List of Rugby League World Cup finals

Rugby League World Cup final
Teams	2
First meeting	1954
Latest meeting	2021
Next meeting	2025
Statistics
Meetings total	12
Most wins	Australia (12 titles)
Largest victory	Australia 40–12 New Zealand

The Rugby League World Cup is an international men's rugby league competition contested every several years between national teams of the members of International Rugby League, the sport's governing body. Australia has won the most Rugby League World Cup championships, with its twelfth coming in the 2021 tournament in England, in which they defeated Samoa.

List of Finals edit

Key to the list
a.e.t.	Match was won during extra time

Year	Champions (Number of times)	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Location	Attendance
1954	Great Britain	16–12	France	Parc des Princes	Paris, France	30,368
1957	Australia	^{[a 1]}	Great Britain	N/A
1960	Great Britain (2)	^{[a 1]}	Australia	N/A
1968	Australia (2)	20–2	France	Sydney Cricket Ground	Sydney, Australia	54,290
1970	Australia (3)	12–7	Great Britain	Headingley Stadium	Leeds, England	18,776
1972	Great Britain (3)	10–10 (a.e.t.)	Australia	Stade de Gerland	Lyon, France	4,231
1975	Australia (4)	12–6	England	Headingley Stadium	Leeds, England	7,680
1977	Australia (5)	13–12	Great Britain	Sydney Cricket Ground	Sydney, Australia	24,457
1985–88	Australia (6)	25–12	New Zealand	Eden Park	Auckland, New Zealand	47,363
1989–92	Australia (7)	10–6	Great Britain	Wembley Stadium	London, England	73,631
1995	Australia (8)	16–8	England	Wembley Stadium	London, England	66,540
2000	Australia (9)	40–12	New Zealand	Old Trafford	Manchester, England	44,329
2008	New Zealand	34–20	Australia	Lang Park	Brisbane, Australia	50,559
2013	Australia (10)	34–2	New Zealand	Old Trafford	Manchester, England	74,468
2017	Australia (11)	6–0	England	Lang Park	Brisbane, Australia	40,033
2021	Australia (12)	30–10	Samoa	Old Trafford	Manchester, England	67,502

Team performance edit

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Australia	12	3	1957, 1968, 1970, 1975, 1977, 1988, 1992, 1995, 2000, 2013, 2017, 2021	1960, 1972, 2008
Great Britain	3	4	1954, 1960, 1972	1957, 1970, 1977, 1992
New Zealand	1	3	2008	1988, 2000, 2013
England	0	3	–	1975, 1995, 2017
France	0	2	–	1954, 1968
Samoa	0	1	–	2021

Notes edit

^ There was no official World Cup final match in 1957 and 1960. The tournament winner was decided by a round robin contested by four teams.

References edit

External links edit

World Cup

[rlwc1957-1] There was no official World Cup final match in 1957 and 1960. The tournament winner was decided by a round robin contested by four teams.

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