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The 2017 Rugby League World Cup Europe qualification play-off was a rugby league match that was played on 4 November 2016 at Leigh Sports Village in England. The match decides who was the final European country to qualify for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup, with Italy defeating Russia 76–0.[1]
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Date | 4 November 2016 | ||||||||||||
Stadium | Leigh Sports Village | ||||||||||||
Location | Leigh, England | ||||||||||||
Man of the Match | Terry Campese (Italy) | ||||||||||||
Referee | Chris Campbell (England) | ||||||||||||
Attendance | 450 | ||||||||||||
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On 3 October 2014, the 2017 Rugby League World Cup qualifying competition was announced with three more qualification places being announced for European countries after England, France and Scotland had already qualified courtesy of reaching the 2013 World Cup knock-out stage.[2]
In the final round of European Qualification there were two groups of 3 with the countries that topped both pools advancing straight into the 2017 World Cup while the teams placed second headed into a one-off play-off match held at the Leigh Sports Village to see who will be the 14th and final country to qualify for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.
Italy qualified for the play-off match after finishing second in group A. They were almost in no need of a play-off match after being 40 minutes away from causing a shock result over Wales in Monza.
Opposing Team | For | Against | Date | Venue | Attendance |
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Serbia | 62 | 14 | 22 October 2016 | Makiš Stadium, Belgrade | 1,037 |
Wales | 14 | 20 | 29 October 2016 | Stadio Brianteo, Monza | 839 |
While Russia qualified for the play-off match after finishing second in group B.
Opposing Team | For | Against | Date | Venue | Attendance |
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Spain | 40 | 6 | 15 October 2016 | Fili Stadium, Moscow | 427 |
Ireland | 16 | 70 | 29 October 2016 | Carlisle Grounds, Bray | 867 |
Both teams squads remained unchanged throughout the qualifiers.
Club Team | Players |
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Blacktown Workers | Dean Parata |
Brianza Tigers | Patrik Ziliotti |
Cairns Brothers | Joel Riethmuller |
Canterbury Bulldogs | Joe Tramontana |
Cronulla Sharks | Jayden Walker |
Hull Kingston Rovers | Terry Campese, Josh Mantellato |
Lézignan Corbieres | Christophe Calegari |
Lions Brescia | Giuseppe Pagani |
Mackay Cutters | Gavin Hiscox |
Newcastle Thunder | Gioele Celerino |
Northern Pride | Justin Castellaro, Ryan Ghietti, Col Wilkie |
North Queensland Cowboys | Kieran Quabba |
Oldham R.L.F.C. | Richard Lepori |
*Sacramento Express | Mirco Bergamasco |
St. George Illawarra Dragons | Shannon Wakeman |
South Wales Ironmen | Chris Vitalini |
Townsville Blackhawks | Brenden Santi |
Windsor Wolves | Ryan Tramonte |
Wyong Roos | Chris Centrone |
Club Team | Players |
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CSKA Moscow | Kirill Kosharin |
Dinamo | Viacheslav Eremin, Andrey Kuznetsov |
*Ivanovo White Sharks | Ivan Troitskii |
RC Lokomotiv Moscow | Vadim Buryak, Leonid Kalinin, Maxim Tsinkovich |
Nara | Petr Botnarash, Mikhail Burlutskii, Sergey Gaponov, Anatoly Grigorev, Sergei Konstantinov, Aleksandr Lysokon, Maksim Suchkov, Denis Tiulenev, Vladimir Vlasyuk, Nikolay Zagoskin |
Moscow Fili | Anton Iunisov, Iustin Petrushka |
Moscow Storm | Dmitry Bratko, Igor Chuprin, Vadim Fedchuk |
Leigh Sports Village, Leigh Attendance: 450 Referee: Chris Campbell (England) Player of the Match: Terry Campese (Italy) |
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With the win Italy became the 14th, and final, team to qualify for the 2017 World Cup.
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