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]
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 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
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
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 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:
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]
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
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
The Russia squad as at 22 September 2011 is as follows:
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
The Serbia squad was named on 22 September.
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