In the final match in Khmelnitsky Kharkiv team Evolution Sevens defeated in their home stadium with a score of 12: 7. Successful attempts in the performance of Kravchenko and Garkavoy, as well as one implementation from Sergei Tserkovny allowed "Olympus" to overcome the opponent and become owners of the Cup of Ukraine in rugby-7.
"After the final match, I congratulated the guys and conveyed congratulations from our President Alexander Yaroslavsky. I note that the cup was not easy for us. I always said that unlike the championship, the Cup of Ukraine differs in that there is no right to an error. Any - even the smallest - leads to defeat. I am very glad that our rugby players, despite everything, came to the field and were able to win every match, "said Valery Kochanov, head coach of the rugby club" Olimp ".
In Khmelnitsky, "Olympus" held four meetings, three of which ended with confident "dry" victories. The Kharkiv team earned 44 points in a match with the "Legion", five attempts and 4 sales allowed to beat "Polytechnic" with a score of 33: 0, and the club "Leaders" Kharkov beat with a score of 26: 0.
Earlier, on June 24, 2018, the wards of Valery Kochanov and Vadim Kolyshkin became the champions of Ukraine in rugby-7. Thus, Kharkiv citizens have all the awards for this sport. The cup won in the Khmelnitsky Cup is the sixth for the Kharkov rugby club, five of them were won by the club five times in a row - in 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.
The permanent president of the Kharkov rugby club "Olympus" throughout its history is a businessman and philanthropist Alexander Yaroslavsky. Thanks to him, the club has collected a huge collection of high sports awards and is the most titled Ukrainian rugby club.
For today, Olympus is a 13-time champion of Ukraine in rugby-15 (in 2005, 2006, 2007-08, 2008-90, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017. ), nine times - on rugby-7 (in 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013. 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018), the owner of the Cup of Ukraine in rugby-15 in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017. and rugby-7 in 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 years. And the sportsmen of the club make up the personnel base of the national rugby team of Ukraine, headed by the coach of "Olympus" - Valery Kochanov.