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2017 Rugby League World Cup qualification – Europe

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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

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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

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Qualified teams for final phase:

Squads

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Ireland

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The final Ireland 22-man squad as of 9 October 2016 is as follows:[5]

Club Team Players
Ireland Athboy Longhorns Casey Dunne
Ireland Ballynahinch Rabbitohs Gareth Gill
Ireland Belfast Met Scholars Chris Hall
England Bradford Bulls Joseph Keyes
Ireland Dublin City Exiles James Kelly, Mikey Russell
Ireland Galway Tribesmen Alan McMahon
England Halifax Luke Ambler
England Huddersfield Giants Scott Grix, Oliver Roberts
Ireland Ireland Students Matthew Cahoon
England Leigh Centurions Greg McNally
England Oldham R.L.F.C. Will Hope
Australia Parramatta Eels James Hasson
Australia Redcliffe Dolphins Danny Bridge
England Rochdale Hornets Matty Hadden
England St. Helens Shannon McDonnell
England Wakefield Trinity Wildcats Liam Finn
England Warrington Wolves George King, Toby King, Joe Philbin
England Whitehaven David Allen

Italy

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The final Italy 22-man squad as of 8 October 2016 is as follows:[6]

Club Team Players
Australia Blacktown Workers Dean Parata
Italy Brianza Tigers Patrik Ziliotti
Australia Cairns Brothers Joel Riethmuller
Australia Canterbury Bulldogs Joseph Tramontana
Australia Cronulla Sharks Jayden Walker
England Hull Kingston Rovers Terry Campese, Josh Mantellato
France Lézignan Corbieres Christophe Calegari
Italy Lions Brescia Giuseppe Pagani
Australia Mackay Cutters Gavin Hiscox
England Newcastle Thunder Gioele Celerino
Australia Northern Pride Justin Castellaro, Ryan Ghietti, Colin Wilkie
Australia North Queensland Cowboys Kieran Quabba
England Oldham R.L.F.C. Richard Lepori
United States *Sacramento Express Mirco Bergamasco
Australia St. George Illawarra Dragons Shannon Wakeman
Wales South Wales Ironmen Chris Vitalini
Australia Townsville Blackhawks Brenden Santi
Australia Windsor Wolves Ryan Tramonte
Australia Wyong Roos Chris Centrone
  • * Denotes a rugby union club.

Russia

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The final Russia 22-man squad as of 6 September 2016 is as follows:[7]

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

Serbia

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The final 22-man squad as of 5 October 2016 is as follows:[8]

Club Team Players
Australia Blacktown Workers David Andjelić
Australia Cabramatta Two Blues Reece Grkinić
Australia Collegians Daniel Burke
England Dewsbury Rams Jason Muranka
Serbia Dorćol Spiders Dalibor Samardžić, Dalibor Vukanović, Stefan Nedeljković, Stevan Stevanović
Australia Kawana Dolphins Joshua Marjanović
Serbia RLK Partizan Belgrade Džavid Jašari, Vlado Kušić
Serbia RLK Radnički Nova Pazova Pero Madžarević, Žarko Kovačević
Serbia RLK Red Star Belgrade Miloš Ćalić, Miloš Zogović, Vladislav Dedić, Vojislav Dedić
Australia St Clair Comets Chad Grant
France Villeneuve Leopards Vladica Nikolić
Australia Western Suburbs Magpies James Mirceski
Australia Wests Tigers Jordan Grant
Unattached Ilija Radan

Spain

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The final 22-man squad as of 4 October 2016 is as follows:[9]

Club Team Players
England Army Rugby League Chris Lopez
Spain Custodians Madrid Antonio Puerta, Daniel Moreno
England Hull F.C. Joel Marquez-Laynez
Spain Irreductibles Ivan Ordaz
Spain Los Gossos Clement Laguerre
France Palau XIII Broncos Alexandre Doutres, Cedric Bringuier, Leandre Torres, Mathieu Griffi,
Pierre Negre
Spain Paterna Dragons Matt Dulley
England Seaton Rangers Miguel Charters-Blanco
France *Stade Français Kevin Aparicio
France Tonneins XIII Gonzalo Morro
Spain Torrent Tigres Aitor Davila, Juan Pablo Rango, Raul Simo
Spain Valencia Warriors Adrian Alonso, Andrew Pilkington, Luis Thorp
England Woolston Rovers Daniel Garcia
  • * Denotes a rugby union club.

