Rugby League World Cup finals
Results

Rugby League World Cup finals

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: None

Year	Date	Winners	Score	Runner–up	Referee	Venue	Location	Attendance

1954	13 Nov	Great Britain	16 – 12	France	C. Appleton	Parc des Princes	France Paris	30,368

1957	No World Cup finals were held in 1957 and 1960, with the winner determined by the best record at the end of the group stage.

1960

1968	10 Jun	Australia	20 – 2	France	J. Percival	Sydney Cricket Ground	Australia Sydney	54,290

1970	10 Nov	Australia	12 – 7	Great Britain	F. Lindop	Headingley	England Leeds	18,776

1972	11 Nov	Great Britain	10 – 10	Australia	G. Jameau	Stade de Gerland	France Lyon	4,231

1975	No final was held in 1975, but since Australia had not beaten England in the group stage, a final 'challenge match' was held at Headingley, Leeds with Australia winning 25–0.

1977	25 Jun	Australia	13 – 12	Great Britain	B. Thompson	Sydney Cricket Ground	Australia Sydney	24,457

1988	9 Oct	Australia	25 – 12	New Zealand	G. Ainui	Eden Park	New Zealand Auckland	47,363

1992	24 Oct	Australia	10 – 6	Great Britain	D. Hale	Wembley Stadium	England London	73,631

1995	28 Oct	Australia	16 – 8	England	S. Cummings	Wembley Stadium	England London	66,540

2000	25 Nov	Australia	40 – 12	New Zealand	S. Cummings	Old Trafford	England Manchester	44,329

2008	23 Nov	New Zealand	34 – 20	Australia	A. Klein	Lang Park	Australia Brisbane	50,559

2013	30 Nov	Australia	34 – 2	New Zealand	R. Silverwood	Old Trafford	England Manchester	74,468

2017	2 Dec	Australia	6 – 0	England	G. Sutton	Lang Park	Australia Brisbane	40,033

Sentence(s)

Australia won the Rugby League World Cup by defeating New Zealand in 2013 tournament.

final_sentence: Australia won the Rugby League World Cup by defeating New Zealand in 2013 tournament.