2017 Rugby League World Cup qualification (Europe play-off)

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ITA Italy colours.svg 463076
RUS Russia colours.svg 000
Date 4 November 2016
Stadium Leigh Sports Village
Location Leigh, Greater Manchester, England
Man of the Match Flag of Italy.svg Terry Campese
Referees Flag of England.svg Chris Campbell
Attendance 450
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The 2017 Rugby League World Cup Europe qualification play-off was a rugby league match that will played on 4 November 2016 at Leigh Sports Village in England. This match decides who is the final European country qualifying for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup. Italy defeated Russia 76-0 to qualify for the 2017 World Cup.

Rugby league team sport, code of rugby football

Rugby league football is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field. One of the two codes of rugby, it originated in Northern England in 1895 as a split from the Rugby Football Union over the issue of payments to players. Its rules progressively changed with the aim of producing a faster, more entertaining game for spectators.

Leigh Sports Village stadium

Leigh Sports Village is a £50 million multi-use sports, retail and housing development in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. The centrepiece of the development is a 12,000-capacity stadium which is home to professional rugby league team Leigh Centurions and Manchester United U19s, U23s and W.F.C. The complex also plays host to amateur rugby league club Leigh East and amateur athletics club Leigh Harriers, who both occupy dedicated facilities on the site. Other facilities on site include the Leigh campus of Wigan and Leigh College, Leigh Sports Centre, which includes a gym, multi-use sports hall and swimming pool, Holiday Inn Express, Morrisons supermarket and Whistling Wren public house.

2017 Rugby League World Cup

The 2017 Rugby League World Cup was the fifteenth staging of the Rugby League World Cup tournament and took place in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea between 27 October and 2 December 2017. The tournament featured the national teams of 14 Rugby League International Federation member countries who qualified through either standing in the previous tournament or a series of qualification play-off matches. In the final, defending champions Australia, playing in their 14th consecutive final, defeated England at Brisbane's Lang Park.

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Overview

On 3 October 2014, the 2017 Rugby League World Cup qualifying competition was announced with three more qualification places being announced for European countries after England, France and Scotland had already qualified courtesy of reaching the 2013 World Cup knock-out stage. [1]

Fourteen teams participated in the 2017 Rugby League World Cup. In August 2014 it was announced that seven teams had been granted automatic qualification, with four regional qualification tournaments selecting the remaining seven teams. Qualification began in earnest on 9 May 2015 when Spain played Latvia in a knock-out match, although the European Group B competition began on 17 May 2014.

England national rugby league team sportsteam that represents England

The England national rugby league team represents England in international rugby league.

France national rugby league team represents France in international rugby league

The France national rugby league team represent France in international rugby league tournaments. They are referred to as les Chanticleers or less commonly as les Tricolores. The team is run under the auspices of the Fédération Française de Rugby à XIII and is largely made up of players from Super League and the Elite One Championship.

In the final round of European Qualification there were two groups of 3 with the countries that topped both pools advancing straight into the 2017 World Cup while the teams placed second headed into a one-off play-off match held at the Leigh Sports Village to see who will be the 14th and final country to qualify for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.

The 2017 Rugby League World Cup Europe qualification was a rugby league tournament held in October and November 2016 to decide the three European qualifiers for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.

Italy qualified for the play-off match after finishing second in group A. Italy were almost in no need of a play-off match after being 40 minutes away from causing a shock result over Wales in Monza.

Italy national rugby league team national sports team

The Italy national rugby league team represents Italy in rugby league football. With origins dating back to the 1950s and 1960s, the team has competed regularly in international competitions since 2008, when their current governing body, the Federazione Italiana Rugby League, was formed. They are currently ranked 13th in the RLIF World Rankings.

Opposing TeamForAgainstDateVenueAttendance
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 621422 October 2016 Makiš Stadium, Belgrade 1,037
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 142029 October 2016 Stadio Brianteo, Monza 839

While Russia qualified for the play-off match after finishing second in group B.

Russia national rugby league team national sports team

The Russia national rugby league team represent Russia in international rugby league tournaments and other rugby league fixtures. The Bears, played their first fixtures against two British club sides: York Wasps and Fulham RLFC. In 2013, Russia became a full member of the Rugby League International Federation.

Opposing TeamForAgainstDateVenueAttendance
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 40615 October 2016 Fili Stadium, Moscow 427
Four Provinces Flag.svg  Ireland 167029 October 2016 Carlisle Grounds, Bray 867

Squads

Both teams squads remained unchanged throughout the qualifiers.

Italy


Club TeamPlayers
Flag of Australia.svg Blacktown Workers Hullcolours.svg Dean Parata
Flag of Italy.svg Brianza Tigers Castleford colours.svg Patrik Ziliotti
Flag of Australia.svg Cairns Brothers Canterbury colours.svg Joel Riethmuller
Flag of Australia.svg Canterbury Bulldogs Canterbury colours.svg Joe Tramontana
Flag of Australia.svg Cronulla Sharks Cronulla colours.svg Jayden Walker
Flag of England.svg Hull Kingston Rovers HKRcolours.svg Terry Campese, Josh Mantellato
Flag of France.svg Lézignan Corbieres LezignanRLcolours.PNG Christophe Calegari
Flag of Italy.svg Lions Brescia Italy colours.svg Giuseppe Pagani
Flag of Australia.svg Mackay Cutters Mackay Cutters colours.svg Gavin Hiscox
Flag of England.svg Newcastle Thunder Gthundercolours.svg Gioele Celerino
Flag of Australia.svg Northern Pride Northern Pride colours.png Justin Castellaro, Ryan Ghietti, Col Wilkie
Flag of Australia.svg North Queensland Cowboys North Queensland colours.svg Kieran Quabba
Flag of England.svg Oldham R.L.F.C. Oldhamcolours.svg Richard Lepori
Flag of the United States.svg *Sacramento Express United States colours.svg Mirco Bergamasco
Flag of Australia.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Illawarra colours.svg Shannon Wakeman
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg South Wales Ironmen Scorpions.png Chris Vitalini
Flag of Australia.svg Townsville Blackhawks Ireland colours.svg Brenden Santi
Flag of Australia.svg Windsor Wolves Australian colours.svg Ryan Tramonte
Flag of Australia.svg Wyong Roos Australian colours.svg Chris Centrone

Russia


Club TeamPlayers
Flag of Russia.svg CSKA Moscow Russia colours.svg Kirill Kosharin
Flag of Russia.svg Dinamo Russia colours.svg Viacheslav Eremin, Andrey Kuznetsov
Flag of Russia.svg *Ivanovo White Sharks Russia colours.svg Ivan Troitskii
Flag of Russia.svg RC Lokomotiv Moscow Russia colours.svg Vadim Buryak, Leonid Kalinin, Maxim Tsinkovich
Flag of Russia.svg Nara Russia colours.svg Petr Botnarash, Mikhail Burlutskii, Sergey Gaponov, Anatoly Grigorev,
Sergei Konstantinov, Aleksandr Lysokon, Maksim Suchkov, Denis Tiulenev,
Vladimir Vlasyuk, Nikolay Zagoskin
Flag of Russia.svg Moscow Fili Russia colours.svg Anton Iunisov, Iustin Petrushka
Flag of Russia.svg Moscow Storm Russia colours.svg Dmitry Bratko, Igor Chuprin, Vadim Fedchuk

Qualifier

Match details


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References

  1. QUALIFICATION DETAILS FOR 2017 RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP ANNOUNCED, rlef.eu.com, 3 August 2014
  2. "Italy take the final RLWC2017 place". Rugby League International Federation. 5 November 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2016.