2013 Rugby League World Cup qualification – Europe
The 2017 Rugby League World Cup Europe qualification is a rugby league tournament that was held in October 2011 to decide the European qualification for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup. It consisted of a round-robin play-off involving four teams; Russia, Italy, Serbia and Lebanon. Both Italy and Lebanon remained unbeaten, recording two wins and a draw each. However, Italy topped the group as a result of points difference and therefore qualified for the World Cup.
Standings
Italy vs Russia
Lebanon vs Serbia
Russia vs Lebanon
Serbia vs Italy
Serbia vs Russia
Italy vs Lebanon
Coached by Carlo Napolitano and captained by Anthony Minichiello, Italy's draw with Lebanon was enough for them to gain the 14th and final place in the 2013 World Cup.Squads
Italy
The Italy squad as of 22 September 2011 is as follows:- Coach: Carlo Napolitano
| Club Team | Players |
 Harlequins RL | Craig Gower |
 Grifons Padova | Matthew Sands, Giacomo Simioni |
 Lézignan Sangliers | Christophe Calegari |
 Manly Sea Eagles | Vic Mauro |
| Monto | Dom Nasso |
| Mount Isa | Matt Parrata |
| Newcastle Knights | Cameron Ciraldo |
| Northern Pride RLFC | Ryan Ghetti |
| North Queensland Cowboys | Joel Riethmuller |
| North Sydney Bears | Alex Ranieri |
| Saint-Gaudens Bears | Jean Christophe Borlin |
| St Patricks Blacktown | Ryan Tramonte |
| Sydney Roosters | Anthony Minichiello |
| Villefranche de Rouergue | Ray Nasso, Cederic Prizzon |
| Wentworth | Ben Falcone |
| Western Suburbs Magpies | Rocky Trimarchi, Rhys Lennarduzzi |
| Windsor Wolves | Ben Stewart |
| XIII del Ducato | Juan Pablo Carrara, Fabrizio Ciaurro, Thomas Covati, Giovanni Franchi, Romain Pavoni, Dean Vicelich, Santiago Monteagudo, Rob Quitadamo |
| Wyong | Josh Mantellato |
| West Bowling | Jonathan Marcinzack |
Lebanon
The Lebanon squad as at 22 September 2011 is as follows:- Coach: David Bayssari
| Club Team | Players |
| Balamand | Allen Soultan, Samer Nehme |
| Cabramatta Two Blues | Nick Kassis |
| Canterbury Bulldogs | Steve Azzi |
| Cronulla Sharks | Jon Mannah |
| Jounieh RLFC | Youssef El Helou |
| Kingsgrove colts | Kamel Ahmed |
| Immortals RLFC | Ibrahim Ballout, Robin Hachache, Rudy Hachache, Walid Yassine |
| Manly Sea Eagles | Ray Moujalli |
| Mounties | George Azzi, Adham El Zabedieh, Adnan El Zabedieh |
| Narrabeen | Charlie Farah |
| Newtown Jets | Jamie Clark, Khalid Deeb, Ahmad Ellaz |
| St John’s Eagles | Danny Barakat, Daniel Chiha, Nadim Couri, Ali Kourouche, Chris Saab, Adnan Saleh |
| Wentworthville Magpies | Cliff Nye, James Boustani |
| Wolves RLFC | Monir Finan, Ray Finan, Nemer Saliba |
Russia
The Russia squad as at 22 September 2011 is as follows:- Coach: Eduard Ososkov
| Club Team | Players |
| Dinamo | Andrey Zdobnikov |
| Nevskaya Zastava | Grigory Esin |
| RBK | Valentin Baskakov, Artyom Grigoryan, Ruslan Izmaylov, Sergey Matveev, Denis Nikolskiy, Vladimir Odnosumov |
| Storm | Igor Chuprin, Vadim Fedchuk, Vladimir Gotsulyak, Alexey Volkov |
| RC Vereya | Petr Botnarash, Rustam Bulanov, Mikhail Burlutskuy, Ilgiz Galimov, Sergey Gapinov, Anatoly Grigoriev, Sergey Konstantinov, Aleksander Lysokon, Alexey Nikolaev, Eduard Ososkov, Roman Safronov, Andrey Sevostyanov, Maksim Suchkov, Vladimir Vlasyuk |
Serbia
The Serbia squad was named on 22 September.- Coach: Marko Janković
| Club Team | Players |
| Belconnen United Scholars | Adam Nedić |
| Car Lazar | Nenad Radević, Aleksandar Sič, Miloš Zogović |
| Dorćol Spiders | Danilo Delić, Vladan Kikanović, Dejan Lukenić, Stefan Nedeljković, Stefan Nikolić, Stevan Stevanović, Ivan Šušnjara, Milan Šušnjara, Vuk Tvrdišić, Nikša Unković, Dalibor Vukanović |
| Hemel Hempstead RLFC | Ilija Radan |
| Hammers Niš | Marko Milenković, Lazar Živković |
| RC Lescure | Soni Radovanovic |
| Oldham R.L.F.C. | Austen Novaković |
| Radnički Nova Pazova | Nemanja Cojić, Pero Madžarević, Radovan Tajsić, Slaviša Zekić |
| Red Star Belgrade | Miloš Ćalić, Ivan Djordjević, Zoran Pešić, Nebojša Živanović |
| Stari Grad | Aleksandar Aleksić, Mirko Božović |