2017 Rugby League World Cup qualification – Europe explained
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.
It consisted of a round-robin tournament which saw Wales and Ireland qualify by winning their respective tables. Italy claimed the final qualifying spot in the World Cup after winning a second place play-off against Russia on 4 November 2016.
Overview
On 3 October 2014, the 2017 Rugby League World Cup qualifying competition was announced.[1] Three European teams were granted automatic qualification, as they had reached the quarter-finals of the 2013 Rugby League World Cup; England, France and Scotland.
Ten teams were able to qualify for the qualification tournament, with the first being eliminated when Spain defeated Latvia on 9 May 2015.[2]
Wales and Ireland were granted entry to the qualification tournament. Both teams already had a chance to qualify for the World Cup during the 2014 European Cup, but failed to do so.[3] One of the other tournament places was allocated to the winner of the European Championship C tournament, and the other three were allocated to the top three teams from the European Championship B.
Italy, Russia and Serbia finished as the top three teams in the European Championship B, with Ukraine being eliminated.[4]
Spain finished as the top team in the European Championship C, with Greece and Malta eliminated.
Teams
Qualified teams for final phase:
Squads
Ireland
The final Ireland 22-man squad as of 9 October 2016 is as follows:[5]
Italy
The final Italy 22-man squad as of 8 October 2016 is as follows:[6]
- * Denotes a rugby union club.
Russia
The final Russia 22-man squad as of 6 September 2016 is as follows:[7]
- Coach: Denis Korolev
Club Team | Players |
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| Kirill Kosharin |
| Viacheslav Eremin, Andrey Kuznetsov |
| Ivan Troitskii |
| Vadim Buryak, Leonid Kalinin, Maxim Tsinkovich |
| Petr Botnarash, Mikhail Burlutskii, Sergey Gaponov, Anatoly Grigorev, Sergei Konstantinov, Aleksandr Lysokon, Maksim Suchkov, Denis Tiulenev, Vladimir Vlasyuk, Nikolay Zagoskin |
| Anton Iunisov, Iustin Petrushka |
| Dmitry Bratko, Igor Chuprin, Vadim Fedchuk | |
- * Denotes a rugby union club.
Serbia
The final 22-man squad as of 5 October 2016 is as follows:[8]
Club Team | Players |
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Blacktown Workers | David Andjelić |
| Reece Grkinić |
| Daniel Burke |
| Jason Muranka |
| Dalibor Samardžić, Dalibor Vukanović, Stefan Nedeljković, Stevan Stevanović |
| Joshua Marjanović |
| Džavid Jašari, Vlado Kušić |
| Pero Madžarević, Žarko Kovačević |
| Miloš Ćalić, Miloš Zogović, Vladislav Dedić, Vojislav Dedić |
| Chad Grant |
| Vladica Nikolić |
| James Mirceski |
| Jordan Grant |
Unattached | Ilija Radan | |
Spain
The final 22-man squad as of 4 October 2016 is as follows:[9]
Club Team | Players |
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| Chris Lopez |
Custodians Madrid | Antonio Puerta, Daniel Moreno |
| Joel Marquez-Laynez |
| Ivan Ordaz |
| Clement Laguerre |
| Alexandre Doutres, Cedric Bringuier, Leandre Torres, Mathieu Griffi, Pierre Negre |
| Matt Dulley |
| Miguel Charters-Blanco |
| Kevin Aparicio |
| Gonzalo Morro |
| Aitor Davila, Juan Pablo Rango, Raul Simo |
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| Daniel Garcia | |
- * Denotes a rugby union club.
Wales
The final Wales 22-man squad as of 7 October 2016 is as follows:[10]
On October 14, Dai Evans was brought into the squad to replace Calvin Wellington who withdrew due to a hamstring injury.[11]
On October 21, 19-year old Ben Morris was called up to the squad to play in a mid-qualifying campaign test match against Jamaica.[12]
On October 29, Danny Ansell was called up to the squad with a possibility of playing in the last qualifying game against Italy.[13]
Final Tables
Group B
Fixtures
Russia vs Spain
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FB | 1 | Nikolay Zagoskin | RW | 5 | Vadim Buryak | RC | 21 | Kirill Kosharin | LC | 3 | Leonid Kalinin | LW | 18 | Dmitry Bratko | SO | 6 | Aleksandr Lysokon | SH | 7 | Denis Tiulenev | PR | 8 | Sergei Konstantinov (c) | HK | 4 | Petr Botnarash | PR | 10 | Ivan Troitskii | SR | 12 | Mikhail Burlutskii | SR | 11 | Andrey Kuznetsov | LF | 13 | Viacheslav Eremin | Substitutes: | IC | 17 | Igor Chuprin | IC | 2 | Maksim Suchkov | IC | 9 | Vladimir Vlasyuk | IC | 15 | Sergey Gaponov | Coach: | Denis Korolev | |
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FB | 1 | Daniel Garcia | RW | 2 | Clement Laguerre | RC | 3 | Antonio Puerta | LC | 4 | Alexandre Doutres | LW | 5 | Chris Lopez | FE | 6 | Ivan Ordaz | HB | 7 | Miguel Charters-Blanco | PR | 8 | | HK | 9 | Gonzalo Morro | PR | 10 | Adria Alonso | SR | 11 | Cedric Bringuier | SR | 12 | Matt Dulley | LK | 13 | Aitor Davila (c) | Substitutes: | IC | 14 | Andrew Pilkington | IC | 15 | Leandre Torres | IC | 16 | Kevin Aparicio | IC | 17 | Juan Pablo Rango | Coach: | Darren Fisher | |
