2013 Rugby League World Cup qualification – Europe
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 163 | 31 | +132 | 5 |
 |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 147 | 23 | +124 | 5 |
 |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 152 | −110 | 2 |
 |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 184 | −146 | 0 |
Italy vs Russia
15 October 2011 |
| Italy |
92–6 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lebanon vs Serbia
16 October 2011 |
| Lebanon |
96–4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Russia vs Lebanon
22 October 2011 |
| Russia |
0–32 | |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Tries: Barakat (2), Azzi, Kassis, Adham El Zabedieh, Nye Conv: Couri (3), Boustani |
Vereya Stadium, Vereya |
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Serbia vs Italy
23 October 2011 |
| Serbia |
6–52 | |
|---|---|---|
| Try: Pesic Conv: Nedic |
(Report) | Tries: Minichiello (3), Lenarduzzi (2), Mantellato, Riethmuller, Parrata, D. Nasso Conv: Mantellato (8) |
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Serbia vs Russia
29 October 2011 |
| Serbia |
28–36 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tries: Pesic, Nedic, Susnjara, Radan, Novakovic Conv: Nedic (4) |
(Report) | Tries: Botnarash (3), Volkov, Esin, Ososkov Conv: Lysokon (6) |
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italy vs Lebanon
29 October 2011 |
| Italy |
19–19 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tries: Falcone, Stewart, Mantellato Conv: Mantellato (3) DG: Ghietti |
(Report) | Tries: El Zabedieh, Moujalli, Boustani Conv: Couri (3) DG: Couri |
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.[3]
Squads
Italy
The Italy squad as of 22 September 2011 is as follows:
- Coach:
| Club Team | Players |
|---|---|
 |  |
|  |
 |  |
.svg.png){kind=small} |  |
|  |
| |
|  |
|  |
|  |
|  |
|  |
| |
|  |
| |
| |
|  |
| |
| |
| |
|  |
Lebanon
The Lebanon squad as at 22 September 2011 is as follows:
- Coach:
| Club Team | Players |
|---|---|
| Allen Soultan, Samer Nehme |
| Nick Kassis |
| Steve Azzi |
| Jon Mannah |
| Youssef El Helou |
| Kamel Ahmed |
| Ibrahim Ballout, Robin Hachache, Rudy Hachache, Walid Yassine |
| Ray Moujalli |
| George Azzi, Adham El Zabedieh, Adnan El Zabedieh |
| Charlie Farah |
| Jamie Clark, Khalid Deeb, Ahmad Ellaz |
| Danny Barakat, Daniel Chiha, Nadim Couri, Ali Kourouche, Chris Saab, Adnan Saleh |
| Cliff Nye, James Boustani |
| Monir Finan, Ray Finan, Nemer Saliba |
Russia
The Russia squad as at 22 September 2011 is as follows:
- Coach:
| Club Team | Players |
|---|---|
| Andrey Zdobnikov |
| Grigory Esin |
| Valentin Baskakov, Artyom Grigoryan, Ruslan Izmaylov, Sergey Matveev, Denis Nikolskiy, Vladimir Odnosumov |
| Igor Chuprin, Vadim Fedchuk, Vladimir Gotsulyak, Alexey Volkov |
| 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:
| Club Team | Players |
|---|---|
| Adam Nedić |
| Nenad Radević, Aleksandar Sič, Miloš Zogović |
| Danilo Delić, Vladan Kikanović, Dejan Lukenić, Stefan Nedeljković, Stefan Nikolić, Stevan Stevanović, Ivan Šušnjara, Milan Šušnjara, Vuk Tvrdišić, Nikša Unković, Dalibor Vukanović (C) |
| Ilija Radan |
| Marko Milenković, Lazar Živković |
| Soni Radovanovic |
| Austen Novaković |
| Nemanja Cojić, Pero Madžarević, Radovan Tajsić, Slaviša Zekić |
| Miloš Ćalić, Ivan Djordjević, Zoran Pešić, Nebojša Živanović |
| 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
- skysports.com (29 October 2011). "Italy clinch World Cup place". Sky Sports. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.