2026 Rugby League World Cup

2026 (2026) Rugby League World Cup ()
2026 Rugby League World Cup
Number of teams	10 (men); 8 (women); 8 (wheelchair);
Host countries	Australia; Papua New Guinea
	< 2025 2028 Women's; 2029 Wheelchair; 2030 Men's >

The 2026 Rugby League World Cup (RLWC2026) is a collection of world cups in the sport of rugby league and is a replacement tournament for the 2025 Rugby League World Cup.

Like 2021, the 2026 World Cup will see the men's, women's, and wheelchair world cups simultaneously. However unlike 2021, the men's tournament will feature ten teams only, and the planned expansion of the women's and wheelchair tournament will be delayed keeping team numbers at eight in each.^[1]^[2]

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2026 (2026) Rugby League World Cup ()
Number of teams	10 (men) 8 (women) 8 (wheelchair)
Host countries	Australia Papua New Guinea
< 2025 2028 Women's 2029 Wheelchair 2030 Men's >