2000 Rugby League World Cup qualifying was contested by the national rugby league football teams of Lebanon, the United States, Morocco, Canada, Italy and Japan for the 16th spot in the 2000 Rugby League World Cup tournament. Lebanon won the tournament and went on to the World Cup.
Automatics The following teams were invited to the 2000 Rugby League World Cup:
(automatic qualifier) (automatic qualifier) (automatic qualifier) (automatic qualifier) (automatic qualifier) (automatic qualifier) (automatic qualifier) (automatic qualifier) (automatic qualifier and co-host) (automatic qualifier and co-host) (automatic qualifier and co-host) (automatic qualifier and co-host) (automatic qualifier and co-host) (automatic qualifier) (automatic qualifier) (winner of the qualifying group)
Qualification tournament The final spot was contested for by the following tournament:
Pool A The first pool of World Cup qualifiers involved teams from the Mediterranean; Lebanon, Italy and Morocco. These matches were held in France.
TeamPldWDLPFPA+/−Pts 2 2 0 0 140 16 124 4 2 1 0 1 50 36 14 2 2 0 0 2 0 138 -138 0 Source:
Pool B The second pool of World Cup qualifiers involved teams from the Pacific Rim; United States, Japan and Canada. Pool B qualifiers were held in Orlando, Florida, United States.
TeamPldWDLPFPA+/−Pts 2 2 0 0 122 0 122 4 2 1 0 1 14 54 -40 2 2 0 0 2 0 82 -82 0 Source:
Final
FB 1Brian WarrenRW 2Cory SheridanRC 3Rob BalachandranLC 4Loren BroussardLW 5Tony FabriSO 6Fred BackhausSH 7David NiuPR 8Vila Matautia HK 9Daryl HowlandPR 10Julian O'NeillSR 11Shayne MainsSR 12Joe Faimalo LF 13Jeff PrestonSubstitutions:IC 14Ed WoodridgeIC 15Mike EdwardsIC 16David BoweIC 17Bill HansburyCoach: Shane Millard FB 1Mohamed ChahalRW 2Rabie ChehadeRC 3David LambertLC 4Hazem El MasriLW 5Hassan SalehFE 6Fady ElchadHB 7Paul KhouryPR 8Darren Maroon HK 9Nedol SalehPR 10Sami Chamoun SR 11Chris SalemSR 12Charlie NohraLK 13Michael CooreySubstitutions:IC 14Ray DaherIC 15Anthony MansourIC 16George RaadIC 17Travis ToumaCoach: Steve Ghosn
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