2021 Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup

Qualification England, as hosts, and France, as holders of the world cup were given automatic entry to the competition. Other nations were invited to submit entries and six were chosen against a range of criteria including current international and domestic infrastructure and plans for growth. The six nations selected to join England and France in the tournament are Australia, Norway, Scotland, Spain, United States and Wales. Draw The teams were drawn into two groups of four. The two seeded teams were England (Group A) and France (Group B). The draw was made at Buckingham Palace on 16 January 2020. Teams from pool 1 were drawn by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, pool 2 was drawn by Katherine Grainger and pool 3 by Jason Robinson. Norway was replaced by Ireland after the draw. All the games in the tournament were played as double headers. Squads Each nation named 12-player squads to compete in the tournament. ==Venues==

Stadium locations The tournament was played at three venues, the Copper Box Arena in London was used for the Group A games, the English Institute of Sport, Sheffield hosted the Group B games as well as both semi-finals. These venues were confirmed when the revised schedule for the tournament was issued. The final was scheduled for the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool but the postponement of the tournament from 2021 to 2022 resulted in a venue change with the final played in Manchester at Manchester Central. • London: Australia, England, Norway and Spain • Sheffield: France, Scotland, United States and Wales ==Officiating==

The match officials for the tournament were announced on 5 October 2022. • David Butler (England) • David Roig (France) • Grant Jackson (Wales) • Kim Abel (Wales) • Laurent Abrial (France) • Matthew Ball (England) • Ollie Cruickshank (Scotland) • Steven Hewson (Australia) == Warm-up matches ==

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Group A All six matches in group A were played at Copper Box Arena in London. ---- ---- Group B All six matches in group B were played at English Institute of Sport in Sheffield. ---- ---- ==Knockout stage==

Semi-finals Both semi-finals were played at English Institute of Sport in Sheffield. ---- Final The final was played at Manchester Central Convention Complex in Manchester, the day before the men's and women's finals. ==Team of the Tournament==

Between the Semi-finals and final the RLWC2021 organisers announced the Wheelchair Team of the Tournament: • Lionel Alazard – France • Seb Bechara – England • Jérémy Bourson – France • Jack Brown – England • Nicolas Clausells – France • Joe Coyd – England • Theo Gonzalez – Spain • McKenzie Johnson – United States • Bayley McKenna – Australia • Stuart Williams – Wales ==See also==