2017 Rugby League World Cup

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Number of teams 14
Host countries  Australia
 New Zealand
 Papua New Guinea
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The 2017 Rugby League World Cup will be the fifteenth staging of the Rugby League World Cup. It will be held in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.[1] between 26 October and 2 December 2017. Michael Brown, the CEO of several big name Australian sporting franchises and the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, has been appointed CEO of the 2017 World Cup.[2]

It will be the main event of the year's Festival of World Cups.

Host selection

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See also: Rugby League World Cup hosts

At the 2010 Rugby League International Federation executive meeting, the New Zealand Rugby League made an early submission to co-host the 2017 tournament with Australia.[3] The Rugby League World Cup was last held in Australia in 2008.[4]

Two formal bids were subsequently received by the RLIF before a November 2012 deadline; the co-host bid from Australia and New Zealand and a bid from South Africa.[5][6][7] On 19 February 2014, it was announced that the joint bid from Australia and New Zealand had won hosting rights.[8]

Qualification

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Main article: 2017 Rugby League World Cup qualifying

It was announced on August 3 2014 that 7 of the 8 quarter-finalists from the last World Cup will qualify automatically for the 2017 tournament; hosts Australia and New Zealand, England, Fiji, France, Samoa and Scotland. The USA, who were also 2013 quarter-finalists, were denied automatic qualification after a long-running internal governance dispute saw their RLIF membership temporarily suspended in 2014; they were later accepted to take part in the qualification process once the matter was resolved. Papua New Guinea were initially set to be involved in the qualifying competition but due to becoming co-hosts of the tournament they have automatically qualified. In addition to the seven automatic qualifiers, the remaining seven spots will come from four different qualification zones; three from Europe, one from Asia/Pacific, one from Americas and one from Middle East/Africa.[9]

Tonga were the first team to qualify from the qualification stage after winning the Asia-Pacific play-off.[10] Lebanon were the second team to qualify from the qualification stage after winning the Middle East-Africa play-off.[11] The USA were the third team to qualify, winning the Americas qualifying group.

Teams

Country Qualified as Qualification date Previous appearances in tournament Continent
 Australia Co-hosts 19 February 2014 14 (1954, 1957, 1960, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1985-88, 1989-92, 1995, 2000, 2008, 2013) Oceania
 England 2013 Semi Finalists 5 August 2014 5* (1975, 1995, 2000, 2008, 2013) *9 appearances as Great Britain Europe
 Fiji 2013 Semi Finalists 5 August 2014 4 (1995, 2000, 2008, 2013) Oceania
 France 2013 Quarter Finalists 5 August 2014 14 (1954, 1957, 1960, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1985-88, 1989-92, 1995, 2000, 2008, 2013) Europe
 Lebanon Middle East-Africa play-off winner 31 October 2015 1 (2000) Asia
 New Zealand Co-hosts 19 February 2014 14 (1954, 1957, 1960, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1985-88, 1989-92, 1995, 2000, 2008, 2013) Oceania
 Papua New Guinea Co-hosts 8 October 2015 6 (1985-88, 1989-92, 1995, 2000, 2008, 2013) Oceania
 Samoa 2013 Quarter Finalists 5 August 2014 4 (1995, 2000, 2008, 2013) Oceania
 Scotland 2013 Quarter Finalists 5 August 2014 3 (2000, 2008, 2013) Europe
 Tonga Asia-Pacific play-off winner 17 October 2015 4 (1995, 2000, 2008, 2013) Oceania
 United States Americas qualifying group winner 12 December 2015 1 (2013) North America

Venues

It was announced in October 2014 that negotiations were being held for Papua New Guinea to host matches.[12] The Papua New Guinea Rugby Football League presented to the RLIF in September 2015, requesting to host three matches.[13] In October 2015 it was confirmed that Papua New Guinea would host 3 matches in the group stage.[14]

Broadcasting

Country Broadcaster Broadcasting
Australia Seven Network[15] Every Match Live
New Zealand Sky Sport[citation needed] Every Match Live
Prime TV[citation needed] All New Zealand matches live, opening match live and all knockout stage matches live
England Premier Sports[citation needed] Every Match Live
BBC[citation needed] All England matches live and final.

References

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  13. ↑ PNG Prime Minister Peter O'Neill keen to host Rugby League World Cup matches smh.com.au, 27 September 2015
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External links

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