Bowl
 Ukraine 40-6 Latvia 
(Upezhtsiems Stadium, Riga, Latvia; 24 July 2009)
Biggest win
 Ukraine 112-0 Latvia 
(Kiev, Ukraine; 18 September 2010)
Biggest defeat
 Russia 62-14  Ukraine
(Moscow, Russia; 27 June 2010)

The Ukraine national rugby league team was established in 2007 to represent Ukraine at rugby league football. Ukraine is in the fourth tier developing nations along with Estonia and Latvia. The national side played their first international game as a nation playing against the Great Britain Students going down 36-18. Ukraine was originally scheduled to play in the 2008 European Bowl but withdrew at the last minute due to problems with the teams visas.[2]

Their first international matchup was against Great Britain Students Rugby league football club, where they lost 36 to 18.

They then played against Latvia in the 2009 European Bowl winning the contest 40-6.[3] Later that weekend, they wrapped up their European Bowl campaign, taking the championship with an 86-0 win over Estonia.[4]

In 2010, Ukraine competed in an expanded European Shield. They competed in the Eastern group, suffering their first international defeat in Russia before winning heavily against Latvia to finish 2nd.

In 2011, Ukraine competed in two test matches against Russia and Serbia. They would lose both matches.

In 2013, Ukraine beat the BARLA Young Lions to secure their first victory against a British team.[5] Later in the year, Ukraine participated in their second European Bowl competition. They took on Norway and Czech Republic, and they beat them both, securing their second European Bowl title.

They are currently ranked 21st on the RLIF World Rankings.

For more Ukrainian stats, news, team results and more visit Ukraine's RLEF Page.

Players

2014 Squad

This is the Ukraine team that took on Russia in the European Championship B.

Ukraine
Starting players Interchange Coaching staff
  • 1 Volodymyr Mashkin - FB
  • 2 Bogdan Vepryk - WG
  • 3 Sergei Soschenko - CE
  • 4 Igor Shevtsov - CE
  • 5 Mykhailo Troyan - WG
  • 6 Andrii Bashevskyi - FE
  • 7 Oleksandr Skorbach - CE, HB
  • 8 Oleksandr Kozak - PR
  • 9 Pavel Kardakov - HK
  • 10 Maksym Miroshnichenko - PR
  • 11 Vitalii Felko - SR
  • 12 Artur Martyrosyan - SR
  • 13 Sergii Kravchenko - LK
  • 14 Igor Iurkin
  • 15 Volodomyr Karpenko
  • 16 Mykola Getmanov
  • 17 Konstantyn Butov

Head coach

  • Gennady Vepryk


Legend:
  • (c) Captain
  • (vc) Vice captain

Updated: 24 May 2014
Source(s): European Championship B 2014

All-Time Results Record

Official Rankings as of May 2017[6]
RankChangeTeamPoints
1 Same position  Australia
2  New Zealand
3  England
4  Scotland
5  Samoa
6  France
7 Rise  Ireland
8 Fall  Fiji
9 Same position  Wales
10  United States
11 Rise  Tonga
12 Fall  Serbia
13  Canada
14  Italy
15 Same position  Papua New Guinea
16  Russia
17  Jamaica
18  Belgium
19 Rise  Malta
20 Fall  Spain
21 Same position  Lebanon
22  Ukraine
23  Germany
24 Rise  Cook Islands
25 Fall  Czech Republic
26 Same position  Norway
27  Denmark
28  Greece
29  Sweden
30  Netherlands
31 Rise  Niue
32 Fall  South Africa
33 Rise  Hungary
34 Fall  Philippines
35 New entry  Thailand
36 Fall  Chile
37  Vanuatu
38 Rise  El Salvador
39 Fall  Latvia
40 Rise  Solomon Islands
41 New entry  Uruguay
42 Fall  Morocco
Team First Played Played Win Draw Loss Points For Points Against Last Meeting
United KingdomGreat Britain Students RLFC[1] 2008 1 0 0 1 18 36 2008
LatviaLatvia 2009 2 2 0 0 152 6 2010
EstoniaEstonia 2009 1 1 0 0 86 0 2009
 Russia 2010 3 0 0 3 36 124 2014
 Serbia 2011 2 0 0 2 18 50 2014
United Kingdom BARLA Young Lions 2013 1 1 0 0 26 22 2013
Norway Norway 2013 1 1 0 0 42 14 2013
Czech Republic Czech Republic 2013 1 1 0 0 68 4 2013
Date Result Competition Venue Attendance
24 May 2014 Russia def. Ukraine 24-18 Euro Championship B Vereya Stadium, Vereya, Russia Not known[7]
17 May 2014 Serbia def. Ukraine 40-14 Euro Championship B Zeleznicar Stadium, Niš, Serbia 750[8]
28 September 2013 Ukraine def. Czech Republic 68-4 Rugby League European Bowl Municipal Stadium, Vrchlabi, Czech Republic Not known[9]
6 July 2013 Ukraine def. Norway 42-14 Rugby League European Bowl Dynamo Stadium, Kharkiv, Ukraine Not known[9]
16 June 2013 Ukraine def. BARLA Young Lions 26-22 Artur Martyrosyan Memorial Cup Kharkiv, Ukraine Not known[5]
30 September 2011 Serbia def. Ukraine 10-4 Milan Kosanovic Cup Belgrade, Serbia Not known[10]
10 September 2011 Russia def. Ukraine 36-4 Milan Kosanovic Cup Kharkov, Ukraine Not known[11]
18 September 2010 Ukraine def. Latvia 112-0 Rugby League European Shield, East Division Arsenal Stadium, Kharkiv, Ukraine Not known[12]
27 June 2010 Russia def. Ukraine 62-14 Rugby League European Shield, East Division Vereya, Russia Not known[13]
26 July 2009 Ukraine def. Estonia 86-0 Rugby League European Bowl Upezhtsiems Stadium, Riga, Latvia Not known[14]
24 July 2009 Ukraine def. Latvia 40-6 Rugby League European Bowl Upezhtsiems Stadium, Riga, Latvia Not known[15]
13 July 2008 Great Britain Students RLFC def. Ukraine 36-18 Friendly match
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See also

References

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