U19 European Championship
The Under-19 European Championship kicks off in Coimbra, Portugal, this weekend. There are eight countries taking part.
The winner of the tournament which ends on 31 October will have earned a place at the Junior World Rugby Trophy in 2010.
The countries taking part are Belgium, Georgia, Germany, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Russia and Spain. That there are eight teams means that the opening round is also a quarterfinal.
Quarterfinals - 25 October 2009
14.30: Georgia vs Germany at Escola Superior Agrária De Coimbra
14.30: Russia vs Poland in Anadia
14.30: Belgium vs Spain in Lousã
18.00: Italy vs Portugal at Estádio Sérgio Conceição, Taveiro, Coimbra
Teams:
Germany squad: David Clegg, Konstantin Hofmann, Ivan Ralevic, Ansgar Ruhnau, Maximilian Beerbaum, Michael Kurth, Alexander Haucke, Jerome Ruhnau, Benjamin Krimer, Christopher Sacksofsky, Max-Leon Hechler, Mika Tyumenev, Mathias Marin, Constantin Richard, Sebastian Gibard, Maximilian Retzmann, Christopher Kopp, Jakob Clasen, Dennis Denzin, Tom Schilling, Alexander Wiedemann. Liegend v.l.n.r Pierre Mathurin, Bastian Himmer
Italy squad: Nicola Belardo (Partenope Napoli), Tommaso Benvenuti (Benetton Treviso), Vittorio Callori Di Vignale (Primavera Roma), Filippo Cazzola (Livorno Rugby), Alberto Chillon (Petrarca Padova), Gabriele Cicchinelli (Futura Park Roma), Nicola Corbanese (Benetton Treviso), Carlo Fazzari (Plusvalore Gran Parma), Filippo Ferrarini (Vibu Noceto), Ornel Gega (Benetton Treviso), Edoardo Gori (Consiag I Cavalieri Prato), Tommaso Iannone (Rugby Parma 1931), Edoardo Lubian (Femi-Cz Rovigo), Andrea Manici (Plusvalore Gran Parma), Francesco Pepoli (Vibu Noceto), Ivan Perrone (Rugby Reggio), Costantino Ricciardi (Petrarca Padova), Sebastian Rodwell (Giunti Firenze 1931), Lorenzo Santelli (Plusvalore Gran Parma), Stefano Scanferla (Cammi Calvisano), Enrico Targa (Petrarca Padova), Ruggero Trevisan (Orved San Donà), Giovanbattista Venditti (Plusvalore Gran Parma), Giovanni Venturato (Benetton Treviso), Piermaria Leso (Petrarca Padova), Giovanni Alberghini (Plusvalore Gran Parma)
Poland squad: Sebastian Mikulski (Orkan Sochaczew), Kamil Wydrzynski (Orkan Sochaczew), Piotr Tokarski (Orkan Sochaczew), Tomasz Gasik (Orkan Sochaczew), Szymon Lusztak (Orkan Sochaczew), Lukasz Jedrzejczak (Budowlani Lódz), Bartlomiej Szczukocki (Budowlani Lódz), Michal Szczukocki (Budowlani Lódz), Szczepan Stepien (Budowlani Lódz), Sebastian Stolarz (Budowlani Lódz), Michal Kedra (Budowlani Lublin), Kamil Niedzwiedz (Budowlani Lublin), Mariusz Gorczyca (Budowlani Lublin), Wojciech Piotrowicz (Budowlani Lublin), Michal Domaradzki (Ogniwo Sopot), Piotr Zeszutek (Ogniwo Sopot), Lukasz Szablewski (Ogniwo Sopot), Marek Przychodzki (Ogniwo Sopot), Kamil Matysiak (Skra Warszawa), Cezary Ksiezopolski (Pogon Siedlce), Dawid Lorentowicz (Pogon Siedlce), Grzegorz Muszynski (Pogon Siedlce), Kordian Czuryllo (AZS AWF Warszawa), Pawel Krajewski (AZS AWF Warszawa), Robert Kwiatkowski (Lechia Gdansk), Joe lButkiewicz-Jung (Strasburg)
Portugal squad: Jeremias Pereira ( Bobigny, France), João Francisco Jacob Mateus (AA Coimbra), Jose Miguel Folhadela (AA Coimbra), José Ferrão (AA Coimbra), Francisco Miguel Lopes (AEIS Agronomia), Ricardo Joao Coelho (Tecnico), Filipe Olegario Lopes ( Benfica), Bruno Saraiva, Duarte Da Silva (Belenenses), Francisco Maria Morais (Belenenses), Francisco Mourato (Belenenses), Joao Francisco Coelho (Belenenses), Joao Manuel Teixeira (Belenenses), Miguel Maria Gonçalves (Belenenses), Rodrigo Pais Matias (Belenenses), Joao Vasco Miranda (Belenenses), Duarte Ferreirinha (CDUP), Francisco Miguel Sousa (CDUP), Tomas Nestor Rodrigues (CDUP), Antonio Poppe (Belenenses), Diogo Miguel Lopes (Belenenses), Henrique Camara (Belenenses), Manuel Abecassis (Belenenses), Manuel Maria Abecassis (Belenenses), Pedro Maria Sousa (Belenenses), Rafael Antunes (Belenenses), Veltioven Cassama (Belenenses), Hugo Filipe Almeida (GD Direito), Manuel Antunes Silva (GD Direito), Arnaud Marcos Goncalves (Toulon, France), Joao Francisco Lourenço (Benfica)
Spain squad: Spain Squad: Javier Acosta Rodríguez (Atlético Portuense), Marcos De La Cueva Aguilera (Atlético Portuense), Joaquín Nimo Bellido (Atlético Portuense), Ignacio Villanueva Martín (Atlético Portuense), Ignacio Tomás Heredia (Jaén), Albert Isola (Marbella), Michael Hogg (Jaén), Carlos Ollero Navarro (Inés Rosales), Marc Puigbert Velazco (UE Santboiana), Luís Fdo Del Moral Ordax (El Salvador), Pedro Rodríguez Collantes (El Salvador), Alex López Francos Busturia (Vrac Quesos Entrepinares), Alberto Blanco Alonso (Vrac Quesos Entrepinares), Carlos Casanova Galindo (Cau Valencia), Julen Goia Iriberri (Ordizia), Imanol Iruarriz Rodríguez (Ordizia), Koldo Barandiaran Andrés (Bera Bera), Eduardo Martín Goenaga (Bera Bera), Unai Lasa Arratibel (Bera Bera), Diego García Adrada (Alcobendas), Carlos Gómez Pindado (Boadilla Tasman), Pablo Alcalde Tremiño (Cisneros), Guillermo Espinos Gozalvez (Cisneros), Hermenegildo Simón Velasco (Cisneros), Unai Bonfils Erquiaga (Biarritz Olympique, France), Calum Mulderrig (Durham University, England)