Wales

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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]

*Sam Hopkins was called into the team for the final qualifier against Italy after Jacob Emmitt withdrew due to a hamstring injury.[14]

Club Team Players
England Gloucestershire All Golds Morgan Evans, Steve Parry, Lewis Reece
England Hunslet Hawks Danny Ansell
England Leigh Centurions Sam Hopkins
England London Broncos Elliot Kear, Rhys Williams
Australia Mackay Cutters Andrew Gay
England Oldham R.L.F.C. Joe Burke
England Salford Red Devils Philip Joseph, Craig Kopczak
England Sheffield Eagles Matty Fozard
Australia Souths Logan Magpies Ollie Olds
Wales South Wales Ironmen Courtney Davies, Dai Evans, Connor Farrer, Ian Newbury,
Christiaan Roets
England St. Helens Regan Grace, Ben Morris
England Swinton Lions *Jacob Emmitt, Rhodri Lloyd
England Wakefield Trinity Wildcats Anthony Walker
England Widnes Vikings Gil Dudson, Lloyd White,

Final Tables

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Wales 2 2 0 0 70 14 +56 4 Qualification for 2017 Rugby League World Cup
2  Italy 2 1 0 1 76 34 +42 2 Advance to fourth round
3  Serbia 2 0 0 2 14 112 −98 0
Source: [citation needed]

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Ireland 2 2 0 0 116 22 +94 4 Qualification for 2017 Rugby League World Cup
2  Russia 2 1 0 1 56 76 −20 2 Advance to fourth round
3  Spain 2 0 0 2 12 86 −74 0
Source: [citation needed]

Fixtures

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Russia vs Spain

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15 October 2016[15]
Russia  40 – 6  Spain
Try: Burlutskii 12'
Zagoskin 14'
Kosharin 33'
Lysokon 44'
Bratko 54'
Chuprin 76'
Buryak 79'

Goal: Lysokon 4/5
Bratko 1/1
Burlutskii 1/1

Report
Try: Rango 69'
Goal: Garcia 1/1
Fili Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 427
Referee: England Jack Smith
Player of the Match: Russia Aleksandr Lysokon
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
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 Luis Thorp
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

Wales vs Serbia

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15 October 2016[16]
Wales  50 – 0  Serbia
Try: Williams (2) 12', 19
Grace (2) 28', 56
Olds (2) 33', 69'
Davies 46'
Gay 52'
Dudson 76
Goal: White 4/6
Davies 3/3
Report
Try:
Parc Stebonheath, Llanelli
Attendance: 902
Referee: England Chris Campbell
Player of the Match: Wales Elliot Kear
FB 1 Elliot Kear
RW 2 Regan Grace
RC 4 Christiaan Roets
LC 18 Andrew Gay
LW 5 Rhys Williams
SO 6 Courtney Davies
SH 7 Ollie Olds
PR 8 Gil Dudson
HK 9 Lloyd White
PR 10 Craig Kopczak (c)
SR 11 Rhodri Lloyd
SR 15 Joe Burke
LF 13 Philip Joseph
Substitutes:
IC 14 Steve Parry
IC 16 Jacob Emmitt
IC 17 Anthony Walker
IC 19 Matty Fozard
Coach:
John Kear
FB 1 Vojislav Dedić
RW 2 Joshua Marjanović
RC 3 Miloš Ćalić
LC 4 Stevan Stevanović
LW 5 Pero Madžarević yellow card 54' to 64'
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

