2019 Rugby World Cup - wikipedia 2019 Rugby World Cup 2019 Rugby World Cup 2019 Ragubī Wārudo Kappu ( 2019 ラグビー ワールド カップ ) Tournament details Host nation Japan Dates 20 September -- 2 November No. of nations 20 ← 2015 2023 → The 2019 Rugby World Cup will be the ninth Rugby World Cup, to be held in Japan from September 20 to November 2. This will be the first time the tournament is to be held in Asia, the first time consecutive tournaments have been staged in the same hemisphere, and also the first time that the event will take place outside the traditional heartland of the sport. Hong Kong and Singapore had expressed interest in hosting some of the matches and were included as part of the JRFU 's successful original hosting bid to World Rugby ( known at the time of bidding as the International Rugby Board, or IRB ) but were not amongst the fourteen locations announced by organisers Japan 2019 on 5 November 2014 that had formally bid for the right to host games. The opening match of the 2019 Rugby World Cup will take place at Tokyo Stadium in Chōfu, and the final match will be held at International Stadium Yokohama in Kanagawa. These venue assignments were announced in September 2015 when plans for the tournament were revised by Japan 's organizing committee and accepted by World Rugby. The National Olympic Stadium, being rebuilt for the 2020 Summer Olympics, was originally the centerpiece of Japan 's Rugby World Cup bid, but revisions to the Olympic Stadium plans mandated the World Cup venue changes. Contents 1 Bid 2 Venues 3 Qualifying 4 Draw 5 Pool stage 5.1 Pool A 5.2 Pool B 5.3 Pool C 5.4 Pool D 6 Knockout stage 6.1 Quarterfinals 6.2 Semi-finals 6.3 Bronze final 6.4 Final 7 Sponsors 8 Broadcasting 9 References 10 External links Bid See also : Rugby World Cup hosts The IRB requested that any member unions wishing to host the 2019 or 2015 Rugby World Cup should indicate their interest by 15 August 2008. This would be purely to indicate interest ; no details had to be provided at this stage. A record ten unions indicated interest in hosting either the 2015 and / or the 2019 events. The 2019 tournament received interest from nine different nations. Jamaica were the most surprising union to announce an interest in hosting the event, considering they had never participated in a previous World Cup, though they quickly withdrew. Russia also initially announced plans to bid for both the 2015 and 2019 World Cups, but withdrew both bids in February 2009 in favour of what proved to be a successful bid for the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens. Australia withdrew from the bidding process on 6 May 2009. The three potential hosts -- Italy, Japan and South Africa -- were announced on 8 May 2009. At a special meeting held in Dublin on 28 July 2009, the International Rugby Board ( IRB ) confirmed that England would host the 2015 Rugby World Cup, and Japan would host the 2019 event. The IRB voted 16 -- 10 in favour of approving the recommendation from Rugby World Cup Ltd ( RWCL ) that England and Japan should be named hosts. Venues The IRB, RWC Ltd, JRFU and host organisers Japan 2019 went through the process of asking for expressions of interest, and meeting with and explaining game hosting requirements to interested parties from late 2013. In May it was announced that twenty - two municipal and / or prefectural organisations had expressed interest from throughout Japan. Interested organisations were asked to enter a formal bid by 31 October 2014. At a press conference on 5 November in Tokyo, organisers Japan 2019 announced that bids from fourteen localities had been received. Secretary - General of the organising committee, Mr. Akira Shimazu advised that amongst the twenty - two interested parties, Yokohama ( Yokohama International Stadium, venue for the 2002 FIFA World Cup Final ), and Niigata 's Denka Big Swan Stadium, which was also a 2002 FIFA World Cup venue had decided not to bid. Shimazu added that the decision of Yokohama not to bid meant that it was virtually a fore - gone conclusion that the new National Stadium in Tokyo would host both the semi-finals, and the third - place playoff in addition to the opening game and final. There have been a number of changes to the venues submitted in the JRFU 's original bid in 2009. Gone are both Hong Kong and Singapore. All games will be in Japan. The JRFU 's own Chichibunomiya Stadium in Tokyo which might have been expected to host smaller interest games in the capital is missing. Also the JRFU plumped for the larger, and more modern 50,000 seat Nagai multi-purpose stadium as its preferred venue for games in Osaka in 2009 but the Osaka Municipality and East Osaka City governments have submitted the Hanazono Rugby Stadium which they are planning to