Russian Championship season 2007

The Russian Championship is the major rugby league tournament for semi-professional clubs in Russia. In 2007 eight teams from across Russia took part in the competition. The league is governed by the Russian Rugby League Federation. The 2007 season was the 17th season of the Russian Championship since its beginning in 1991.

== Russian Championship 2007 Format ==
First stage: Ten teams play into two circles with the journeyings.
Second stage: The teams, finishing 1st and 2nd during the first stage, play to two victories for the 1st place. The teams, finishing 3rd and 4th during the first stage, play to two victories for the 3rd place and 4th places.

Teams participating the Russian Championship 2007


Lokomotiv Moscow
Kazan Arrows
Vereya
Energy Kazan
CoSMoS Krasnoznamensk
Crystal Rostov-on-Don
Neva St.Petersburg
Empire Penza

Results: First stage of the Russian Championship 2007


Round 1: (Weekend of April 21st and 22nd):
Arrows - Neva St.Petersburg 30-0
Vereya - Crystal 108-0
Empire - Cosmos 64-6

Round 2: (Weekend of April 28th and 29th):
Locomotive - Arrows 40-10
Cosmos - Energy 25-30
Crystal - Empire 24-46
Neva St.Petersburg - Vereya 0-78

Round 3: (Weekend of May 5th and 6th):
Empire - Neva St.Petersburg 64-2
Energy - Crystal 30-0
Vereya - Locomotive 17-32

Round 4: (Weekend of May 12th and 13th):
Arrows - Vereya 12-12
Empire - Locomotive 6-56
Neva St.Petersburg - Energy 32-40

Round 5: (Weekend of May 19th and 20th):
Empire - Arrows 22-14
Energy - Locomotive 12-54
Cosmos - Crystal 56-18

Round 6: (Weekend of June 2nd and 3rd):
Neva St.Petersburg - Cosmos 30-6
Arrows - Energy 24-20
Vereya - Empire 36-2

Round 7: (Weekend of June 9th and 10th):
Energy - Vereya 10-64
Cosmos - Locomotive 3-104
Crystal - Neva St.Petersburg 68-18

Round 8: (Weekend of June 16th and 17th):
Crystal - Arrows 0-30
Cosmos - Vereya 1-112
Neva St.Petersburg - Locomotive 6-40

Round 9: (Weekend of June 23rd and 24th):
Empire - Energy 32-14
Locomotive - Crystal 58-4
Arrows - Cosmos 60-16

Round 10: (Weekend of July 21st and 22nd):
Neva St.Petersburg - Arrows 4-52
Crystal - Vereya 10-74
Cosmos - Empire 17- 59

Round 11: (Weekend of July 28th and 29th):
Arrows - Locomotive 4-24
Vereya - Neva St.Petersburg 84-12
Energy - Cosmos 46-6
Empire - Crystal 30-0

Round 12: (Weekend of August 4th and 5th):
Locomotive - Vereya 40-6
Neva St.Petersburg - Empire 6-76
Crystal - Energy 0-30

Round 13: (Weekend of August 11th and 12th):
Vereya - Arrows 56-12
Locomotive - Empire 72-20
Energy - Neva St.Petersburg 124-4

Round 14: (Weekend of August 18th and 19th):
Locomotive - Energy 108-5
Arrows - Empire 14-15
Crystal - Cosmos 54-8

Round 15: (Weekend of September 1st and 2nd):
Empire - Vereya 23-40
Cosmos - Neva St.Petersburg 52-10
Energy - Arrows 12-36

Round 16: (Weekend of September 8th and 9th):
Locomotive - Cosmos 98-3
Vereya - Energy 74-5
Neva St.Petersburg - Crystal 22-34

Round 17: (Weekend of September 15th and 16th):
Locomotive - Neva St.Petersburg 30-0
Vereya - Cosmos 112-4
Arrows - Crystal 30-0

Round 18: (Weekend of September 22nd and 23rd):
Energy - Empire 14-26
Crystal - Locomotive 0-64
Cosmos - Arrows 23-40

Ladder

Team

W

D

L

PF

PA

PD

Pts

1

Lokomotiv

14

0

0

820

79

+741

42

2

Vereya

11

1

2

873

163

+710

37

3

Empire

10

0

4

485

315

+170

34

4

Arrows

8

1

5

368

244

+124

31

5

Energy

6

0

8

392

485

-93

26

6

Crystal

3

0

11

214

604

-390

20

7

Cosmos

1

0

13

223

819

-596

16

8

St.Petersburg

1

0

13

142

726

-584

16

Points System

3 Points - Win
2 Points - Draw
1 Point - Loss
0 Points - Technical Loss (Forfeit)

Results: Second stage of the Russian Championship 2007


Week 1: September 29th:
1st) Lokomotive - 2nd) Vereya 58-14
3rd) Empire - 4th) Arrows 21-16

Week 2: October 4th:
2nd) Vereya - 1st) Lokomotive 6-26
4th) Arrows - 3rd) Empire 18-17

Week 3: October 9th (If Required):
3rd) Empire - 4th) Arrows

Sources

See also

  • Rugby league in Russia
  • Russia national rugby league team