Rugby League World Cup
Not to be confused with Rugby World Cup. Rugby League World Cup Current season or competition: : 2021 Rugby League World Cup Sport Rugby league Instituted 1954 Number of teams 14 (Finals) Region Worldwide (RLIF) Holders Australia (2017) Most titles Australia (11 titles) Website www.rlwc2021.com/ Related competition Women's World Cup Tournaments 1954 1957 1960 1968 1970 1972 1975 1977 1985-1988 1989-92 1995 2000 2008 2013 2017 2021 2025 The Rugby League World Cup is an international rugby league tournament, contested by national teams of the Rugby League International Federation, which was first held in France in 1954, the first World Cup in either rugby code. [1] The idea of a rugby league world cup tournament was first mooted in the 1930s with the French proposal to hold a tournament in 1931, and again in 1951. [2] The fifteen tournaments held to date have been at intervals ranging from two to eight years, and have featured a number of formats. [3] So far three nations hav...