Rugby - Rugby League World Cup - Statistics

• Summary by team since 1954

  Team	Victories	First Victory	Last Victory
  Australia XIII	12	1957	2022
  Great Britain XIII	3	1954	1972
  New Zealand XIII	1	2008	2008

• Winners and finalists since 1954

  Team	Winners	Finalists
  Australia XIII	12	3
  Great Britain XIII	3	4
  New Zealand XIII	1	3
  England XIII		3
  France XIII		2
  Samoa XIII		1

• Various statistics since 1954
  
  

  Number of appearances

  1	Australia XIII 2	16
  2	France XIII 2	16
  3	New Zealand XIII 2	16
  4	Great Britain XIII 2	9
  5	Papua New Guinea XIII 2	8
  6	England XIII 2	7
  7	Fiji XIII 2	6
  8	Samoa XIII 2	6
  9	Tonga XIII 2	6
  10	Wales XIII 2	6

  Number of matches

  1	Australia XIII 2	85
  2	New Zealand XIII 2	74
  3	France XIII 2	63
  4	Great Britain XIII 2	42
  5	England XIII 2	39
  6	Papua New Guinea XIII 2	35
  7	Wales XIII 2	25
  8	Fiji XIII 2	24
  9	Samoa XIII 2	23
  10	Tonga XIII 2	20

  Games per appearance

  1	England XIII 2	5.6
  2	Australia XIII 2	5.3
  3	Great Britain XIII 2	4.7
  4	New Zealand XIII 2	4.6
  5	Papua New Guinea XIII 2	4.4
  6	Wales XIII 2	4.2
  7	Fiji XIII 2	4
  8	France XIII 2	3.9
  9	Samoa XIII 2	3.8
  10	Lebanon XIII 2	3.7

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  Wins

  1	Australia XIII 2	72
  2	New Zealand XIII 2	37
  3	Great Britain XIII 2	25
  4	England XIII 2	24
  5	France XIII 2	16
  6	Fiji XIII 2	12
  7	Tonga XIII 2	12
  8	Samoa XIII 2	11
  9	Papua New Guinea XIII 2	9
  10	Wales XIII 2	8

  Number of wins in games played

  1	Australia XIII 2	85 %
  2	England XIII 2	62 %
  3	Great Britain XIII 2	60 %
  4	Tonga XIII 2	60 %
  5	Fiji XIII 2	50 %
  6	New Zealand XIII 2	50 %
  7	Samoa XIII 2	48 %
  8	Ireland XIII 2	44 %
  9	Italy XIII 2	33 %
  10	New Zealand Maori XIII 2	33 %

  Drawn matches

  1	Great Britain XIII 2	4
  2	France XIII 2	3
  3	New Zealand XIII 2	3
  4	Australia XIII 2	2
  5	England XIII 2	2
  6	Scotland XIII 2	2
  7	Cook Islands XIII 2	1
  8	Italy XIII 2	1
  9	Lebanon XIII 2	1
  10	Papua New Guinea XIII 2	1

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  Losses

  1	France XIII 2	44
  2	New Zealand XIII 2	34
  3	Papua New Guinea XIII 2	25
  4	Wales XIII 2	17
  5	England XIII 2	13
  6	Great Britain XIII 2	13
  7	Fiji XIII 2	12
  8	Australia XIII 2	11
  9	Samoa XIII 2	11
  10	Scotland XIII 2	11

  Number of losses in games played

  1	Greece XIII 2	100 %
  2	Jamaica XIII 2	100 %
  3	Russia XIII 2	100 %
  4	South Africa XIII 2	100 %
  5	Papua New Guinea XIII 2	71 %
  6	United States XIII 2	71 %
  7	France XIII 2	70 %
  8	Scotland XIII 2	69 %
  9	Wales XIII 2	68 %
  10	Cook Islands XIII 2	67 %

  Number of ties in games played

  1	Scotland XIII 2	13 %
  2	Cook Islands XIII 2	11 %
  3	Italy XIII 2	11 %
  4	Great Britain XIII 2	10 %
  5	Lebanon XIII 2	9 %
  6	England XIII 2	5 %
  7	France XIII 2	5 %
  8	Tonga XIII 2	5 %
  9	New Zealand XIII 2	4 %
  10	Samoa XIII 2	4 %

• All time table since 1954

  (Based on W=3 pts, D=2 pts and L=1 pts)

  	Team	S	Firs	Best	Pts	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
  1	Australia XIII	16	1954	1st	231	85	72	2	11	2791	768	+2023
  2	New Zealand XIII	16	1954	1st	151	74	37	3	34	1845	1338	+507
  3	France XIII	16	1954	2nd	98	63	16	3	44	675	1605	-930
  4	Great Britain XIII	9	1954	1st	96	42	25	4	13	897	487	+410
  5	England XIII	7	1975	2nd	89	39	24	2	13	1111	585	+526
  6	Papua New Guinea XIII	8	1985	-	54	35	9	1	25	561	1106	-545
  7	Fiji XIII	6	1995	-	48	24	12	0	12	558	670	-112
  8	Samoa XIII	6	1995	2nd	46	23	11	1	11	536	558	-22
  9	Tonga XIII	6	1995	-	45	20	12	1	7	610	351	+259
  10	Wales XIII	6	1975	-	41	25	8	0	17	386	637	-251
  11	Ireland XIII	5	2000	-	30	16	7	0	9	324	370	-46
  12	Scotland XIII	5	2000	-	24	16	3	2	11	194	537	-343
  13	Lebanon XIII	3	2000	-	18	11	3	1	7	227	323	-96
  14	Italy XIII	3	2013	-	16	9	3	1	5	168	266	-98
  15	Cook Islands XIII	3	2000	-	14	9	2	1	6	146	358	-212
  16	United States XIII	2	2013	-	11	7	2	0	5	76	288	-212
  17	South Africa XIII	2	1995	-	6	6	0	0	6	36	322	-286
  18	New Zealand Maori XIII	1	2000	-	5	3	1	0	2	49	67	-18
  19	Jamaica XIII	1	2022	-	3	3	0	0	3	20	190	-170
  20	Greece XIII	1	2022	-	3	3	0	0	3	20	200	-180
  21	Russia XIII	1	2000	-	3	3	0	0	3	20	224	-204

General Informations

• First edition : 1954
• Editions : 16 (including 2022)
• Official name : Rugby League World Cup
• Wikipedia link : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_League_World_Cup
• Organiser : Rugby League International Federation
• Official website : http://www.rlif.com/world_cup//
• First winner : Great Britain XIII
• Most wins : Australia XIII (12)
• Most recent winner : Australia XIII