The 2013 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 163 | 31 | +132 | 5 |
Lebanon | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 147 | 23 | +124 | 5 |
Russia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 152 | −110 | 2 |
Serbia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 184 | −146 | 0 |
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 |
Stadio Plebiscito, Padova Attendance: 2,100[3] |
| | | 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: | | |
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 |
| | | 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: | | |
Russia vs Lebanon
| | FB | 1 | Maksim Suchkov | RW | 2 | Mikhail Burlutskiy | RC | 3 | Petr Botnarash | LC | 4 | Vadim Fedchuk | LW | 5 | Rustam Bulanov | SO | 6 | Aleksandr Lysokon (c) | SH | 7 | Eduard Ososkov | PR | 8 | Sergei Konstantinov | HK | 9 | Vladimir Vlasyuk | PR | 10 | Ilgiz Galimov | SR | 11 | Alexey Nikolaev | SR | 12 | Grigory Esin | LF | 13 | Sergey Gaponov | Substitutions: | IC | 14 | Igor Chuprin | IC | 15 | Anatoly Grigorev | IC | 16 | Vladimir Odnosumov | IC | 17 | Artem Grigoryan | Coach: | John Stankevitch | | |
Serbia vs Italy
| | 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
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
| | 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.[4]
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 R.L.F.C. | 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 |
References
- ^ 2013 World Cup European Zone Qualifying Dates Archived 2015-12-22 at the Wayback Machine rleague.com, 20 March 2011
- ^ 2013 World Cup format revealed lasttackle.com, 30 November 2010
- ^ "Italy vs. Russia - Italy 92 def. Russia 6".
- ^ skysports.com (29 October 2011). "Italy clinch World Cup place". Sky Sports. Retrieved 30 October 2011.