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]
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
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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 BalamandAllen 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 MountiesGeorge Azzi , Adham El Zabedieh , Adnan El Zabedieh NarrabeenCharlie 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 DinamoAndrey Zdobnikov Nevskaya Zastava Grigory Esin RBKValentin Baskakov , Artyom Grigoryan , Ruslan Izmaylov , Sergey Matveev , Denis Nikolskiy , Vladimir Odnosumov StormIgor 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 GradAleksandar Aleksić , Mirko Božović