2009 European Cup

The 2009 European Cup, known as the rugbyleague.com European Cup due to sponsorship, was a rugby league football tournament.

The revamped European Cup 2009 involved six teams competing in two groups of three. Participating teams were: Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Serbia, Lebanon and Italy. Russia were scheduled to take part in the competition, but were forced to pull out due to board restructuring within the Russian Rugby League Federation. They were replaced by the RLEF European Shield winners, Italy.

Lebanon
Coach: 🇱🇧 John Elias


 * Hazem El Masri was no longer available after retiring from the sport.
 * Robbie Farah was unavailable due to being named in Australia's Four Nations squad.
 * Charlie Farah, Anthony Farah, Nathan Dib and Jarrod Saffy were all injury withdrawals.

Wales
Coach: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Iestyn Harris (Crusaders Rugby League)


 * Anthony Blackwood (Celtic Crusaders), Ben Evans (Warrington Wolves), Rhys Evans (Warrington Wolves) and Craig Kopczak (Bradford Bulls) were put on a four-man stand-by list that was used in case of injuries.
 * Notable omissions included Glenn Morrison, David Mills and James Evans.

Serbia
Coach: 🇳🇿 Gerard Stokes (Whitehaven)

Konstantin Putkin Unattached - Rugby Union

Scotland
Coach: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve McCormack

Ireland
Coach: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andy Kelly


 * Sean Gleeson, Gareth Haggerty and Eamon O'Carroll were not selected through injury.

Italy
Coach: 🇮🇹 Carlo Napolitano


 * Bradford's Chris Nero was forced to withdraw from the Italian squad.