The tournament was first held in Australia as part of the 2008 Festival of World Cups and was upgraded to a centrepiece event in 2021.

The inaugural tournament took place as part of the 2008 Festival of World Cups and was held in Sydney, Australia.

[14] The 2021 tournament (played in 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic) saw the United States compete at the world cup for the first time.

[17] The hosts England defeated France 28–24 in the final in front of a wheelchair rugby league world record crowd of 4,526 at Manchester Central.

It shares a similar overall appearance to the men's and women's trophies and features imagery of wheelchair athletes in action.