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Ukraine</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:European_Sevens_2008,_Ireland_vs_Ukraine,_Oleg_Kvasnitsa_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/European_Sevens_2008%2C_Ireland_vs_Ukraine%2C_Oleg_Kvasnitsa_2.jpg/300px-European_Sevens_2008%2C_Ireland_vs_Ukraine%2C_Oleg_Kvasnitsa_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/European_Sevens_2008%2C_Ireland_vs_Ukraine%2C_Oleg_Kvasnitsa_2.jpg/450px-European_Sevens_2008%2C_Ireland_vs_Ukraine%2C_Oleg_Kvasnitsa_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/European_Sevens_2008%2C_Ireland_vs_Ukraine%2C_Oleg_Kvasnitsa_2.jpg/600px-European_Sevens_2008%2C_Ireland_vs_Ukraine%2C_Oleg_Kvasnitsa_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1280" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Oleg Kvasnitsa intercepts the ball from <a 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style="border-bottom:1px solid lightgray;">National competitions</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Rugby_World_Cup" title="Rugby World Cup">Rugby World Cup</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Rugby_World_Cup_Sevens" title="Rugby World Cup Sevens">Rugby World Cup Sevens</a><br /><a href="/wiki/IRB_Sevens_World_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="IRB Sevens World Series">IRB Sevens World Series</a><br /><a href="/wiki/European_Nations_Cup_(Rugby_Union)" class="mw-redirect" title="European Nations Cup (Rugby Union)">European Nations Cup</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">Rugby union</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a></b> is a minor but growing sport, with a history dating back over six decades. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governing_Body">Governing Body</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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Russian Empire</a> as early as in 1908. In 1934 the Moscow Championship was started, and in 1936 the first <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Championship_(rugby_union)" title="Soviet Championship (rugby union)">Soviet Championship</a> took place. </p><p>In 1949, rugby union was forbidden in the USSR during the "fight against the <a href="/wiki/Cosmopolitanism" title="Cosmopolitanism">cosmopolitanism</a>". The competitions were resumed in 1957, and the Soviet Championship in 1966. In 1975 the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_national_rugby_union_team" title="Soviet Union national rugby union team">Soviet national team</a> played their first match.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ukraine had its own rugby team in the USSR, but it was not treated as a proper national side. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-independence">Post-independence</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugby_union_in_Ukraine&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Post-independence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rugby union arrived in Ukraine during the post-War Soviet period. Ukraine was not a stronghold of rugby in the USSR - the game was mainly played in <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Russia" title="Rugby union in Russia">Russia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Georgia" title="Rugby union in Georgia">Georgia</a>, but it was stronger there, than certain other republics. The game has experienced some growth in the post-independence period, particularly the 1990s, when former USSR team coach Igor Bokov helped run the game there.<sup id="cite_ref-Completerugby_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Completerugby-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ukrainian rugby has strong ties with the military, with the strongest side being the airforce Aviator Kyiv.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Like many other minor rugby nations, the game tend to be centred on the capital, <a href="/wiki/Kyiv" title="Kyiv">Kyiv</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Completerugby_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Completerugby-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Naturally, Ukrainian rugby has been affected by social and economic conditions since independence. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2011-09-25</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=International+Rugby+Board+-+UKRAINE&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.irb.com%2Funions%2Funion%3D11000096%2Findex.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARugby+union+in+Ukraine" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Completerugby-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Completerugby_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Completerugby_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Completerugby_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBath1997" class="citation book cs1">Bath, Richard, ed. (1997). <i>The Complete Book of Rugby</i>. 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class="mw-redirect" title="Rugby union in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf">Arab states of the Persian Gulf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Armenia" title="Rugby union in Armenia">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Austria" title="Rugby union in Austria">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Azerbaijan" title="Rugby union in Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_the_Bahamas" title="Rugby union in the Bahamas">Bahamas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Barbados" title="Rugby union in Barbados">Barbados</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Belgium" title="Rugby union in Belgium">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Bermuda" class="mw-redirect" title="Rugby union in Bermuda">Bermuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Rugby union in Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Botswana" title="Rugby union in Botswana">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Brazil" title="Rugby union in Brazil">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_the_British_Virgin_Islands" title="Rugby union in the British Virgin Islands">British Virgin Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Brunei" title="Rugby union in Brunei">Brunei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Bulgaria" title="Rugby union in Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Burundi" title="Rugby union in Burundi">Burundi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Cambodia" title="Rugby union in Cambodia">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Cameroon" title="Rugby union in Cameroon">Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_the_Cayman_Islands" title="Rugby union in the Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Chile" title="Rugby