The 2022 South American Rugby League Championship was the fourth edition of the tournament and was held in Jericó, Colombia between 25 and 27 November 2022. The teams participating in the tournament were Brazil, Chile and Colombia.[1] Brazil won the tournament, winning both their games.[2]
| 2022 South American Rugby League Championship | |
|---|---|
| Number of teams | 3 |
| Host country |  Colombia |
| Winner |  Brazil (2nd title) |
| Matches played | 3 |
| Points scored | 142 (47.33 per match) |
| Top scorer | Ravi Araujo (22) |
< 2018 2023 > | |
The tournament was also a qualification round for the 2025 Rugby League World Cup, as Brazil were to advance to the 2023 Americas Rugby League Championship where they were to play against Canada, Jamaica and United States to determine which two sides would represent the Americas in France in 2025.[3] However, 2025 World Cup was cancelled before details of the Americas Rugby League Championship had been confirmed and the men's tournament did not take place in 2023. A different qualification process was announced for the 2026 World Cup.[4][5]
Participants
edit| Team | Captain | Coach | Previous Apps |
Previous best result | World Ranking[a] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil
|
Caio Ozzioli | Zach Grundy | 2 | Champions (2018) | 40 |
 Chile
|
Nick Doberer | Andrew Charles | 2 | Champions (2017) | 32 |
| Colombia
|
Sebastian Martinez | Jorge Cantillo | 2 | Third place (2017/2018) | 45 |
- ^ IRL World Rankings are as of July 2022.[6]
Table
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 18 | +58 | 4 | Qualification for 2023 Americas Rugby League Championship |
| 2 | Chile
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 34 | +18 | 2 | |
| 3 | Colombia
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 90 | −76 | 0 |
Source: IRL
Fixtures
edit| Chile
|
18–20 | Brazil
|
|---|---|---|
| Tries: Altamirano (2) Vasquez Goals: Horvat (3) |
report |
Tries: Melo (2) Caetano Paixāo Goals: Domingues Araujo |
| Chile | Position | Brazil | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Number | Number | Name | |
| Thomas Garrido | 1 | 1 | Ravi Araujo | |
| Zecil Yao | 2 | 2 | Marcos Paixāo | |
| Jaime Santander | 3 | 3 | Douglas Parazi | |
| Daniel Polanco | 4 | 4 | Donovan Barreira | |
| Felipe Aedo | 5 | 5 | Fellipe Dittz | |
| Christian Lopez | 6 | 6 | Victor Domingues | |
| James Horvat | 7 | 7 | Zach Grundy | |
| Ignacio Altamirano | 8 | 8 | Caio Ozzioli (c) | |
| Mana Castillo-Sioni | 9 | 9 | Lucas Domingues | |
| Austin Olivares Ekes | 10 | 10 | Alyfer Dos Santos | |
| Taylor Salas | 11 | 11 | Leandro Caetano | |
| Nick Doberer (c) | 12 | 12 | Nicholas Sydorowitz | |
| Daniel Vasquez | 13 | 13 | Gabriel Saraiva | |
| Juan Ortiz | 14 | 14 | Vinicius Parazi | |
| Diego Quintul | 15 | 15 | Diego Sanches Nogueira | |
| Ferec Cabezas | 16 | 16 | Luiz Bussolo | |
| Moises Rojas | 17 | 17 | Bruno Gil Melo | |
| Andrew Charles | Coach |
Zach Grundy | ||
| Colombia
|
14–34 | Chile
|
|---|---|---|
| Tries: Garcia (2) Zuluaga Goals: Linares (1) |
report |
Tries: Vasquez (2) Yao Horvat Altamirano Sales Goals: Horvat (5) |
| Columbia | Position | Chile | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Number | Number | Name | |
| Carlos Mendoza | 1 | 1 | Thomas Garrido | |
| Jessue Guillot | 2 | 2 | Diego Quintul | |
| Jesus Delgado | 3 | 3 | Zecil Yao | |
| Ruben Zequeda | 4 | 4 | Felipe Aedo | |
| David Perez | 5 | 5 | Juan Ortiz | |
| Sebastian Martinez (c) | 6 | 6 | Christian Lopez | |
| Hector Linares | 7 | 7 | James Horvat | |
| Andres Jimenez | 8 | 8 | Ignacio Altamirano | |
| Nelson Parada | 9 | 9 | Mana Castillo-Sioni | |
| Leonardo Delgado | 10 | 10 | Taylor Salas | |
| Johnny Garcia | 11 | 11 | Jaime Santander | |
| Fredy Diaz | 12 | 12 | Nick Doberer (c) | |
| Andrew Zuluaga | 13 | 13 | Daniel Vasquez | |
| Jean Villamil | 14 | 14 | Moises Rojas | |
| William Martinez | 15 | 15 | Ferec Cabezas | |
| Daniel Medina | 16 | |||
| Juan David Espinal | 17 | |||
| Brazil
|
56–0 | Colombia
|
|---|---|---|
| Tries: Caetano (3) Ozzioli (3) Araujo Paixao Grundy Dos Santos Goals: Araujo (8) |
report |
| Brazil | Position | Columbia | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Number | Number | Name | |
| Ravi Araujo | 1 | 1 | Jean Villamil | |
| Marcos Paixao | 2 | 2 | Carlos Mendoza | |
| Douglas Parazi | 3 | 3 | Jesus Delgado | |
| Donovan Barreira | 4 | 4 | Sebastian Rodger | |
| Felipe Dittz | 5 | 5 | Jessue Guillot | |
| Victor Domingues | 6 | 6 | Sebastian Martinez | |
| Zach Grundy | 7 | 7 | Hector Linares | |
| Caio Ozzioli | 8 | 8 | Andres Jimenez | |
| Lucas Domingues | 9 | 9 | Nelson Parada | |
| Alyfer Dos Santos | 10 | 10 | Leonardo Delgado | |
| Leandro Cateano | 11 | 11 | John Garcia | |
| Gabriel Saraiva | 12 | 12 | Fredy Diaz | |
| Nicholas Sydorowitz | 13 | 13 | Andrew Zuluaga | |
| Bruno Gil Melo | 14 | 14 | Carlos Mendoza | |
| Vinicius Parazi | 15 | 15 | William Martinez | |
| Diego Sanches Nogueira | 16 | 16 | Daniel Medina | |
| Luis Bussolo | 17 | 17 | Victor Alegria | |
References
edit- ^ a b c d "South American Championship to be held in the Colombian Andes". Rugby League International Federation. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ^ "'Best ever' South American Championships ends in Brazil win". International Rugby League. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ Gordon, James (25 November 2022). "World Cup 2025 qualifying set to continue". LoveRugbyLeague. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ "Rugby League World Cup 2025 to be delayed". Love Rugby League. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ "IRL Set for Crucial Meeting with RLWC2025 on the agenda". Serious About Rugby League. 24 July 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ "Cook Islands rise 17 places in latest Rugby League World Rankings". Rugby League International Federation. 13 July 2019.