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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.
Three places will be available through the 2025 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup, with the top three teams outside of Fiji and Japan, qualifying for the World Cup as Pacific 1, 2 and 3. The sixth remaining team in the competition advances to a South America / Pacific play-off match against South America 2, for a chance to qualify for the World ...
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.
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.
Here is the World Cup schedule for Ireland and their possible route to the final. Get all the latest Rugby World Cup odds here. Ireland pool fixtures:
The Rugby World Cup will expand from 20 to 24 teams at the 2027 Rugby World Cup in Australia. The 2031 Rugby World Cup will be the second edition of the tournament to include 24 teams. There will be six pools consisting of four teams. A round of 16 will be introduced prior to the quarter-finals.