Alternative History

The Rugby Commonwealth Championship is an sporting event that sees members of the Belkan Commonwealth sending their best athletes to compete against teams from other commonwealth members in a game of rugby. The first game was held in 1879 in Vasiligrad, the Cultural Capital of Belka. The first championship had the highest amount of viewership out of all the commonwealth championships, which was three million people.

History[]

1879 Championship[]

In the first championship, the members that sent rugby teams were, Belka (of course), Egypt, Ethiopia, Kanem, Gabon, Zaire, Maghreb. Austria and Czechia were excluded due to internal problems and threat of terrorism.

First Round: Egypt defeats Kanem Ethiopia defeats Gabon Maghreb defeats Zaire Belka gets a buy

Second Round: Egypt defeats Maghreb Belka defeats Ethiopia'’'

Final: Belka and Egypt initially die but Belka wins in overtime

Third place Round: Maghreb defeats Ethiopia in upset

The overall championship ended in an overall belkan victory, but Egypt won the most games.

1904 Games[]

The first rugby commonwealth game to be held in almost 20 years takes place in Alexandria. This time Austria and Czechia are included.

Results[]

Tournaments[]

Year Host(s) Final Bronze Final Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up 3rd place Score 4th place
1879 Vasiligrad
Belka
Belka 15–12
(aet)
Egypt Maghreb 22–21 Ethiopia 7
1880 Belgrad
Belka
Belka 12–6 Ethiopia Austria 20-17 Zaire 10
1881 Cairo
Egypt
Egypt 34-17 Belka Ethiopia 21-18
(aet)
Tondo
1882 Zadar
Belka
Ethiopia 24-18 Belka Tondo 15-7 Czechia
1883 Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Belka 20-18 Ethiopia Zaire 35-9 Tondo
1884 Adrianograd
Belka
Belka 8-7
(aet)
Austria Egypt 22-13 Burma
1885 Thessograd
Belka
Ethiopia 9-6
(aet)
Belka Egypt 34-18 Maghreb
1886 Alexandria
Egypt
Belka 15–12 Egypt Burma 22–21 Ethiopia
1887 Tunis
Maghreb
Maghreb 20-9 Ethiopia Belka 22–21 Maghreb
1888 Belgrad
Belka
Belka 29-21 Maghreb Egypt 34-10 Gabon
1889 Burgas
Belka
Belka 12-9 Gabon Zaire 34-10 Ethiopia
1890 Vienna
Austria
Belka 8-6
(aet)
Austria Czechia 15-9 Egypt
1891 Prague
Czechia
Czechia 18-6 Ethiopia Belka 13-7 Zaire
1892 Vasiligrad
Belka
Ethiopia 40-22 Egypt Czechia 9-7
(aet)
Belka
1893 Attina
Belka
Belka 19-18
(aet)
Zaire Tondo 24-9 Austria
1894 Axum
Ethiopia
Ethiopia 13-12
(aet)
Egypt Belka 34-13 Kanem
1895 Giza
Egypt
Ethiopia 19-9 Tondo Egypt 22–6 Belka
1896 Belgrad
Belka
Belka 35-6 Ethiopia Maghreb 12-6 Gabon
1897 Graz
Austria
Austria 15–9 Belka Czechia 24-10 Ethiopia
1898 Tripoli
Maghreb
Egypt 34-9 Maghreb Kanem 23-21 Belka
1899 Targoviste
Belka
Ethiopia 30-26 Belka Austria 23-18 Egypt
1900 Maynila
Tondo
Belka 40-26 Tondo Burma 23-19 Swahili
1901 Vasiligrad
Belka
Ethiopia 15–13
(aet)
Belka Maghreb 22–16 Austria
1902 Brno
Czechia
Egypt 31-27 Czechia Burma 34-24 Belka
1903 Gondar
Ethiopia
Belka 22-16 Ethiopia Austria 31-19 Egypt
1904 Algiers
Maghreb
Maghreb 16-9 Egypt Ethiopia 34-8 Czechia
1905 Alexandria
Egypt
Egypt 39-20 Ethiopia Belka 40-7 Zaire

Team Records[]

Team Champions Runners-up Third Fourth
Belka 12 (1879, 1880, 1883, 1886, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1893, 1896, 1900, 1903) 4 (1881, 1882, 1885, 1897, 1901) 4 (1887, 1891, 1894, 1905) 4 (1892, 1895, 1898, 1902)
Ethiopia 6 (1882, 1885, 1892, 1894, 1895, 1901) 6 (1880, 1883, 1887, 1891, 1896, 1903, 1905) 2 (1881, 1904) 3 (1879, 1886, 1889, 1897)
Egypt 4 (1881, 1898, 1902, 1905) 5 (1879, 1886, 1892, 1894, 1904) 4 (1884, 1885, 1888, 1895) 3 (1890, 1899, 1903)

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