Serbia vs Italy

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22 October 2016[17]
Serbia  14 – 62  Italy
Try: Marjanović (2) 68', 79'
Burke 73'
Goal: Dedić 1/2
Report
Try: Lepori (4) 4', 10', 12', 46'
Cerruto (4) 17', 35', 49', 71'
Wakeman 22'
Santi 45'
Campese 58'
Calegari 62'
Goal: Bergamasco 7/11
Campese 0/1
Makiš Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 1,037
Player of the Match: Italy Terry Campese
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 Reece Grkinić
PR 10 Jordan Grant
SR 11 James Mirceski
SR 12 Jason Muranka
LK 13 Chad Grant
Substitutes:
IC 14 David Andjelić
IC 15 Miodrag Tomić
IC 16 Vlado Kušić
IC 17 Vladislav Dedić
Coach:
Ljubomir Bukvic
FB 1 Mason Cerruto
RW 2 Chris Centrone
RC 3 Justin Castellaro
LC 4 Mirco Bergamasco
LW 5 Richard Lepori
FE 6 Terry Campese
HB 7 Ryan Ghietti
PR 8 Shannon Wakeman
HK 9 Dean Parata
PR 10 Gavin Hiscox
SR 11 Jayden Walker
SR 12 Brenden Santi
LK 13 Joel Riethmuller
Substitutes:
IC 14 Colin Wilkie
IC 15 Christophe Calegari
IC 16 Kieran Quabba
IC 17 Gioele Celerino
Coach:
Cameron Ciraldo

Spain vs Ireland

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22 October 2016
Spain  6 – 46  Ireland
Try: Charters-Blanco 62'
Goal: Garcia 1/1
Report
Try: Roberts 2'
Dunne (2) 5', 52'
Littler (2) 29', 74'
Hasson 39'
Peacock 56'
King 66'
Grix 77'
Goal: Finn 5/9
Polideportivo Quatre Carreres, Valencia
Attendance: 323
Referee: France Patrice Benausse
Player of the Match: Ireland Liam Finn
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 Luis Thorp
HK 9 Nicolas Munoz
PR 10 Joel Marquez-Laynez
SR 11 Leandre Torres
SR 12 Cedric Bringuier yellow card 65' to 75'
LK 13 Kevin Aparicio
Substitutes:
IC 14 Andrew Pilkington
IC 15 Aitor Davila
IC 16 Matt Dulley
IC 17 Adria Alonso
Coach:
Darren Fisher
FB 1 Shannon McDonnell
RW 2 Casey Dunne
RC 3 Stuart Littler
LC 4 Oliver Roberts
LW 5 Alan McMahon
FE 6 Scott Grix
HB 7 Liam Finn (c)
PR 8 James Hasson
HK 9 Joseph Keyes
PR 10 Luke Ambler
SR 11 David Allen
SR 12 Will Hope
LK 13 George King
Substitutes:
IC 14 Haydn Peacock
IC 15 Matty Hadden
IC 16 James Kelly
IC 17 Gareth Gill
Coach:
Mark Aston

Italy vs Wales

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29 October 2016[18]
Italy  14 – 20  Wales
Try: Wilkie 26'
Castellaro 29'
Goal: Campese 3/3
Report
Try: Morris (2) 16', 59'
Walker 37'
Gay 52'
Goal: Davies 2/4
Stadio Brianteo, Monza
Attendance: 839
Referee: England Chris Campbell
FB 2 Chris Centrone
RW 3 Justin Castellaro
RC 15 Christophe Calegari
LC 4 Mirco Bergamasco
LW 5 Richard Lepori
FE 6 Terry Campese
HB 7 Ryan Ghietti
PR 8 Shannon Wakeman
HK 9 Dean Parata
PR 10 Gavin Hiscox
SR 11 Jayden Walker
SR 12 Brenden Santi
LK 13 Joel Riethmuller
Substitutes:
IC 1 Mason Cerruto
IC 14 Colin Wilkie
IC 16 Kieran Quabba
IC 17 Gioele Celerino
Coach:
Cameron Ciraldo
FB 1 Elliot Kear
RW 2 Rhys Williams
RC 26 Ben Morris
LC 16 Andrew Gay
LW 3 Dai Evans
SO 6 Courtney Davies
SH 17 Matty Fozard
PR 8 Gil Dudson
HK 9 Lloyd White
PR 10 Craig Kopczak (c)
SR 11 Rhodri Lloyd
SR 12 Philip Joseph
LF 13 Steve Parry
Substitutes:
IC 14 Joe Burke
IC 15 Anthony Walker
IC 23 Sam Hopkins
IC 24 Danny Ansell
Coach:
John Kear

