1951–52 European Rugby League Championship

1951–52 (1951–52) European Championship ()
Number of teams	4
Winner	France (4th title)
Matches played	6
Tournaments < 1950–51 1952–53 >

The 1951–52 European Rugby League Championship was played from September 1951 to April 1952 and featured six games in which the Wales, France, Other Nationalities and England rugby league teams each played each other once. This was the twelfth competition and was won for the fourth time by France ^[1]^[2]

Results

19 September

England	35–11	Wales

St Helens

3 November

Other nationalities	17–14	France

Hull

25 November

France	42–13	England

Marseilles

1 December

Other nationalities	22–11	Wales

Abertillery

6 April

France	20–12	Wales

Bordeaux

23 April

England	31–18	Other nationalities

Wigan

Final standings

Team	Played	Won	Lost	For	Against	Diff	Points
France	3	2	1	76	42	+34	4
England	3	2	1	79	71	+8	4
Other nationalities	3	2	1	57	56	+1	4
Wales	3	0	3	34	77	−43	0

France win the tournament on point differential.

References

↑ European Championship 1951-52 at rugbyleagueproject.org
↑ Raymond Fletcher; David Howes (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 424. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.

Rugby League European Cup

Teams	France Ireland Scotland Wales

European Championship	1935 1935–36 1936–37 1938 1938–39 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1955–56 1969–70 1975 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1995 1996

European Nations Cup	2003 2004 2005

European Cup	2009 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

European Cup European Championship B European Championship C

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