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2014 European Cup

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Winner
  
Scotland (1st title)

Top try scorer
  
Remy Marginet (5)

Matches played
  
5

Points scored
  
307

Dates
  
17 Oct 2014 – 2 Nov 2014

Top scorer
  
Remy Marginet (48)

Attendance
  
11,414

Number of teams
  
4

Tries scored
  
57

2014 European Cup

Host countries
  
England  Ireland  France  Scotland  Wales

The 2014 European Cup was an international rugby league football tournament. The tournament took place in England, Wales, France, Ireland and Scotland between 17 October and 2 November. It was announced beforehand that the winner of the tournament would qualify for the 2016 Four Nations, and also that if Ireland or Wales won tournament, they will automatically qualify for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup (due to the World Cup qualifying tournament taking place at the same time as the 2016 Four Nations). France and Scotland had already qualified for that tournament.

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The England Knights were defending Champions but they did not compete in this year's tournament. Four teams competed in the 2014 event; Scotland, Ireland, France and Wales. Scotland were crowned champions on points differential, and subsequently won their first European Cup title. Scotland therefore qualified for the 2016 Four Nations, which will be their first appearance in a Four Nations tournament.

France

Head Coach: Richard Agar

  • On 3 October, Richard Agar named the following 23 players as part of his squad in preparation for the tournament.
  • On 7 October, Aaron Wood and Tony Maurel of Toulouse Olympique were called into Richard Agar's squad to replace Morgan EscarĂ© (medical reasons) and Vincent Duport (resting after Super League).

    • Ireland

    Head Coach: Mark Aston

  • On the 10th of October, Mark Aston named the following 29 players as part of a train-on squad in preparation for the tournament.
  • On the 16th of October, Mark Aston added Halifax RLFC halfback Ben Johnston to his squad for the tournament.
  • Liam Finn was a late addition for the Irish team. He arrived just in time to play for Ireland in their final tournament match against Wales.

    • Scotland

    Head Coach: Steve McCormack

  • On the 10th of October, Steve McCormack named the following 31 players as part of a train-on squad in preparation for the tournament.

    • Wales

    Head Coach: John Kear

  • On the 7th of October, John Kear named the following 25 players as part of his squad in preparation for the tournament.
  • On the 9th of October, John Kear brought in four new players to the team to add to his train-on squad after withdrawals from Garreth Carvell and Rob Massam. Carvell withdrew due to injury while Massam cited work commitments. The four new players Kear brought in are: Tom Hughes, Morgan Evans, Lewis Reece and Owain Griffiths.

    • Venues

    The games will be played at the following venues in England, Ireland, France, Scotland and Wales.

    Matches details

    All times are local: UTC+0/GMT in English venues. UTC+1/CET in French venues. UTC+0/WET in Irish venues. UTC+0/GMT in Welsh venues. UTC+0/GMT in Scottish venues.

    References

    2014 European Cup Wikipedia
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