2013 Rugby League World Cup

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2013 RLWC
Number of teams 14[1]
Host countries  England
 Wales
 Ireland
 France
Matches played 28
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The 2013 Rugby League World Cup will be the fourteenth staging of the Rugby League World Cup tournament and will be hosted by England and Wales with matches also be to held in France and Ireland.[2][3][4][5] It runs from 26 October to 30 November 2013. Fourteen teams will contest the tournament: Australia, England, New Zealand, Samoa, Wales, Fiji, France, Papua New Guinea, Ireland, Scotland, Tonga, Cook Islands, Italy and the United States. New Zealand are the defending champions, having defeated Australia in the 2008 Rugby League World Cup final. It is Italy and the United States' first World Cup.

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Organisation [edit]

Background [edit]

The Rugby League International Federation has confirmed this competition as a part of its international programme. The RLIF announced a five-year plan to build up to the 2013 World Cup with the Four Nations tournament to be held in 2009, 2010 and 2011. It is hoped that more regular international competition will help develop the game. The competition will form a part of the UK's "Golden Decade of Sport".[6] 2013 was chosen as the year of the World Cup to avoid a clash with the London Olympics in 2012.[7] After 2013, the Cup will be held on a quadrennial cycle.

Host selection [edit]

In addition to the United Kingdom, Australia announced its intention to bid for the hosting rights, despite hosting the previous World Cup in 2008.[8] The Australian Rugby League had been preparing a rival bid due to the success of the 2008 event but the business plan presented by the Rugby Football League for the UK to be the host was accepted by the RLIF at a meeting in July 2009.[7][9] The event forms part of what is being dubbed a 'Golden Decade' in British Sport.[2]

The UK last hosted the World Cup in 2000, with the event generally being considered unsuccessful.[7]

Format [edit]

The draw, undertaken at the launch of the event in Manchester on 30 November 2010, involved four groups[10] The first two groups are made up of four teams whilst the other two groups feature three teams each. There will be a quarter final round made up of the first three teams in the first two groups and the winners of each of the smaller groups. Group play will involve a round robin in the larger groups, and a round robin in the smaller groups with an additional inter-group game for each team so all teams will play three group games.[10]

Teams [edit]

The competition will contain fourteen teams, compared to ten in 2008.[1] Originally around twenty teams were to be involved in qualification,[11] but subsequently the total number of teams involved in the tournament was fixed at nineteen.

The home nations will compete separately again as England, Scotland and Wales. Twelve nations will automatically qualify, including those who competed at the previous World Cup, Wales as winners of the 2009 European Nations Cup[12] and the Cook Islands as runners up in the 2009 Pacific Cup.[10]

Europe:

Atlantic:

Oceania:

Qualification [edit]

Main article: 2013 Rugby League World Cup qualifying

There were two qualifying pools for the remaining two World Cup places; a European and an Atlantic pool, with one side from each to qualify.

The European Qualifying group involved Italy, Lebanon, Russia and Serbia while the Atlantic Qualifying group involved Jamaica, South Africa and the USA.[13] In the Atlantic Qualifiers the United States and Jamaica defeated South Africa in the opening rounds leaving the final match between the two to determine who qualified for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup. United States defeated Jamaica to qualify for their first ever Rugby League World Cup.[14]

Venues [edit]

The games will be played at various venues in England, Wales, Ireland, and France.

Group Stage Venues [edit]

Matches were subject to a bidding process run by the Rugby Football League.[15]

Millennium Stadium in Cardiff will host stadium for the opening ceremony and a double header featuring hosts England and Wales.[10]

