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2013 Rugby League World Cup Qualifying
Of the fourteen teams that would participate in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup, only two were not automatic inclusions, so must win qualifying matches to enter the tournament, which was held in Wales and England. Originally around twenty teams were to be involved in qualification for the tournament, but this was eventually fixed at nineteen. Qualified teams ;Pacific Seven teams from the Pacific qualified for the World Cup. All of these teams were granted automatic qualification. * (automatic qualifier) * (automatic qualifier) * (automatic qualifier) * (automatic qualifier) * (automatic qualifier) * (automatic qualifier) * (automatic qualifier) ;Europe Six teams from Europe qualified; five teams automatically, with the sixth going to Italy, the winner of the European qualifying group. * (automatic qualifier and co-host) * (automatic qualifier and co-host) * (automatic qualifier) * (automatic qualifier) * (automatic qualifier) * (Winner of the European qualifying group) ;Atlanti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Rugby League World Cup Qualifying
2008 Rugby League World Cup qualifying matches took place from April 2006 to November 2007. Of the ten teams to compete in the 2008 Rugby League World Cup, five of them qualified based on their performance in these matches. The other five teams had qualified automatically. Qualified teams 6 Asian-Pacific teams qualified for the World Cup; 3 qualified automatically, with the top 2 in the Pacific qualifying group also reaching the finals. Samoa finished third in the Pacific qualifying group and earned a qualification spot by winning the repechage. 4 European teams qualified for the World Cup. 2 qualified automatically, with a further 2 finals berths for the winner of each European qualifying group. No teams from the Atlantic qualifying group reached the finals, with the USA losing at the repechage semi-final stage. Europe First round Second round Group A Group B Lebanon hosted their home fixtures in England due to the political situation in the Middle East. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padova
Padua ( ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Veneto, northern Italy, and the capital of the province of Padua. The city lies on the banks of the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice and southeast of Vicenza, and has a population of 207,694 as of 2025. It is also the economic and communications hub of the area. Padua is sometimes included, with Venice and Treviso, in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area (PATREVE) which has a population of around 2,600,000. Besides the Bacchiglione, the Brenta River, which once ran through the city, still touches the northern districts. Its agricultural setting is the Venetian Plain. To the city's south west lies the Euganaean Hills, which feature in poems by Lucan, Martial, Petrarch, Ugo Foscolo, and Percy Bysshe Shelley. Padua has two UNESCO World Heritage List entries: its Botanical Garden, which is the world's oldest, and its 14th-century frescoes, situated in buildings in the city centre. An example is the Scrove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 In Italian Sport
Eleven or 11 may refer to: *11 (number) * One of the years 11 BC, AD 11, 1911, 2011 Literature * ''Eleven'' (novel), a 2006 novel by British author David Llewellyn *''Eleven'', a 1970 collection of short stories by Patricia Highsmith *''Eleven'', a 2004 children's novel in The Winnie Years by Lauren Myracle *''Eleven'', a 2008 children's novel by Patricia Reilly Giff *''Eleven'', a short story by Sandra Cisneros Music *Eleven (band), an American rock band * Eleven: A Music Company, an Australian record label *Up to eleven, an idiom from popular culture, coined in the movie ''This Is Spinal Tap'' Albums * ''11'' (The Smithereens album), 1989 * ''11'' (Ua album), 1996 * ''11'' (Bryan Adams album), 2008 * ''11'' (Sault album), 2022 * ''Eleven'' (Harry Connick, Jr. album), 1992 * ''Eleven'' (22-Pistepirkko album), 1998 * ''Eleven'' (Sugarcult album), 1999 * ''Eleven'' (B'z album), 2000 * ''Eleven'' (Reamonn album), 2010 * ''Eleven'' (Martina McBride album), 2011 * ''Eleven'' (Mr Fog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 In Rugby League
Top-level rugby league in 2011 centered on Australasia's 2011 NRL season and the Super League XVI. High-profile representative competitions included the 2011 Four Nations (held in Wales and England), the 2011 State of Origin series and the 2011 European Cup. 2013 Rugby League World Cup qualifying, 2013 World Cup qualifying also took place in 2011. January *18: Queensland, Australia – Australian prop forward of the century (1908–2008), Duncan Hall dies age 85. *27: Parramatta, Australia – The 2011 Legends of Origin charity match is won by Queensland Legends who beat New South Wales Legends 20–16 to raise over $380,000 for 2010–2011 Queensland floods, 2010–2011 Queensland flood victims before a crowd of around 20,000. February *5: The International 9's tournament is played at New Era Stadium, Cabramatta. Plate Grand Final: Macarthur Brothers 28 def Japan 12. Trophy Grand Final: Mounties 22 def Bankstown 10. Cup Grand Final: Balmain Ryde-Eastwood Tigers 6 def Fiji 4. *5: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby League World Cup
The Rugby League World Cup is an international rugby league competition contested by senior men's national teams who each represent member nations of the International Rugby League who run and administer the tournament. The tournament has been held with varying frequencies and formats throughout history, however is currently played every four years with a group and knockout structure in line with most other major sports competitions. The inaugural tournament was held in France in 1954, and was the first Rugby World Cup held for any form of rugby football. Folkard, 2003: 337 The idea of the tournament was first proposed in France in the 1930s with the intent to hold a tournament in 1931. A second failed attempt came in 1951. The winners are awarded the Paul Barrière Trophy, named after Paul Barrière, the French Rugby League President of the 1940s and 1950s. are the most successful team in the competition's history, winning the Paul Barrière Trophy twelve times, and appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgrade
Belgrade is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. The population of the Belgrade metropolitan area is 1,685,563 according to the 2022 census. It is one of the Balkans#Urbanization, major cities of Southeast Europe and the List of cities and towns on the river Danube, third-most populous city on the river Danube. Belgrade is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities in Europe and the world. One of the most important prehistoric cultures of Europe, the Vinča culture, evolved within the Belgrade area in the 6th millennium BC. In antiquity, Thracians, Thraco-Dacians inhabited the region and, after 279 BC, Celts settled the city, naming it ''Singidunum, Singidūn''. It was Roman Serbia, conquered by the Romans under the reign of Augustus and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makiš Stadium
Makiš Stadium is the home ground of FK Milicionar, Milicionar. It's also known simply as Milicionar Stadium. The all-seated stadium was named after Makiš, Makiš forest. The stadium has a seating capacity for around 4,000. Since 2013 Rugby League World Cup qualifying, 2011 Rugby League World Cup qualifications tournament, Serbia national rugby league team use this stadium as its home ground. See also * List of stadiums in Serbia References External links Prezentacije.mup.gov.rs Football venues in Serbia Sports venues in Belgrade Rugby league stadiums in Serbia Čukarica {{Serbia-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vereya, Naro-Fominsky District, Moscow Oblast
Vereya () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in Naro-Fominsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Protva River southwest of Moscow. Population: 6,500 (1969). History It was first mentioned in a chronicle in 1371. During the following century, Vereya was the seat of the tiny Vereya Principality, ruled by a lateral branch of the Muscovite Rurik dynasty, Rurikids. The last prince of Vereya was married to Sophia Palaiologina's Greek niece. He escaped to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and married his daughter Sophia to Stanislovas Goštautas. Administrative and municipal status Within the subdivisions of Russia#Administrative divisions, framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with nineteen types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural localities, incorporated within Naro-Fominsky District as the Town of district significance, Town of Vereya.Resolution #123-PG As a subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions, municipal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
