2017 Rugby League World Cup qualification

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2017 Rugby League World Cup qualification
Tournament details
Dates9 May 2015 – 29 October 2016
Teams13 (from 4 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played28
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The 2017 Rugby League World Cup qualifying process began on 9 May 2015 with the 2015 European Championship C. In August 2014, it was announced that seven of the eight quarter-finalists at the 2013 tournament would receive automatic qualification. [1] Fourteen teams took part in the qualifying process to fill the remaining seven spots.

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Background

Eight teams automatically qualified for the World Cup. Seven of the teams which reached the quarter-finals of the 2013 World Cup were granted automatic qualification, along with co-hosts Papua New Guinea. [2] The eighth quarter-finalist, the United States, were denied automatic qualification due to an internal governance dispute and instead forced to enter the qualification process.[ citation needed ]

Qualified teams

RegionTeamQualification
method		Previous
appearances		Previous best result
Americas Flag of the United States.svg  United States Americas winner1Quarter-finals (2013)
Asia-Pacific Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Hosts14Champions(1957, 1968, 1970, 1975, 1977, 1985–88, 1989–92, 1995, 2000, 2013)
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji Automatic4Semi-finals (2008, 2013)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Hosts14Champions(2008)
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea Hosts6Quarter-finals (2000)
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa Automatic4Quarter-finals (2000, 2013)
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga Asia-Pacific play-off 4Group stages (1995, 2000, 2008, 2013)
Europe Flag of England.svg  England [lower-alpha 1] Automatic5Runners-up (1975, 1995)
Flag of France.svg  France Automatic14Runners-up (1954, 1968)
Four Provinces Flag.svg  Ireland [lower-alpha 1] Europe play-off 13Quarter-finals (2000, 2008)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Europe repechage 1Group stages (2013)
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland [lower-alpha 1] Automatic3Quarter-finals (2013)
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales [lower-alpha 1] Europe play-off 24Semi-finals (1995, 2000)
Middle East-Africa Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Middle East-Africa play-off 1Group stages (2000)
  1. 1 2 3 4 Competed as part of Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain in nine previous tournaments, finishing as champions on three occasions (1954, 1960, 1972). The squads largely consisted of English players, but also featured Welsh players in every tournament. Scotland (1954, 1968, 1977, 1989–92) and Ireland (1957) were represented by native-born players in some tournaments.

Americas

One team qualified from this region. A three-team round robin tournament was held in Florida in December 2015 to determine the qualifier. [3]

Team
PldWDLPFPAPDPts
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22005438+164
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 20113238−61
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 20114252−101
Source: [ citation needed ]
4 December 2015 United States  Flag of the United States.svg 20–14 Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Hodges Stadium, Jacksonville, Florida
8 December 2015 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 18–18 Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Spec Martin Stadium, DeLand, Florida
12 December 2015 United States  Flag of the United States.svg 34–24 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Hodges Stadium, Jacksonville, Florida

Asia-Pacific

Two additional qualifying places were initially allocated to this region. Papua New Guinea were granted automatic qualification in 2015 after being confirmed as co-hosts, leaving one additional team to qualify from this region. A single play-off between Tonga and Cook Islands determined the final qualifier.

17 October 2015
Tonga  Flag of Tonga.svg28 – 8Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
Try: Tafua 13' c
Fonua 34' c
Kata (2) 63', 68' c
Terepo 74' c
Goal: Kata (4/5) 14', 35', 69', 75'		 Report
Try: Nicoll-Klokstad 4'
Gelling 23'


Goal: Rapana (0/2)
Campbelltown Stadium, Campbelltown
Attendance: 4,813
Referee: Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gerard Sutton
Player of the Match: Solomone Kata (Tonga)

Europe

Three additional teams qualified from this region. A two-group, round-robin tournament took place in October 2016 to determine the qualifying nations - this was contested by the winners of the 2015 European Championship C tournament, the top three teams from the 2014–15 European Championship B tournament, and seeded nations Wales and Ireland. [4]

