2013 Festival of World Cups
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The 2013 Festival of World Cups was a series of rugby league world cups held in England during 2013 in the lead up to the 2013 Men's Rugby League World Cup. The festival included the students, police, women, armed forces, and wheelchair world cups.
Festival schedule
[edit]Event | Dates | Venues | Winner |
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Armed Forces | 13 July 2013 | Colchester Garrison Sports Stadium | Australien |
Wheelchair | 13 July 2013 | Medway Park | Frankreich |
Student | 14 July 2013 | 4 venues in West Yorkshire; Headingley Rugby Stadium | Australien |
Police | 14 July 2013 | 3 venues in West Yorkshire; Headingley Rugby Stadium | Australien |
Women | 14 July 2013 | 4 venues in West Yorkshire; Headingley Rugby Stadium | Australien |
Armed Forces
[edit]The second Armed Forces World Cup took place at the Colchester Garrison Sports Stadium. Four nations competed; Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Serbia. The middle weekend of the tournament coincided with the annual military festival held in Colchester.[1]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
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Australien | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 164 | 38 | +126 | 6 |
Great Britain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 146 | 28 | +118 | 4 |
Neuseeland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 92 | 70 | +22 | 2 |
Serbien | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 272 | –266 | 0 |
- Results
- 30 June:
- Great Britain 32 – 8 New Zealand
- Australia 112 – 0 Serbia
- 3 July:
- Great Britain 98 – 0 Serbia
- Australia 32 – 22 New Zealand
- 6 July:
- Serbia 6 – 62 New Zealand
- Great Britain 16 – 20 Australia
Source:[2]
Finals
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
1 | Australien | 110 | |||||||
4 | Serbien | 0 | |||||||
Australien | 32 | ||||||||
Neuseeland | 22 | ||||||||
3 | Neuseeland | 20 | |||||||
2 | Great Britain | 16 |
Source:[2]
Student
[edit]The eighth Student Rugby League World Cup were held in July. The eight countries that took part were England, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Russia, South Africa, Scotland and Wales.
Group stage games took place at South Leeds Stadium, The Big Fellas Stadium in Featherstone, The LoveRugbyLeague.Com Stadium in Batley and The Tetley’s Stadium in Dewsbury.
Wheelchair
[edit]2013 | Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup|
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Number of teams | 6 |
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Six teams took part in the second Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup which was held at Medway Park. The six teams were France, Australia, England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales.[3]
Police
[edit]The second Police Rugby League World Cup took place in July. Defending champions Fiji joined hosts Great Britain and Australia in the tournament.[5]
Group stage games took place at The Big Fellas Stadium in Featherstone, Provident Stadium in Bradford and the Tetley's Stadium in Dewsbury. The final took place at the Headingley Carnegie Stadium, Leeds.[6]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
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Australien | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 42 | +46 | 4 |
Fidschi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 96 | 32 | +64 | 2 |
Great Britain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 128 | -110 | 0 |
- Results
- 5 July: Tetley's Stadium
- Great Britain 18 – 56 Australia
- 8 July: Bigfella's Stadium
- Fiji 24 – 32 Australia
- 11 July: Provident Stadium
- Great Britain 0 – 72 Fiji
Women
[edit]The fourth Women's Rugby League World Cup were held in Leeds alongside the student and police World Cups, with the final taking place at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds. Seven teams took part including three time defending champions New Zealand as well as hosts England and Australia, France, Russia, Samoa and Tonga.
Group stage games took place at South Leeds Stadium, The Big Fellas Stadium in Featherstone, The LoveRugbyLeague.Com Stadium in Batley and The Tetley’s Stadium in Dewsbury.
References
[edit]- ^ "Armed Forces World Cup fixtures confirmed". RLFOWC2013. Archived from the original on 21 June 2013.
- ^ a b "Armed Forces". RLFOWC2013. Archived from the original on 30 July 2013.
- ^ "FOWC 2013". Archived from the original on 31 May 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
- ^ "Match Report: Wheelchair World Cup Final". European Rugby League. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ "Total Rugby League Fans Forum".
- ^ "Police kick off times confirmed". RLFOWC2013. 6 June 2013. Archived from the original on 21 June 2013.
- ^ "Police". RLFOWC2013. Archived from the original on 30 July 2013.
- ^ "Great Britain hammered by Fiji". Telegraph & Argus. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "Police Sharks Fall At Final Hurdle". Fiji Sun. 15 July 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
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