refurbish as the Osaka venue option. East Osaka City will take over the stadium from long - time corporate owners Kintetsu in April 2015. Kamaishi, Shizuoka, Kyoto, Oita, Nagasaki, and Kumamoto are all venues that were n't part of the JRFU 's bid. While the bids include venues from a broad area of Japan, two parts wo n't be involved in hosting. Firstly the Hokushin'etsu area ( Hokuriku region and Koshin'etsu region ), which includes the city of Niigata, and secondly the Chugoku Region, including Hiroshima, and nearby Shikoku Island. No city in the latter region were venues for games in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, but Hiroshima did host games in the 2006 FIBA World Championship. On 17 July 2015, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced that plans to build the new National Stadium would be scrapped and rebid on amid public discontent over the stadium 's building costs. As a result, the new stadium would not be ready until the 2020 Summer Olympics. World Rugby released a statement saying that they were extremely disappointed by the announcement `` despite repeated assurances to contrary from the Japan Rugby 2019 Organising Committee and Japan Sports Council, '' and would `` need to consider the options relating to the impact of ( the ) announcement. '' In September 2015, World Rugby approved the Japan Rugby 2019 organizing committee 's revised roadmap for the 2019 Rugby World Cup, which sought to resolve the venue inadequacies caused by the floundering development of the National Stadium. It was agreed that the originally proposed National Stadium fixtures will be borne by the Ajinomoto Stadium in Chōfu ( a suburb of Tokyo ), which will host the opening ceremony and opening match, and the Yokohama Stadium, which will host the final. The complete revised list of Rugby World Cup 2019 venues are : Chōfu Yokohama Fukuroi Higashiosaka Ajinomoto Stadium International Stadium Yokohama Shizuoka Stadium Hanazono Rugby Stadium Capacity : 49,970 Capacity : 72,327 Capacity : 50,889 Capacity : 30,000 Fukuoka Egao Kenkō Stadium Ōita Bank Dome Level - 5 Stadium Ajinomoto Stadium Stadium Yokohama Shizuoka Stadium Hanazono Rugby Stadium Toyota Stadium Sapporo Dome Noevir Stadium Kobe Kumagaya Rugby Ground Kamaishi Recovery Memorial Stadium Location of the 12 stadia to host rugby matches at the 2019 World Rugby World Cup announced on 28 September 2015. Toyota Level - 5 Stadium Toyota Stadium Capacity : 22,563 Capacity : 45,000 Sapporo Ōita Sapporo Dome Ōita Bank Dome Capacity : 41,410 Capacity : 40,000 Kumamoto Kobe Kumagaya Kamaishi Egao Kenkō Stadium Noevir Stadium Kobe Kumagaya Rugby Ground Kamaishi Recovery Memorial Stadium Capacity : 32,000 Capacity : 30,312 Capacity : 24,000 Capacity : 16,187 Qualifying Main article : 2019 Rugby World Cup qualifying Qualification illustrated Qualified May qualify Failed to qualify Did not enter qualification or is not a full member of World Rugby Fifteen teams have currently secured their place in the 2019 tournament. They are the top three teams in each of the four pools at the 2015 Rugby World Cup who thereby automatically qualify for the next tournament. Japan finished third in Pool B during the 2015 Rugby World Cup and so finished in a qualifying position -- however, by virtue of hosting the tournament, Japan were assured qualification for the tournament before the 2015 Rugby World Cup took place. The remaining eight spaces are decided by regional slots and cross regional play - offs. The below table shows the qualified teams with their World Rankings as of first tournament date ( 20 September 2019 ) : Qualified Teams Region Team Previous appearances Previous best result World Ranking Africa South Africa 6 Champions ( 1995, 2007 ) -- Africa 1 -- Americas North United States 7 Pool stage -- Asia Japan 8 Pool stage -- Europe England 8 Champions ( 2003 ) -- France 8 Runners - up ( 1987, 1999, 2011 ) -- Georgia Pool stage -- Ireland 8 Quarter - finals ( 1987, 1991, 1995, 2003, 2011, 2015 ) -- Italy 8 Pool stage -- Romania 8 Pool stage -- Scotland 8 Fourth place ( 1991 ) -- Wales 8 Third place ( 1987 ) -- Oceania Australia 8 Champions ( 1991, 1999 ) -- Fiji 7 Quarter - finals ( 1987, 2007 ) -- New Zealand 8 Champions ( 1987, 2011, 2015 ) -- Tonga 7 Pool stage -- Sudamérica Argentina 8 Third place ( 2007 ) -- Americas North / Sudamérica Uruguay Pool stage -- Europe / Oceania Play - off winner -- Any Repechage -- Draw The pool draw took place on 10 May 2017 in Kyoto. The draw was moved from its traditional place of December in the year following the previous World Cup, after the November internationals, so that nations had a longer period of time to increase their World Rankings ahead of the draw. The seeding system from previous Rugby World Cup 's was