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The 2017 Rugby League World Cup will be the fifteenth staging of the Rugby League World Cup. It will be held in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. between October and 2 December 2017. Michael Brown, the CEO of several big name Australian sporting franchises and the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, has been appointed CEO of the 2017 World Cup. It was the main event of the year's Festival of World Cups. ==Host selection== At the 2010 Rugby League International Federation executive meeting, the New Zealand Rugby League made an early submission to co-host the 2017 tournament with Australia. The Rugby League World Cup was last held in Australia in 2008. Two formal bids were subsequently received by the RLIF before a November 2012 deadline; the co-host bid from Australia and New Zealand and a bid from South Africa.〔(Australia-NZ Rugby League World Cup bid progresses ) ''3News'', 21 October 2013〕 On 19 February 2014, it was announced that the joint bid from Australia and New Zealand had won hosting rights. It was announced in October 2014 that negotiations were being held for Papua New Guinea to host matches. The Papua New Guinea Rugby Football League presented to the RLIF in September 2015, requesting to host three matches.〔(PNG Prime Minister Peter O'Neill keen to host Rugby League World Cup matches ) ''smh.com.au'', 27 September 2015〕 In October 2015 it was confirmed that Papua New Guinea would host 3 matches in the group stage. New Zealand Rugby League CEO Phil Holden has also mentioned the possibility of a game being played in either Fiji or Samoa. Cities outside Australia's rugby league eastern stronghold such as Hobart, Adelaide, Melbourne, Perth and Darwin have begun top-level negotiations to host 2017 World Cup games. Three World Cup games were allocated to Port Moresby in PNG, while 11 provinces in New Zealand have also expressed a desire for matches. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2017 Rugby League World Cup」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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