2018 FMRL World Club Championships
 Official Logo | |
| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |
 Mercury |
| Teams | 8 (from 3 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
Deacon RLFC (1st title) |
| Runners-up |
 Northsilver Panthers |
← N/A 2019 → | |
The 2018 FMRL World Club Championships will be the first edition of the FMRL World Club Championships and will feature two teams from the RLM Super 10, and one team each from the Birgeshir National Rugby League, Craitland Rugby League, Florian Super League and Senya Rugby League. In addition, there will be a qualifying tournament for an additional two clubs.
The tournament will be held in January 2018, in Mercury and the final will be played at the Freddie Mercury Memorial Arena.
Teams
The top two clubs in the RLM Super 10 advanced directly to the group stage, along with the top clubs from each of the Birgeshir National Rugby League, Craitland Rugby League, Florian Super League and Senya Rugby League. They will be joined by the two winners of a qualifying tournament that will take place in January 2018.
The following teams have qualified for the 2018 tournament.
| Entered in Group stage | |||
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 Otaq Tomb Guardians (1st)
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 Northcliff Vikings (POW)
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 CT Hornets (1st)
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 Mercury RLFC (POW)
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 Deacon RLFC (POF)
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 Eprat RLFC (1st)
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| Entered in First qualifying round | |||
| Tiem Hearts (2nd)
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 Northsilver Panthers (POF)
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 Westlake Wildcats (3rd)
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 Havenbarrow Wolves (4th)
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 Cook Island Cobras (3rd)
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 May RLFC (4th)
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Svorgas RLFC (2nd)
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 Stamford Steelers (1st)
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| Entered in Preliminary round | |||
| Seeded clubs | Unseeded clubs | ||
| Balkon Ents (2nd)
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Mutfak Ogres (3rd)
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  Etourney Eagles (1st)
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 Etourney Warriors (2nd)
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| Southern Aztecs (3rd)
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 Sporting Club Livingston (1st)
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 KR Viten Sharks (1st)
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 Bergdorf Bergsteiger (1st)
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| Jamestown Raptors (2nd)
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Murcia Toros (2nd)
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 Lusa Lakapi (4th*)
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 Nuví Pelezu Chargers (1st)
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| Moroni Mayhem RLFC (3rd)
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Vyktory Dragons (3rd)
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 PRFC CSKA Kyustendil (1st)
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 Zandt Stags (1st)
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*Lusa Lakapi were the highest-ranked Lusana club in the 2017 Antarctic Championship.
Format
There will be two groups, each consisting of four teams. Teams will play every other team in their group once, and the two highest-ranked teams in each group will advance to the semi-finals.
Venues
The final will be played at Freddie Mercury Memorial Stadium.
Qualifying stage
Preliminary round
27 December 2017
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| Vyktory Dragons
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22 – 0 | Bergdorf Bergsteiger
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27 December 2017
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| Balkon Ents
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12 – 34 | Etourney Eagles
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27 December 2017
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| Sporting Club Livingston
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22 – 16 | Zandt Stags
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27 December 2017
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| Jamestown Raptors
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24 – 31 | KR Viten Sharks
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27 December 2017
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| Murcia Toros
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6 – 7 | Etourney Warriors
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27 December 2017
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| Mutfak Ogres
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28 – 0 | Nuví Pelezu Chargers
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27 December 2017
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| Moroni Mayhem RLFC
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30 – 16 | Lusa Lakapi
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27 December 2017
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| Southern Aztecs
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25 – 10 | PRFC CSKA Kyustendil
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First qualifying round
6 January 2018
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| Vyktory Dragons
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10 – 40 | Northsilver Panthers
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6 January 2018
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| May RLFC
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34 – 0 | Etourney Eagles
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3 January 2018
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| Svorgas RLFC
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34 – 6 | Sporting Club Livingston
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6 January 2018
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| KR Viten Sharks
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5 – 12 | Westlake Wildcats
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3 January 2018
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| Tiem Hearts
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42 – 4 | Etourney Warriors
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3 January 2018
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| Stamford Steelers
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31 – 22 | Mutfak Ogres
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6 January 2018
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| Moroni Mayhem RLFC
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4 – 30 | Havenbarrow Wolves
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6 January 2018
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| Cook Island Cobras
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20 – 0 | Southern Aztecs
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Second qualifying round
10 January 2018
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| May RLFC
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6 – 10 | Northsilver Panthers
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10 January 2018
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| Svorgas RLFC
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16 – 20 | Westlake Wildcats
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10 January 2018
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| Tiem Hearts
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32 – 16 | Stamford Steelers
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10 January 2018
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| Cook Island Cobras
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42 – 26 | Havenbarrow Wolves
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Third qualifying round
17 January 2018
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| Tiem Hearts
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16 – 31 | Cook Island Cobras
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Group stage
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deacon RLFC
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 98 | 54 | +44 | 4 | Advances to Semi-finals |
| Northsilver Panthers
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 80 | −20 | 4 | |
| Mercury RLFC
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 66 | −14 | 2 | |
| CT Hornets
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 70 | −10 | 2 |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cook Island Cobras
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 44 | +36 | 4 | Advances to Semi-finals |
| Eprat RLFC
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 76 | 62 | +14 | 4 | |
| Otaq Tomb Guardians
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 66 | −14 | 4 | |
| Northcliff Vikings
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 80 | −36 | 0 |
Knockout stage
| Semi-final | Final | ||||||
| Deacon RLFC
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20 | ||||||
| Eprat RLFC
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4 | ||||||
| Deacon RLFC
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30 | ||||||
| Northsilver Panthers
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15 | ||||||
| Cook Island Cobras
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22 | ||||||
| Northsilver Panthers
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34 | ||||||
Semi-finals
14 February 2018
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| Deacon RLFC
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20 – 4 | Eprat RLFC
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14 February 2018
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| Cook Island Cobras
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22 – 34 | Northsilver Panthers
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Final
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