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World Rugby CEO Brett Gosper also suggested in 2019 that World Rugby may bid the 2027 and 2031 World Cups together (as they did with England 2015 and Japan 2019), so that they could make “a bolder decision and a traditional decision.” [8] The hosts for the 2027 and 2031 tournaments were to be revealed in May 2022.
Rugby Africa will be granted one place at the World Cup, which will be awarded at the conclusion of the third round of the African qualification process; the 2025 Africa Cup, where the winners will qualify fo the World Cup as Africa 1. The runner-up (Africa 2) advances to an African / Asia play-off match against Asia 2, to decide who progresses ...
Round 3 will commence in July 2025, with a round-robin tournament determining the winner and qualifying for the Rugby World Cup as Africa 1. The runner-up (Africa 2) will progress to an Africa / Asia play-off match against Asia 2 to decide who plays in the Final Qualification Tournament.
Sydney's 83,000-seat Olympic Stadium will once again host a Rugby World Cup final, this time in 2027 and 24 years after the home team was left bitterly disappointed in the championship match ...
The 2027 Rugby World Cup will be a "more compact" tournament which will lead to "more interest and bigger audiences", says World Rugby boss Alan Gilpin.
The Asia Rugby Championship, governed by Asia Rugby, is the regional qualification tournament for Rugby World Cup 2027, with the top two divisions in the region acting as the process. In a three-round phased system; round 1 was the Asia Rugby Men's Division 1 competition, which saw three straight knock-out matches to decide the winner of the ...
South Africa have been drawn in Pool B for the tournament in France
Qualifying began with two elimination matches between the bottom four ranked teams in South America; Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru and Venezuela. The first round consisted of a semi final and final format, with World Rugby Rankings dictating the semi-final match-ups, with the winner of the final, advancing to a repechage match against the bottom placed side of round 2.