2008 Russian Professional Rugby League season

The 2008 Russian Professional Rugby League Season was the fourth season of the new Russian Professional Rugby League. The season saw a huge expansion of the competition with the entrance of 14 teams into the preliminary group stage of the championship. VVA Monino were the eventual champions.

2008 Professional Rugby League season
Countries Russia
ChampionsVVA-Podmoskovye Monino (8th title)
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Format

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This season saw the introduction of an initial group stage whereby the championship was divided into two Divisions, the Eastern Division consisting of six teams, and the Western Division consisting of eight, with the West Division further subdivided into two groups of four. At the end of the group stage the top six sides formed a super-group that then featured a home and away stage between these six sides.

The play-offs again featured a best of three semi final stage with the top side playing against the four side, whilst two versed three. The final itself was a best of three if required, though the surprise finalists Slava Moscow were defeated by VVA Monino 2-0.

Teams

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Club City
VVA Monino Monino
Slava Moscow Moscow
Fili Moscow Moscow
RK Zelenograd (Moscow) Moscow
Spartak GM Moscow
RK Maryina (Moscow) Moscow
Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk
Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk
RK Siberia (Krasnoyarsk) Krasnoyarsk
Siberian Federal University (Krasnoyarsk) Krasnoyarsk
RC Novokuznetsk Novokuznetsk
Imperia-Dynamo Penza
Universitet Chita Chita
Dynamo-Don (Rostov-na-Donu) Rostov-na-Donu

Stage One East Divisions

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 RC Novokuznetsk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 RK Siberia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Universitet Chita 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Siberian Federal University 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [citation needed]

Round One


11 May 2008 Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk   99 – 10   Siberian Federal University Russia  
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12 May 2008 Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk   61 – 8   RK Siberia Russia  
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12 May 2008 Novokuznetsk   68 – 3   University Chita Russia  
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Round Two


17 May 2008 Siberian Federal University   11 – 23   University Chita Russia  
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18 May 2008 RK Siberia   18 – 26   Novokuznetsk Russia  
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May 2008 Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk   33 – 5   Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk Russia  
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Round 3


Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk   29 – 11   Novokuznetsk Russia  
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Siberian Federal University   7 – 48   Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk Russia  
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RK Siberia   19 – 0   University Chita Russia  
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Stage One West Division (Group A)

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 VVA Monino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Dynamo-Don 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Fili Moscow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 RK Maryina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [citation needed]

Round One


18 May 2008 VVA Monino   97 – 7   RK Marinya Russia  
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18 May 2008 Dynamo-Don   27 – 20   Fili Moscow Russia  
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Round Two


Dynamo-Don   12 – 48   VVA Monino Russia  
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Fili Moscow   76 – 9   RK Maryina Russia  
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Stage One West Division (Group B)

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Slava Moscow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Imperia-Dynamo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Spartak-GM Moscow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 RK Zelenograd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [citation needed]

Round One


Slava Moscow   83 – 3   Spartak-GM Moscow Russia  
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18 May 2008 Imperia-Dynamo Penza   88 – 6   RK Zelenograd Russia  
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Round Two


Slava Moscow   38 – 33   Imperia-Dynamo Penza Russia  
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RK Zelnograd   3 – 5   Spartak-GM Moscow Russia  
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Superleague (Final League) Table (Places 1-6)

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 VVA-Podmoskovye Monino 10 9 0 1 374 119 +255 37
2 Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk 10 6 0 4 198 255 −57 28
3 Slava Moscow 10 5 1 4 211 226 −15 26
4 Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk 10 5 0 5 257 158 +99 25
5 RC Novokuznetsk 10 4 1 5 168 194 −26 23
6 Imperia-Dynamo Penza 10 0 0 10 138 395 −257 10
Source: [citation needed]

Play-offs

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2008 Russian Professional League Play-offs
Home Score Away
Semi-Finals (Best of 3 Match Series)
VVA-Podmoskovye Monino 2-1 Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk
Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk 1-2 Slava Moscow
Finals (Best of 3 Match Series)
3rd Place Play-off Final
Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk 0-2 Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk
Championship Final
VVA-Podmoskovye Monino 2-0 Slava Moscow