# 2027 Men's Rugby World Cup – Europe qualification

Qualifying for the 2027 Rugby World Cup for Europe will commence on 1 February 2025, with eight teams competing for four qualification spots (Europe 1, 2, 3, 4) and one spot (Europe 5) in the Final Qualification Tournament.

## Format

The 2025 Rugby Europe Championship, governed by Rugby Europe, will act as the regional qualification tournament for Rugby World Cup 2027, with the competing eight sides grouped into two pools of four. The first phase will see the top 2 sides from each pool qualify for the World Cup, with the second phase made up of semi-finals, third-match final and the final determining the seeding for the World Cup. Whilst the Fifth-place final will see the fifth ranked side advance to the Final Qualification Tournament.

## Entrants

(Rankings as of first qualification match in this region)
| Nation | Rank | Began play | Qualifying status |
| Belgium | 27 | 1 February 2025 | |
| England | 4 | N/A | Qualified with Top 12 finish at 2023 World Cup |
| France | 3 | N/A | Qualified with Top 12 finish at 2023 World Cup |
| Georgia | 12 | 1 February 2025 | |
| Germany | 32 | 31 January 2025 | |
| Ireland | 7 | N/A | Qualified with Top 12 finish at 2023 World Cup |
| Italy | 15 | N/A | Qualified with Top 12 finish at 2023 World Cup |
| Netherlands | 26 | 2 February 2025 | |
| Portugal | 15 | 1 February 2025 | |
| Romania | 20 | 31 January 2025 | |
| Scotland | 8 | N/A | Qualified with Top 12 finish at 2023 World Cup |
| Spain | 18 | 2 February 2025 | |
| Switzerland | 28 | 1 February 2025 | |
| Wales | 5 | N/A | Qualified with Top 12 finish at 2023 World Cup |

## Phase 1
### Pool A
#### Table

* Qualifyed for Rugby World Cup 2027
* Advances to FQT play-off matches
| Pos. | Team | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Tries | Tries | Tries | TBP | LBP | Table points |
| Pos. | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | For | Against | Diff | TBP | LBP | Table points |
| 1 | Georgia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source - Points were awarded to the teams as follows: Win – 4 points | Draw – 2 points | At least 3 more tries than opponent – 1 point | Loss within 7 points – 1 point |

#### Matches

* 1 February 2025 16:00 GET (UTC+4)
| Georgia | v | Switzerland |
* Avchala Stadium, Tbilisi Referee: TBA
* 2 February 2025 12:45 CET (UTC+1)
| Spain | v | Netherlands |
* TBA Referee: TBA
* 8 February 2025 15:00 GET (UTC+4)
| Georgia | v | Netherlands |
* Avchala Stadium, Tbilisi Referee: TBA
* 9 February 2025 14:00 CET (UTC+1)
| Switzerland | v | Spain |
* Stade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains Referee: TBA
* 15 February 2025 13:00 CET (UTC+1)
| Netherlands | v | Switzerland |
* NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam Referee: TBA
* 16 February 2025 12:45 CET (UTC+1)
| Spain | v | Georgia |
* TBA Referee: TBA

### Pool B
#### Table

* Qualifyed for Rugby World Cup 2027
* Advances to FQT play-off matches
| Pos. | Team | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Tries | Tries | Tries | TBP | LBP | Table points |
| Pos. | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | For | Against | Diff | TBP | LBP | Table points |
| 1 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Portugal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source - Points were awarded to the teams as follows: Win – 4 points | Draw – 2 points | At least 3 more tries than opponent – 1 point | Loss within 7 points – 1 point |

#### Matches

* 31 January 2025 19:00 EET (UTC+2)
| Romania | v | Germany |
* Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest Referee: TBA
* 1 February 2025 19:30 WET (UTC+0)
| Portugal | v | Belgium |
* TBA Referee: TBA
* 8 February 2025 20:00 CET (UTC+1)
| Belgium | v | Romania |
* Stade Charles Tondreau, Mons Referee: TBA
* 9 February 2025 17:15 WET (UTC+0)
| Portugal | v | Germany |
* TBA Referee: TBA
* 15 February 2025 17:00 EET (UTC+2)
| Romania | v | Portugal |
* Botoșani Municipal Stadium, Botoșani Referee: TBA
* 16 February 2025 15:30 CET (UTC+1)
| Germany | v | Belgium |
* Auestadion, Kassel Referee: TBA

## Phase 2
### World Cup seeding

| Semi-finals | Europe 1/2 playoff | Europe 1/2 playoff |
| TBD |
| TBD | | |
| TBD | TBD | |
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| TBD | TBD | |
| TBD | | |
| TBD | Europe 3/4 playoff | Europe 3/4 playoff |
| | TBD | |
| | TBD | |

#### Semi-finals

* 1–2 March 2025 TBA
| TBA | v | TBA |
* TBA Referee: TBA
* 1–2 March 2025 TBA
| TBA | v | TBA |
* TBA Referee: TBA

#### Europe 3/4 playoff

* 15-16 March TBA
| TBA | v | TBA |
* TBA Referee: TBA

#### Europe 1/2 playoff

* 15-16 March TBA
| TBA | v | TBA |
* TBA Referee: TBA

### Europe 5 (FQT) play-offs

| Semi-finals | Europe 5 playoff | Europe 5 playoff |
| TBD |
| TBD | | |
| TBD | TBD | |
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| TBD | TBD | |
| TBD | | |
| TBD | Seventh-place final | Seventh-place final |
| | TBD | |
| | TBD | |

#### Semi-finals

* 1–2 March 2025 TBA
| TBA | v | TBA |
* TBA Referee: TBA
* 1–2 March 2025 TBA
| TBA | v | TBA |
* TBA Referee: TBA

#### Europe 3/4 playoff

* 15-16 March TBA
| TBA | v | TBA |
* TBA Referee: TBA

#### Europe 1/2 playoff

* 15-16 March TBA
| TBA | v | TBA |
* TBA Referee: TBA