Rugby League World Cup 2013

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Rugby League
World Cup 2013
host EnglandEngland England Wales Ireland France
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 
IrelandIreland 
FranceFrance 
World Champion AustraliaAustralia Australia
Duration October 26th - November 30th 2013
Nations 14 (final round: 8)
Games 28
spectator 458,483
(16,374 per game)
Top scorer New ZealandNew Zealand Shaun Johnson (76)
Top try scorer AustraliaAustralia Brett Morris Jarryd Hayne (9)
AustraliaAustralia 

The 14th Rugby League World Cup took place in 2013 in England, France, Ireland and Wales. In the final, Australia beat New Zealand 34-2, winning the World Cup for the tenth time.

qualification

Venues

city Stadion capacity
London Wembley Stadium 90,000
Trafford Old Trafford 76,212
Cardiff Millennium Stadium 74,500
limerick Thomond Park 26,500
Hull KC Stadium 25,586
Wigan DW Stadium 25.133
Huddersfield John Smith's Stadium 24,500
Leeds Headingley Carnegie Stadium 21,062
St Helens Langtree Park 18,000
Avignon Parc des Sports 17,518
Warrington Halliwell Jones Stadium 15,200
Halifax The Shay 14,061
Perpignan Stade Gilbert Brutus 13,000
Bristol Memorial Stadium 12,100
Salford AJ Bell Stadium 12,000
Leigh Leigh Sports Village 11,000
Wrexham Racecourse Ground 10,500
Rochdale Spotland Stadium 10,249
Hull Craven Park 10,000
Workington Derwent Park 10,000
Neath The gnoll 5,000

Preliminary round

Group A

country Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
points
Diff. Table
points
1. AustraliaAustralia Australia 3 3 0 0 112: 22 + 90 6th
2. EnglandEngland England 3 2 0 1 96:40 + 56 4th
3. FijiFiji Fiji 3 1 0 2 46:82 - 36 2
4th IrelandIreland Ireland 3 0 0 3 14: 124 - 110 0
October 26th
AustraliaAustralia Australia 28:20 EnglandEngland England Millennium Stadium , Cardiff

28th of October
FijiFiji Fiji 32:14 IrelandIreland Ireland Spotland Stadium , Rochdale

November 2
EnglandEngland England 42-0 IrelandIreland Ireland John Smith's Stadium , Huddersfield

November 2
AustraliaAustralia Australia 34: 2 FijiFiji Fiji Langtree Park , St Helens

November 9th
EnglandEngland England 34: 12 FijiFiji Fiji KC Stadium , Hull

November 9th
AustraliaAustralia Australia 50: 0 IrelandIreland Ireland Thomond Park , Limerick

Group B

country Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
points
Diff. Table
points
1. New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 3 3 0 0 146: 34 + 112 6th
2. SamoaSamoa Samoa 3 2 0 1 84:52 + 32 4th
3. FranceFrance France 3 1 0 2 15:78 - 63 2
4th Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 3 0 0 3 22: 103 - 81 0
October 27
Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 8: 9 FranceFrance France Craven Park , Hull

October 27
New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 42:24 SamoaSamoa Samoa Halliwell Jones Stadium , Warrington

November 1st
New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 48-0 FranceFrance France Parc des Sports , Avignon

November 4th
Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 4: 38 SamoaSamoa Samoa Craven Park , Hull

November 8th
New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 56:10 Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Headingley Carnegie Stadium , Leeds

November 11th
FranceFrance France 6:22 SamoaSamoa Samoa Stade Gilbert Brutus , Perpignan

Group C

country Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
points
Diff. Table
points
1. ScotlandScotland Scotland 3 2 1 0 78:62 + 16 5
2. TongaTonga Tonga 3 2 0 1 62:42 + 20 4th
3. ItalyItaly Italy 3 1 1 1 62:62 ± 0 3
October 29th
TongaTonga Tonga 24:26 ScotlandScotland Scotland Derwent Park , Workington

November 3rd
ScotlandScotland Scotland 30:30 ItalyItaly Italy Derwent Park , Workington

November 10th
TongaTonga Tonga 16: 0 ItalyItaly Italy The Shay , Halifax

Group D

country Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
points
Diff. Table
points
1. United StatesUnited States United States 3 2 0 1 64:58 + 6 4th
2. Cook IslandsCook Islands Cook Islands 3 1 0 2 64:78 - 14 2
3. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales 3 0 0 3 56:84 - 28 0
30th of October
United StatesUnited States United States 32:20 Cook IslandsCook Islands Cook Islands Memorial Stadium , Bristol

November 3rd
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales 16:24 United StatesUnited States United States Racecourse Ground , Wrexham

November 10th
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales 24:28 Cook IslandsCook Islands Cook Islands The Gnoll , Neath

Intergroup games

October 26th
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales 16:32 ItalyItaly Italy Millennium Stadium , Cardiff

November 5th
TongaTonga Tonga 22:16 Cook IslandsCook Islands Cook Islands Leigh Sports Village , Leigh

November 7th
ScotlandScotland Scotland 22: 8 United StatesUnited States United States AJ Bell Stadium , Salford

Final round

  Quarter finals Semifinals final
                           
  A1 AustraliaAustralia Australia 62        
D1 United StatesUnited States United States 0  
A1 AustraliaAustralia Australia 64
  A3 FijiFiji Fiji 0  
B2 SamoaSamoa Samoa 4th
A3 FijiFiji Fiji 22nd  
A1 AustraliaAustralia Australia 34
  B1 New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 2
A2 EnglandEngland England 34    
B3 FranceFrance France 6th  
A2 EnglandEngland England 18th
  B1 New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 20th  
B1 New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 40
  C1 ScotlandScotland Scotland 4th  

Quarter finals

15th of November
New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 40: 4 ScotlandScotland Scotland Headingley Carnegie Stadium , Leeds

November 16
AustraliaAustralia Australia 62: 0 United StatesUnited States United States Racecourse Ground , Wrexham

November 16
EnglandEngland England 34: 6 FranceFrance France DW Stadium , Wigan

November 17th
SamoaSamoa Samoa 4:22 FijiFiji Fiji Halliwell Jones Stadium , Warrington

Semifinals

November 23
New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 20:18 EnglandEngland England Wembley Stadium , London

November 23
AustraliaAustralia Australia 64: 0 FijiFiji Fiji Wembley Stadium , London

final

30th of November
New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 2:34 AustraliaAustralia Australia Old Trafford , Trafford

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