2017 Festival of World Cups


The 2017 Festival of World Cups was a series of rugby league World Cups that were held in Sydney, Australia during July 2017. As part of the festival, there was University World Cup and a Defence Force World Cup. A wheelchair rugby league World Cup was also held in France.
The festival is part of the buildup to the 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup and the men's 2017 Rugby League World Cup which was held in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea at the end of 2017.

Universities World Cup

The Universities World Cup was won by Australia. It was their sixth title.

Pool A

Pool B

Finals

Defence Force World Cup

The Defence Force World Cup was won by Fiji. Fiji, who was a last minute replacement when Serbia withdrew, currently hold both the rugby league and rugby union Defence Force titles.
A women's international defence force series was also held between Australia and New Zealand. Australia won the three match series, 3-0.

Final

Wheelchair World Cup

France won the Wheelchair World Cup, defeating England 38-34 in the final. Australia finished third, Italy fourth, Wales fifth and Spain sixth.