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2019 (2019) Middle-East Africa Championship  ()
Number of teams	4
Host country	Nigeria
Winner	Nigeria (1st title)
Matches played	4
Tournaments  < 2015 2022 > 2020 >

The 2019 Middle East-Africa Rugby League Championship was the second MEA Rugby League Championship, held in October 2019 at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos, Nigeria. The competition saw the international debut of Cameroon, Ghana and Nigeria, while Morocco played for the first time since the last MEA Championship, eight years previously.

Fixtures

Semi-finals

Nigeria	25 – 12	Ghana
Tries: Fagborun (3), Adebiyi Goals: I Lawal Saulawa (4/4) Field Goals: I Lawal Saulawa (1)	Report	Tries: Bless Mensah, Tettegah Goals: Bless Mensah (2/2)

Cameroon	4 – 8	Morocco
Tries: Emmanuel de Porta	Report	Goals: Iliass Laachiri (3/3) Field Goals: Iliass Laachiri (2)

Third Place Play-off

Ghana	10 – 4	Cameroon
Tries: Sarpong, Tettegah Goals: Tettegah (1)	Report	Tries: Hermand

Final

Nigeria	38 – 10	Morocco
Tries: Adebiyi (2), Agwoje(2), Prince, I Lawal-Saulawa, Izuchykwu, G. John Goals: I Lawal-Saulawa (3), G. John (2)	Report	Tries: Eddiche, Laachiri Goals: Laachiri (1)

Media coverage

Country or region	Broadcaster	Ref.
Nigeria	Yanga! TV

See also

• Rugby league in Africa
• International rugby league in 2019

References

1. ^ "RLIF Middle East Africa Championship to be staged in Lagos, Nigeria". RLIF. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
2. "Kevin de la Rose, arbitre français au Nigeria (Coupe d'Afrique)" (in French). FFRXIII. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
3. "Kevin de la Rose officiera pour la finale de la Coupe d'Afrique" (in French). Treize Mondial. 5 October 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

• 2019 in rugby league
• 2019 in Nigerian sport
• MEA Rugby League Championship
• October 2019 sports events in Africa
• October 2019 events in Nigeria
• 2019 in Lagos
• Sports competitions in Lagos