Ukraine national rugby union team

The Ukraine national rugby union team has been playing international rugby union since the early 1990s. So far they have not qualified for a Rugby World Cup. They participate in the European Nations Cup.

Ukraine
UnionNational Rugby Federation of Ukraine
Head coachZurab Kikacheisvili
First colours
World Rugby ranking
Current36 (as of 23 November 2020)
First international
 Georgia 19 - 15 Ukraine
(1991-11-21)
Biggest win
 Austria 0 - 78 Ukraine 
(1994-11-24)
Biggest defeat
 Romania 97 - 0 Ukraine 
(2005-03-19)

The national side is ranked 37th in the world (as of 29 July 2019).[1]

History

Ukraine made their international debut against Georgia in 1991, losing a close game 15-19. The nations played again three days later, and Georgia won again, six to nil. The following year Ukraine met Georgia again for a two match series, again losing both. In their first match of 1993 they defeated Hungary 41-3 for their first win. This was followed by another three wins in succession, against Croatia, Slovenia and Austria. The streak ended in 1994 with a loss to Denmark.

In 1996 Ukraine defeated Latvia 19-3, which would be the start of a nine match winning streak, which would be the longest thus far. The wins carried on into late 1997, until they lost to the Netherlands 13-35. The late 1990s saw mixed results for Ukraine, who defeated teams like Poland and the Czech Republic, but lost games to the likes of Russia, Georgia and Romania.

Ukraine played in the 2005-06 European Nations Cup, which also served as a qualifier for the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France. Ukraine lost all ten of their fixtures and were relegated to the Division 2A. The bottom three teams went on to Round 4 of the European World Cup qualifiers, so Ukraine played Russia twice to determine who goes through. Ukraine lost the games 11-25 and 37-17.

Record

Overall

Below is table of the representative rugby matches played by a Ukraine national XV at test level up until 17 November 2018

Against Played Won Lost Drawn Win percentage
 Austria2200100%
 Belgium532060%
 Croatia541075%
 Czech Republic945028.57%
 Denmark321066.67%
 Georgia90900%
 Germany825133.33%
 Hungary3201100%
 Israel1100100%
 Latvia431066.67%
 Lithuania4310100%
 Luxembourg1100100%
 Moldova936060%
 Netherlands743060%
 Poland1082087.5%
 Portugal514025%
 Romania70700%
 Russia80800%
 Serbia1100100%
 Slovenia1100100%
 Spain20200%
 Sweden6600100%
  Switzerland3300100%
Total1115455248.15%

World Cup
  • 1987 - 1991 - Did not exist
  • 1995 - Did not enter
  • 1999 - 2015 - Did not qualify

Current Players

Ukraine squad for the 2011–12 European Nations Cup First Division.[2][3][4]

Notable players

References
  1. https://www.world.rugby/rankings/mru?lang=en
  2. "Ukraine (6) 6 - 41 (20) Spain (FT)". ESPN Scrum. 2012-02-25.
  3. "Russia (21) 38 - 19 (12) Ukraine (FT)". ESPN Scrum. 2012-03-10.
  4. "Ukraine (13) 35 - 33 (16) Portugal (FT)". ESPN Scrum. 2012-03-17.
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