Men’s European Championship 2025 Fixtures

[Gomersall]

https://europeanrugbyleague.com/articles/2557/nations-prepare-for-mens-european-champi...

MEN’S EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 FIXTURES

Euro B
Saturday 18 October – Malta v Netherlands – Marsa Sports Complex, Malta (kick off TBC)
Saturday 25 October – Netherlands v Serbia – RC Oysters, Oistervijk, Netherlands (kick off 5.30pm)
Saturday 1 November – Serbia v Malta – FK BSK, Borca, Serbia (kick off 1pm)

Euro C
Saturday 18 October – Italy v Ukraine – RC Pasian Di Prato, Udine, Italy (kick off 3pm)
Wednesday 22 October – Greece v Ukraine - RC Pasian Di Prato, Udine, Italy (kick off 3pm)
Saturday 25 October – Italy v Greece - RC Pasian Di Prato, Udine, Italy (kick off 3pm)

Euro D
Saturday 11 October – Norway v Czechia - Strømmen Stadion, Strømmen, Norway (kick off 2pm)
Saturday 18 October – Czechia v Germany - Stadion HZS, Hradec Kralove, Czechia (kick off 1pm)
Saturday 25 October – Germany v Norway, Sportplatz Welper, Hattingen, Germany (kick off 2pm)

Edited October 13 by Gomersall

[StandOffHalf]

Is there a Euro A?

Nice to see these fixtures.

[The Future is League]

14 minutes ago, Gomersall said:

https://europeanrugbyleague.com/articles/2557/nations-prepare-for-mens-european-champi...

MEN’S EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 FIXTURES

Euro B
Saturday 18 October – Malta v Netherlands – Marsa Sports Complex, Malta (kick off TBC)
Saturday 25 October – Netherlands v Serbia – RC Oysters, Oistervijk, Netherlands (kick off 5.30pm)
Saturday 1 November – Serbia v Malta – FK BSK, Borca, Serbia (kick off 1pm)

Euro C
Saturday 18 October – Italy v Ukraine – RC Pasian Di Prato, Udine, Italy (kick off 3pm)
Wednesday 22 October – Greece v Ukraine - RC Pasian Di Prato, Udine, Italy (kick off 3pm)
Saturday 25 October – Italy v Greece - RC Pasian Di Prato, Udine, Italy (kick off 3pm)

Euro D
Saturday 11 October – Norway v Czechia - Strømmen Stadion, Strømmen, Norway (kick off 2pm)
Saturday 18 October – Czechia v Germany - Stadion HZS, Hradec Kralove, Czechia (kick off 1pm)
Saturday 25 October – Germany v Norway, Sportplatz Welper, Hattingen, Germany (kick off 2pm)

Is there a minimum requirement for team to play in these championships like have a 6 team competition in their countries?

[corkonian77]

39 minutes ago, Gomersall said:

https://europeanrugbyleague.com/articles/2557/nations-prepare-for-mens-european-champi...

MEN’S EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 FIXTURES

Euro B
Saturday 18 October – Malta v Netherlands – Marsa Sports Complex, Malta (kick off TBC)
Saturday 25 October – Netherlands v Serbia – RC Oysters, Oistervijk, Netherlands (kick off 5.30pm)
Saturday 1 November – Serbia v Malta – FK BSK, Borca, Serbia (kick off 1pm)

Euro C
Saturday 18 October – Italy v Ukraine – RC Pasian Di Prato, Udine, Italy (kick off 3pm)
Wednesday 22 October – Greece v Ukraine - RC Pasian Di Prato, Udine, Italy (kick off 3pm)
Saturday 25 October – Italy v Greece - RC Pasian Di Prato, Udine, Italy (kick off 3pm)

Euro D
Saturday 11 October – Norway v Czechia - Strømmen Stadion, Strømmen, Norway (kick off 2pm)
Saturday 18 October – Czechia v Germany - Stadion HZS, Hradec Kralove, Czechia (kick off 1pm)
Saturday 25 October – Germany v Norway, Sportplatz Welper, Hattingen, Germany (kick off 2pm)

No 

Ireland  can't  even organise  games in the Island  of Ireland. 

[The Hallucinating Goose]

Do we know if any of these games are gonna be broadcast? Even if it's just a youtube stream?