union in Chile">Chile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_China" title="Rugby union in China">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Taiwan" title="Rugby union in Taiwan">Chinese Taipei</a> (Taiwan)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Colombia" title="Rugby union in Colombia">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_the_Cook_Islands" title="Rugby union in the Cook Islands">Cook Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Costa_Rica" title="Rugby union in Costa Rica">Costa Rica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Croatia" title="Rugby union in Croatia">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Cyprus" title="Rugby union in Cyprus">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_the_Czech_Republic" title="Rugby union in the Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Denmark" title="Rugby union in Denmark">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Ecuador" title="Rugby union in Ecuador">Ecuador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Finland" title="Rugby union in Finland">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_French_Polynesia" title="Rugby union in French Polynesia">French Polynesia</a> (Tahiti)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Germany" title="Rugby union in Germany">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Ghana" title="Rugby union in Ghana">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Greece" title="Rugby union in Greece">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Guam" title="Rugby union in Guam">Guam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Guatemala" title="Rugby union in Guatemala">Guatemala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Guyana" title="Rugby union in Guyana">Guyana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Hong_Kong" title="Rugby union in Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Hungary" title="Rugby union in Hungary">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_India" title="Rugby union in India">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Israel" title="Rugby union in Israel">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Jamaica" title="Rugby union in Jamaica">Jamaica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Jordan" class="mw-redirect" title="Rugby union in Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Kazakhstan" title="Rugby union in Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Kenya" title="Rugby union in Kenya">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Kyrgyzstan" title="Rugby union in Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Laos" title="Rugby union in Laos">Laos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Latvia" title="Rugby union in Latvia">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Lesotho" title="Rugby union in Lesotho">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Lithuania" title="Rugby union in Lithuania">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Luxembourg" title="Rugby union in Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Macau" title="Rugby union in Macau">Macau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Madagascar" title="Rugby union in Madagascar">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Malaysia" title="Rugby union in Malaysia">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Mali" title="Rugby union in Mali">Mali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Malta" title="Rugby union in Malta">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Mauritania" title="Rugby union in Mauritania">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Mauritius" title="Rugby union in Mauritius">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Mexico" title="Rugby union in Mexico">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Moldova" title="Rugby union in Moldova">Moldova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Monaco" title="Rugby union in Monaco">Monaco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Mongolia" title="Rugby union in Mongolia">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Morocco" title="Rugby union in Morocco">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Nauru" title="Rugby union in Nauru">Nauru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_the_Netherlands" title="Rugby union in the Netherlands">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Nigeria" title="Rugby union in Nigeria">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Niue" class="mw-redirect" title="Rugby union in Niue">Niue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Norway" title="Rugby union in Norway">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Pakistan" title="Rugby union in Pakistan">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Papua_New_Guinea" title="Rugby union in Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Paraguay" title="Rugby union in Paraguay">Paraguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Peru" title="Rugby union in Peru">Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_the_Philippines" title="Rugby union in the Philippines">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Poland" title="Rugby union in Poland">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Rwanda" title="Rugby union in Rwanda">Rwanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Senegal" title="Rugby union in Senegal">Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Serbia" title="Rugby union in Serbia">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Singapore" title="Rugby union in Singapore">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Slovakia" title="Rugby union in Slovakia">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Slovenia" title="Rugby union in Slovenia">Slovenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Solomon_Islands" title="Rugby union in Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_South_Korea" title="Rugby union in South Korea">South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Rugby union in Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Saint_Lucia" title="Rugby union in Saint Lucia">St Lucia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines" class="mw-redirect" title="Rugby union in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines">St Vincent & Grenadines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Swaziland" class="mw-redirect" title="Rugby union in Swaziland">Swaziland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Sweden" title="Rugby union in Sweden">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Switzerland" title="Rugby union in Switzerland">Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Tanzania" title="Rugby union in Tanzania">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Thailand" title="Rugby union in