2025 Rugby League World Cup
| 2025 World Cup | |
|---|---|
| Number of teams | 16 |
| Host countries |
 Canada USA |
| Matches played | 31 |
The 2025 Rugby League World Cup will be the seventeenth staging of the Rugby League World Cup. The tournament is expected to include 16 men's teams as well as a women's competition, the same as is planned for 2021.
On 20 November 2016 it was announced that the North America bid had won the rights to the 2025 World Cup.[1]
Host selection
After losing the 2021 Rugby League World Cup bid, the Rugby League International Federation (RLIF) recommended that the United States and Canada should host the 2025 event after an impressive bid by Moore Sports International lost out to England.[2] The RLIF Congress went on to review that recommendation at a meeting in November 2016.[3]
On 20 November 2016, it was announced that the North America bid had won the rights to host the 2025 World Cup. This is set to be the first time the tournament is held outside of Europe and Australasia.
References
- ↑ "Rugby League World Cup moves to North America in 2025". stuff sport. 20 November 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
- ↑ "US-Canada set to host Rugby League World Cup in 2025". nzherald.co.nz. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
- ↑ "England to host RLWC2021 - North America recommended for RLWC2025". rlif.com. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.