Ireland vs Russia

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30 October 2016[17]
Ireland  70 – 16  Russia
Try: Hope 7'
Dunne 10'
McMahon (2) 13', 36'
Grix (2) 23', 62'
T. King 32'
McDonnell 38'
Roberts (2) 46', 72'
G. King 59'
Kelly 64'
Littler 69'
Goal:Finn 8/11
Littler 1/2
Report
Try: Eramin 4'
Kalinin 26'
Buryak 79'
Goal: Lysokon 2/3
Carlisle Grounds, Bray
Attendance: 867
Referee: Chris Kendall
FB 1 Shannon McDonnell
RW 2 Casey Dunne
RC 3 Stuart Littler
LC 4 Toby King
LW 5 Alan McMahon
FE 6 Scott Grix
HB 7 Liam Finn (c)
PR 8 George King
HK 9 Joseph Keyes
PR 10 Luke Ambler
SR 11 David Allen
SR 12 Will Hope
LK 13 Oliver Roberts
Substitutes:
IC 14 Joe Philbin
IC 15 Matty Hadden
IC 16 James Kelly
IC 17 Gareth Gill
Coach:
Mark Aston
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

Second place play-off

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The final qualifying place was determined by a single knockout match held between the two group runners-up on 4 November 2016.

References

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  1. ^ QUALIFICATION DETAILS FOR 2017 RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP ANNOUNCED Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine, rlef.eu.com, 3 August 2014
  2. ^ Spain defeat Latvia to take first step towards RLWC2017, rlif.com, 10 May 2015
  3. ^ Extra incentive for Wales & Ireland this Euro Championship, rlif.com, 13 October 2014
  4. ^ Serbia claim a historic first-ever victory over Russia - 2017 World Cup qualifying Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine, rlef.eu.com, 16 May 2015
  5. ^ IRELAND NAME SQUAD AFTER TRIAL MATCH Archived 2016-10-10 at the Wayback Machine, rlef.com, 9 October 2016
  6. ^ ITALY NAME COSMOPOLITAN 22-MAN SQUAD FOR WORLD CUP QUALIFIER[permanent dead link], rlef.com, 8 October 2016
  7. ^ RUSSIA NAME NEW LOOK SQUAD FOR WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS Archived 2016-10-09 at the Wayback Machine, rlef.com, 6 October 2016
  8. ^ THREE DEBUTANTS IN SERBIA 22-MAN SQUAD FOR QUALIFIERS Archived 2016-10-06 at the Wayback Machine, rlef.com, 6 October 2016
  9. ^ FIVE DEBUTANTS IN SPAIN 22-MAN SQUAD FOR QUALIFIERS Archived 2016-10-18 at the Wayback Machine, rlef.com, 4 October 2016
  10. ^ WALES CONFIDENT FOR WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS Archived 2016-10-09 at the Wayback Machine, rlef.com, 7 October 2016
  11. ^ DAI EVANS DRAFTED IN TO WALES' 22-MAN SQUAD, WALES RUGBY LEAGUE, 14 October 2016
  12. ^ MORRIS HOPING TO FEATURE FOR WALES AFTER CALL-UP, WALES RUGBY LEAGUE, 21 October 2016
  13. ^ ANSELL READY FOR WALES DEBUT IF CALLED UPON, WALES RUGBY LEAGUE, 28 October 2016
  14. ^ International dates for Leigh Centurions pair, Leigh Journal, 29 October 2016
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  16. ^ "WALES TO TAKE ON SERBIA IN LLANELLI". walesrugbyleague.co.uk. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  17. ^ a b "World Cup 2017: Pool breakdown". NRL.com. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  18. ^ "Rugby League World Cup European Qualifier to be staged in Monza". Rugby League Planet. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
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