2013 Rugby League World Cup qualification – Europe

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.2013 World Cup European Zone Qualifying Dates https://web.archive.org/web/20151222132832/http://rleague.com/content/article.php?id=38745 2015-12-22 rleague.com, 20 March 2011 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.https://archive.today/20130127094901/http://www.lasttackle.com/news_4647-2013-world-cup-format-revealed.html 2013 World Cup format revealed lasttackle.com, 30 November 2010 Standings TeamPldWDLPFPA+/−PtsItaly321016331+1325Lebanon321014723+1245Russia310242152−1102Serbia300338184−1460 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) Try: Nikolaev Conv: Lysokon Stadio Plebiscito, Padova 2,100https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/world-cup-qualifiers-2011/game-1/italy-vs-russia.html Italy vs. Russia - Italy 92 def. Russia 6 (Report) FB 1Anthony Minichiello (c)RW 2Christophe CalegariRC 3Dom NassoLC 4Matt ParrataLW 5Josh MantellatoSO 6Ben FalconeSH 7Ryan GhiettiPR 8Alex RanieriHK 9Ray NassoPR 10Ryan TramonteSR 11Cameron CiraldoSR 12Joel RiethmullerLF 13Rob QuitadamoSubstitutions:IC 14Dean VicelichIC 15Cederic PrizzonIC 16Matthew SandsIC 17Rhys LennarduzziCoach: FB 1Maksim SuchkovRW 2Petr BotnarashRC 3Andrey ZdobnikovLC 4Mikhail BurlutskiyLW 5Rustam BulanovFE 6Aleksander Lysokon (c)HB 7Eduard OsoskovPR 8Sergey KonstantinovHK 9Vladimir VlasyukPR 10Ilgiz GalimovSR 11Alexey NikolaevSR 12Grigory EsinLK 13Vadim FedchukSubstitutions:IC 14Sergey GaponovIC 15Igor ChuprinIC 16Vladimir GotsulyakIC 17Artem GrigoryanCoach: 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 Try: Nedic International Olympic Stadium, Tripoli (Report) FB 1Adnan SalehRW 2Adnan El ZabediehRC 3Danny BarakatLC 4Adham El ZabediehLW 5Clifton NyeSO 6James BoustaniSH 7Nadim CouriPR 8Khaled Deeb (c)HK 9Jamie ClarkPR 10Allen SoultanSR 11Ahmed EllazSR 12Steve AzziLF 13Ray MoujalliSubstitutions:IC 14Ali KouroucheIC 15Nick KassisIC 16Ibrahim BalloutIC 17Robin HachacheCoach: FB 1Ivan ŠušnjaraRW 2Vladan KikanovićRC 3Miloš ĆalićLC 4Aleksandar AleksićLW 5Nebojša ŽivanovićFE 6Adam NedićHB 7Dalibor VukanovićPR 8Ilija RadanHK 9Nikša UnkovićPR 10Lazar ŽivkovićSR 11Stefan NedeljkovićSR 12Soni RadovanovićLK 13Austen NovakovićSubstitutions:IC 14Dejan LukenićIC 15Danilo DelićIC 16Zoran PešićIC 17Milan ŠušnjaraCoach: Russia vs Lebanon 22 October 2011 Russia 0–32 Lebanon Tries: Barakat (2), Azzi, Kassis, Adham El Zabedieh, Nye Conv: Couri (3), Boustani Vereya Stadium, Vereya (Report) FB 1Maksim SuchkovRW 2Mikhail BurlutskiyRC 3Petr BotnarashLC 4Vadim FedchukLW 5Rustam BulanovSO 6Aleksandr Lysokon (c)SH 7Eduard OsoskovPR 8Sergei KonstantinovHK 9Vladimir VlasyukPR 10Ilgiz GalimovSR 11Alexey NikolaevSR 12Grigory EsinLF 13Sergey GaponovSubstitutions:IC 14Igor ChuprinIC 15Anatoly GrigorevIC 16Vladimir OdnosumovIC 17Artem GrigoryanCoach:ENG John Stankevitch FB 1Clifton NyeRW 2Adnan El ZabediehRC 3Danny BarakatLC 4Danny ChihaLW 5Adham El ZabediehFE 6James BoustaniHB 7Nadim CouriPR 8Charlie FarahHK 9Jamie ClarkPR 10Khaled DeebSR 11Nick KassisSR 12Steve AzziLK 13Ray MoujalliSubstitutions:IC 14Walid YassineIC 15Ibrahim