France will not host the Rugby League World Cup in 2025, organisers said on Monday, citing a failure to meet financial criteria outlined by the French government. France won the bid to host the 2025 World Cup in January 2022. The 2021 edition of the tournament was held in England. 'Despite all th
France will not host the Rugby League World Cup in 2025, organisers said on Monday, citing a failure to meet financial criteria outlined by the French government.
"Despite all the work carried out by the organizing committee, it hasn't been possible to fully secure the risk of a deficit," organisers said. "The conditions of financial viability initially defined by the state to support the project, set in January 2022, were not fully met, despite the search for solutions and the additional three months granted by the state to the organizing committee at the end of 2022."
"The French government, particularly the Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera, supported the bid team financially and granted additional time to meet benchmarks...," IRL chair Troy Grant said.
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