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Wales vs Serbia
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FB | 1 | Vojislav Dedić | RW | 2 | Joshua Marjanović | RC | 3 | Miloš Ćalić | LC | 4 | Stevan Stevanović | LW | 5 | | FE | 6 | Daniel Burke | HB | 7 | Dalibor Vukanović (c) | PR | 8 | David Andjelić | HK | 9 | Vladislav Dedić | PR | 10 | Jordan Grant | SR | 11 | Chad Grant | SR | 12 | Jason Muranka | LK | 13 | Stefan Nedeljković | Substitutes: | IC | 14 | Ilija Radan | IC | 15 | James Mirceski | IC | 16 | Reece Grkinić | IC | 17 | Džavid Jašari | Coach: | Ljubomir Bukvic | |
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Serbia vs Italy
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FB | 1 | Vojislav Dedić | RW | 2 | Miloš Zogović | RC | 3 | Miloš Ćalić | LC | 4 | Stevan Stevanović | LW | 5 | Joshua Marjanović | FE | 6 | Daniel Burke | HB | 7 | Dalibor Vukanović (c) | PR | 8 | Ilija Radan | HK | 9 | | PR | 10 | Jordan Grant | SR | 11 | James Mirceski | SR | 12 | Jason Muranka | LK | 13 | Chad Grant | Substitutes: | IC | 14 | | IC | 15 | | IC | 16 | Vlado Kušić | IC | 17 | Vladislav Dedić | Coach: | Ljubomir Bukvic | |
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Spain vs Ireland
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FB | 1 | Daniel Garcia | RW | 2 | Clement Laguerre | RC | 3 | Antonio Puerta | LC | 4 | Alexandre Doutres | LW | 5 | Chris Lopez | FE | 6 | Ivan Ordaz | HB | 7 | Miguel Charters-Blanco | PR | 8 | | HK | 9 | Nicolas Munoz | PR | 10 | Joel Marquez-Laynez | SR | 11 | Leandre Torres | SR | 12 | | LK | 13 | Kevin Aparicio | Substitutes: | IC | 14 | Andrew Pilkington | IC | 15 | | IC | 16 | | IC | 17 | | Coach: | Darren Fisher | |
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Italy vs Wales
Ireland vs Russia
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FB | 1 | Vyascheslav Eramin | RW | 5 | Vadim Buryak | RC | 21 | Kirill Kosharin | LC | 3 | Leonid Kalinin | LW | 18 | Dmitry Bratko | SO | 6 | Aleksandr Lysokon | SH | 7 | Denis Tiulenev | PR | 8 | Sergei Konstantinov (c) | HK | 4 | Petr Botnarash | PR | 10 | Ivan Troitskii | SR | 12 | Mikhail Burlutskii | SR | 11 | Andrey Kuznetsov | LF | 13 | Nikolai Zagoskin | Substitutes: | IC | 17 | Vadim Fedchuk | IC | 2 | Maksim Suchkov | IC | 9 | Maksim Tsynkovich | IC | 15 | Maksim Suchkov | Coach: | Denis Korolev | |
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Second place play-off
See main article: article and 2017 Rugby League World Cup qualification (Europe play-off). The final qualifying place was determined by a single knockout match held between the two group runners-up on 4 November 2016.
Notes and References
- http://www.rlef.eu.com/news/article/874/qualification-details-for-2017-rugby QUALIFICATION DETAILS FOR 2017 RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP ANNOUNCED
- http://rlif.com/rugby-league-international-news/article/1558/spain-defeat-latvia-to-take Spain defeat Latvia to take first step towards RLWC2017
- http://rlif.com/rugby-league-international-news/article/1492/extra-incentive-for-wales- Extra incentive for Wales & Ireland this Euro Championship
- http://www.rlef.eu.com/european_shield/report?RLE00000632 Serbia claim a historic first-ever victory over Russia - 2017 World Cup qualifying
- http://www.rlef.eu.com/news/article/1323/ireland-name-squad-after-trial IRELAND NAME SQUAD AFTER TRIAL MATCH
- http://www.rlef.eu.com/news/article/1322/italy-name-cosmopolitan-22-man-squad ITALY NAME COSMOPOLITAN 22-MAN SQUAD FOR WORLD CUP QUALIFIER
- http://www.rlef.eu.com/news/article/1316/russia-name-new-look-squad RUSSIA NAME NEW LOOK SQUAD FOR WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS
- http://www.rlef.eu.com/news/article/1314/three-debutants-in-serbia-22-man THREE DEBUTANTS IN SERBIA 22-MAN SQUAD FOR QUALIFIERS
- http://www.rlef.eu.com/news/article/1313/five-debutants-in-spain-22-man FIVE DEBUTANTS IN SPAIN 22-MAN SQUAD FOR QUALIFIERS
- http://www.rlef.eu.com/news/article/1320/wales-confident-for-world-cup WALES CONFIDENT FOR WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS
- http://www.walesrugbyleague.co.uk/article/14860/dai-evans-drafted-in-to DAI EVANS DRAFTED IN TO WALES' 22-MAN SQUAD
- http://www.walesrugbyleague.co.uk/article/14883/morris-hoping-to-feature-for MORRIS HOPING TO FEATURE FOR WALES AFTER CALL-UP
- http://www.walesrugbyleague.co.uk/article/14904/ansell-ready-for-wales-debut ANSELL READY FOR WALES DEBUT IF CALLED UPON
- http://www.leighjournal.co.uk/sport/14830150.International_dates_for_Leigh_Centurions_pair/ International dates for Leigh Centurions pair