Cardiff Limerick Hull Huddersfield Leeds Avignon
Millennium Stadium Thomond Park KC Stadium John Smith's Stadium Headingley Stadium Parc des Sports
Capacity: 74,500 Capacity: 26,500 Capacity: 25,586 Capacity: 24,500 Capacity 21,062 Capacity: 18,000
Millennium Stadium Reflected.jpg Thomond Park.jpg[16] KC Stadium before Hull v Burnley.jpg Huddersfield 002.jpg Headingley Carnegie.jpg Stade Avignon.JPG
St Helens Warrington Halifax Perpignan Bristol Salford
Langtree Park Halliwell Jones Stadium[17] The Shay Stade Gilbert Brutus Memorial Stadium Salford City Stadium
Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 15,200 Capacity: 14,061 Capacity: 13,000 Capacity: 12,100 Capacity: 12,000
Langtree Park 3.jpg Halliwell Jones Stadium - geograph.org.uk - 1305630.jpg The Shay.jpg Tribune Guasch Laborde.JPG Uplands StandBRFC.JPG Salford City Stadium - geograph.org.uk - 2865260.jpg
Leigh Wrexham Rochdale Hull Workington Neath
Leigh Sports Village Racecourse Ground Spotland Stadium Craven Park Derwent Park[18] The Gnoll
Capacity: 11,000 Capacity: 10,500 Capacity: 10,249 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 5,000
LeighStadium-May2008.jpg Racecourse Ground.jpg Spotland1.png Craven Park - geograph-710492-by-Peter-Church.jpg The Gnoll - Neath RFC - geograph-2277123.jpg

Knock-Out Stage Venues [edit]

Headingley Stadium Leeds, Halliwell Jones Stadium Warrington, Racecourse Ground Wrexham and DW Stadium Wigan will host the Qualifying Finals. Both Semi-Finals will be hosted at Wembley Stadium, with the final to be held at Old Trafford.

London Manchester Wigan
Wembley Old Trafford DW Stadium
Capacity: 90,000 Capacity: 76,212 Capacity: 25,133
Wembley Stadium interior.jpg View of Old Trafford from East Stand.jpg Warm up at the DW Stadium, Wigan - geograph.org.uk - 2012508.jpg

Group stage [edit]

Group A [edit]

Main article: 2013 Rugby League World Cup Group A
Team Pld W D L TF PF PA +/− BP Pts
 Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Fiji 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 October 2013 Australia  '  England Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
28 October 2013
20:00		 Fiji  '  Ireland Spotland Stadium, Rochdale
1 November 2013 Australia  '  Fiji Langtree Park, St Helens
2 November 2013 England  '  Ireland John Smith's Stadium, Huddersfield
9 November 2013 Australia  '  Ireland Thomond Park, Limerick
9 November 2013 England  '  Fiji KC Stadium, Hull

Group B [edit]

Main article: 2013 Rugby League World Cup Group B
Team Pld W D L TF PF PA +/− BP Pts
 New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Papua New Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 October 2013 New Zealand  '  Samoa Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington
27 October 2013 Papua New Guinea  '  France MS3 Craven Park, Hull
1 November 2013 France  '  New Zealand Parc des Sports, Avignon
4 November 2013
20:00		 Papua New Guinea  '  Samoa MS3 Craven Park, Hull
8 November 2013
20:00		 New Zealand  '  Papua New Guinea Headingley Carnegie Stadium, Leeds
11 November 2013
20:00		 France  '  Samoa Stade Gilbert Brutus, Perpignan

Group C [edit]

Team Pld W D L TF PF PA +/− BP Pts
 Scotland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Tonga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 October 2013
20:00		 Scotland  '  Tonga Derwent Park, Workington
10 November 2013 Tonga  '  Italy Shay Stadium, Halifax
3 November 2013 Italy  '  Scotland Derwent Park, Workington

Group D [edit]

Team Pld W D L TF PF PA +/− BP Pts
 Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Cook Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 November 2013 Wales  '  United States The Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
10 November 2013 Wales  '  Cook Islands The Gnoll, Neath
30 October 2013
20:00		 Cook Islands  '  United States Memorial Stadium, Bristol

Inter-group matches [edit]

Teams in Groups C and D will play an additional inter-group match during the Group Stage. These matches will be between Scotland and the United States; Tonga and the Cook Islands; and Wales and Italy.