[langpark]

15 hours ago, The Future is League said:

Is there a minimum requirement for team to play in these championships like have a 6 team competition in their countries?

No. Not many countries would pass that test if that were the case. 

However, I believe there is a limit of 7 heritage players per team, in all divisions. 

[Gomersall]

1 hour ago, langpark said:

However, I believe there is a limit of 7 heritage players per team, in all divisions. 

 

[OriginalMrC]

This is great to see and I hope these countries can use it as a platform to develop. 

What's happening with Scotland, Wales, Ireland and France though? 

[Barley Mow]

47 minutes ago, OriginalMrC said:

This is great to see and I hope these countries can use it as a platform to develop. 

What's happening with Scotland, Wales, Ireland and France though? 

France have a World Cup qualifier against Jamaica.

Ireland play Netherlands in a friendly before the Euro Championships, then a two match series against Wales during them.

Edited September 30 by Barley Mow

[Gomersall]

https://europeanrugbyleague.com/fixtures/1416/norway-86-6-czech-republic

[Tommygilf]

Great to see, hopefully these things can really build some consistency.

Typical of RL that it is those nearest the top (but not quite there) who seem to lack the ability to do these properly.

How balanced are these groups and does it work like the Nations League? Greece for example made the last world cup but are in the division below Malta and the Netherlands?

[Wellsy4HullFC]

On 30/09/2025 at 14:15, Barley Mow said:

France have a World Cup qualifier against Jamaica.

Ireland play Netherlands in a friendly before the Euro Championships, then a two match series against Wales during them.

I get why France can't take part (although Cook Islands have managed to have 2 Pacific Bowl matches before their qualifier against South Africa so still manageable).

But surely could have had a triangular series between Ireland, Wales and Scotland? Are Scotland even playing this autumn?

[langpark]

12 hours ago, Tommygilf said:

How balanced are these groups and does it work like the Nations League? Greece for example made the last world cup but are in the division below Malta and the Netherlands?

I think it was supposed to be that way, but they may have just ended up doing it based on what worked best logistically.  I believe this is the first Euro Championships that are entirely self-funded by the nations, whereas in the past, they were getting a few grand as a match grant from the ERL.  

Ukraine's emphatic win over Netherlands proves that (I am sure they would do the same to Malta and possibly even Serbia).  Greece too, you could argue would be stronger than the "Group B" nations.

[Barley Mow]

 

2 hours ago, langpark said:

I think it was supposed to be that way, but they may have just ended up doing it based on what worked best logistically.  I believe this is the first Euro Championships that are entirely self-funded by the nations, whereas in the past, they were getting a few grand as a match grant from the ERL.  

Ukraine's emphatic win over Netherlands proves that (I am sure they would do the same to Malta and possibly even Serbia).  Greece too, you could argue would be stronger than the "Group B" nations.

Serbia beat Ukraine 50-10 in October last year.

[langpark]

48 minutes ago, Barley Mow said:

Serbia beat Ukraine 50-10 in October last year.

Serbia were propped up by 7 heritage players including:  Nick Cotric, David Nofoaluma and Nick O'Meley.  Ukraine had zero.

Fast forward to this year and Ukraine have 7 heritage players, including Jett Cleary.  Not sure if Serbia will have any, but will wait to see what squad they announce.  But if it's Ukraine with those 7 Aussies, against an all-domestic Serbia, then yes, I am putting my house on Ukraine.

[Barley Mow]

8 minutes ago, langpark said:

Serbia were propped up by 7 heritage players including:  Nick Cotric, David Nofoaluma and Nick O'Meley.  Ukraine had zero.

Fast forward to this year and Ukraine have 7 heritage players, including Jett Cleary.  Not sure if Serbia will have any, but will wait to see what squad they announce.  But if it's Ukraine with those 7 Aussies, against an all-domestic Serbia, then yes, I am putting my house on Ukraine.

If it's a mirror image of last year's heritage player availability, then yes they'd have the advantage.

Perhaps those Ukrainian heritage players should've put their hand up last year when there was a chance of World Cup qualification.

[Gomersall]

 

[welshmagpie]

8 hours ago, langpark said:

Serbia were propped up by 7 heritage players including:  Nick Cotric, David Nofoaluma and Nick O'Meley.  Ukraine had zero.

