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The tournament will be the first branded as the Men's Rugby World Cup, a change that was announced in October 2023. [27] All previous editions were branded as simply the Rugby World Cup, with the Women's tournament branded as the Women's Rugby World Cup between 1991—2017 and without a gender designation in 2021 tournament.
The 2023 Rugby World Cup (French: Coupe du monde de rugby 2023) was the tenth men's Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for national rugby union teams. It took place in France from 8 September to 28 October 2023 in nine venues across the country. The opening game and final took place at the Stade de France, north of Paris.
The Rugby World Cup is an international rugby union competition established in 1987. It is contested by the men's national teams of the member unions of the sport's governing body, World Rugby, and takes place every four years. The winners of the first final were New Zealand, who beat France. South Africa never competed in the first two world ...
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Mastercard sponsors major sporting events and teams throughout the world. These include rugby's New Zealand, the MLB, the UEFA Champions League and the PGA Tour's Arnold Palmer Invitational. Previously, it also sponsored the FIFA World Cup but withdrew its contract after a court settlement and its rival, Visa, took up the contract in 2007. [119]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 February 2025. International men's rugby union competition Not to be confused with Rugby League World Cup. This article is about the men's rugby union tournament. For the women's World Cup in union, see Women's Rugby World Cup. For other world cups for rugby, see World cup of rugby. "RWC" redirects ...
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.
In Europe, Ireland reached their eighth World Cup after taking the region's qualifying place by defeating Scotland in the final round of the 2024 Women's Six Nations Championship. [15] In Africa, South Africa qualified for their fifth world cup after beating Madagascar in the final round of the 2024 Rugby Africa Women's Cup. [16]