2018 FMRL World Cup

2018 FMRL World Cup

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Tournament details
Host country	Senya
Teams	12 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	8 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Mercury (3rd title)
Runners-up	Birgeshir
Third place	Florian Republic
Fourth place	Nova English Korea
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Hosts

The Florian Republic was initially announced as the hosts of the competition, however, due to the War of Lost Brothers, the hosting rights were stripped, and bidding re-opened. It was then announced that Senya would later be awarded hosting rights after a successful bid.

Bids

•  Florian Republic
•  Senya

Venues

These stadiums will be used for the tournament:

• The Snakepit, Svorgas (115,000)
• Moroni Sports Oval, Moroni (70,000)
• Stad Tiga, Tiga (61,350)
• ĴetsStad, Dyas (55,000)
• Air Senya Arena, Lutsan (46,500)
• Eprat City Stadium, Eprat (45,000)
• Stadion Kakvasëm, Zvarëen (35,000)
• Eprat Rugby Stadium, Eprat (25,000)

Qualification

Qualified teams

•  Birgeshir (2017 World Cup runners-up)
•  Craitland (2018 ARL Championships runners-up)¹
•  Florian Republic
•  Gerenia
•  Lamantia
•  Lusa

•  Mercury (2018 KRL Championships winners)
•  North Antarctica (2018 SRL Championships runners-up)²
•  Nova England
•  Nova English Korea
•  Senya (2017 World Cup winners and hosts)
•  Zandarijn

¹ Craitland qualified as runners-up due to Senya's automatic qualification as hosts.
² North Antarctica qualified as runners-up due to Birgeshir's automatic qualification as World Cup runners-up.

Team Squads

Each team brought 24 player squad to the torunament.

Match officials

Country	Referees	Video Referees
Birgeshir	Bædrettin Bedirhan
Caputia	Eddie MacKenzie
	Jamie Crookes
Craitland	Lyd F'ermo
	Per Cräite
Florian Republic	Leon Gallagher	Ewan Davies
	Lucas Bennet	Tom Berry
	Stanley Parry	William Davies
Mercury	Ben Taylor
	Jack Stuart
	John Mayfield
Senya	Aaron Hughewood

Pre-tournament matches

Nova English Korea v  Nova England

13 October 2018

Nova English Korea	18 – 10	Nova England

PBBank Arena, Port Barret

Kingdom of Coria v  Craitland

14 October 2018

Kingdom of Coria	16 – 30	Craitland

Stadion Grendbej, Grandbay

Caputia v  North Antarctica

20 October 2018

Caputia	12 – 24	North Antarctica

Lusa v  Gotzborg

20 October 2018

Lusa	30 – 8	Gotzborg

Zandarijn v  Etourney

20 October 2018

Zandarijn	12 – 18	Etourney

Tellia v  Lamantia

27 October 2018

Tellia	6 – 25	Lamantia

Arena Di Savona, Savona

Group stage

The draw for the group stage will be made once qualifying is completed. The top 4 seeds for the competition will be drawn into Groups A and B, with the hosts automatically being given the first seeded spot in Group A. The remaining 8 unseeded teams will be drawn into the other slots, starting with two teams into Group C, then in alphabetical order of groups, starting with Group A.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Mercury	3	3	0	0	88	46	+42	6	Advances to quarter-finals
Senya	3	2	0	1	96	60	+36	4
Gerenia	3	1	0	2	46	78	−32	2
Lamantia	3	0	0	3	40	86	−46	0

Gerenia v  Senya

17 November 2018

Gerenia	10 – 38	Senya
Tries: Selîn Klavat Goals: Vela (1/2)		Tries: Vɏasken Prentice Ashton Henley Granuel Benderkorlen Eznɏet Goals: Hunter (5/7)

The Snakepit, Svorgas Referee:  Bædrettin Bedirhan

Mercury v  Lamantia

17 November 2018

Mercury	32 – 6	Lamantia
Tries: Parkinson Mason Brown (2) Donelly Goals: Cooper (6/6)		Tries: Goals:

Eprat Rugby Stadium, Eprat Referee:  Stanley Parry

Senya v  Lamantia

22 November 2018

Senya	30 – 20	Lamantia
Tries: Benderkorlen (2) Ashton (2) Hunter Goals: Hunter (5/5)		Tries: Goals:

Stad Tiga, Tiga Referee:  Lucas Bennet

Mercury v  Gerenia

22 November 2018

Mercury	26 – 12	Gerenia
Tries: Hamilton Wilson Winter Ware Evans Goals: Cooper (3/5)		Tries: Anzera Selîn Goals: Vela (2/2)

Stadion Kakvasëm, Zvarëen Referee:  Aaron Hughewood

Senya v  Mercury

27 November 2018

Senya	28 – 30	Mercury
Tries: Vɏasken Delaney Prentice Hedgefield Ashton Goals: Hunter (4/5)		Tries: Ware Winter Clark Brown Price Goals: Cooper (6/6)

Eprat City Stadium, Eprat Referee:  Leon Gallagher

Lamantia v  Gerenia

27 November 2018

Lamantia	14 – 24	Gerenia
Tries: Goals:		Tries: Goals:

