Ireland's Rugby League World Cup exit has been confirmed after Lebanon defeated Jamaica 74-12 at the Leigh Sports Village in Greater Manchester.
A 48-10 defeat to New Zealand at Headingley on Friday had left the Irish side's fate out of their hands and a Lebanese victory over Jamaica would see them exit the tournament.
And so it proved, meaning Lebanon will go up against Australia in the World Cup knockout stages.
The Cedars' 13-try romp, highlighted by a hat-trick of tries from former Australia winger Josh Mansour, earned them a place in Friday's first quarter-final at Huddersfield's John Smith's Stadium and means Ireland finish third in Group C with a record of one win and two defeats.
Former Leinster head coach Michael Cheika, who guided the Wallabies to the 2015 Rugby Union World Cup final, combines his Lebanese duties with being head coach of Argentina's rugby union side and now faces a hectic weekend, with his Pumas playing Eddie Jones' England in an autumn international at Twickenham next Sunday.
Cheika's team, boosted by the presence of NRL stars Mitchell Moses and Adam Doueihi, had far too much class for the Reggae Warriors in the first meeting between the two teams as they secured their last-eight berth for the second successive World Cup.
It also clinched automatic qualification for the 2025 World Cup in France.
Jamaica ended their first World Cup without a win but, like fellow debutants Greece, they can feel proud of the steps they have taken to establish rugby league in their country.
They also received the biggest cheer of the afternoon when Keighley winger Mo Agoro scored a breakaway try early in the second half which was converted by James Woodburn-Hall, while substitute Jordan Andrade added a second after 66 minutes.
The Reggae Warriors had all the early pressure and second rower Keenan Tomlinson reached the Lebanon tryline in the second minute after collecting Kieran Rush's lofted kick but was unable to ground the ball.
But it was virtually one-way traffic from the moment Moses broke clear to get hooker Mikey Tannous over for their first try after five minutes.
Wigan winger Abbas Miski got a second and others came at regular intervals from Elie El-Zakhem, Reece Robinson, exciting teenage half-back Khaled Rajab, Charbel Tasipale and Josh Mansour before the break, when the Cedars led 42-0.
Substitute Jaxson Rahme was sin-binned on the stroke of half-time for a high tackle on Rush, who was one of two Jamaica players forced off for head injury assessments, and he faces the possibility of missing the Kangaroos clash through suspension.
Cheika could afford to take Moses off at half-time with Friday's big game in mind and his side duly extended their lead while down to 12 men as Doueihi strolled through Jamaica's defence for their eighth try five minutes into the second half.
Doueihi, who switched from full-back to take over playmaking duties, was not quite as accurate with the boot, however, succeeding with four of his six attempts.
Jamaica went down to 12 men after 57 minutes when Huddersfield prop Michael Lawrence was shown a yellow card for a professional foul and that helped Lebanon keep the scoreboard ticking over with further tries from Tony Maroun and Mansour.
Andrade pulled another try back for Jamaica, with Rush adding the goal, but Mansour completed his hat-trick 10 minutes from the end and Miski added a second to wrap up the scoring.
