2020 FMRL World Cup qualification
The 2020 FMRL World Cup qualification rounds make up the qualifying competition for the 2020 FMRL World Cup, the seventh tournament of its kind. Three nations were given automatic berths in the competition, Mercury and Birgeshir qualified by virtue of their finishing positions in the previous tournament and the Florian Republic qualified by winning hosting rights.
Format
The first stage of qualification is via the continental championships, from which, the three champions will qualify directly to the World Cup and 2019 FMRL Six Nations.
The second stage will be played over a number of regional round-robin groups, and is open to all members of the FMRL. The lowest-ranked sides in each region will enter the preliminary round. The highest-ranked teams in this round will advance to the main qualifying rounds. In the ARL region, three teams will qualify for the World Cup. From the KRL and SRL region, the winners will qualify for the tournament. The runners-up in the KRL and SRL Qualification tournament will qualify for the Intercontinental Playoff to decide the last berth for the finals.
Qualified teams
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Continental Championships
ARL Championships
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Qualification |
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Florian Republic | 34 – 8 | Craitland | Qualification for World Cup Craitland qualify as runners-up |
KRL Championships
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Qualification |
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Mercury | 28 – 22 | Nova English Korea | Qualification for World Cup Nova English Korea qualify as runners-up |
SRL Championships
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Qualification |
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Birgeshir | 18 – 19 (A.E.T) |
Etourney | Qualification for World Cup |
ARL
Preliminary round
Team | Pld |
W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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Astaronia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advances to main stage |
Freeland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jingdao | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Krasnarus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |