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
 Italy 321016331+1325
 Lebanon 321014723+1245
 Russia 310242152−1102
 Serbia 300338184−1460

Italy vs Russia

15 October 2011
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
FB 1Anthony Minichiello (c)
RW 2Christophe Calegari
RC 3Dom Nasso
LC 4Matt Parrata
LW 5Josh Mantellato
SO 6Ben Falcone
SH 7Ryan Ghietti
PR 8Alex Ranieri
HK 9Ray Nasso
PR 10Ryan Tramonte
SR 11Cameron Ciraldo
SR 12Joel Riethmuller
LF 13Rob Quitadamo
Substitutions:
IC 14Dean Vicelich
IC 15Cederic Prizzon
IC 16Matthew Sands
IC 17Rhys Lennarduzzi
Coach:
FB 1Maksim Suchkov
RW 2Petr Botnarash
RC 3Andrey Zdobnikov
LC 4Mikhail Burlutskiy
LW 5Rustam Bulanov
FE 6Aleksander Lysokon (c)
HB 7Eduard Ososkov
PR 8Sergey Konstantinov
HK 9Vladimir Vlasyuk
PR 10Ilgiz Galimov
SR 11Alexey Nikolaev
SR 12Grigory Esin
LK 13Vadim Fedchuk
Substitutions:
IC 14Sergey Gaponov
IC 15Igor Chuprin
IC 16Vladimir Gotsulyak
IC 17Artem Grigoryan
Coach:

Lebanon vs Serbia

16 October 2011
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
FB 1Adnan Saleh
RW 2Adnan El Zabedieh
RC 3Danny Barakat
LC 4Adham El Zabedieh
LW 5Clifton Nye
SO 6James Boustani
SH 7Nadim Couri
PR 8Khaled Deeb (c)
HK 9Jamie Clark
PR 10Allen Soultan
SR 11Ahmed Ellaz
SR 12Steve Azzi
LF 13Ray Moujalli
Substitutions:
IC 14Ali Kourouche
IC 15Nick Kassis
IC 16Ibrahim Ballout
IC 17Robin Hachache
Coach:
FB 1Ivan Šušnjara
RW 2Vladan Kikanović
RC 3Miloš Ćalić
LC 4Aleksandar Aleksić
LW 5Nebojša Živanović
FE 6Adam Nedić
HB 7Dalibor Vukanović
PR 8Ilija Radan
HK 9Nikša Unković
PR 10Lazar Živković
SR 11Stefan Nedeljković
SR 12Soni Radovanović
LK 13Austen Novaković
Substitutions:
IC 14Dejan Lukenić
IC 15Danilo Delić
IC 16Zoran Pešić
IC 17Milan Šušnjara
Coach:

Russia vs Lebanon

22 October 2011
Russia  0–32  Lebanon
(Report) Tries: Barakat (2), Azzi, Kassis, Adham El Zabedieh, Nye
Conv: Couri (3), Boustani
Vereya Stadium, Vereya
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:
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:

Serbia vs Italy

23 October 2011
Serbia  6–52  Italy
Try: Pesic
Conv: Nedic		 (Report) Tries: Minichiello (3), Lenarduzzi (2), Mantellato, Riethmuller, Parrata, D. Nasso
Conv: Mantellato (8)
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:
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:

Serbia vs Russia

29 October 2011
Serbia  28–36  Russia
Tries: Pesic, Nedic, Susnjara, Radan, Novakovic
Conv: Nedic (4)		 (Report) Tries: Botnarash (3), Volkov, Esin, Ososkov
Conv: Lysokon (6)
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:
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:

Italy vs Lebanon

29 October 2011
Italy  19–19  Lebanon
Tries: Falcone, Stewart, Mantellato
Conv: Mantellato (3)
DG: Ghietti		 (Report) Tries: El Zabedieh, Moujalli, Boustani
Conv: Couri (3)
DG: Couri
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:
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:

