Scotland will play Serbia in the ultimate circular of 2021 World Cup qualifying after Russia withdrew.
Serbia will travel to Glasgow on October 26 earlier than hosting Greece in Belgrade on November 9, with the good two international locations going through to the realm Cup draw on November 27.
Russia had prior to now beaten Serbia 36-18 in Moscow to comfy their area in the European play-off.
event Director for the qualification games Chris Thair said: "Russia's withdrawal is unlucky, despite the fact, all events agreed it became the right direction of motion.
"After expressing issues over their preparations and readiness to play, I made a recommendation that become backed by means of the RLEF and accepted by way of the RLIF board, who own the realm Cup property.
"Serbia entire third in the European B competition in comparison to Norway who were 2nd in European C, whose fixtures doubled as World Cup qualifiers.
"the entire other nations have been saved abreast of concerns throughout and that i thank them for their endurance and assist – we even had the stunning situation of the Serbian universal secretary performing as our interpreter with the Russian Federation and attempting to discover options for Russia to live in the competitors, notwithstanding Serbia will be the beneficiaries in the event that they withdrew.
"each avenue become explored with Russia and we do want to see a powerful rugby league presence within the nation.
"we have agreed a couple of supportive measures with Denis. The RLEF will soon be advertising for a brand new board of administrators on their behalf to take their federation forward into a new era."
Scotland will play Greece at the New River Stadium in London on November 1 in what's group B of the european play-off.
The desirable two will qualify, along with the top two from neighborhood A, which contains ireland, Italy and Spain.
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