Group B of the 2017 Rugby League World Cup is one of the four groups in the 2017 Rugby League World Cup, which began on 28 October and was completed on 11 November 2017.
Tonga finished top of the pool while New Zealand and Samoa also qualified for the quarter-finals.
Notes: In the week leading up to the match there were several "vicious street brawls" between Samoan and Tongan supporters.
[5][6] This led to members of both the Tongan and Samoan teams calling for calm.
[9] After the match, Tonga's victory was described as "the small island nation's greatest ever sporting achievement".