# 2018 Rugby League European Championship B

The 2018 Rugby League European Championship B (also known as Euro B) was ninth edition of the Rugby League European Championship B and acted as the second phase of European qualifying to the 2021 Rugby League World Cup. The series involved three teams in pool play and took place in October 2018. The two highest ranked teams, Russia and Spain, advanced to the European play-off. In August 2019, Russia withdrew from the play-off tournament and were replaced by Serbia.

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Russia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 50 | +10 | 2 | Qualification for 2021 World Cup European qualification tournament |
| 2 | Spain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 48 | +4 | 2 | Qualification for 2021 World Cup European qualification tournament |
| 3 | Serbia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 56 | −14 | 2 | |

## Fixtures

* 6 October 2018 15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)
| Spain | 32–24 | Russia |
| Tries: Pallares (3), Doutres (2), Franco, Puerta Goals: Franco (1/3), R. Garcia (1/1), Delgado (0/2), Olivares (0/1), Pallares (0/1) | Report | Tries: Danilov, Konstantinov, Leskov, Lysokon Goals: Lysokon (4/5) |
* Poliesportiu Quatre Carreres, Valencia Referee: Geoffrey Poumes (France) Player of the Match: Romain Pallares (Spain)
Team details :
| FB | 9 | Luc Franco |
| WG | 2 | Dani Morales |
| CE | 3 | Antonio Puerta |
| CE | 4 | Alex Doutres |
| WG | 5 | Hadriel Mehamed Gonzalez |
| FE | 16 | Daniel Garcia |
| HB | 7 | Romain Pallares |
| PR | 8 | Carlos Font |
| HK | 1 | Chris Lopez |
| PR | 10 | Adria Alonso |
| SR | 11 | Anthony Delgado |
| SR | 12 | Kevin Aparicio |
| LK | 15 | Raul Simo (c) |
| Interchange: |||
| BE | 14 | Aitor Romero |
| BE | 17 | Juan Mudarra |
| BE | 18 | Rafael Garcia |
| BE | 19 | Miguel Olivares |
| Coach: |||
| Darren Fisher ||||
| FB | 1 | Iustin Petrushka |
| WG | 2 | Ilia Danilov |
| CE | 3 | Igor Abramov |
| CE | 4 | Boris Voloskov |
| WG | 5 | Andrey Lavrushin |
| FE | 6 | Aleksandr Lysokon |
| HB | 7 | Denis Tyulenev |
| PR | 8 | Sergei Konstantinov (c) |
| HK | 9 | Aleksandr Naumov |
| PR | 10 | Kirill Bozhko |
| SR | 11 | Dmitrii Leskov |
| SR | 12 | Vladislav Lesnikov |
| LK | 13 | Ivan Troitskii |
| Interchange: |||
| BE | 14 | Igor Chuprin |
| BE | 15 | Vyacheslav Eremin |
| BE | 16 | Andrey Perin |
| BE | 17 | Dmitrii Tarasenkov |
| Coach: |||
| Denis Korolev ||||
Serbia were without their Australian-based players, David Andjelić, Brandon Janjić, Jonathan Kress, and Ilija Radan, along with head coach Brett Davidson due to VISA issues. The Serbian Rugby League allege that Russia's Association of Rugby League Clubs did not provide the necessary paperwork for VISA removal.
* 13 October 2018 15:00 MSK (UTC+03:00)
| Russia | 36–18 | Serbia |
| Tries: Lysokon (2), Konstantinov, Leskov, Lesnikov, Orlov, Zagoskin Goals: Lysokon (4/8) | Report | Tries: Jašari, Keglić, Trifunović Goals: Vo. Dedić (3/4) |
* Fili Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 300 Referee: Liam Moore (England) Player of the Match: Aleksandr Lysokon (Russia)
* 20 October 2018 14:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)
| Serbia | 24–20 | Spain |
| Tries: Janjić, Kress, Milutinović, Stevanović, Zogović Goals: Vo. Dedić (2/5) | Report | Tries: Delgado, Franco, Simo Goals: R. Garcia (4/5) |
* Makiš Stadium, Belgrade Attendance: 150 Referee: Tom Grant (England) Player of the Match: Luc Franco (Spain)