The 2020 Middle East-Africa Rugby League Championship was a planned international

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tournament that would have taken place in October 2020. It was intended to be the third MEA Championship, following the 2015 and

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tournaments. The competition was to be held at the

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. The competition would have seen the return of

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and

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from the 2019 edition, whilst

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and

who both participated in the 2015 edition were to again feature in the tournament. The

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(RLEF) has announced that the tournament will continue henceforth on a two-year cycle, with the fourth tournament originally planned for 2022. In June 2020, the tournament was postponed due to the

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. The next edition of the tournament is to be held in 2022 in Ghana.

Original fixtures

First round

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Play-offs

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References

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MEA Rugby League Championship The Middle East-Africa Rugby League Championship (MEA) is a rugby league football competition for national teams from the Middle East and Africa which is organised by the Rugby League European Federation. The first tournament was held in 2015 a ...

MEA Rugby League Championship

Original fixtures

First round

Play-offs

See also

References