Ukraine Rugby Superliga
Encyclopedia
The Rugby Superliga is the highest tier of the national rugby union
competition in Ukraine
. RC Olymp
is the 2009 and defending champion. The participants are:
There seems to be a new format for the 2011-12 season. The top nine teams are divided into two groups, although the league probably lost its professional status. There is also an additional group with four teams battling it out for the 10th to 13th spots.
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Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
competition in Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
. RC Olymp
RC Olymp
RC Olymp is a Ukrainian rugby club in Kharkiv. The team currently plays in the Ukraine Rugby Superliga. For the past few years the club has produced the majority of the Ukraine national team.-Current squad:-Staff:...
is the 2009 and defending champion. The participants are:
- RC OlympRC OlympRC Olymp is a Ukrainian rugby club in Kharkiv. The team currently plays in the Ukraine Rugby Superliga. For the past few years the club has produced the majority of the Ukraine national team.-Current squad:-Staff:...
- based in KharkivKharkivKharkiv or Kharkov is the second-largest city in Ukraine.The city was founded in 1654 and was a major centre of Ukrainian culture in the Russian Empire. Kharkiv became the first city in Ukraine where the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was proclaimed in December 1917 and Soviet government was... - RC Kredo-63RC Kredo-63RC Kredo-63 is a Ukrainian rugby club in Odessa. They currently play in the Ukraine Rugby Superliga, the top level of rugby union in Ukraine.-Historical names:*1963-1966 Avangard *1967-1984 SC Yanvarets...
- based in OdessaOdessaOdessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .The predecessor of Odessa, a small Tatar settlement,... - RC AviatorRC AviatorRC Aviator is a Ukrainian rugby club in Kiev.-External links:* on Ukrainian Rugby Portal...
- based in KievKievKiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press.... - RC Epokha-PolytechnicRC Epokha-PolytechnicRC Epokha-Polytechnic is a Ukrainian rugby club in Kiev. They currently play in Group B of the Ukraine Rugby Superliga.-Honors:*Ukrainian Championship** 1975, 1976, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997-External links:*...
- based in KievKievKiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press.... - Argo-NAU - based in KievKievKiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
- Obolon-University - based in KhmelnytskyiKhmelnytskyi, UkraineKhmelnytskyi is a city in Ukraine in the region of Podillia. It is located on the Southern Buh River and about from the Ukrainian capital, Kiev. The town's original name was Płoskirów, later Proskurov, but in 1954 was renamed Khmelnytskyi. It is the center of the Khmelnytskyi Oblast in western...
There seems to be a new format for the 2011-12 season. The top nine teams are divided into two groups, although the league probably lost its professional status. There is also an additional group with four teams battling it out for the 10th to 13th spots.
Group A
- RC Dinamo-CenterRC Dinamo-CenterRC Dinamo-Center is a Moldovan rugby club in Tiraspol. They currently play in the Ukraine Rugby Superliga, despite the city being located in within the borders of Moldova....
(TiraspolTiraspolTiraspol is the second largest city in Moldova and is the capital and administrative centre of the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic . The city is located on the eastern bank of the Dniester River...
, MoldovaMoldovaMoldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...
) - RC Evko-MoreRC Evko-MoreRC Evko-More is a Ukrainian rugby club in Feodosiya. They currently play in Group A of the Ukraine Rugby Superliga.-External links:* at rugby.org.ua...
(Feodosiya) - RC Obolon-UniversityRC Obolon-UniversityRC Obolon-University is a Ukrainian rugby club in Khmelnytskyi.-External links:* on Ukrainian Rugby Portal...
(KhmelnytskyiKhmelnytskyi, UkraineKhmelnytskyi is a city in Ukraine in the region of Podillia. It is located on the Southern Buh River and about from the Ukrainian capital, Kiev. The town's original name was Płoskirów, later Proskurov, but in 1954 was renamed Khmelnytskyi. It is the center of the Khmelnytskyi Oblast in western...
) - RC OlympRC OlympRC Olymp is a Ukrainian rugby club in Kharkiv. The team currently plays in the Ukraine Rugby Superliga. For the past few years the club has produced the majority of the Ukraine national team.-Current squad:-Staff:...
(KharkivKharkivKharkiv or Kharkov is the second-largest city in Ukraine.The city was founded in 1654 and was a major centre of Ukrainian culture in the Russian Empire. Kharkiv became the first city in Ukraine where the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was proclaimed in December 1917 and Soviet government was...
) - RC TEX-A-CRC TEX-A-CRC TEX-A-C is an Ukrainian rugby club in Kharkiv. They currently play in Group A of the Ukraine Rugby Superliga....
(Kharkiv)
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Group B
- RC AntaresRC AntaresRC Antares is a Ukrainian rugby club in Kiev. They currently play in Group B of the Ukraine Rugby Superliga.vkontakte.ru/club3989459...
(KievKievKiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
) - RC Epokha-PolitekhnikRC Epokha-PolytechnicRC Epokha-Polytechnic is a Ukrainian rugby club in Kiev. They currently play in Group B of the Ukraine Rugby Superliga.-Honors:*Ukrainian Championship** 1975, 1976, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997-External links:*...
(Kiev, not to be confused with Politekhnik from Odessa) - RC Kredo-63RC Kredo-63RC Kredo-63 is a Ukrainian rugby club in Odessa. They currently play in the Ukraine Rugby Superliga, the top level of rugby union in Ukraine.-Historical names:*1963-1966 Avangard *1967-1984 SC Yanvarets...
(OdessaOdessaOdessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .The predecessor of Odessa, a small Tatar settlement,...
) - SC SokilSC SokilSC Sokil is a Ukrainian rugby club in Lviv.-Current squad:-External links:* on Ukrainian Rugby Portal...
(LvivLvivLviv is a city in western Ukraine. The city is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically has also been a major Polish and Jewish cultural center, as Poles and Jews were the two main ethnicities of the city until the outbreak of World War II and the following...
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Additional group
- RC ArgoRC ArgoRC Argo is a Ukrainian rugby club in Kiev.-Current squad:...
(Kiev) - RC BatyariRC BatyariRC Batyari is a Ukrainian rugby club in Lviv. They are one of the four teams comprising the additional group in the Ukraine Rugby Superliga....
(Lviv) - RC PolytechnicRC PolytechnicRC Polytechnic is a Ukrainian rugby club in Odessa. They are one of the four teams comprising the additional group in the Ukraine Rugby Superliga.-History:...
(Odessa) - RC RolandRC RolandRC Roland is an Ukrainian rugby club in Ivano-Frankivsk. The club is named after the Roland Battalion, an Ukrainian subunit of the German Abwehr during World War II. They are one of the four teams comprising the additional group in the Ukraine Rugby Superliga....
(Ivano-FrankivskIvano-FrankivskIvano-Frankivsk is a historic city located in the western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast , and is designated as its own separate raion within the oblast, municipality....
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