The 2017 Rugby League World Cup Europe qualification is a rugby league tournament that was held in October 2011 to decide the European qualification for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup. It consisted of a round-robin play-off involving four teams; Russia, Italy, Serbia and Lebanon.[1] Both Italy and Lebanon remained unbeaten, recording two wins and a draw each. However, Italy topped the group as a result of points difference and therefore qualified for the World Cup.[2]
Standings
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
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 Italy |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 163 | 31 | +132 | 5 |
 Lebanon |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 147 | 23 | +124 | 5 |
 Russia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 152 | −110 | 2 |
 Serbia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 184 | −146 | 0 |
Italy vs Russia
| 15 October 2011 |
| Italy | 92–6 | Russia |
| Tries: Mantellato (2), D. Nasso (2), Falcone (2), Ghietti (2), Parrata, Sands, Ciraldo, Riethmuller, Vicelich, Quitadamo, R.Nasso, Lennarduzzi Conv: Mantellato (14) | (Report) | Try: Nikolaev Conv: Lysokon |
| Stadio Plebiscito, Padova Attendance: 2,100[3] |
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Lebanon vs Serbia
| 16 October 2011 |
| Lebanon | 96–4 | Serbia |
| Tries: Clark (3), Saleh (3), Barakat (3), Nye (2), Boustani (2), Deeb, Kassis, Adham El Zabedieh, Adnan El Zabedieh Conv: Couri (13), Ballout | (Report) | Try: Nedic |
| International Olympic Stadium, Tripoli |
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Russia vs Lebanon
| 22 October 2011 |
| Russia | 0–32 | Lebanon |
| (Report) | Tries: Barakat (2), Azzi, Kassis, Adham El Zabedieh, Nye Conv: Couri (3), Boustani |
| Vereya Stadium, Vereya |
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Serbia vs Italy
| 23 October 2011 |
| Serbia | 6–52 | Italy |
| Try: Pesic Conv: Nedic | (Report) | Tries: Minichiello (3), Lenarduzzi (2), Mantellato, Riethmuller, Parrata, D. Nasso Conv: Mantellato (8) |
| Makiš Stadium, Belgrade |
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Serbia vs Russia
| 29 October 2011 |
| Serbia | 28–36 | Russia |
| Tries: Pesic, Nedic, Susnjara, Radan, Novakovic Conv: Nedic (4) | (Report) | Tries: Botnarash (3), Volkov, Esin, Ososkov Conv: Lysokon (6) |
| Makiš Stadium, Belgrade |
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Italy vs Lebanon
| 29 October 2011 |
| Italy | 19–19 | Lebanon |
| Tries: Falcone, Stewart, Mantellato Conv: Mantellato (3) DG: Ghietti | (Report) | Tries: El Zabedieh, Moujalli, Boustani Conv: Couri (3) DG: Couri |
| Makiš Stadium, Belgrade |
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Coached by Carlo Napolitano and captained by Anthony Minichiello, Italy's draw with Lebanon was enough for them to gain the 14th and final place in the 2013 World Cup.[4]
Squads
Italy
The Italy squad as of 22 September 2011 is as follows:
- Coach: Carlo Napolitano
| Club Team | Players |
|---|---|
 Harlequins RL |  Craig Gower |
| Grifons Padova |  Matthew Sands, Giacomo Simioni |
 Lézignan Sangliers |  Christophe Calegari |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Manly Sea Eagles |  Vic Mauro |
| Monto |  Dom Nasso |
| Mount Isa | Matt Parrata |
| Newcastle Knights |  Cameron Ciraldo |
