Rugby League World Cup 2008

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Rugby League
World Cup 2008
host AustraliaAustralia Australia
World Champion New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand
Duration October 25 - November 23, 2008
Nations 10 (final round: 5)
Games 18th
spectator 293,442
(16,302 per game)
Top scorer AustraliaAustralia Johnathan Thurston (50)
Top try scorer AustraliaAustralia Billy Slater (7)

The 13th Rugby League World Cup took place in Australia in 2008. In the final New Zealand beat Australia 34:20, winning the World Cup for the first time.

qualification

Venues

city Stadion capacity
Melbourne Docklands Stadium 56,347
Brisbane Suncorp Stadium 52,500
Sydney Sydney Football Stadium 45,500
Gold coast Robina Stadium 27,400
Townsville Willows Sports Complex 26,500
Newcastle Hunter Stadium 26,126
Canberra Canberra Stadium 25,011
Wollongong Wollongong Showground 23,750
Sydney Parramatta Stadium 21,500
Sydney Penrith Stadium 21,000
Gosford Central Coast Stadium 20,059
Rockhampton Browne Park 8,000

Preliminary round

Group A

country Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
points 		Diff. Table
points
1. AustraliaAustralia Australia 3 3 0 0 128: 16 + 112 6th
2. New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 3 2 0 1 90:60 + 30 4th
3. EnglandEngland England 3 1 0 2 60: 110 - 50 2
4th Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 3 0 0 3 3: 126 - 92 0
October 25
 EnglandEngland England 32:22 Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Willows Sports Complex , Townsville
October 26th
 AustraliaAustralia Australia 30: 6 New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand Sydney Football Stadium , Sydney
November 1st
 New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 48: 6 Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Robina Stadium , Gold Coast
November 2
 AustraliaAustralia Australia 52: 4 EnglandEngland England Docklands Stadium , Melbourne
November 8th
 EnglandEngland England 24:36 New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand Hunter Stadium , Newcastle
November 9th
 AustraliaAustralia Australia 46: 6 Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Willows Sports Complex , Townsville

Group B

country Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
points 		Diff. Table
points
1. FijiFiji Fiji 2 1 0 1 58:24 + 34 2
2. ScotlandScotland Scotland 2 1 0 1 36:50 - 16 2
3. FranceFrance France 2 1 0 1 42:60 - 18th 2
October 26th
 FranceFrance France 36:18 ScotlandScotland Scotland Canberra Stadium , Canberra
November 1st
 FijiFiji Fiji 42: 6 FranceFrance France Wollongong Showground , Wollongong
November 5th
 ScotlandScotland Scotland 18:16 FijiFiji Fiji Central Coast Stadium , Gosford

Group C

country Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
points 		Diff. Table
points
1. IrelandIreland Ireland 2 1 0 1 54:38 + 16 2
2. TongaTonga Tonga 2 1 0 1 34:40 - 6 2
3. SamoaSamoa Samoa 2 1 0 1 36:46 - 10 2
October 27
 TongaTonga Tonga 22:20 IrelandIreland Ireland Parramatta Stadium , Sydney
October 31
 SamoaSamoa Samoa 20:12 TongaTonga Tonga Penrith Stadium , Sydney
November 5th
 IrelandIreland Ireland 34:16 SamoaSamoa Samoa Parramatta Stadium , Sydney

Final round

  Semifinals final
                 
A2 New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 32    
A3 EnglandEngland England 22nd  
A2 New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 34
  A1 AustraliaAustralia Australia 20th
A1 AustraliaAustralia Australia 52
B1 FijiFiji Fiji 0  

Placement games

Play for 9th place

November 9th
 SamoaSamoa Samoa 42:10 FranceFrance France Penrith Stadium , Sydney

Game for 7th place

November 8th
 ScotlandScotland Scotland 0:48 TongaTonga Tonga Browne Park , Rockhampton

Semi-final qualifier

November 10th
 FijiFiji Fiji 30: 14 IrelandIreland Ireland Robina Stadium , Gold Coast

Semifinals

15th of November
 New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 32:22 EnglandEngland England Suncorp Stadium , Brisbane
November 16
 AustraliaAustralia Australia 52-0 FijiFiji Fiji Sydney Football Stadium , Sydney

final

22nd of November
 AustraliaAustralia Australia 20:34 New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand Suncorp Stadium , Brisbane

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