The 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup was the fifth staging of the Women's Rugby League World Cup and was held in Australia between 16 November and 2 December 2017.

[1][2] Five teams (Australia, New Zealand, England, Papua New Guinea, and Canada) qualified automatically for the World Cup.

A round-robin tournament featuring the Cook Islands, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga was scheduled to have been held at St Marys, New South Wales, Australia, to determine the sixth and final team:[4] however, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga all withdrew at short notice due to various logistical issues.

Therefore, the tournament was scratched, and the Cook Islands qualified automatically.

[6][7] All the matches were played at Endeavour Field (Southern Cross Group Stadium) in Sydney, with the exception of the final which was played in the larger Brisbane Stadium in Brisbane.