European U/20 starts

Big win for Romania

Romania kicked off the European Under-20 Championship with a big win over Spain in Sopot, Poland. The reigning champions, Georgia, had a tough time against Russia.

Romania scored nine tries against Spain and led 38-0 at the break. Right wing Dorin Manole scored a hat-trick of tries.

Russia scored the only try of their match with Georgia who kicked five penalty goals and led 12-0 agt half-time.

Those are the four teams in Group 1 of Division 1 – Georgia, Russia, Romania and Spain.]

In Group 2 are Germany, Poland, Portugal and Ukraine.

Division 2 has one group – Belgium, Lithuania, Czech Republic, and Moldova.

There are two groups in Division 3. The one, Group 4A, has Croatia, Slovenia and Switzerland. Group 4B  has Serbia & Montenegro, Hungary and Poland B.

The championship started on Sunday. The results of the first two days are:

Day 1

Germany vs Portugal, 31-13
Poland vs Ukraine, 31-8
Moldova vs Lithuania, 24-22
Belgium vs Czech Republic, 41-27
Switzerland vs Croatia, 30-18
Poland B vs Hungary, 35-8

Day 2

Georgia vs Russia, 15-7
Romania vs Spain, 62-10

Fixtures

Tuesday, 26 September

Switzerland vs Slovenia in Gdansk
Serbia & Montenegro vs Hungary in Gdansk

Wednesday, 27 September

Portugal vs Ukraine in Gdansk
Germany vs Poland in Gdansk
Moldova vs Czech Republic in Gdynia
Lithuania vs Belgium in Rumia

Thursday, 28 September

Georgia vs Spain in Sopot
Romania vs Russia in Sopot
Switzerland vs Slovenia in Gdansk
Poland B vs Serbia & Montenegro in Pruszcz Gdansk

Saturday, 30 September

Portugal vs Poland in Sopot
Germany vs Ukraine in Gdansk
Belgium vs Moldova in Gdynia

Knock-out matches

Sunday, 1 October

Georgia vs Spain in Sopot
Romania vs Russia in Sopot