Nordic Quizzing Championships Nordic Quizzing Championships The Nordic Quizzing Championships is a bi-annual quiz event in the Nordic and Baltic countries. Top quizzers from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Åland Islands, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are invited. The event includes three different competitions: An Individual Competition, a Team Competition, and a Pairs Competition. International Quizzing Association delegates from Estonia, Finland and Norway, meeting at the European Quizzing Championships in Blackpool in November 2007, began talks with a view to instituting a Nordic Championships. The first event was hosted by Tallinn, Estonia in 2008. In 2010 the competition was in Turku,
Latvia national rugby league team Latvia national rugby league team The Latvia national rugby league team was established in 2008 to represent Latvia at rugby league football, and initially competed in the European Bowl, for fourth-tier developing nations. They beat Estonia in a two-game series and therefore won the inaugural tournament after Ukraine could not gain visas to travel. In 2009 they reached the second place after losing to Ukraine and defeating Estonia. In 2010 they played in the European Shield, losing to Russia and Ukraine. After a hiatus of several years, Latvia will return to international competition on May 9, 2015 for the first