Nordic Cup (rugby league)

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| founded = 2010

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| gov_body = RLEF

| champion = {{rl|NOR}} (4th title)

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| most_champs = {{rl|NOR}} (4)

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The Nordic Cup is a rugby league tournament played annually between the national rugby league teams of {{rlnt|Denmark}}, {{rlnt|Norway}} and {{rlnt|Sweden}}. It was first played in 2010 as a single match between Norway and Sweden which resulted in a 20–20 draw.{{cite web|url=https://europeanrugbyleague.com/media/file/6644/2010+Annual+Report.pdf |title=Annual Report 2010 |publisher=Rugby League European Federation |page=19 |access-date=10 March 2025}} In 2011, Denmark joined the competition and claimed the trophy with victories over Norway and Sweden.{{cite web|url=https://europeanrugbyleague.com/media/file/6645/2011+Annual+Report.pdf |title=Annual Report 2011 |publisher=Rugby League European Federation |page=29 |access-date=10 March 2025}} For the first four years, the tournament was acknowledged by the Rugby League European Federation (RLEF), but the games were not recognised as full internationals. In 2014, the fixtures were played in accordance with RLEF regulations and recognised as full internationals.{{cite web|url=https://europeanrugbyleague.com/media/file/6645/2011+Annual+Report.pdf |title=Annual Report 2014 |publisher=Rugby League European Federation |page=30 |access-date=10 March 2025}}

Nordic Cup 2017

Position	Nation	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points	For	Against
class="sortable wikitable"
1	Norway	2	2	0	0	4	84	42
2	Sweden	1	0	0	1	0	18	38
3	Denmark	\| 1	0	0	1	0	24	46

(ranking in square brackets)

Norway [#18] 38–18 Sweden #[20] (Bislett Stadion, Oslo, Norway, 17 June 2017){{cite web|url=http://www.rlef.eu.com/other/report?RLE00000775 |title=2017 Nordic Cup Game 1 |publisher=Rugby League European Federation |date=17 June 2017 |access-date=20 August 2017}}

Denmark [#17] 24–46 Norway [#18] (Roskilde, Denmark, 19 August 2017)

Sweden [#20] v Denmark [#17] (16 September 2017 – match postponed)

Nordic Cup 2016

Denmark was unable to fulfil its commitment in its game against Norway, so they had to forfeit the match and the title it held.

Position	Nation	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Forfeit	Points	For	Against
class="sortable wikitable"
1	Norway	1	1	0	0	1	4	40	24
2	Denmark	1	1	0	0	0	2	50	18
3	Sweden	\| 2	0	0	2	–	0	42	90

Sweden 24–40 Norway (Stockholm, 16 July 2016){{cite web |url=http://www.rlef.eu.com/other/report?RLE00000726 |title=RLEF.. |website=rlef.eu.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822200715/http://www.rlef.eu.com/other/report?RLE00000726 |archive-date=22 August 2016}}

Denmark 50–18 Sweden (Copenhagen, 7 August 2016){{cite web |url=http://www.rlef.eu.com/other/report?RLE00000732 |title=RLEF.. |website=rlef.eu.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160829022531/http://www.rlef.eu.com/other/report?RLE00000732 |archive-date=29 August 2016}}

Nordic Cup 2015

The final game between Norway and Sweden in Oslo was played in October 2015, rather than the summer.

Position	Nation	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points	For	Against
class="sortable wikitable"
1	Denmark	2	2	0	0	4	54	28
2	Norway	2	1	0	1	2	42	44
3	Sweden	\| 2	0	0	2	0	36	60

Sweden 16–30 Denmark (Lund, 24 May 2015){{cite web|url=http://www.rlef.eu.com/other/report?RLE00000644 |title=Sweden 16 Denmark 30 Nordic Cup Game 1 |publisher=Rugby League European Federation |date=28 May 2015 |access-date=27 May 2015}}

Denmark 24–12 Norway (Roskilde, 13 June 2015)

Norway 30–20 Sweden (Oslo, 17 October 2015)

Results

Norway have won four (2010, 2012, 2016, 2017) of the eight competitions including the inaugural year in which they tied with Sweden, Denmark have won three (2011, 2014, 2015) and Sweden two (2010, 2013).

class="wikitable" ! Season !! Winner !! 2nd !! 3rd
2010	{{rl\|Norway}} {{rl\|Sweden}}	colspan=2 {{n/a}}
2011	{{rl\|Denmark}}	{{rl\|Norway}}	{{rl\|Sweden}}
2012	{{rl\|Norway

} || {{rl|Denmark}} || {{rl|Sweden}}

| 2013 || {{rl|Sweden}} || {{rl|Denmark}} || {{rl|Norway}}

| 2014 || {{rl|Denmark}} || {{rl|Sweden}} || {{rl|Norway}}

| 2015 || {{rl|Denmark}} || {{rl|Norway}} || {{rl|Sweden}}

| 2016 || {{rl|Norway}} || {{rl|Denmark}} || {{rl|Sweden}}

| 2017 || {{rl|Norway}} || {{rl|Sweden}} || {{rl|Denmark}}