| Northern Pride RLFC |  Ryan Ghetti |
| North Queensland Cowboys |  Joel Riethmuller |
| North Sydney Bears |  Alex Ranieri |
| Saint-Gaudens Bears |  Jean Christophe Borlin |
| St Patricks Blacktown | Ryan Tramonte |
| Sydney Roosters |  Anthony Minichiello (C) |
| Villefranche de Rouergue | Ray Nasso, Cederic Prizzon |
| Wentworth | Ben Falcone |
| Western Suburbs Magpies |  Rocky Trimarchi, Rhys Lennarduzzi |
| Windsor Wolves | Ben Stewart |
| XIII del Ducato | Juan Pablo Carrara, Fabrizio Ciaurro, Thomas Covati, Giovanni Franchi, Romain Pavoni, Dean Vicelich, Santiago Monteagudo, Rob Quitadamo |
| Wyong | Josh Mantellato |
| West Bowling |  Jonathan Marcinzack |
Lebanon
The Lebanon squad as at 22 September 2011 is as follows:
- Coach: David Bayssari
| Club Team | Players |
|---|---|
| Balamand | Allen Soultan, Samer Nehme |
| Cabramatta Two Blues | Nick Kassis |
| Canterbury Bulldogs | Steve Azzi |
| Cronulla Sharks | Jon Mannah |
| Jounieh RLFC | Youssef El Helou |
| Kingsgrove colts | Kamel Ahmed |
| Immortals RLFC | Ibrahim Ballout, Robin Hachache, Rudy Hachache, Walid Yassine |
| Manly Sea Eagles | Ray Moujalli |
| Mounties | George Azzi, Adham El Zabedieh, Adnan El Zabedieh |
| Narrabeen | Charlie Farah |
| Newtown Jets | Jamie Clark, Khalid Deeb, Ahmad Ellaz |
| St John's Eagles | Danny Barakat, Daniel Chiha, Nadim Couri, Ali Kourouche, Chris Saab, Adnan Saleh |
| Wentworthville Magpies | Cliff Nye, James Boustani |
| Wolves RLFC | Monir Finan, Ray Finan, Nemer Saliba |
Russia
The Russia squad as at 22 September 2011 is as follows:
- Coach: Eduard Ososkov
| Club Team | Players |
|---|---|
| Dinamo | Andrey Zdobnikov |
| Nevskaya Zastava | Grigory Esin |
| RBK | Valentin Baskakov, Artyom Grigoryan, Ruslan Izmaylov, Sergey Matveev, Denis Nikolskiy, Vladimir Odnosumov |
| Storm | Igor Chuprin, Vadim Fedchuk, Vladimir Gotsulyak, Alexey Volkov |
| RC Vereya | Petr Botnarash, Rustam Bulanov, Mikhail Burlutskuy, Ilgiz Galimov, Sergey Gapinov, Anatoly Grigoriev, Sergey Konstantinov, Aleksander Lysokon, Alexey Nikolaev, Eduard Ososkov, Roman Safronov, Andrey Sevostyanov, Maksim Suchkov, Vladimir Vlasyuk |
Serbia
The Serbia squad was named on 22 September.
- Coach: Marko Janković
| Club Team | Players |
|---|---|
| Belconnen United Scholars | Adam Nedić |
| Car Lazar | Nenad Radević, Aleksandar Sič, Miloš Zogović |
| Dorćol Spiders | Danilo Delić, Vladan Kikanović, Dejan Lukenić, Stefan Nedeljković, Stefan Nikolić, Stevan Stevanović, Ivan Šušnjara, Milan Šušnjara, Vuk Tvrdišić, Nikša Unković, Dalibor Vukanović (C) |
| Hemel Hempstead RLFC | Ilija Radan |
| Hammers Niš | Marko Milenković, Lazar Živković |
| RC Lescure | Soni Radovanovic |
| Oldham R.L.F.C. | Austen Novaković |
| Radnički Nova Pazova | Nemanja Cojić, Pero Madžarević, Radovan Tajsić, Slaviša Zekić |
| Red Star Belgrade | Miloš Ćalić, Ivan Djordjević, Zoran Pešić, Nebojša Živanović |
| Stari Grad | Aleksandar Aleksić, Mirko Božović |
References
- ↑ 2013 World Cup European Zone Qualifying Dates Archived 2015-12-22 at the Wayback Machine rleague.com, 20 March 2011
- ↑ 2013 World Cup format revealed lasttackle.com, 30 November 2010
- ↑ "Italy vs. Russia - Italy 92 def. Russia 6".
- ↑ skysports.com (29 October 2011). "Italy clinch World Cup place". Sky Sports. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
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