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List of Rugby League World Cup finals

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.

Rugby League World Cup final
Teams2
First meeting1954
Latest meeting2021
Next meeting2026
Statistics
Meetings total12
Most wins Australia (12 titles)
Largest victory Australia 40–12  New Zealand

List of Finals

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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)   Australia
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) —   England N/A
1977   Australia (5) 13–12   Great Britain Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney,   Australia 24,457
1988   Australia (6) 25–12   New Zealand Eden Park Auckland,   New Zealand 47,363
1992   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

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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

See also

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Notes

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  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.

References

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