2022 MEA Rugby League Championship
The 2022 Middle East-Africa Rugby League Championship will be the third MEA Championship, following the 2015 and 2019 tournaments, and the cancelled 2020 edition.[1]
| 2022 Middle-East Africa Championship | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Number of teams | 4 |
| Host country |  Ghana |
| Matches played | 4 |
The competition will be held between 27 September to 2 October 2022 in Ghana. The competition will see the return of the same four teams from the 2019 tournament; Nigeria, Morocco, Cameroon and hosts Ghana. The winners of the tournament will also join the next phase of qualification for the 2025 Rugby League World Cup.[2]
Participants
| Team | Captain | Coach | Previous Apps |
Previous best result | World Ranking[lower-alpha 1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cameroon |
TBA |  Khalil Njoya |
1 | First round (2019) | 34 |
| Ghana |
Reece Rance | Andy Gilvary |
1 | First round (2019) | 31 |
 Morocco |
Iliass Laachiri |  Jerome Alonso |
1 | Runners-up (2019) | 33 |
 Nigeria |
Sadiq Adebiyi | Joe Mbu |
1 | Champions (2019) | 27 |
- IRL World Rankings are as of December 2021.[3]
Fixtures
First round
References
- "2020 Mea Rugby League Championship Postponed".
- "GHANA RUGBY LEAGUE TO HOST 2022 MIDDLE EAST AFRICA CHAMPIONSHIP". europeanrugbyleague.com. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
- "Cook Islands rise 17 places in latest Rugby League World Rankings". Rugby League International Federation. 13 July 2019.
- "Draw made for 2022 Middle East Africa Rugby League Championship".
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