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
England Harlequins RL Craig Gower
Italy Grifons Padova Matthew Sands, Giacomo Simioni
France Lézignan Sangliers Christophe Calegari
Australia Manly Sea Eagles Vic Mauro
Australia Monto Dom Nasso
Australia Mount Isa Matt Parrata
Australia Newcastle Knights Cameron Ciraldo
Australia Northern Pride RLFC Ryan Ghetti
Australia North Queensland Cowboys Joel Riethmuller
Australia North Sydney Bears Alex Ranieri
France Saint-Gaudens Bears Jean Christophe Borlin
Australia St Patricks Blacktown Ryan Tramonte
Australia Sydney Roosters Anthony Minichiello (C)
France Villefranche de Rouergue Ray Nasso, Cederic Prizzon
Australia Wentworth Ben Falcone
Australia Western Suburbs Magpies Rocky Trimarchi, Rhys Lennarduzzi
Australia Windsor Wolves Ben Stewart
Italy XIII del Ducato Juan Pablo Carrara, Fabrizio Ciaurro, Thomas Covati, Giovanni Franchi, Romain Pavoni, Dean Vicelich, Santiago Monteagudo, Rob Quitadamo
Australia Wyong Josh Mantellato
England West Bowling Jonathan Marcinzack

Lebanon

The Lebanon squad as at 22 September 2011 is as follows:

Club Team Players
Lebanon Balamand Allen Soultan, Samer Nehme
Australia Cabramatta Two Blues Nick Kassis
Australia Canterbury Bulldogs Steve Azzi
Australia Cronulla Sharks Jon Mannah
Lebanon Jounieh RLFC Youssef El Helou
Australia Kingsgrove colts Kamel Ahmed
Lebanon Immortals RLFC Ibrahim Ballout, Robin Hachache, Rudy Hachache, Walid Yassine
Australia Manly Sea Eagles Ray Moujalli
Australia Mounties George Azzi, Adham El Zabedieh, Adnan El Zabedieh
Australia Narrabeen Charlie Farah
Australia Newtown Jets Jamie Clark, Khalid Deeb, Ahmad Ellaz
Australia St John’s Eagles Danny Barakat, Daniel Chiha, Nadim Couri, Ali Kourouche, Chris Saab, Adnan Saleh
Australia Wentworthville Magpies Cliff Nye, James Boustani
Lebanon Wolves RLFC Monir Finan, Ray Finan, Nemer Saliba

Russia

The Russia squad as at 22 September 2011 is as follows:

Club Team Players
Russia Dinamo Andrey Zdobnikov
Russia Nevskaya Zastava Grigory Esin
Russia RBK Valentin Baskakov, Artyom Grigoryan, Ruslan Izmaylov, Sergey Matveev, Denis Nikolskiy, Vladimir Odnosumov
Russia Storm Igor Chuprin, Vadim Fedchuk, Vladimir Gotsulyak, Alexey Volkov
Russia 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.

Club Team Players
Australia Belconnen United Scholars Adam Nedić
Serbia Car Lazar Nenad Radević, Aleksandar Sič, Miloš Zogović
Serbia 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)
England Hemel Hempstead RLFC Ilija Radan
Serbia Hammers Niš Marko Milenković, Lazar Živković
France RC Lescure Soni Radovanovic
England Oldham Roughyeds Austen Novaković
Serbia Radnički Nova Pazova Nemanja Cojić, Pero Madžarević, Radovan Tajsić, Slaviša Zekić
Serbia Red Star Belgrade Miloš Ćalić, Ivan Djordjević, Zoran Pešić, Nebojša Živanović
Serbia Stari Grad Aleksandar Aleksić, Mirko Božović

References

  1. ↑ 2013 World Cup European Zone Qualifying Dates rleague.com, 20 March 2011
  2. ↑ 2013 World Cup format revealed lasttackle.com, 30 November 2010
  3. ↑ skysports.com (29 October 2011). "Italy clinch World Cup place". Sky Sports. Retrieved 30 October 2011.


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