1952–53 European Rugby League Championship

1952–53 (1952–53) European Championship ()
Number of teams	4
Winner	Other nationalities (1st title)
Matches played	6
Tournaments < 1951–52 1953–54 >

This was the thirteenth European Championship and was won for the first time by the Other Nationalities on points difference.^[1]

Results

17 September

England	19 – 8	Wales

Central Park, Wigan
Attendance: 13,503

18 October

Other nationalities	31 – 12	England

25 October

Wales	22 – 16	France

Headingley, Leeds
Attendance: 10,380

23 November

France	29 – 10	Other nationalities

11 April

France	15 – 13	England

Stade de Paris, Paris
Attendance: 25,000

15 April

Wales	18 – 16	Other nationalities

Team	Played	Won	Lost	For	Against	Diff	Points
Other nationalities	3	2	1	76	40	+36	4
Wales	3	2	1	58	51	+7	4
England	3	2	1	46	52	−6	4
France	3	0	3	39	66	−27	0

↑ 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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