Thailand">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Togo" title="Rugby union in Togo">Togo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Tunisia" title="Rugby union in Tunisia">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="Rugby union in Trinidad and Tobago">Trinidad & Tobago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Uganda" title="Rugby union in Uganda">Uganda</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Uzbekistan" title="Rugby union in Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Vanuatu" title="Rugby union in Vanuatu">Vanuatu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Venezuela" title="Rugby union in Venezuela">Venezuela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Zambia" title="Rugby union in Zambia">Zambia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former states without<br />World Cup experience</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Czechoslovakia" title="Rugby union in Czechoslovakia">Czechoslovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugby_union_in_the_German_Democratic_Republic&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rugby union in the German Democratic Republic (page does not exist)">East Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="Rugby union in the Soviet Union">USSR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_West_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Rugby union in West Germany">West Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Yugoslavia" title="Rugby union in Yugoslavia">Yugoslavia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Rugby_union_in_Europe" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Rugby_union_in_Europe" title="Template:Rugby union in Europe"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Rugby_union_in_Europe" title="Template talk:Rugby union in Europe"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Rugby_union_in_Europe" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Rugby union in Europe"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Rugby_union_in_Europe" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Rugby union in Europe">Rugby union in Europe </a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sovereign states</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Albania" title="Rugby union in Albania">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Andorra" title="Rugby union in Andorra">Andorra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Armenia" title="Rugby union in Armenia">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Austria" title="Rugby union in Austria">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Azerbaijan" title="Rugby union in Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Belarus" title="Rugby union in Belarus">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Belgium" title="Rugby union in Belgium">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Rugby union in Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Bulgaria" title="Rugby union in Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Croatia" title="Rugby union in Croatia">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Cyprus" title="Rugby union in Cyprus">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_the_Czech_Republic" title="Rugby union in the Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Denmark" title="Rugby union in Denmark">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Estonia" title="Rugby union in Estonia">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Finland" title="Rugby union in Finland">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_France" title="Rugby union in France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Georgia_(country)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rugby union in Georgia (country)">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Germany" title="Rugby union in Germany">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Greece" title="Rugby union in Greece">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Hungary" title="Rugby union in Hungary">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Iceland" title="Rugby union in Iceland">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Ireland" title="Rugby union in Ireland">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Israel" title="Rugby union in Israel">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Italy" title="Rugby union in Italy">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Kazakhstan" title="Rugby union in Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Latvia" title="Rugby union in Latvia">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Liechtenstein" title="Rugby union in Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Lithuania" title="Rugby union in Lithuania">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Luxembourg" title="Rugby union in Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Malta" title="Rugby union in Malta">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Moldova" title="Rugby union in Moldova">Moldova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Monaco" title="Rugby union in Monaco">Monaco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Montenegro" title="Rugby union in Montenegro">Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_the_Netherlands" title="Rugby union in the Netherlands">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugby_union_in_North_Macedonia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rugby union in North Macedonia (page does not exist)">North Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Norway" title="Rugby union in Norway">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Poland" title="Rugby union in Poland">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Portugal" title="Rugby union in Portugal">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Romania" title="Rugby union in Romania">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Russia" title="Rugby union in Russia">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_San_Marino" title="Rugby union in San Marino">San Marino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Serbia" title="Rugby union in Serbia">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Slovakia" title="Rugby union in Slovakia">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Slovenia" title="Rugby union in Slovenia">Slovenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Spain" title="Rugby union in Spain">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Sweden" title="Rugby union in Sweden">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Switzerland" title="Rugby union in Switzerland">Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Turkey" title="Rugby union in Turkey">Turkey</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ukraine</a></li> 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