ODESA, MARCH 16th, 2012, CONTEXT-PRICHERNOMORIE — Ukraine v.s. Portugal rugby 15 match will take place in Odesa tomorrow, 17 March, Context-Prichernomorie correspondent reports.

Odesa City Council official Oleg Entarovich informed today, 16 March.

“A match between Ukraine and Portugal in the Rugby 15European Nations Cup will take place in Odesa tomorrow. The teams participating in this competition under the auspices of the European Association of Rugby, are divided into several divisions. The Cup itself is drawn in first division, where competitions are held for two seasons. The teams from Romania, Georgia, Portugal, Spain, Ukraine and Russia play in the 2010—2012 draw, in the first division. Odesa has long been a place where big sports events are held, and especially in rugby. Our city hosted the European Championship and the stages of the Rugby-7 and the championship matches on the classic European rugby. Tomorrow, our viewers can see a good decent game between national teams of Ukraine and Portugal. It should be noted that our city is well to take this match, and the weather is good, but I'm sure that it is not just for the weather, but for a remarkable and uncompromising play the audience will come to the game and our players will receive considerable support from the spectators. Sporting event of this magnitude takes place in our city for the second consecutive year, last year we received match between Russia and Ukraine”, said A. Etnarovich.

The match will be held March 17 at 14:00 at the stadium Spartak.