Nordic Cup (rugby league)

For other uses, see Challenge Cup (disambiguation).

Nordic Cup
Current season or competition: 2015 Nordic Cup
Sport	Rugby league football
Instituted	2011
Number of teams	3
Country	Denmark Sweden Norway (RLEF)
Holders	Denmark (3rd Title)
Most titles	Denmark (3 Titles)

The Nordic Cup is a rugby league tournament played annually between Denmark national rugby league team, Norway and Sweden. It was first played in 2011, in which Denmark claimed the trophy with victory over Norway at Gladsaxe Stadium in Greater Copenhagen. For the first three years, the tournament was acknowledged by the Rugby League European Federation (RLEF), but the games were not recognised as full internationals. In 2014, the fixture were played in accordance with RLEF regaultions are recognised as full internationals.

Nordic Cup 2016

The dates of the Nordic Cup 2016 are to be confirmed. The same three teams will compete (Denmark, Norway and Sweden). The fixtures will be as below (home team is first):

Norway vs Denmark (Oslo, 4th June)

Sweden vs Norway (Lund, 14th July)

Denmark vs Sweden (Roskilde, 6th August)

Nordic Cup 2015

The final game between Norway and Sweden in Oslo will be played in October 2015.

Position	Nation	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points	For	Against
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 Denmark 30 (Lund, 24 May 2015)

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

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

Results

Denmark have traditionally been the strongest team, winning three (2011, 2014, 2015) of the five competitions. Norway and Sweden are level (one first place, one second place and two third place each).

Season	Winner	2nd	3rd
2011	Denmark	Norway	Sweden
2012	Norway	Denmark	Sweden
2013	Sweden	Denmark	Norway
2014	Denmark	Sweden	Norway
2015	Denmark	Norway	Sweden

Winners

Winners	Count	Years
Denmark	3	2011, 2014, 2015
Norway	1	2012
Sweden	1	2013