First round

Team Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 650119673+12310
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 640213731+1068
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 630314254+886
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 600680256–1760
17 May 2014
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 40–14Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Tries Stevanovic, Djurkovic (3), Tulic, Calic, Zogovic, Nedeljkovic
Goals: Vukanovic 4/6		 Report Tries: Miroshnichenko, Pozhidaev, Troyan
Goals: Skorbach 1/3
Zeleznicar Stadium, Nis
24 May 2014
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 24–18Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Tries: Bratko, Ovchinnikov, Vlasyuk, Zdobnikov, Kosharin
Goals: Zdobnikov 1/2, Bratko 1/1		 Report Tries: Skorbach (3)
Goals: Skorbach 3/3
Vereya Stadium, Vereya
21 June 2014
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 20–6Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Tries: Kosharin (2), Nisiforov, Bratko
Goals: Lysokon 2/4		 Report Tries: Vukanovic
Goals: Vukanovic 1/1
Nara Stadium, Narofominsk
5 July 2014
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 54–12Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Tries: Dalla Regione (3), Idammou (2), Miranda (2), Ameglio, De Mayer, Pagani
Goals: Fontana 7/10		 Report Tries: I Karpenko, Troyan
Goals: Mazepa 2/2
Stadio Comunale, Gemona del Friuli
26 July 2014
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 22–18Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Tries: De Meyer, Curione (2)
Goals: Bradley 5/6		 Report Tries: Bratko, Izmailov, Botnarash
Goals: Lysokon 3/3
Stadio Comunale, Gemona del Friuli
10 September 2014
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 45–6Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Tries: Vukanovic (2), Novakovic, Calic, Djurkovic (2), Zogovic, Stevanovic
Goals: Vukanovic 4/4, Vojislav Dedic 2/4
Drop Goals: Novakovic		 Report Tries: Celerino
Goals: Fontana 1/1
Makis Stadium, Belgrade
16 May 2015
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 20–15Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Tries: Stevanovic (2), Dedic, Zogovic
Goals: Dedic 2/4		 Report Tries: Korolev, Ovchinnikov, Zdobnikov
Goals: Lysokin 1/2, Grigoryan 0/1
Drop Goals: Ovchnnikov
Makis Stadium, Belgrade
20 June 2015
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 14–21Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Tries: Boscolo, Lepori, Gazzoli
Goals: Fontana 1/3		 Report Tries: Djurković, Janković, Stevanović
Goals: Vojislav Dedić 4/5
Drop Goals: Vojislav Dedić 1/1
Stadio Comunale, Gemona del Friuli
4 July 2015
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 20–34Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Tries: Troyan, Veprik (2), Skorbach
Goals: Skorbach 2/4		 Report Tries: Bratko (2), Korolev (2), Zabelin (2), Bulanov
Goals: Lysokon 2/3, Grigoryan 0/1, Bratko 1/3
Makiš Stadium, Belgrade 1
18 July 2015
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 12–40Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Tries: Troyan, Karpenko
Goals: Skorbach (2/2)		 Report Tries: Bellotti (3), Illinca, Boscolo, Celerino, Decaro, Lepori
Goals: De Mayer 4/5
National University of Ukraine, Irpin
12 September 2015
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 26–6Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Tries: Lysokon, Gaponov, Burlutskiy, Bratko, Botnarash
Goals: Lysokon (2/4), Bratko (1/1)		 Report Tries: Boscolo
Goals: Fontana (1/1)
Fily Stadium, Moscow
12 September 2015
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 4–64Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Tries: Shalaev
Goals: Bashevskii (0/1)		 Report Tries: Gak (2), Stevanovic (3), Calic, V. Dedic, Nedeljkovic (2), Madzarevic, Zogovic
Goals: Vukanovic (0/1), V. Dedic (10/11)
FC Locomotive Stadium, Chop

First round (cont.)

TeamPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifferencePoints
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 220011634824
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 21016040202
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 20024106-1020
26 September 2015
18:00
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg40–30Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
Tries: Morro
Garcia (3)
O'Doutres
Puerta
Pilkington
Goals: Garcia 6/7		 Report
Tries: Blyton-Keep
Francois Hussain
Burke Zarb
Lynch
Goals: Blyton-Keep 5/5
Polideportivo Quatre Carreres, Valencia
Player of the Match: Flag of Spain.svg Daniel Garcia
10 October 2015
Malta  Flag of Malta.svg30–0 1 Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
17 October 2015
16:30
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg4–76Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Tries: Roussos 57'
Goals: Koutsimbogiorgos 0/1		 Report
Tries: Puerta (2) 11', 47'
Lopez (2) 24', 64'
Lagunas (2) 33', 75'
Doutres 4'
Blanco 7'
Dulley 16'
Morro 18'
Mehamed González 27'
Thorp 61'
Perez-Fuster 68'
Bringuier 78'
Goals: Doutres 8/12
Ivan Mendez 1/1
Aitor Davila 1/1

Second round

The tournament featured two groups of three teams playing in a single round-robin format. The winners of each group qualified for the World Cup, while the runners-up faced each other in a play-off match on 5 November 2016 to determine the final spot. A seeded draw took place to determine the groups on 5 November 2015.

Group A

PosTeam
PldWDLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 22007014+564Qualification for 2017 Rugby League World Cup
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 21017634+422Advance to fourth round
3Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 200214112−980
Source: [ citation needed ]
15 October 2016 Wales  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg 50–0 Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Stebonheath Park, Llanelli
22 October 2016 Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg 14–62 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Makiš Stadium, Belgrade
29 October 2016 Italy  Flag of Italy.svg 14–20 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales Stadio Brianteo, Monza

Group B

PosTeam
PldWDLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Four Provinces Flag.svg  Ireland 220011622+944Qualification for 2017 Rugby League World Cup
2Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 21015676−202Advance to fourth round
3Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 20021286−740
Source: [ citation needed ]
15 October 2016 Russia  Flag of Russia.svg 40–6 Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Fili Stadium, Moscow
22 October 2016 Spain  Flag of Spain.svg 6–46 Four Provinces Flag.svg  Ireland Polideportivo Quatre Carrares, Valencia
29 October 2016 Ireland  Four Provinces Flag.svg 70–16 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Carlisle Grounds, Bray

Playoff

2017 Rugby League World Cup Europe qualification play-off
4 November 2016
20:00 GMT (UTC+0:00)
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg76 – 0Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Tries: Castellaro (2), Cerruto (2), Lepori (2), Wilkie (2), Campese, Celerino, Centrone, Santi, Wakeman, Walker
Goals: Campese (10/14)
 Report (RLIF)
Leigh Sports Village, Leigh
Attendance: 450
Referee: Chris Campbell (England)
Player of the Match: Terry Campese (Italy)

Middle East-Africa

One team qualified from this region. A two match series was held between South Africa and Lebanon to determine the qualifier. [5]

25 October 2015 South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg 12–40 Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Bosman Stadium, Brakpan
31 October 2015 South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg 16–50 Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Bosman Stadium, Brakpan

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