2014 Balkans Cup (rugby league)

The 2014 Balkans Cup was a rugby league football tournament that was held in Serbia between 17 October and 19 October. The winner won the inaugural Balkans Cup Trophy.[1]

2014 (2014) Balkans Cup  ()
Number of teams4
Host country Serbia
Winner Greece (1st title)
Matches played4
Attendance750 (188 per match)
Points scored212 (53 per match)
Tries scored42 (10.5 per match)
Tournaments
2017 > 

Four teams competed in the 2014 event. These teams were: Serbia, Greece, Hungary and Bosnia.[2]

After winning the European Championship C a week before the tournament began, Greece transferred their form to the tournament and were crowned inaugural Balkans Cup winners after defeating Bosnia and then Serbia in the final.[3]

Teams
Team Coach Captain RLIF Rank
 Serbia Serbia Marko Jankovic Stefan Nedeljković 17
 Greece Australia Steve Georgallis Jordan Meads 26
 Hungary France Laurent Dupuy Norbert Csapkai 33
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Sreten Zec Sreten Zec NA

Venues
Stadium Games City State Capacity Best Crowd
Makiš Stadium 3 Čukarica Belgrade 4,000 450 (Final)
Stadion FK Dorćol 1 Dorćol Belgrade 1,000 150

Fixtures

Serbia v. Hungary
17 October 2014
15:00 (GMT+2)
Serbia  50 – 0  Hungary
Tries:
Slobodan Manak (2) 4' c, 10' c
Stefan Nikolić (2) 15' c, 23' c
Milan Ilić (2) 20' c, 47'
Aleksandar Radovanović 29' c
Milan Čobanović 33' c
Djordje Gak 77'
Goals:
Vladislav Dedić (7/9) 5', 11', 16', 21', 24', 30', 34'		 Report
FK Dorćol, Belgrade
Attendance: 150
Referee: Greece George Stilianos
Player of the Match: Serbia Slobodan Manak

Bosnia v. Greece
17 October 2014
15:00 (GMT+2)
Bosnia and Herzegovina  4 – 58  Greece
Try:
Nedeljko Suvajčević 80'
Goals:
Vladan Kikanović (0/1)		 Tries:
Jordan Kidis (2) 2', 60'
Alvaro Zota 15'
George Tsikrikas (2) 26' c, 42' c
Jordan Meads (2) 34' c, 63' c
Nikolaos Bosmos 37' c
Jake Vrahnos (2) 55' c, 74'
Ioannis Nake 76' c
Goals:
Liam Sue-Tin (5/9) 26', 34', 37', 42', 55'
Jordan Meads (1/2) 63'
Jordan Kidis (1/1) 76'
Terry Constantinou (0/1)
Makiš Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 50
Referee: Serbia Ivica Djordjević
Player of the Match: Greece Jordan Meads

Third Place Final: Bosnia v. Hungary
19 October 2014
12:30 (GMT+2)
Bosnia and Herzegovina  32 – 6  Hungary
Tries:
Miloš Kulašević 3' c
Aleksandar Sakan 11'
Vladan Kikanović 24' c
Sreten Zec 38' c
Elvis Martić 44'
Slaviša Zekić 59' c
Goals:
Vladan Kikanović (3/5) 3', 24', 38'
Ognjen Dedić (1/1) 59'		 Try:
Grimm 62' c
Goals:
Nikowitz (1/1) 62'
Makiš Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 100
Referee: Serbia Radoslav Novaković
Player of the Match: Bosnia and Herzegovina Elvis Martić

Grand Final: Serbia v. Greece
19 October 2014
15:00 (GMT+2)
Serbia  22 – 50  Greece
Tries:
Džavid Jašari 19' c
Nikola Srbljanin 34' c
Pero Madžarević (2) 54' c, 71'
Goals:
Stefan Nedeljković (3/5) 19', 34', 54'		 Report
 Tries:
Sebastian Sell 2'
Billy Tsikrikas 4', 45' c, 59'
Jake Vrahnos 9' c
Panagiotis Lampoussis 39'
Jordan Meads (2) 49', 62' c
George Tsikrikas 65' c
Terry Constantinou 68' c
Goals:
Liam Sue-Tin (4/9) 9', 45', 62', 65'
Jordan Meads (1/1) 68'
Makiš Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 450
Referee: Serbia Miloš Milinković
Player of the Match: Greece Billy Tsikrikas
  • Greece are the inaugural Balkans Cup champions

References
  1. "First Balkans Championship Announced for rugby league". RLEF. 2014-10-06. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
  2. "Balkans Cup matches". facebook. 2014-10-13. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
  3. "BALKANS CHAMPIONSHIP - FINAL". RLEF. 2014-10-19. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
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