Rugby League World Cup finals

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Rugby League World Cup Final
Teams2
First meeting1954
Latest meeting2017
Next meeting2021
Statistics
Meetings total12
Most wins Australia (11 titles)

The Rugby League World Cup is an international men's rugby league competition contested every several years between national teams of the members of Rugby League International Federation, the sport's governing body. Australia has won the most Rugby League World Cup championships, with its eleventh coming in the 2017 tournament in Oceania, in which it defeated England.

List of Finals[]

List of finals matches, their venues and locations, the finalists and final scores
Tournament Winners Score Runners-up Venue Location Attendance References
1954  Great Britain 16-12  France Parc des Princes Paris, France 30,368
1968  Australia 20-2  France Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney, Australia 54,290
1970  Australia 12-7  Great Britain Headingley Leeds, England 18,776
1972  Great Britain 10-10  Australia Stade de Gerland Lyon, France 4,231
1977  Australia 13-12  Great Britain Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney, Australia 24,457
1985-88  Australia 25-12  New Zealand Eden Park Auckland, New Zealand 47,363
1989-92  Australia 10-6  Great Britain Wembley Stadium London, England 73,631
1995  Australia 16-8  England Wembley Stadium London, England 66,540
2000  Australia 40-12  New Zealand Old Trafford Manchester, England 44,329
2008  New Zealand 34-20  Australia Lang Park Brisbane, Australia 50,559
2013  Australia 34-2  New Zealand Old Trafford Manchester, England 74,468
2017  Australia 6-0  England Lang Park Brisbane, Australia 40,033

Team performance[]

Team Winners Runners-up Years won Years runner-up
 Australia 11 3 1957, 1968, 1970, 1975, 1977, 1988, 1992, 1995, 2000, 2013,
2017 		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

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