The 2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup will be the sixth staging of the Women's Rugby League World Cup, to be held in England between 13 November and 27 November 2021. The tournament will be played alongside the men's and wheelchair competitions and will take place in England. Throughout the five editions, the Women's Rugby League World Cup has been won by two teams. The 2017 World Cup was held in Australia.

The 2013 World Cup was held in England with all four venues being in the county of West Yorkshire.

Australia have since overtaken the Kiwi Ferns over the past decade to confirm their status as the best rugby league team in the world with World Cup success in 2013 and 2017. The Kiwi Ferns were crowned inaugural world champions after upsetting Australia, who went undefeated during the pool stages only to be beaten in the final. The tournament will include 16 teams, an increase of two from the last two tournaments. The 2005 World Cup was held at Eden Park, New Zealand and was contested by teams from Australia, Great Britain, Tokelau, Tonga, Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa, New Zealand Maori and New Zealand. In 2021, the women's World Cup will be played in England with eight teams set to take part in the event. For the first time, teams from 4 different continents will play in the competition. The 2021 Rugby League World Cup will be the sixteenth staging of the Rugby League World Cup and will be held in England between 23 October 2021 and 27 November 2021. The 2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup will be the sixth staging of the Women's Rugby League World Cup, to be held in England between 13 November and 27 November 2021. The 2017 final was significant in that it was the first final to be played as a curtain-raiser to the men's final, this final taking place at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane.

The tournament will feature eight teams, an increase of two from the previous tournament. For the first time in the tournament's history, Canada would take part thus becoming the first team from North America to feature. The Women's Rugby League World Cup is an international rugby league tournament, contested by the women's national team of the Rugby League International Federation (RLIF). Australia, New Zealand, England and Papua New Guinea descended on Western Sydney for the two-day event and competed in a festival-style atmosphere. Up to this point, New Zealand had won all three world cups that had been held. There have been five World Cups in women's history, starting in 2000, with the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia hosting the events. For the tournament, the number of teams was reduced from eight to just four with Australia, New Zealand, England and France taking part.

[6] All the games in the tournament will be played as double headers with other games from either the women's or men's tournaments.[7]. To be the first to know when tickets will go on sale by signing up to the RLWC2021 mailing list and make your pick of matches by exploring the fixtures below. Source: First match(es) will be played on 10 November 2021. ... World Cups. The Rugby League World Cup is the pinnacle of the women's game with international teams coming together for the chance to be crowned champions of the world. All six of the Group B fixtures will be played at the LNER Community Stadium in York. This article is about the women's tournament. Television coverage for the 2017 tournament is as follows: Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Channel Seven wins Rugby League World Cup TV rights", "SKY SPORT SECURES BROADCAST RIGHTS TO WOMEN'S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP 2017", "EMTV SECURES BROADCAST RIGHTS TO WOMEN'S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP 2017", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Women%27s_Rugby_League_World_Cup&oldid=965243935, Recurring sporting events established in 2000, Articles lacking reliable references from June 2011, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 30 June 2020, at 06:48. The draw was made at Buckingham Palace on 16 January 2020. First match(es) will be played on 9 November 2021. [1], The list of venues for both the women's and the men's tournaments were announced in January 2019. The final will be played at Old Trafford, Manchester on 27 November 2021 as a double header with the final of the men's tournament. Outside of Australia and New Zealand, only Great Britain (2000) and New Zealand Māori (2005) have reached a final. New Zealand Women's Rugby League were officially recognized by the governing body New Zealand Rugby League Inc in 1995. The opening ceremony will take place at Anfield, Liverpool on the same day as a Men's World Cup semi-final.