Ukraine national rugby league team

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]

Ukraine national rugby league team
Team information
Governing bodyUkrainian Federation of Rugby League
RegionRugby League European Federation
Head coachGennady Vepryk
Home stadiumDynamo Stadium
RLIF ranking25th
Team results
First game
Great 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)

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

2018 Squad
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(s)
  • (vc) Vice captain(s)

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

All-Time Results Record
IRL World Rankings
Official Men's Rankings as of November 2019
RankChange*TeamPts%
1 2 New Zealand
2 1 Australia
3 1 England
4  Tonga
5  Fiji
6 4 Papua New Guinea
7  Samoa
8 2 France
9 1 Scotland
10 1 Lebanon
11 5 Greece
12  Ireland
13 1 Italy
14 3 Wales
15 4 Serbia
16 1 Malta
17 1 Norway
18 3 United States
19 4 Poland
20 7 Jamaica
21 1 Hungary
22 3 Czech Republic
23 5 Cook Islands
24 7 Turkey
25 1 Netherlands
26 4 Spain
27 6 Canada
28  Nigeria
29 2 Solomon Islands
30 10 Sweden
31 4 Germany
32 1 Chile
33  Ghana
34 16 Morocco
35 3 Vanuatu
36  South Africa
37 8 Russia
38  Cameroon
39 2 Ukraine
40 1 Colombia
41 4 Brazil
42  Belgium
43 4 Denmark
44 4 Bulgaria
45 4 Latvia
*Change from July 2019
TeamFirst PlayedPlayedWinDrawLossPoints ForPoints AgainstLast Meeting
BARLA Young Lions2013110026222013
Great Britain Students RLFC[1]2008100118362008
Czech Republic20133300176222016
England2015100124322015
Estonia200911008602009
Greece2019100126282019
Italy20143003241462018
Latvia2009220015262010
Malta2018110034222018
Norway2013110042142013
 Russia20104004561582015
 Serbia20113003221142015
Total2009229013686600
DateResultCompetitionVenueAttendance
24 May 2014Russia def. Ukraine 24-18Euro Championship BVereya Stadium, Vereya, RussiaNot known[6]
17 May 2014Serbia def. Ukraine 40-14Euro Championship BZeleznicar Stadium, Niš, Serbia750[7]
28 September 2013Ukraine def. Czech Republic 68-4Rugby League European BowlMunicipal Stadium, Vrchlabi, Czech RepublicNot known[8]
6 July 2013Ukraine def. Norway 42-14Rugby League European BowlDynamo Stadium, Kharkiv, UkraineNot known[8]
16 June 2013Ukraine def. BARLA Young Lions 26-22Artur Martyrosyan Memorial CupKharkiv, UkraineNot known[5]
30 September 2011Serbia def. Ukraine 10-4Milan Kosanovic CupBelgrade, SerbiaNot known[9]
10 September 2011Russia def. Ukraine 36-4Milan Kosanovic CupKharkov, UkraineNot known[10]
18 September 2010Ukraine def. Latvia 112-0Rugby League European Shield, East DivisionArsenal Stadium, Kharkiv, UkraineNot known[11]
27 June 2010Russia def. Ukraine 62-14Rugby League European Shield, East DivisionVereya, RussiaNot known[12]
26 July 2009Ukraine def. Estonia 86-0Rugby League European BowlUpezhtsiems Stadium, Riga, LatviaNot known[13]
24 July 2009Ukraine def. Latvia 40-6Rugby League European BowlUpezhtsiems Stadium, Riga, LatviaNot known[14]
13 July 2008Great Britain Students RLFC def. Ukraine 36-18Friendly match--Not known[1]

See also

References
  1. Ukraine results ar rlpanet
  2. "Ukrainians Euro Bowl hopes Quashed". RLEF. 2008-07-30. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
  3. "UKRAINE TAKE OPENING EUROPEAN BOWL CLASH". RLEF. 2009-07-25. Retrieved 2009-07-25.
  4. "UKRAINE TAKE EUROPEAN BOWL". RLEF. 2009-07-27. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
  5. http://www.rugbyleagueplanet.com/rlp-nations/ukraine/1045-ukraine-rugby-league-team-registers-historic-victory-against-british
  6. http://www.rlef.eu.com/european_shield/report?RLE00000546
  7. http://www.rlef.eu.com/european_shield/report?RLE00000545
  8. http://www.rlef.eu.com/european_bowl/report?RLE00000468
  9. http://www.rlef.eu.com/other/report?RLE00000284
  10. http://www.rlef.eu.com/other/report?RLE00000206
  11. http://www.rlef.eu.com/european_shield/report?RLE00000052
  12. http://www.rlef.eu.com/european_shield/report?RLE00000050
  13. http://www.rlef.eu.com/european_bowl/report?RLE00000109
  14. http://www.rlef.eu.com/european_bowl/report?RLE00000108
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