2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup
2021 | Women's Rugby League World Cup|
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Number of teams | 8 |
Host country | ![]() |
Matches played | 15 |
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The 2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup will be the sixth staging of the Women's Rugby League World Cup, to be held in England in November 2022. Originally planned for 2021, it was delayed a year along with the Men's and Wheelchair tournaments due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The tournament will feature eight teams, an increase of two from the previous tournament.
For the first time the tournament will have parity with the Men's and Wheelchair tournaments with all participants being paid the same while all 61 matches across three tournaments will be broadcast live.[1][2]
Teams[]
The competing teams were selected based on a number of criteria including growth and current infrastructure and were announced on 18 July 2019.[3]
Region | Team | Previous appearances |
Previous best result | World ranking |
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Americas | ![]() |
0 | Debut | 11 |
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1 | Semi-finals (2017) | 4 | |
Asia-Pacific | ![]() |
5 | Champions (2013, 2017) | 1 |
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2 | Pool stage (2003, 2017) | 5 | |
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5 | Champions (2000, 2003, 2008) | 2 | |
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1 | Pool stage (2017) | 6 | |
Europe | ![]() |
3 | Semi-finals (2008, 2017), 3rd of 4 (2013) | 3 |
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2 | Pool stage (2008, 2013) | 7 |
- ^ Competed as part of
Great Britain in 2 previous tournaments, finishing as runners-up in 2000.
Venues[]
The list of venues for both the women's and the men's tournaments were announced in January 2019. The full schedule of games to be played at each venue will not be announced until after the draw for the competition in November 2019 but venues that were announced as definitely hosting one or more games of the tournament are:[4]
Manchester | Liverpool |
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Old Trafford[a] | Anfield[b] |
Capacity: 74,994 | Capacity: 54,074 |
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Leeds | York |
Headingley Stadium | York Community Stadium |
Capacity: 21,062 | Capacity: 8,500 |
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Hull | |
MKM Stadium | |
Capacity: 25,586 | |
Team base camps[]
Base camps were used by the eight national squads to stay and train before and during the World Cup tournament. On 10 June 2020, these locations were released. The teams will be based in Leeds and York[5]
- Leeds: Brazil, Canada, England and Papua New Guinea
- York: Australia, Cook Islands, France and New Zealand
Draw[]
The teams were drawn into two groups of four. The two seeded teams were England (Group A) as hosts and Australia as holders (Group B). The draw was made at Buckingham Palace on 16 January 2020. Teams from pool 1 were drawn by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, pool 2 was drawn by Katherine Grainger and pool 3 by Jason Robinson.[6]
Pool | Group A | Group B |
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Seeded | ![]() |
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Pool 1 | ![]() |
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Pool 2 | ![]() |
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Pool 3 | ![]() |
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Fixtures[]
Ahead of the fixture list being announced, the organisers stated that there will be at least four days between a team's games in the interests of player welfare.[7]
The fixtures were announced on 21 July 2020.[8] All the games in the tournament will be played as double headers with other games from either the women's or men's tournaments.[9]
Group A[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stages |
2 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Round 1[]
Round 2[]
Round 3[]
Group B[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stages |
2 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
All six of the Group B fixtures will be played at the York Community Stadium in York.
Round 1[]
Round 2[]
Round 3[]
Knock out stages[]
Semi-finals[]
The semi-finals will be played as a double header at the York Community Stadium, York on 22 November 2021.
winner of Group B | v | runner up in Group A |
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winner of Group A | v | runner up in Group B |
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Final[]
The final will be played at Old Trafford, Manchester on 27 November 2021 as a double header with the final of the men's tournament.
See also[]
Legacy of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ Darbyshire, Drew (21 October 2019). "Women and wheelchair players to receive equal pay to men at 2021 World Cup". Love Rugby League. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ Ed, Dixon (2 July 2020). "2021 Rugby League World Cup and IRL team up on broadcast production - SportsPro Media". www.sportspromedia.com. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "Nations confirmed for Women's Rugby League World Cup 2021". RLIF. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
- ^ "Full list of host venues revealed". Stadia Magazine. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
- ^ "Kangaroos to be united in Manchester: World Cup team bases announced". National Rugby League. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ^ "Rugby League World Cup 2021 draw: England drawn with Samoa, France and Greece". BBC Sport. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ "World Cup format revised to give women longer break between fixtures". RL News. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "England start against Samoa at World Cup". BBC Sport. 21 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ "Rugby League World Cup 2021 | Schedule". www.rlwc2021.com. 21 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
External links[]
- Women's Rugby League World Cup
- 2022 in rugby league
- 2022 in English rugby league
- International rugby league competitions hosted by the United Kingdom
- Women's rugby league in England
- November 2022 sports events in the United Kingdom
- Scheduled sports events