2017 Balkans Cup (rugby league)

The 2017 Balkans Cup was a rugby league football tournament that was held in Serbia between October 6 and October 10, 2017.

2017 (2017) Balkans Cup  ()
Number of teams	3
Host country	Serbia
Winner	Serbia (1st title)
Matches played	3
Points scored	202 (67.33 per match)
Tries scored	36 (12 per match)
Tournaments  < 2014 2019 >

Three teams competed in the 2017 event. These teams were: Serbia, Greece and Bulgaria.

After a series of round robin matches, Serbia were crowned champions for the first time in their history.

Teams

Team	Coach	Captain	RLIF Rank
Serbia	Ljubomir Bukvić	Dragan Jankovic	14
Greece	Steve Georgallis	Stefanos Bastas	23
Bulgaria	Tihomir Simeonov	Tihomir Simeonov	41

Stadiums

Stadium	Games	City	State	Capacity	Best Crowd
Makiš Stadium	1	Čukarica	Belgrade	4,000	150
Sportski Centar Rakovica	2	Rakovica	Belgrade

Fixtures

Round 1

Greece vs Bulgaria

6 October 2017 21:30 (GMT+2)

Greece	68 – 8	Bulgaria
Tries: Aris Dardamanis (2) Giorgos Tsiakos (2) Alvaro Zota (2) Stefanos Bastas Kostas Georgogalas Konstantinos Katsidonis Iasonas Lamprou Ioannis Nake Ioannis Rousoglou Goals: Nikolaos Bosmos (9/11) Ioannis Nake (1/1)	Report	Tries: Milen Nikolov (2) Goals: Milen Nikolov (0/2)

SC Rakovica, Belgrade Attendance: 50 Referee: Radoslav Novakovic

Round 2

Serbia vs Greece

8 October 2017

Serbia	50 – 8	Greece
Tries: Rajko Trifunović (2) Miloš Zogović (2) Andrej Mora Relja Petrović Aleksa Radić Djordje Stošić Miloš Ćalić Goals: Vojislav Dedić (5/7) Miloš Zogović (2/2)	Report	Tries: Dimosthenis Kartsonakis Goals: Nikolaos Bosmos (2/2)

Makis Stadium, Belgrade Attendance: 150 Referee: Slavisa Zekic

Round 3

Serbia vs Bulgaria

10 October 2017

Serbia	50 – 20	Bulgaria
Tries: Denis Bajrami (2) Dragan Janković (2) Tihomir Stamenković (2) Mihajlo Ilic Mihajlo Jović Aleksandar Palović Goals: Stefan Vukanović (7/8) Branko Čarapić (0/1)	Report	Tries: Antonio Lubenov (3) Martin Hristov Goals: Veselin Pechev (2/4)

SC Rakovica, Belgrade