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Sport | Rugby league |
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Founded | 2008 |
Organising body | European Rugby League |
No. of teams | 3 |
Country | Europe |
Most recent champion(s) | Greece (2nd title) |
Most titles | Ukraine (3 titles) |
Level on pyramid | 3 |
Promotion to | European Championship B |
Relegation to | European Championship D |
The Rugby League European Championship C (formerly the European Bowl) is an international European rugby league football tournament organised by the European Rugby League for third tier rugby league nations.
The tournament was first contested in 2008, with the proposed participating teams being Estonia, Latvia and Ukraine. In 2020, it was announced promotion and relegation would be introduced with three teams in each division, with the top team being promoted and the bottom relegated. [1]
Year | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Number of teams | ||
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2008 Details | Latvia | Estonia | – | 2 | ||
2009 Details | Ukraine | Latvia | Estonia | 3 | ||
2010 Details | Malta | Norway | – | 2 | ||
2011 Details | Czech Republic | Hungary | – | 2 | ||
2012 Details | Czech Republic | Hungary | – | 2 | ||
2013 Details | Ukraine | Norway | Czech Republic | 3 | ||
2014 Details | Greece | Malta | Czech Republic | 3 | ||
2015 Details | Spain | Malta | Greece | 3 | ||
2016 Details | Ukraine | Czech Republic | – | 2 | ||
2018–19 Details | Greece | Norway | Germany and Ukraine | 6 |
Year | Champions / Promoted | Runners-up | Relegated | Number of teams | ||
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2020 Details | Tournament cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. | 3 | ||||
2023 Details | Euro A and Euro B only due to tournament expansion |
Champions | Count | Years |
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Ukraine | 3 | 2009, 2013, 2016 |
Czech Republic | 2 | 2011, 2012 |
Greece | 2 | 2014, 2018–19 |
Latvia | 1 | 2008 |
Malta | 1 | 2010 |
Spain | 1 | 2015 |
This list shows the performances of all teams from all four divisions of the European Championships during the promotion and relegation era only.
National team | Season | |||
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2020 [lower-alpha 1] | 2023 | |||
LG | P/NM/R | LG | P/NM/R | |
Czech Republic | D | B | ||
England | N/A [lower-alpha 2] | A | ||
France | A | A | ||
Germany | C | B | ||
Greece | N/A | B | ||
Ireland | A | A | ||
Italy | A | A | ||
Malta | D | N/A | ||
Netherlands | D | B | ||
Norway | C | B | ||
Russia | B | Suspended | ||
Scotland | A | A | ||
Serbia | B | A | ||
Spain | A | A | ||
Turkey | D | N/A | ||
Ukraine | B/C [lower-alpha 3] | B | ||
Wales | A | A |
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