a lot of people are suggesting using in the region of 20 destinations to hold games. i think that would be a mistake and it would just end up bein a mess like the 2000 tournament which had 25 odd destinations? the footballe world cup only ever uses about 10-12 host cities and thats for a 32 team tournament. for a 12 team RL tournament i'd use 8-10 host cities max with each place hosting at least 2 games so that the community in those places can properly get behind the comp. I'd use:



Saints new stadium

DW stadium

KC stadium

Headingly

Stoop

One out of huddersfield, castleford or wakey stadium

Cardiff

Old Trafford (for double header opening two games and double header semis)

Wembley (for final alone but it has to be sold out in advance!)

I hope we get a mix of heatlands grounds and expansion areas.



i'd particularly like to see Old Trafford for the opening tie, Wembley for the final...there is no reason why the could not announce the dates over a year in advance and do a lot of publicity



knowing the RFL though, the games will be arranged about a month before, with one half hearted press release.

i think only three sides should have qualified for the world cup so far

aus and NZ as finalists from 2008

england as hosts

the rest should have to earn their places like they did for 2008



same format as 2008 regarding super pool and other pools



best qualifier to super pool,

other 8 to 2 groups of four



top of each pool to play bottom 2 from super pool (quarter final)

top 2 in super pool through to semis



opening game, eng v aus at wemberley!



keep the rest in the heartlands!!!

I still think we should ditch the tradition knock-out method in the cup and use a system RL is renowned in our play-off system. Will guarantee closer matches and make better use of the seeded super pool format.



I'd go one of two ways, using either 4 groups of 3 (with three SPs) or 3 groups of 4 (with 1 SP).



Already said my method for the 4 groups of 3 on the other post.

If it was 3 groups of 4, I'd go...



Super Pool - NZ (Winner), Aus (Finalist), Eng (Host), Qualifier 1

Pool 2 - Qualifer 2, Euro 2, Pacific 3, Repechage

Pool 3 - Pacific 2, Euro 3, Pacific 4, Euro 4



Qualifying competition for the European teams (Lebanon) and the Pacific teams (including USA). Everyone that makes it to the semi-finals qualifies for the WC. The winners play each other for a place in the super group (which guarantees you a place in the PO), with the loser being placed in the other groups along with the other qualifiers. A tournament for the last place can be done in a similar fashion to last year.



Play-offs as follows:

A) 1st in SP vs 1st in P2

B) 2nd in SP vs 1st in P3

C) 3rd in SP vs 2nd in P2

D) 4th in SP vs 2nd in P3



E) Loser of A vs Winner of D

F) Loser of B vs Winner of C



G) Winner of A vs Winner of F

H) Winner of B vs Winner of E



I) Winner of G vs Winner of G (Final)

Quote ="Geekay"One reason that the 2008 World Cup was a success was the large number (10,000) of England fans who made the long trip down under to support the team. It was great to see so many at the England venues and around the citiy centres in Oz. Could we expect to see as many coming over from Oz to support their team and the Cup in general? I personally don't think ">so.'" No. You will get half a dozen tour groups led by past players maybe a few hundred or so. Plenty of Aussies based there so that may add up to a few thousand at the games.

Quote ="Geekay"One reason that the 2008 World Cup was a success was the large number (10,000) of England fans who made the long trip down under to support the team. It was great to see so many at the England venues and around the citiy centres in Oz. Could we expect to see as many coming over from Oz to support their team and the Cup in general? I personally don't think ">so.'" No. You will get half a dozen tour groups led by past players maybe a few hundred or so. Plenty of Aussies based there so that may add up to a few thousand at the games.

[urlhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/aug/01/rugby-league-world-cup-2013[/url



Link to an article that discusses more proposals for the tournament.



In the main broadly what has been proposed on these boards.