The United States won the tournament and qualified for the World Cup.
On 3 October 2014, the 2017 Rugby League World Cup qualifying competition was announced.
Seven of the eight teams who made the knockout-stages of the 2013 Rugby League World Cup were announced as automatic qualifiers.
Once the issue was resolved, USA was allowed to enter the qualification process.
[citation needed] In August 2015, the qualifiers were announced to be held in Florida in December 2015.