BalloutIC 16Chris SaabIC 17Robin HachacheCoach:LBN David Bayssari Serbia vs Italy 23 October 2011 Serbia 6–52 Italy Try: Pesic Conv: Nedic Tries: Minichiello (3), Lenarduzzi (2), Mantellato, Riethmuller, Parrata, D. Nasso Conv: Mantellato (8) Makiš Stadium, Belgrade (Report) FB 1RW 2RC 3LC 4LW 5SO 6SH 7PR 8HK 9PR 10SR 11 SR 12LF 13Substitutions:IC 14IC 15IC 16IC 17Coach: FB 1RW 2RC 3LC 4LW 5FE 6HB 7PR 8HK 9PR 10SR 11SR 12LK 13Substitutions:IC 14IC 15IC 16IC 17Coach: Serbia vs Russia 29 October 2011 Serbia 28–36 Russia Tries: Pesic, Nedic, Susnjara, Radan, Novakovic Conv: Nedic (4) Tries: Botnarash (3), Volkov, Esin, Ososkov Conv: Lysokon (6) Makiš Stadium, Belgrade (Report) FB 1RW 2RC 3LC 4LW 5SO 6SH 7PR 8HK 9PR 10SR 11 SR 12LF 13Substitutions:IC 14IC 15IC 16IC 17Coach: FB 1RW 2RC 3LC 4LW 5FE 6HB 7PR 8HK 9PR 10SR 11SR 12LK 13Substitutions:IC 14IC 15IC 16IC 17Coach: Italy vs Lebanon 29 October 2011 Italy 19–19 Lebanon Tries: Falcone, Stewart, Mantellato Conv: Mantellato (3) DG: Ghietti Tries: El Zabedieh, Moujalli, Boustani Conv: Couri (3) DG: Couri Makiš Stadium, Belgrade (Report) FB 1RW 2RC 3LC 4LW 5SO 6SH 7PR 8HK 9PR 10SR 11 SR 12LF 13Substitutions:IC 14IC 15IC 16IC 17Coach: FB 1RW 2RC 3LC 4LW 5FE 6HB 7PR 8HK 9PR 10SR 11SR 12LK 13Substitutions:IC 14IC 15IC 16IC 17Coach: 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.skysports.com Italy clinch World Cup place http://www1.skysports.com/rugby-league/news/12196/7279472/Italy-clinch-World-Cup-place 30 October 2011 Sky Sports 29 October 2011 Squads Italy The Italy squad as of 22 September 2011 is as follows: Coach: Italy Carlo Napolitano Club Team Players ENG Harlequins RL Harlequins 16 Craig Gower ITA Grifons Padova none 16 Matthew Sands, Giacomo Simioni FRA Lézignan Sangliers Lezignan 16 Christophe Calegari AUS Manly Sea Eagles Manly 16 Vic Mauro AUS Monto none 16 Dom Nasso AUS Mount Isa none 16 Matt Parrata AUS Newcastle Knights Newcastle 16 Cameron Ciraldo AUS Northern Pride RLFC Northern Pride 16 Ryan Ghetti AUS North Queensland Cowboys North Queensland 16 Joel Riethmuller AUS North Sydney Bears North Sydney 16 Alex Ranieri FRA Saint-Gaudens Bears saint-gaudens 16 Jean Christophe Borlin AUS St Patricks Blacktown none 16 Ryan Tramonte AUS Sydney Roosters Sydney 16 Anthony Minichiello (C) FRA Villefranche de Rouergue villefranche 16 Ray Nasso, Cederic Prizzon AUS Wentworth none 16 Ben Falcone AUS Western Suburbs Magpies Western Suburbs 16 Rocky Trimarchi, Rhys Lennarduzzi AUS Windsor Wolves none 16 Ben Stewart ITA XIII del Ducato none 16 Juan Pablo Carrara, Fabrizio Ciaurro, Thomas Covati, Giovanni Franchi, Romain Pavoni, Dean Vicelich, Santiago Monteagudo, Rob Quitadamo AUS Wyong none 16 Josh Mantellato ENG West Bowling none 16 Jonathan Marcinzack Lebanon The Lebanon squad as at 22 September 2011 is as follows: Coach: Lebanon David Bayssari 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: Coach: Russia Eduard Ososkov 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. Coach: Serbia Marko Janković 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 R.L.F.C. 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 Category:2013 in rugby league