26 October 2013 Wales  '  Italy Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
7 November 2013
20:00		 Scotland  '  United States Salford City Stadium, Salford
5 November 2013
20:00		 Tonga  '  Cook Islands Leigh Sports Village, Leigh

Knockout Stage [edit]

Quarter finals will follow the Group Stage with three teams from each of Groups A & B and one team from each of Group C & D qualifying.

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
  A1    
D1    
     
     
B2  
  A3    
     
   
  A2    
B3    
   
     
B1  
  C1    


Quarter Finals [edit]

16 November 2013 Winner A ' Winner D The Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
16 November 2013 Runner Up A ' 3rd place B DW Stadium, Wigan
15 November 2013
20:00		 Winner B ' Winner C Headingley Carnegie Stadium, Leeds
17 November 2013 Runner Up B ' 3rd place A Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington

Semi Finals [edit]

23 November 2013 ' ' ' Wembley Stadium, London
23 November 2013 ' ' ' Wembley Stadium, London

Final [edit]

30 November 2013[15] ' ' ' Old Trafford, Manchester

Broadcasting [edit]

In the United Kingdom the tournament will be shown on the BBC and Premier Sports (previously Setanta). The deal sees the BBC covering at least 6 matches, 3 of which being England pool matches, 1 quarter final, 1 semi final and the final. Premier Sports are showing all 28 matches with 9 matches exclusive to the channel including all Australia matches apart from England v Australia and all New Zealand matches, 3 Quarter Finals and 1 Semi Final. The BBC can cover any other matches that are not exclusive to Premier Sports. Under this deal the BBC will also cover the 2017 Rugby League World Cup, 2014 Four Nations and 2016 Four Nations.

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b "Rugby League World Cup to expand". BBC News. 23 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-23. 
  2. ^ a b RFL (28 July 2009). "UK to host 2013 World Cup". Rugby Football League. Archived from the original on 2010-12-01. Retrieved 2009-07-28. 
  3. ^ BBC Sport (1 December 2010). "Wales to co-host 2013 Rugby League World Cup". BBC. Archived from the original on 2010-12-01. Retrieved 2010-12-01. 
  4. ^ RTÉ Sport (22011-11-28). "Thomond to host Rugby League World Cup match". RTÉ. Retrieved 2011-11-28. 
  5. ^ "Hosts announced for the 2013 RLWC". http://www.therfl.co.uk. The Rugby Football League. Retrieved 28 November 2011. 
  6. ^ "RLWC2013 venues". 2013 rugby league world cup official website. Rugby League International Federation Ltd. Retrieved 3 September 2011. 
  7. ^ a b c Andy Wilson (28 July 2009). "UK wins bid to host 2013 Rugby League World Cup". London: Guardian.co.uk. Archived from the original on 30 July 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-28. 
  8. ^ BBC Sport (20 November 2008). "Australia make new World Cup bid". BBC. Retrieved 2009-07-28. 
  9. ^ Ian Laybourn (20 November 2008). "Australia to bid for next World Cup". Sporting Life. Retrieved 2009-07-28. 
  10. ^ a b c d "England draw Australia in 2013 Rugby League World Cup". BBC News. 30 November 2010. Archived from the original on 1 December 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-30. 
  11. ^ 20 nations to vie for league World Cup AAP, 23 February 2010
  12. ^ "Wales given entry to Rugby League World Cup". Stuff.co.nz. 8 May 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2011. 
  13. ^ 2013 World Cup format revealed lasttackle.com, 30 November 2010
  14. ^ Press Association (24 October 2011). "USA beat Jamaica to secure 2013 Rugby League World Cup berth". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 October 2011. 
  15. ^ a b England to face Australia in group stage of 2013 World Cup The Guardian, 30 November 2010
  16. ^ "Thomond to host Rugby League World Cup match". RTÉ Sport (RTÉ). 28 November 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2011. 
  17. ^ http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/9698490.Pacific_islanders_could_change_name_after_World_Cup/?ref=rss&utm_medium=twitter
  18. ^ "Workington Town to host Rugby League World Cup game". BBC Sport (BBC). 17 July 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012. 

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