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)
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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
Senya	1	1	0	0	38	10	+28	2	Advances to quarter-finals
Mercury	1	1	0	0	32	6	+26	2
Lamantia	1	0	0	1	6	32	−26	0
Gerenia	1	0	0	1	10	38	−28	0

Gerenia v  Senya

Gerenia	10 – 38	Senya

The Snakepit, Svorgas Referee:  Bædrettin Bedirhan

Mercury v  Lamantia

Mercury	32 – 6	Lamantia

Eprat Rugby Stadium, Eprat Referee:  Stanley Parry

Senya v  Lamantia

Senya	–	Lamantia

Stad Tiga, Tiga Referee:  Lucas Bennet

Mercury v  Gerenia

Mercury	–	Gerenia

Stadion Kakvasëm, Zvarëen Referee:  Aaron Hughewood

Senya v  Mercury

Senya	–	Mercury

Eprat City Stadium, Eprat Referee:  Leon Gallagher

Lamantia v  Gerenia

Lamantia	–	Gerenia

ĴetsStad, Dyas Referee:  Eddie Mackenzie

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Birgeshir	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advances to quarter-finals
Florian Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nova English Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zandarijn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Zandarijn v  Birgeshir

Zandarijn	–	Birgeshir

Stad Tiga, Tiga Referee:  Jamie Crookes

Florian Republic v  Nova English Korea

Florian Republic	–	Nova English Korea

ĴetsStad, Dyas Referee:  Lyd F'ermo

Birgeshir v  Nova English Korea

Birgeshir	–	Nova English Korea

ĴetsStad, Dyas Referee:  Ben Taylor

Florian Republic v  Zandarijn

Florian Republic	–	Zandarijn

Air Senya Arena, Lutsan Referee:  John Mayfield

Birgeshir v  Florian Republic

Birgeshir	–	Florian Republic

Moroni Sports Oval, Moroni Referee:  Per Cräite

Nova English Korea v  Zandarijn

Nova English Korea	–	Zandarijn

Eprat Rugby Stadium, Eprat Referee:  Jack Stuart

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
North Antarctica	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advances to quarter-finals
Craitland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lusa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nova England	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Craitland v  Lusa

Craitland	–	Lusa

Air Senya Arena, Lutsan Referee:  Eddie Mackenzie

Nova England v  North Antarctica

Nova England	–	North Antarctica

Eprat City Stadium, Eprat Referee:  Per Cräite

North Antarctica v  Lusa

North Antarctica	–	Lusa

Moroni Sports Oval, Moroni Referee:  Ben Taylor

Craitland v  Nova England

Craitland	–	Nova England

Eprat Rugby Stadium, Eprat Referee:  Jack Stuart

North Antarctica v  Craitland

North Antarctica	–	Craitland

Air Senya Arena, Lutsan Referee:  Aaron Hughewood

Lusa v  Nova England

Lusa	–	Nova England

Stadion Kakvasëm, Zvarëen Referee:  Lucas Bennet

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Winner Group A v Winner Group C

Winner Group A	–	Winner Group C

Moroni Sports Oval, Moroni

Winner Group B v Runner-up Group C

Winner Group B	–	Runner-up Group C

Stad Tiga, Tiga

Runner-up Group A v Third place Group B

Runner-up Group A	–	Third place Group B

The Snakepit, Svorgas

Runner-up Group B v Third place Group A

Runner-up Group B	–	Third place Group A

Eprat City Stadium, Eprat

Semi-finals

Winner quarter-final 1 v Winner quarter-final 4

Winner quarter-final 1	–	Winner quarter-final 4

The Snakepit, Svorgas

Winner quarter-final 2 v Winner quarter-final 3

Winner quarter-final 2	–	Winner quarter-final 3

Moroni Sports Oval, Moroni

Third-place play-off

Loser semi-final 1 v Loser semi-final 2

Loser semi-final 1	–	Loser semi-final 2

Stadion Kakvasëm, Zvarëen

Final

Winner semi-final 1 v Winner semi-final 2

Winner semi-final 1	–	Winner semi-final 2

The Snakepit, Svorgas