ĴetsStad, Dyas Referee:  Eddie Mackenzie

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Birgeshir	3	3	0	0	85	24	+61	6	Advances to quarter-finals
Nova English Korea	3	2	0	1	74	80	−6	4
Florian Republic	3	1	0	2	64	78	−14	2
Zandarijn	3	0	0	3	66	107	−41	0

Zandarijn v  Birgeshir

18 November 2018

Zandarijn	12 – 23	Birgeshir
Tries: Haemmel (3) Goals:		Tries: Durakojk Ertunçojk Kocakojk Öňan Goals: Ertunçojk (3/5) Field Goals: Ö Senojk

Stad Tiga, Tiga Referee:  Jamie Crookes

Florian Republic v  Nova English Korea

18 November 2018

Florian Republic	18 – 24	Nova English Korea
Tries: Bell (2) Bromwich Goals: Baxter (3/3)		Tries: Goals:

ĴetsStad, Dyas Referee:  Lyd F'ermo

Birgeshir v  Nova English Korea

23 November 2018

Birgeshir	36 – 6	Nova English Korea
Tries: Öňan (2) Durakojk Bætuhan Senojk Kocakojk Bürçojk Goals: Ertunçojk (4/7)		Tries: Goals:

ĴetsStad, Dyas Referee:  Ben Taylor

Florian Republic v  Zandarijn

23 November 2018

Florian Republic	40 – 28	Zandarijn
Tries: Rogers (5) Bromwich Baxter Goals: Baxter (6/7)		Tries: Stijnen (2) Jerba Janssen Van Djik Goals:Janssen (4/5)

Air Senya Arena, Lutsan Referee:  John Mayfield

Birgeshir v  Florian Republic

28 November 2018

Birgeshir	26 – 6	Florian Republic
Tries: Durakojk Senojk Öňan (2) Goals: Ertunçojk (5/5)		Tries: Rogers Goals: Baxter

Moroni Sports Oval, Moroni Referee:  Per Cräite

Nova English Korea v  Zandarijn

28 November 2018

Nova English Korea	44 – 26	Zandarijn
Tries: Goals:		Tries: Goals:

Eprat Rugby Stadium, Eprat Referee:  Jack Stuart

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
North Antarctica	3	3	0	0	104	26	+78	6	Advances to quarter-finals
Lusa	3	2	0	1	70	62	+8	4
Craitland	3	1	0	2	72	60	+12	2
Nova England	3	0	0	3	22	120	−98	0

Craitland v  Lusa

19 November 2018

Craitland	16 – 18	Lusa
Tries: C. Zyxveldtsen Óma Pellegrino Goals: K. Fredriksen (2/3)		Tries: Goals:

Air Senya Arena, Lutsan Referee:  Eddie Mackenzie

Nova England v  North Antarctica

19 November 2018

Nova England	6 – 32	North Antarctica
Tries: Goals:		Tries: Goals:

Eprat City Stadium, Eprat Referee:  Per Cräite

North Antarctica v  Lusa

24 November 2018

North Antarctica	30 – 10	Lusa
Tries: Goals:		Tries: Goals:

Moroni Sports Oval, Moroni Referee:  Ben Taylor

Craitland v  Nova England

24 November 2018

Craitland	46 – 0	Nova England
Tries: Goals:		Tries: Goals:

Eprat Rugby Stadium, Eprat Referee:  Jack Stuart

North Antarctica v  Craitland

29 November 2018

North Antarctica	42 – 10	Craitland
Tries: Goals:		Tries: Goals:

Air Senya Arena, Lutsan Referee:  Aaron Hughewood

Lusa v  Nova England

29 November 2018

Lusa	42 – 16	Nova England
Tries: Goals:		Tries: Goals:

Stadion Kakvasëm, Zvarëen Referee:  Lucas Bennet

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Mercury v  North Antarctica

2 December 2018

Mercury	48 – 6	North Antarctica

Moroni Sports Oval, Moroni Referee:  Lucas Bennet

Birgeshir v  Lusa

2 December 2018

Birgeshir	28 – 20	Lusa

Stad Tiga, Tiga Referee:  Jack Stuart

Senya v  Florian Republic

3 December 2018

Senya	4 – 6	Florian Republic
Goals: Hunter (2/2)		Goals: Baxter (3/3)

The Snakepit, Svorgas Referee:  Ben Taylor

Nova English Korea v  Gerenia

3 December 2018

Nova English Korea	10 – 8	Gerenia

Eprat City Stadium, Eprat Referee:  Aaron Hughewood

Semi-finals

Mercury v  Nova English Korea

8 December 2018

Mercury	34 – 2	Nova English Korea
Tries: Clark (3) Brown Ware Washington Goals: Cooper (5/6)		Tries: Goals: Kun Hoon (1/1)

The Snakepit, Svorgas Referee:  Leon Gallagher

Birgeshir v  Florian Republic

9 December 2018

Birgeshir	42 – 4	Florian Republic

Moroni Sports Oval, Moroni Referee:  Ben Taylor

Third-place play-off

Nova English Korea v  Florian Republic

15 December 2018

Nova English Korea	18 – 32	Florian Republic

Stadion Kakvasëm, Zvarëen Referee:  Jack Stuart

Final

Mercury v  Birgeshir

16 December 2018

Mercury	26 – 8	Birgeshir

The Snakepit, Svorgas Referee:  Aaron Hughewood

2018 FMRL World Cup Winners
MercuryThird title