retained with the 12 automatic qualifiers from 2015 being allocated to their respective bands based on their World Rugby Rankings on the day of the draw : Band 1 : The four highest - ranked teams Band 2 : The next four highest - ranked teams Band 3 : The final four directly qualified teams The remaining two bands were made up of the eight qualifying teams, with allocation to each band being based on the previous Rugby World Cup playing strength : Band 4 : -- Oceania 1, Americas 1, Europe 1, Africa 1 Band 5 : -- Oceania 2, Americas 2, Play - off Winner, Repechage Winner This meant the 20 teams, qualified and qualifiers, were seeded thus ( World Ranking as of 10 May 2017 ) : Band 1 New Zealand ( 1 ) England ( 2 ) Australia ( 3 ) Ireland ( 4 ) Band 2 Scotland ( 5 ) France ( 6 ) South Africa ( 7 ) Wales ( 8 ) Band 3 Argentina ( 9 ) Japan ( 11 ) Georgia ( 12 ) Italy ( 15 ) Band 4 Fiji ( Oceania 1 ) United States ( Americas 1 ) Romania ( Europe 1 ) Africa 1 Band 5 Tonga ( Oceania 2 ) Uruguay ( Americas 2 ) Play - off Winner Repechage The draw saw a representative randomly draw a ball from a pot, the first drawn ball goes to Pool A, the second Pool B, the third Pool C and the fourth Pool D. The draw began with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe draw the pool of which hosts Japan will be allocated to. The draw continued on to Band 5, drawn by Japanese Olympian Saori Yoshida, followed by Band 4, drawn by former Japanese rugby international Yoshihiro Sakata, then Band 3, drawn by All Blacks Head Coach Steve Hansen with the first team being drawn being allocated to Pool B, Band 2, drawn by Mayor of Yokohama Fumiko Hayashi and finally Band 1, drawn by World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont. Pool stage In the first round, or pool stage, the twenty teams are divided into four pools of five teams. Each pool will be a single round - robin of ten games, in which each team plays one match against each of the other teams in the same pool. Teams are awarded four league points for a win, two for a draw and none for a defeat by eight or more points. A team scoring four tries in one match is awarded a bonus point, as is a team that loses by fewer than eight points -- both bonus points are awarded if both situations apply. Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Ireland Scotland Japan Romania Play - off Winner New Zealand South Africa Italy Africa 1 Repechage Winner England France Argentina United States Tonga Australia Wales Georgia Fiji Uruguay The teams finishing in the top two of each pool would advance to the quarter - finals. The top three teams of each pool received automatic qualification to the 2023 Rugby World Cup. Tie - breaking criteria If two or more teams were tied on match points, the following tiebreakers would apply : The winner of the match between the two teams ; Difference between points scored for and points scored against in all pool matches ; Difference between tries scored for and tries scored against in all pool matches ; Points scored in all pool matches ; Most tries scored in all pool matches ; Official World Rugby Rankings as of 14 October 2019. If three teams were tied on points, the above criteria would be used to decide first place in the Pool, and then the criteria would be used again ( starting from criteria 1 ) to decide second place in the Pool. Key to colours in pool tables Advanced to the quarter - finals and qualified for the 2023 Rugby World Cup Eliminated but qualified for 2023 Rugby World Cup Pld = Number of games played ; W = Number of games won ; D = Number of games drawn ; L = Number of games lost ; TF = Number of tries scored ( Tries For ) ; PF = Number of points scored in the game ( Points For ) ; PA = Number of points scored against the team ( Points Against ) ; + / -- = The difference, PF -- PA ; BP = Bonus ( pool ) points ; Pts = Total number of ( pool ) points. Pool A Team Pld TF PF PA + / − BP Pts Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 Scotland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 Romania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 Play - off Winner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 20 September 2019 Japan Romania Tokyo Stadium, Chōfu 22 September 2019 Ireland Scotland International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama 24 September 2019 Romania Play - off Winner Kumagaya Rugby Stadium, Kumagaya 28 September 2019 Japan Ireland Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa, Fukuroi 30 September 2019 Scotland Play - off Winner Kobe Misaki Stadium, Kobe 3 October 2019 Ireland Romania Kobe Misaki Stadium, Kobe 5 October 2019 Japan Play - off Winner City of Toyota Stadium, Toyota 9 October 2019 Scotland Romania Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa, Fukuroi 