Mediterranean Cup

Mediterranean Cup
Aus-Med Shield
Sport Rugby league football
Formerly known as Mediterranean Cup
Inaugural season 1999
Number of teams 4
Country Australia (RLIF)
Champions  Lebanon (2004)
Most titles  Lebanon (4 titles)
Related competitions European Cup
European Shield
European Bowl
Euro-Med Challenge

The Mediterranean Cup was an annual rugby league football tournament that was held in Lebanon although it also has been held in France. It was contested by Lebanon, France, Serbia and Morocco with the competition first conceived as a qualifying tournament for the 2000 Rugby League World Cup, and in 1999 was contested by Lebanon, Morocco and Italy. As the 2000 World Cup was not financially successful the tournament was cancelled for a number of years.

The Mediterranean Cup was resurrected in 2002 as a one-off match between Lebanon and France. It was played at Tripoli International Stadium on November 2, 2002 in front of a crowd of 9,713. Lebanon defeated France 36-6. In 2003 and 2004, it was expanded to again become a four team tournament.

On 2 October 2005 it was announced that the 2005 tournament was cancelled. According to Lebanon Rugby League official Danny Kazandjian: "It is with a sense of profound disappointment that we have had to face harsh reality and cancel the Mediterranean Cup, just one day before our official launch press conference at the Searock Hotel in Raouché, Beirut, and just nine days before Lebanon was due to take on Serbia in the Olympic Stadium, Tripoli. The Lebanese rugby league feels extremely let down by certain parties."[1]

France, Serbia, Morocco and Lebanon have all moved on to other tournaments in the RLEF developmental scheme. Serbia and Lebanon have been moved up to the 2009 European Cup and France will be playing in the 2009 Four Nations. Maroc Rugby League are currently restructuring the game in Morocco and the revamped Moroccan team played in and won the RLEF Euro Med Challenge.

Mediterranean Cup summaries

Year Host Winner Final Score Runner-up Final venue
1999 France
Lebanon
104–0
Morocco
Stade d'Albert Domec, Carcassonne
2002 Lebanon
Lebanon
36–6
France
International Olympic Stadium, Tripoli
2003 Lebanon
Lebanon
26–18
France
International Olympic Stadium, Tripoli
2004 Lebanon
Lebanon
42–14
France
International Olympic Stadium, Tripoli

References

  1. ^ "2005 Mediterranean Cup Cancelled". Lebanon Rugby League Official Site. 2005-10-07. http://www.lebrl.com/news/news41.php. Retrieved 2005-12-19. [dead link]

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