2019 MEA Rugby League Championship

The 2019 Middle East-Africa Rugby League Championship will be the second MEA Championship. The competition will be held in October 2019 at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos, Nigeria. The competition will see the international debut of Cameroon, Ghana and Nigeria, while Morocco will be playing for the first time since the last MEA Championship, eight years ago.[1]

2019 (2019) Middle-East Africa Championship  ()
Number of teams4
Host country Nigeria
Winner Nigeria (1st title)
Matches played4
Tournaments
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Fixtures

Pool matches
2 October 2019
14:00 WAT (UTC+1)
Nigeria  25 – 12  Ghana
Try: Fagborun (3), Adebiyi
Goal: I Lawal Saulawa (4/4)
Field Goals: I Lawal Saulawa (1)
 Report Try: Bless Mensah, Tettegah
Goal: Bless Mensah (2/2)
Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos[1]
Referee: Phil Smith
2 October 2019
17:00 WAT (UTC+1)
Cameroon  4 – 8  Morocco
Try: Emmanuel de Porta
 Report Goal: Iliass Laachiri (3/3)
Field Goals: Iliass Laachiri (2)
Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos[1]
Referee: Kevin de la Rose (France)[2]

Third-place play-off
5 October 2019
14:00 WAT (UTC+1)
Ghana  10 – 4  Cameroon
Try: Sarpong, Tettegah
Goal: Tettegah (1)
 Report Try: Hermand
Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos[1]
Referee: Phil Smith

Final
5 October 2019
Nigeria  38 – 10  Morocco
Try: Adebiyi (2), Agwoje(2), Prince, I Lawal-Saulawa, Izuchykwu, G. John
Goal: I Lawal-Saulawa (3), G. John (2)
 Report Try: Eddiche, Laachiri
Goal: Laachiri (1)
Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos[1]
Referee: Kevin de la Rose (France)[3]

Media coverage
Country or region Broadcaster Ref.
 Nigeria Yanga! TV [4]

See also

References
  1. "RLIF Middle East Africa Championship to be staged in Lagos, Nigeria". RLIF. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  2. "Kevin de la Rose, arbitre français au Nigeria (Coupe d'Afrique)" (in French). FFRXIII. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  3. "Kevin de la Rose officiera pour la finale de la Coupe d'Afrique" (in French). Treize Mondial. 5 October 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  4. http://rlif.com/article/8676/
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