# 2013 Festival of World Cups

The 2013 Festival of World Cups was a series of rugby league world cups held in England during 2013 in the lead up to the 2013 Men's Rugby League World Cup. The festival included the students, police, women, armed forces, and wheelchair world cups.

## Festival schedule

| Event | Dates | Venues | Winner |
| Armed Forces | 13 July 2013 | Colchester Garrison Sports Stadium | Australia |
| Wheelchair | 13 July 2013 | Medway Park | France |
| Student | 14 July 2013 | 4 venues in West Yorkshire; Headingley | Australia |
| Police | 14 July 2013 | 3 venues in West Yorkshire; Headingley | Australia |
| Women | 14 July 2013 | 4 venues in West Yorkshire; Headingley | Australia |

## Armed Forces

The second Armed Forces World Cup took place at the Colchester Garrison Sports Stadium. Four nations competed; Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Serbia. The middle weekend of the tournament coincided with the annual military festival held in Colchester.
Group stage :
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 164 | 38 | +126 | 6 |
| Great Britain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 146 | 28 | +118 | 4 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 92 | 70 | +22 | 2 |
| Serbia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 272 | –266 | 0 |

### Results

    30 June:
       Great Britain 32 – 8 New Zealand
       Australia 112 – 0 Serbia
    3 July:
       Great Britain 98 – 0 Serbia
       Australia 32 – 22 New Zealand
    6 July:
       Serbia 6 – 62 New Zealand
       Great Britain 16 – 20 Australia
Source:

### Finals

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Australia | 110 | | | |
| 4 | Serbia | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Serbia | 0 | Australia | Australia | 32 |
| | | | New Zealand | New Zealand | 22 |
| 3 | New Zealand | 20 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 22 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 16 | | | |
Source:
* 13 July 2013
| New Zealand | 22 - 32 | Australia |
* Colchester Garrison Sports Stadium

## Student

The eighth Student Rugby League World Cup were held in July. The eight countries that took part were England, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Russia, South Africa, Scotland and Wales.
Group stage games took place at South Leeds Stadium, The Big Fellas Stadium in Featherstone, The LoveRugbyLeague.Com Stadium in Batley and The Tetley’s Stadium in Dewsbury.
* 14 July 2013
| England | 16 - 26 | Australia |
* Headingley, Leeds

## Wheelchair

Six teams took part in the second Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup which was held at Medway Park. The six teams were France, Australia, England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales.
* 13 July 2013
| France | 42 – 40 | England |
* Medway Park, Gillingham

## Police

The second Police Rugby League World Cup took place in July. Defending champions Fiji joined hosts Great Britain and Australia in the tournament.
Group stage games took place at The Big Fellas Stadium in Featherstone, Provident Stadium in Bradford and the Tetley's Stadium in Dewsbury. The final took place at the Headingley Carnegie Stadium, Leeds.
Group stage :
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| Australia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 42 | +46 | 4 |
| Fiji | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 96 | 32 | +64 | 2 |
| Great Britain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 128 | -110 | 0 |

### Results

    5 July: Tetley's Stadium
       Great Britain 18 – 56 Australia
    8 July: Bigfella's Stadium
       Fiji 24 – 32 Australia
    11 July: Provident Stadium
       Great Britain 0 – 72 Fiji
Source:
* 14 July 2013
| Australia | 18 - 16 | Fiji |
* Headingley, Leeds

## Women

The fourth Women's Rugby League World Cup were held in Leeds alongside the student and police World Cups, with the final taking place at Headingley, Leeds. Seven teams took part including three time defending champions New Zealand as well as hosts England and Australia, France, Russia, Samoa and Tonga.
Group stage games took place at South Leeds Stadium, The Big Fellas Stadium in Featherstone, The LoveRugbyLeague.Com Stadium in Batley and The Tetley’s Stadium in Dewsbury.
* 14 July 2013
| New Zealand | 12 - 22 | Australia |
* Headingley, Leeds