Lebanon's two unsuccessful qualifying attempts for the 2008 and 2013 tournaments were both decided by points difference after drawing with Ireland in 2006 and again in 2007, and Italy in 2011.

Following the match the team were warned about their conduct after a car-park fight which resulted in American winger Tony Fabri being taken to hospital.

In 2002, Lebanon beat France 36–6 in front of 16,713 spectators at Tripoli to clinch the Mediterranean Cup for a second time.

[4] In 2003 played host to another Mediterranean Cup with Lebanon beating France again in final, albeit this was a much closer match at 26–18 with Wissam El Masri only fully securing the win in the last minute.

Because Ireland had a significantly better points difference then Lebanon, The Cedars needed a win to qualify, a draw or a narrow defeat was simply not good enough.

At the end of the Russia match, despite the easy victory, Darren Maroon said that the team must make big improvements if they were to beat the Irish.

Due to the volatile situation in Lebanon, The Cedars had to play their "home tie" in Dewsbury, England.

Samoa went into half time with a 28–8 lead despite a George Ndaira try for Lebanon on the 18th minute and an Adnan Saleh try very near to half-time.

Following comfortable victories over Serbia and Russia, Lebanon set up a winner-takes-all match against Italy in Belgrade on 29 October.

The game finished in a draw with the score at 19–19, which meant that Italy qualified for the World Cup ahead of Lebanon based on points difference.

[citation needed] The Middle East-Africa region was allocated one slot for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.

The qualifying tournament was held in October 2015 in Pretoria as a two-match series between Lebanon and South Africa.

[10] Lebanon competed in Group A, defeating France 29–18 in a close match,[11] losing 29–10 to England,[12] and holding onto for a commendable 34–0 loss to tournament favourites Australia.

[citation needed] Lebanon's planned test match against Papua New Guinea in June 2018 was cancelled following reports of a player boycott.

[16] Chris Saab and Michael Hedwan notified the LRLF of the boycott, alleging that the team was underfunded and unsupported by the administration during the World Cup.

Fittler, who had since been appointed head coach of the New South Wales State of Origin team, supported the boycott.

[19] The LRLF cited a loss of sponsorship due to negative publicity as the reason for withdrawing from the match.

[21] The lead-up to the game was impacted by continued player unrest, with many members of the playing squad choosing to cover the LRLF's logo at training and during media appearances.

[26][27][28] Lebanon's participation in the 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s in October 2019 was allegedly in doubt due to reports that several high-profile players would withdraw from the tournament.

The following table underneath shows Lebanon's all-time rugby league results record up to date as of 24 December 2020.