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
Italy vs Russia
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 |
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FB | 1 | Maksim Suchkov |
RW | 2 | Petr Botnarash |
RC | 3 | Andrey Zdobnikov |
LC | 4 | Mikhail Burlutskiy |
LW | 5 | Rustam Bulanov |
FE | 6 | Aleksander Lysokon (c) |
HB | 7 | Eduard Ososkov |
PR | 8 | Sergey Konstantinov |
HK | 9 | Vladimir Vlasyuk |
PR | 10 | Ilgiz Galimov |
SR | 11 | Alexey Nikolaev |
SR | 12 | Grigory Esin |
LK | 13 | Vadim Fedchuk |
Substitutions: |
IC | 14 | Sergey Gaponov |
IC | 15 | Igor Chuprin |
IC | 16 | Vladimir Gotsulyak |
IC | 17 | Artem Grigoryan |
Coach: |
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Lebanon vs Serbia
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 |
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FB | 1 | Adnan Saleh |
RW | 2 | Adnan El Zabedieh |
RC | 3 | Danny Barakat |
LC | 4 | Adham El Zabedieh |
LW | 5 | Clifton Nye |
SO | 6 | James Boustani |
SH | 7 | Nadim Couri |
PR | 8 | Khaled Deeb (c) |
HK | 9 | Jamie Clark |
PR | 10 | Allen Soultan |
SR | 11 | Ahmed Ellaz |
SR | 12 | Steve Azzi |
LF | 13 | Ray Moujalli |
Substitutions: |
IC | 14 | Ali Kourouche |
IC | 15 | Nick Kassis |
IC | 16 | Ibrahim Ballout |
IC | 17 | Robin Hachache |
Coach: |
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FB | 1 | Ivan Šušnjara |
RW | 2 | Vladan Kikanović |
RC | 3 | Miloš Ćalić |
LC | 4 | Aleksandar Aleksić |
LW | 5 | Nebojša Živanović |
FE | 6 | Adam Nedić |
HB | 7 | Dalibor Vukanović |
PR | 8 | Ilija Radan |
HK | 9 | Nikša Unković |
PR | 10 | Lazar Živković |
SR | 11 | Stefan Nedeljković |
SR | 12 | Soni Radovanović |
LK | 13 | Austen Novaković |
Substitutions: |
IC | 14 | Dejan Lukenić |
IC | 15 | Danilo Delić |
IC | 16 | Zoran Pešić |
IC | 17 | Milan Šušnjara |
Coach: |
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Russia vs Lebanon
Russia |
0–32 |
Lebanon |
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(Report) |
Tries: Barakat (2), Azzi, Kassis, Adham El Zabedieh, Nye Conv: Couri (3), Boustani |
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FB | 1 | |
RW | 2 | |
RC | 3 | |
LC | 4 | |
LW | 5 | |
SO | 6 | |
SH | 7 | |
PR | 8 | |
HK | 9 | |
PR | 10 | |
SR | 11 | |
SR | 12 | |
LF | 13 | |
Substitutions: |
IC | 14 | |
IC | 15 | |
IC | 16 | |
IC | 17 | |
Coach: |
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FB | 1 | |
RW | 2 | |
RC | 3 | |
LC | 4 | |
LW | 5 | |
FE | 6 | |
HB | 7 | |
PR | 8 | |
HK | 9 | |
PR | 10 | |
SR | 11 | |
SR | 12 | |
LK | 13 | |
Substitutions: |
IC | 14 | |
IC | 15 | |
IC | 16 | |
IC | 17 | |
Coach: |
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Serbia vs Italy
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FB | 1 | |
RW | 2 | |
RC | 3 | |
LC | 4 | |
LW | 5 | |
SO | 6 | |
SH | 7 | |
PR | 8 | |
HK | 9 | |
PR | 10 | |
SR | 11 | |
SR | 12 | |
LF | 13 | |
Substitutions: |
IC | 14 | |
IC | 15 | |
IC | 16 | |
IC | 17 | |
Coach: |
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FB | 1 | |
RW | 2 | |
RC | 3 | |
LC | 4 | |
LW | 5 | |
FE | 6 | |
HB | 7 | |
PR | 8 | |
HK | 9 | |
PR | 10 | |
SR | 11 | |
SR | 12 | |
LK | 13 | |
Substitutions: |
IC | 14 | |
IC | 15 | |
IC | 16 | |
IC | 17 | |
Coach: |
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Serbia vs Russia
Serbia |
28–36 |
Russia |
Tries: Pesic, Nedic, Susnjara, Radan, Novakovic Conv: Nedic (4) |
(Report) |
Tries: Botnarash (3), Volkov, Esin, Ososkov Conv: Lysokon (6) |
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FB | 1 | |
RW | 2 | |
RC | 3 | |
LC | 4 | |
LW | 5 | |
SO | 6 | |
SH | 7 | |
PR | 8 | |
HK | 9 | |
PR | 10 | |
SR | 11 | |
SR | 12 | |
LF | 13 | |
Substitutions: |
IC | 14 | |
IC | 15 | |
IC | 16 | |
IC | 17 | |
Coach: |
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FB | 1 | |
RW | 2 | |
RC | 3 | |
LC | 4 | |
LW | 5 | |
FE | 6 | |
HB | 7 | |
PR | 8 | |
HK | 9 | |
PR | 10 | |
SR | 11 | |
SR | 12 | |
LK | 13 | |
Substitutions: |
IC | 14 | |
IC | 15 | |
IC | 16 | |
IC | 17 | |
Coach: |
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Italy vs Lebanon
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FB | 1 | |
RW | 2 | |
RC | 3 | |
LC | 4 | |
LW | 5 | |
SO | 6 | |
SH | 7 | |
PR | 8 | |
HK | 9 | |
PR | 10 | |
SR | 11 | |
SR | 12 | |
LF | 13 | |
Substitutions: |
IC | 14 | |
IC | 15 | |
IC | 16 | |
IC | 17 | |
Coach: |
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FB | 1 | |
RW | 2 | |
RC | 3 | |
LC | 4 | |
LW | 5 | |
FE | 6 | |
HB | 7 | |
PR | 8 | |
HK | 9 | |
PR | 10 | |
SR | 11 | |
SR | 12 | |
LK | 13 | |
Substitutions: |
IC | 14 | |
IC | 15 | |
IC | 16 | |
IC | 17 | |
Coach: |
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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.[3]
Squads
Italy
The Italy squad as of 22 September 2011 is as follows:
Club Team | Players |
Harlequins RL | Craig Gower |
Grifons Padova | Matthew Sands, Giacomo Simioni |
Lézignan Sangliers | Christophe Calegari |
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:
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 Roughyeds | 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 |
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