Rugby League World Cup 2017
| Rugby League World Cup 2017 |
|
|---|---|
| host |
 Australia New Zealand Papua New Guinea 
|
| World Champion |
Australia
|
| Duration | October 27 - December 2, 2017 |
| Nations | 14 (final round: 8) |
| Games | 28 |
| spectator | 405,063 (14,467 per game) |
| Top scorer |
Valentine Holmes Cameron Smith (48)
|
| Top try scorer |
Valentine Holmes (12)
|
The 15th Rugby League World Cup took place in Australia , New Zealand and Papua New Guinea in 2017 . In the final, Australia beat England 6-0, winning the World Cup for the eleventh time.
qualification
Venues
| city | Stadion | capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Brisbane | Suncorp Stadium | 52,500 |
| Sydney | Allianz Stadium | 45,500 |
| Wellington | Westpac Stadium | 34,500 |
| Melbourne | Melbourne Rectangular Stadium | 30,050 |
| Auckland | Mount Smart Stadium | 30,000 |
| Townsville | Townsville Stadium | 26,500 |
| Hamilton | Waikato Stadium | 25,800 |
| Canberra | Canberra Stadium | 25,011 |
| Perth | Perth oval | 20,500 |
| Cairns | Barlow Park | 18,000 |
| Christchurch | Rugby League Park | 18,000 |
| Port Moresby | Lloyd Robson Oval | 17,000 |
| Darwin | Marrara oval | 12,000 |
Preliminary round
Group A
| country | Games | Victories | Unent. | Ndlg. | Game points |
Diff. | Table points |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Australia
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 104: 10 | + 94 | 6th |
| 2. |
 England
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 69:34 | + 35 | 4th |
| 3. |
 Lebanon
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 39:81 | - 42 | 2 |
| 4th |
 France
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30: 117 | - 87 | 0 |
| October 27 |
Australia
|
18: 4 |
England
|
Melbourne Rectangular Stadium , Melbourne |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 29th |
France
|
18:29 |
Lebanon
|
Canberra Stadium , Canberra |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 3rd |
Australia
|
52: 6 |
France
|
Canberra Stadium , Canberra |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 4th |
England
|
29:10 |
Lebanon
|
Allianz Stadium , Sydney |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 11th |
Australia
|
34: 0 |
Lebanon
|
Allianz Stadium , Sydney |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 12th |
England
|
36: 6 |
France
|
Perth Oval , Perth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Group B
| country | Games | Victories | Unent. | Ndlg. | Game points |
Diff. | Table points |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
 Tonga
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 110: 44 | + 66 | 6th |
| 2. |
New Zealand
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 134: 42 | + 92 | 4th |
| 3. |
 Samoa
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 40:84 | - 44 | 1 |
| 4th |
 Scotland
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 24: 138 | - 114 | 1 |
| 28th of October |
New Zealand
|
38: 8 |
Samoa
|
Mount Smart Stadium , Auckland |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 29th |
Scotland
|
4:50 |
Tonga
|
Barlow Park , Cairns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 4th |
New Zealand
|
74: 6 |
Scotland
|
Rugby League Park , Christchurch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 4th |
Samoa
|
18:32 |
Tonga
|
Waikato Stadium , Hamilton |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 11th |
New Zealand
|
22:28 |
Tonga
|
Waikato Stadium , Hamilton |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 11th |
Samoa
|
14:14 |
Scotland
|
Barlow Park , Cairns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Group C
| country | Games | Victories | Unent. | Ndlg. | Game points |
Diff. | Table points |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Papua New Guinea
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 128: 12 | + 116 | 6th |
| 2. |
 Ireland
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 76:32 | + 44 | 4th |
| 3. |
 Wales
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18: 156 | - 138 | 0 |
| 28th of October |
Papua New Guinea
|
50: 6 |
Wales
|
Lloyd Robson Oval , Port Moresby |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 5th |
Papua New Guinea
|
14: 6 |
Ireland
|
Lloyd Robson Oval , Port Moresby |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 12th |
Wales
|
6:34 |
Ireland
|
Perth Oval , Perth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Group D
| country | Games | Victories | Unent. | Ndlg. | Game points |
Diff. | Table points |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
 Fiji
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 168: 28 | + 140 | 6th |
| 2. |
 Italy
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 68:74 | - 6 | 2 |
| 3. |
 United States
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12: 168 | - 156 | 0 |
| 28th of October |
Fiji
|
58: 12 |
United States
|
Townsville Stadium , Townsville |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 5th |
Italy
|
46: 0 |
United States
|
Townsville Stadium , Townsville |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 10th |
Fiji
|
38:10 |
Italy
|
Canberra Stadium , Canberra |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Intergroup games
| October 29th |
Ireland
|
36:12 |
Italy
|
Barlow Park , Cairns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 5th |
Fiji
|
72: 6 |
Wales
|
Townsville Stadium , Townsville |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 12th |
Papua New Guinea
|
64: 0 |
United States
|
Lloyd Robson Oval , Port Moresby |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Final round
| Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | |||||||||||
| A1 |
Australia
|
46 | |||||||||||
| B3 |
Samoa
|
0 | |||||||||||
| A1 |
Australia
|
54 | |||||||||||
| D1 |
Fiji
|
6th | |||||||||||
| B2 |
New Zealand
|
2 | |||||||||||
| D1 |
Fiji
|
4th | |||||||||||
| A1 |
Australia
|
6th | |||||||||||
| A2 |
England
|
0 | |||||||||||
| B1 |
Tonga
|
24 | |||||||||||
| A3 |
Lebanon
|
22nd | |||||||||||
| B1 |
Tonga
|
18th | |||||||||||
| A2 |
England
|
20th | |||||||||||
| A2 |
England
|
36 | |||||||||||
| C1 |
Papua New Guinea
|
6th | |||||||||||
Quarter finals
| November 17th |
Australia
|
46: 0 |
Samoa
|
Marrara Oval , Darwin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 18 |
Tonga
|
24:22 |
Lebanon
|
Rugby League Park , Christchurch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 18 |
New Zealand
|
2: 4 |
Fiji
|
Westpac Stadium , Wellington |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 19th |
England
|
36: 6 |
Papua New Guinea
|
Melbourne Rectangular Stadium , Melbourne |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Semifinals
| November 24th |
Australia
|
54: 6 |
Fiji
|
Suncorp Stadium , Brisbane |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25. November |
Tonga
|
18:20 |
England
|
Mount Smart Stadium , Auckland |
|---|---|---|---|---|
final
| 2. December |
Australia
|
6-0 |
England
|
Suncorp Stadium , Brisbane |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Television broadcast
In Germany, ProSiebenSat.1 Media acquired the broadcasting rights to the 2017 Rugby League World Cup. While all games were shown on the free live streaming services Sportdeutschland.TV and ran.de , six selected games were broadcast on the free TV channel ProSieben Maxx as part of the ran Rugby TV program. One Saturday game, the third quarter-final game, the second semi-final game and the final game on early Saturday morning were shown live on ProSieben Maxx per game day . On Sundays, other selected games were re-broadcast in full length, i.e. as a recording, also on the free TV channel.
These transmissions were also available in Austria and Switzerland.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Rugby League World Cup 2017 live on ProSieben MAXX. ran.de, October 10, 2018, accessed November 26, 2018 .