Continental Club Rugby League

Continental Club Rugby League
Sport	Rugby union
Inaugural season	2020 (Planned) ; 2021
Number of teams	8
Nations	Russia; Romania; Germany
Related competitions	European Rugby Champions Cup; European Rugby Challenge Cup;

The Continental Club Rugby League is an annual European rugby union competition organised by the Russian Rugby Federation (RRF). It is the third-tier competition for European clubs behind the European Rugby Challenge Cup and the European Rugby Champions Cup.

History

This competition was created in 2019 after the European Rugby Continental Shield folded just six seasons upon its formation as the qualifying competition for the entry of tier two country teams outside the Premiership Rugby, Top 14 and the Pro14 into the European Rugby Challenge Cup.

The Continental Club Rugby League is planned to be contested between 8 teams; 4 of the best teams from Russia's Rugby Premier League, 3 of the best teams from Romania's SuperLiga and the champions of Germany's Rugby-Bundesliga.

The first and only season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Teams

București

Krasnoyarsk
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București teams

Dinamo

SteauaKrasnoyarsk

Enisey-STM

Krasny Yar

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Location of teams of the Continental Club Rugby League.

Krasnoyarsk

Enisey-STM

Krasny Yar

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Location of the Krasnoyarsk teams of the Continental Club Rugby League.

Rugby Premiership	SuperLiga	Rugby-Bundesliga
Russia	Romania	Germany
Enisey-STM Krasny Yar VVA-Podmoskovye Slava Moscow	Baia Mare Steaua Dinamo	1880 Frankfurt

Team details

Below is the list of coaches, captains and stadiums for each team.

Team	Coach	Captain	Stadium	Capacity	Position
1880 Frankfurt	Karl Savimaki	Chris Howells	Sportanlage an der Feldgerichtstrasse	5,000	Rugby-Bundesliga (1st)
Baia Mare	Eugen Apjok	Marius Dănilă	Stadionul Lascăr Ghineţ	1,000	SuperLiga (1st)
Dinamo	Cosmin Rațiu	Tudorel Bratu	Stadionul Florea Dumitrache	1,500	SuperLiga (6th)
Enisey-STM	Alexander Pervukhin	Uldis Saulite	Avangard Stadium Central Stadium	2,643 15,000	Rugby Premier League (1st)
Krasny Yar	Josh Taumalolo	Yuri Kushnarev	Krasny Yar Stadium Central Stadium	3,600 15,000	Rugby Premier League (2nd)
Slava Moscow	Andre Treadou	Nikita Medkov	Slava Stadium	2,500	Rugby Premier League (3rd)
Steaua	Dănuț Dumbravă	Viorel Lucaci	Stadionul Steaua II	3,000	SuperLiga (2nd)
VVA Podmoskovye	Pavel Baranovsky	Sergey Trishin	Gagarin Air Force Academy stadium	5,000	Rugby Premier League (4th)

Format

Competition

Knock-out stage

The eight participant teams from the countries Russia, Romania and Germany will be drawn into a single match to play against one another in a quarter-final format where the winners of their respective matches will advance to the semi-finals of the Continental Club Rugby League while the losers will be eliminated immediately.

Then, the winners of the semi-finals will be placed in a final to contest against each other for the title whereas the losers of the two semi-finals will be competing for the 3rd place final instead.

References