12 October 2019 Ireland Play - off Winner Fukuoka Hakatanomori Stadium, Fukuoka 13 October 2019 Japan Scotland International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Pool B Team Pld TF PF PA + / − BP Pts New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 Africa 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 Repechage Winner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 21 September 2019 New Zealand South Africa International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama 22 September 2019 Italy Africa 1 Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Higashiōsaka 26 September 2019 Italy Repechage Winner Fukuoka Hakatanomori Stadium, Fukuoka 28 September 2019 South Africa Africa 1 City of Toyota Stadium, Toyota 2 October 2019 New Zealand Repechage Winner Oita Stadium, Ōita 4 October 2019 South Africa Italy Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa, Fukuroi 6 October 2019 New Zealand Africa 1 Tokyo Stadium, Chōfu 8 October 2019 South Africa Repechage Winner Kobe Misaki Stadium, Kobe 12 October 2019 New Zealand Italy City of Toyota Stadium, Toyota 13 October 2019 Africa 1 Repechage Winner Kamaishi Recovery Memorial Stadium, Kamaishi Pool C Team Pld TF PF PA + / − BP Pts England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 Tonga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 21 September 2019 France Argentina Tokyo Stadium, Chōfu 22 September 2019 England Tonga Sapporo Dome, Sapporo 26 September 2019 England United States Kobe Misaki Stadium, Kobe 28 September 2019 Argentina Tonga Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Higashiōsaka 2 October 2019 France United States Fukuoka Hakatanomori Stadium, Fukuoka 5 October 2019 England Argentina Tokyo Stadium, Chōfu 6 October 2019 France Tonga Kumamoto Stadium, Kumamoto 9 October 2019 Argentina United States Kumagaya Rugby Stadium, Kumagaya 12 October 2019 England France International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama 13 October 2019 United States Tonga Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Higashiōsaka Pool D Team Pld TF PF PA + / − BP Pts Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 Fiji 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 Uruguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 21 September 2019 Australia Fiji Sapporo Dome, Sapporo 23 September 2019 Wales Georgia City of Toyota Stadium, Toyota 25 September 2019 Fiji Uruguay Kamaishi Recovery Memorial Stadium, Kamaishi 29 September 2019 Georgia Uruguay Kumagaya Rugby Stadium, Kumagaya 29 September 2019 Australia Wales Tokyo Stadium, Chōfu 3 October 2019 Georgia Fiji Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Higashiosaka 5 October 2019 Australia Uruguay Oita Stadium, Ōita 9 October 2019 Wales Fiji Oita Stadium, Ōita 11 October 2019 Australia Georgia Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa, Fukuroi 13 October 2019 Wales Uruguay Kumamoto Stadium, Kumamoto Knockout stage Quarter - finals Semi-finals Final Winner Pool A Runner up Pool B Winner Pool D Runner up Pool C Winner Pool B Runner up Pool A Third place Winner Pool C Runner up Pool D Quarterfinals 19 October 2019 16 : 15 JST ( UTC + 09 ) Winner of Pool C Runners - up of Pool D Oita Stadium, Ōita 19 October 2019 19 : 15 JST ( UTC + 09 ) Winner of Pool B Runners - up of Pool A Tokyo Stadium, Chōfu 20 October 2019 16 : 15 JST ( UTC + 09 ) Winner of Pool D Runners - up of Pool C Oita Stadium, Ōita 20 October 2019 19 : 15 JST ( UTC + 09 ) Winner of Pool A Runners - up of Pool B Tokyo Stadium, Chōfu Semi-finals 26 October 2019 17 : 00 JST ( UTC + 09 ) Winner of Quarterfinal 1 Winner of Quarterfinal 2 International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama 27 October 2019 18 : 00 JST ( UTC + 09 ) Winner of Quarterfinal 3 Winner of Quarterfinal 4 International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Bronze final 1 November 2019 18 : 00 JST ( UTC + 09 ) Loser of Semifinal 1 Loser of Semifinal 2 Tokyo Stadium, Chōfu Final 2 November 2019 18 : 00 JST ( UTC + 09 ) Winner of Semifinal 1 Winner of Semifinal 2 International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Sponsors Worldwide Partners Emirates, Heineken, Land Rover, Société Générale, DHL, MasterCard Official Sponsors Canon, Secom, Taisho Pharmaceutical, Toto, Mitsubishi Estate Tournament Suppliers Gilbert, Tudor -- Rolex, Toppan Broadcasting France -- TF1 Republic of Ireland -- eirSport Japan -- IGBS New Zealand - Spark New Zealand United Kingdom -- ITV United States -- NBC Sports References Jump up ^ `` England will host 2015 World Cup ''. 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Question: where will the 2019 rugby world cup be held
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