2000 Rugby League World Cup qualifying was contested by the national rugby league football teams of Lebanon, the United States, Morocco, Canada, Italy and Japan for the 16th spot in the 2000 Rugby League World Cup tournament. Lebanon won the tournament and went on to the World Cup.
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 9 November 1999 – 21 November 1999 |
Teams | 6 (from 2 confederations) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 7 |
Qualified teams
edit- Australien (automatic qualifier)
- Neuseeland (automatic qualifier)
- Māori (automatic qualifier)
- Papua-Neuguinea (automatic qualifier)
- Tonga (automatic qualifier)
- Fidschi (automatic qualifier)
- Samoa (automatic qualifier)
- Cook Inseln (automatic qualifier)
- England (automatic qualifier and co-host)
- Wales (automatic qualifier and co-host)
- Frankreich (automatic qualifier and co-host)
- Irland (automatic qualifier and co-host)
- Scotland (automatic qualifier and co-host)
- Russland (automatic qualifier)
- Südafrika (automatic qualifier)
- Libanon (winner of the qualifying group)
First round
editPool A
editThe first pool of World Cup qualifiers involved teams from the Mediterranean; Lebanon, Italy and Morocco. These matches were held in France.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
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Libanon | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 16 | 124 | 4 |
Italien | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 36 | 14 | 2 |
Marokko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 138 | -138 | 0 |
Pool B
editThe second pool of World Cup qualifiers involved teams from the Pacific Rim; United States, Japan and Canada. Pool B qualifiers were held in Orlando, Florida, United States.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
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Vereinigte Staaten | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 0 | 122 | 4 |
Japan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 54 | -40 | 2 |
Kanada | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 82 | -82 | 0 |
9 November 1999 | Vereinigte Staaten | 54–0 | Japan | Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex, Orlando |
11 November 1999 | Kanada | 0–68 | Vereinigte Staaten | Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex, Orlando |
15 November 1999 | Japan | 14–0 | Kanada | Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex, Orlando |
Second round
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