Fast forward to this year and Ukraine have 7 heritage players, including Jett Cleary.  Not sure if Serbia will have any, but will wait to see what squad they announce.  But if it's Ukraine with those 7 Aussies, against an all-domestic Serbia, then yes, I am putting my house on Ukraine.

though I agree fully with your point… Ukraine had Tigris Polata, Daniel Janissen and a couple others against Serbia last year - it wasn’t wholly domestic. 
 

 

[The Future is League]

On 14/10/2025 at 21:16, Barley Mow said:

If it's a mirror image of last year's heritage player availability, then yes they'd have the advantage.

Perhaps those Ukrainian heritage players should've put their hand up last year when there was a chance of World Cup qualification.

Perhaps it should be the rule that you can only use players from your domestic competion in these events to grow the game in them countries.

[langpark]

7 minutes ago, The Future is League said:

Perhaps it should be the rule that you can only use players from your domestic competion in these events to grow the game in them countries.

There used to be a rule for how many heritage players could be used, it used to be:

Group A:  15/17 could be heritage (still not convinced that Scotland and Ireland indeed mustered 2 local players in their matches, but supposedly the rule was being enforced)

Group B:  7/17

Group C - 4/17

Group D - 3/17

I think things have changed now, but I think all of Group B and lower is now 7/17.

[Griff]

On 15/10/2025 at 12:56, langpark said:

There used to be a rule for how many heritage players could be used, it used to be:

Group A:  15/17 could be heritage (still not convinced that Scotland and Ireland indeed mustered 2 local players in their matches...

 Which match were you thinking of where the rule was not complied with?

[langpark]

4 hours ago, Griff said:

 Which match were you thinking of where the rule was not complied with?

Well it has supposedly been a rule since circa 2013. I could dig into the archives at some point if you like? But I am pretty sure many times they competed in Euro Group A without any local players. 

[Griff]

5 hours ago, langpark said:

Well it has supposedly been a rule since circa 2013. I could dig into the archives at some point if you like? But I am pretty sure many times they competed in Euro Group A without any local players. 

Oh right.  Well I'll await the outcome of your research.

I'll start you off with the 2014 and 2015 Ireland games

2014

v France  Casey Dunne, Wayne Kelly, Graham O'Keeffe, Matty Hadden

v Scotland  Casey Dunne, Wayne Kelly, Matty Hadden

v Wales  Casey Dunne, Matty Hadden

2015

v France   Casey Dunne, Graham O'Keeffe, Matty Hadden

v Scotland  Casey Dunne, Matty Hadden, Graham O'Keeffe

v Wales  Casey Dunne, Matty Hadden, Gareth Gill

[langpark]

2 hours ago, Griff said:

Oh right.  Well I'll await the outcome of your research.

Well kudos to Ireland then!  At a quick look, that very same Ireland vs Scotland fixture, Scotland initially announced 3 in their 21-man squad:

SCOTLAND
Danny Addy (Bradford Bulls), Nathan Massey (Canterbury Bulldogs), David Scott (Doncaster), Gregor Ramsay (Easterhouse Panthers), Lewis Clarke, Finn Murphy  (Edinburgh Eagles), Ben Hellewell (Featherstone Rovers), Danny Brough, Joe Wardle  (Huddersfield Giants), Harvey Burnett, Oscar Thomas  (London Broncos), Louis Senter (Halifax), Sonny Esslemont, Adam Walker  (Hull KR), Josh Barlow (Swinton Lions), Alex Hurst (Tweed Heads Seagulls), Corbyn Kilday (Wakefield Trinity), Ben Kavanagh (Widnes Vikings), Brett Phillips, Callum Phillips (Workington Town), Joe McLean (Uni of Gloucs All Golds)

Source:  https://europeanrugbyleague.com/articles/955/european-championship-game-4-ireland-v-scotland-preview

But none of them actually made the final cut on matchday:  https://europeanrugbyleague.com/fixtures/569/ireland-4-25-scotland

[Gomersall]

Kick off is 12:30 pm in the U.K. Now saying kick off is 02:00 pm in the U.K.

On 29/09/2025 at 20:35, The Hallucinating Goose said:

Do we know if any of these games are gonna be broadcast? Even if it's just a youtube stream?

 

Edited October 18 by Gomersall