Russian Championship XVII
Russian Championship XVII is the seventeeth season of the Russian Championship league, the major rugby league tournament for semi-professional clubs in Russia, taking place in 2007. Eight teams from across Russia took part in the competition. The league is governed by the Russian Rugby League Federation.
Format
Round Robin Stage
Teams play each other once at home, and then once away.
Play-Off Stage
The teams finishing 1st and 2nd during the Round Robin Stage, play until they earn two victories for the 1st place. Also the teams finishing 3rd and 4th during the Round Stage, play until they earn two victories for the 3rd place.
Teams
- Lokomotiv Moscow
- Kazan Arrows
- Vereya Bears
- Energy Kazan
- CoSMoS Krasnoznamensk
- Crystal Rostov
- Neva St.Petersburg
- Empire Penza
Round Robin Results
Round 1: (Weekend of April 21 and 22nd):
Arrows - Neva St.Petersburg 30-0
Vereya - Crystal 108-0
Empire - Cosmos 64-6
Round 2: (Weekend of April 28 and 29th):
Locomotive - Arrows 40-10
Cosmos - Energy 25-30
Crystal - Empire 24-46
Neva St.Petersburg - Vereya 0-78
Round 3: (Weekend of May 5 and 6th):
Empire - Neva St.Petersburg 64-2
Energy - Crystal 30-0
Vereya - Locomotive 17-32
Round 4: (Weekend of May 12 and 13th):
Arrows - Vereya 12-12
Empire - Locomotive 6-56
Neva St.Petersburg - Energy 32-40
Round 5: (Weekend of May 19 and 20th):
Empire - Arrows 22-14
Energy - Locomotive 12-54
Cosmos - Crystal 56-18
Round 6: (Weekend of June 2 and 3rd):
Neva St.Petersburg - Cosmos 30-6
Arrows - Energy 24-20
Vereya - Empire 36-2
Round 7: (Weekend of June 9 and 10th):
Energy - Vereya 10-64
Cosmos - Locomotive 3-104
Crystal - Neva St.Petersburg 68-18
Round 8: (Weekend of June 16 and 17th):
Crystal - Arrows 0-30
Cosmos - Vereya 1-112
Neva St.Petersburg - Locomotive 6-40
Round 9: (Weekend of June 23 and 24th):
Empire - Energy 32-14
Locomotive - Crystal 58-4
Arrows - Cosmos 60-16
Round 10: (Weekend of July 21 and 22nd):
Neva St.Petersburg - Arrows 4-52
Crystal - Vereya 10-74
Cosmos - Empire 17- 59
Round 11: (Weekend of July 28 and 29th):
Arrows - Locomotive 4-24
Vereya - Neva St.Petersburg 84-12
Energy - Cosmos 46-6
Empire - Crystal 30-0
Round 12: (Weekend of August 4 and 5th):
Locomotive - Vereya 40-6
Neva St.Petersburg - Empire 6-76
Crystal - Energy 0-30
Round 13: (Weekend of August 11 and 12th):
Vereya - Arrows 56-12
Locomotive - Empire 72-20
Energy - Neva St.Petersburg 124-4
Round 14: (Weekend of August 18 and 19th):
Locomotive - Energy 108-5
Arrows - Empire 14-15
Crystal - Cosmos 54-8
Round 15: (Weekend of September 1 and 2nd):
Empire - Vereya 23-40
Cosmos - Neva St.Petersburg 52-10
Energy - Arrows 12-36
Round 16: (Weekend of September 8 and 9th):
Locomotive - Cosmos 98-3
Vereya - Energy 74-5
Neva St.Petersburg - Crystal 22-34
Round 17: (Weekend of September 15 and 16th):
Locomotive - Neva St.Petersburg 30-0
Vereya - Cosmos 112-4
Arrows - Crystal 30-0
Round 18: (Weekend of September 22 and 23rd):
Energy - Empire 14-26
Crystal - Locomotive 0-64
Cosmos - Arrows 23-40
Table
Team |
W |
D |
L |
PF |
PA |
PD |
Pts |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Lokomotiv |
14 |
0 |
0 |
820 |
79 |
+741 |
42 |
2 |
Vereya |
11 |
1 |
2 |
873 |
163 |
+710 |
37 |
3 |
Empire |
10 |
0 |
4 |
485 |
315 |
+170 |
34 |
4 |
Kazan |
8 |
1 |
5 |
368 |
244 |
+124 |
31 |
5 |
Energy |
6 |
0 |
8 |
392 |
485 |
-93 |
26 |
6 |
Crystal |
3 |
0 |
11 |
214 |
604 |
-390 |
20 |
7 |
Cosmos |
1 |
0 |
13 |
223 |
819 |
-596 |
16 |
8 |
St.Petersburg |
1 |
0 |
13 |
142 |
726 |
-584 |
16 |
Points System
3 Points - Win
2 Points - Draw
1 Point - Loss
0 Points - Forfeit
Play-Off Results
Week One
Matches played on the 29th September.
Lokomotive Moscow 58-14 Vereya (1st v 2nd)
Empire Penza 21-16 Kazan Arrows (3rd v 4th)
Week Two
Matches played on the 4th October.
Vereya 6-26 Lokomotive Moscow (2nd v 1st)
Kazan Arrows 18-17 Empire Penza (4th v 3rd)
Week Three
Matches played on the 9th October.
Empire Penza 28-24 Kazan Arrows (3rd v 4th)
Table
Team |
W |
D |
L |
PF |
PA |
PD |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Lokomotiv Moscow |
2 |
0 |
0 |
84 |
20 |
+64 |
2 |
Vereya |
0 |
0 |
2 |
20 |
84 |
-64 |
3 |
Empire Penza |
2 |
0 |
1 |
66 |
58 |
+08 |
4 |
Kazan Arrows |
1 |
0 |
2 |
58 |
66 |
-08 |
References
See also
- Rugby league in Russia
- Russia national rugby league team