The Festival of World Cups is a collection of rugby league world cups usually held as a support series alongside the centrepiece Men's, Women's, and Wheelchair tournaments.
First held in 2008, as part of the Centenary of Rugby League in Australia celebrations, the festival has been a part of every Men's Rugby League World Cup since.
The 2008 festival included the following events: [1]
The same events also took place in 2013, [2] but due to concerns over funding in 2017 the Police World Cup was cancelled and the wheelchair tournament was relocated to France. [3] [4] In 2017, the women's event was removed from the proceedings and upgraded to a centrepiece event, [5] along with the wheelchair event in 2021. [6]
The 2021 festival was anticipated to expand to include the following events: [7]
However, in August 2020, the festival was postponed and when the World Cup was rescheduled for 2022 only the Masters and PDRL events took place. [8] [9] [10]
A list of festivals are as follows: