2021 Festival of World Cups

The 2021 Festival of World Cups will be a series of rugby league world cups held in England in the summer and autumn of 2021 as part of the build up to the men's Rugby League World Cup, women's Rugby League World Cup and wheelchair Rugby League World Cup which take place in England in October and November 2021.

The world cup organisers asked for expressions of interest for different tournaments in the summer of 2019 and received over 90 responses.[1] As of October 2019 only two tournaments have been finalised, a Physical Disability Rugby League World Cup will be held in Warrington and a Masters Rugby League World Cup will be hosted in Newcastle on Tyne.[2][3]

It is anticipated that the other events will be:[1]

  • the men's Emerging Nations World Championship and the inaugural women's Emerging Nations World Championship
  • men's and women's Student World Cup
  • men's and women's Armed Forces World Cup
  • men's Police World Cup

References
  1. "Record numbers for Rugby League Festival of World Cups 2021". www.rlwc2021.com. 13 September 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  2. "Rugby League World Cup 2021". warrington.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 10 August 2019.
  3. "Warrington Chosen As 2021 Rugby League World Cup Venue". Wire FM. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
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