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00:01:21 1 History
00:01:30 1.1 1935–1954: Establishment
00:02:40 1.2 1955–1974: Sporadic competitions
00:04:14 1.3 1975–1990s: International hosts
00:06:47 1.4 1995–2008: Knockout tournament and expansion
00:09:25 1.5 2009–present: Regular competition
00:11:47 2 Trophy
00:12:28 3 Format
00:12:37 3.1 Qualification
00:14:47 3.2 Finals
00:16:00 4 Hosts
00:16:55 4.1 Stadiums
00:18:36 5 Results
00:18:45 5.1 Results by year
00:19:10 5.2 Results by team
00:20:30 6 Attendance
00:20:40 6.1 Tournament attendance
00:20:49 6.2 Match attendance
00:21:02 7 See also



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SUMMARY
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The Rugby League World Cup is an international rugby league tournament, contested by national teams of the Rugby League International Federation, which was first held in France in 1954, the first World Cup in either rugby code. The idea of a rugby league world cup tournament was first mooted in the 1930s with the French proposal to hold a tournament in 1931, and again in 1951. The fifteen tournaments held to date have been at intervals ranging from two to eight years, and have featured a number of formats. So far three nations have won the competition (Australia eleven times, Great Britain three times and New Zealand once). Australia, France and New Zealand are the only teams to have played in all tournaments (Great Britain has been split into England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland since 1995, while England and Wales had previously competed as separate teams in the 1975 World Cup). Since 2000, the RLIF has also organised World Cups for women, students and other categories. The 2017 Rugby League World Cup was held in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea which was won by Australia.