2027 Rugby World Cup

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2027 Rugby World Cup
Tournament details
Dates10 September – 23 October
No. of nations20
← 2023

The 2027 Rugby World Cup is scheduled to be the eleventh edition of the Rugby World Cup.

Hosting[]

See also: Rugby World Cup hosts

Process[]

World Rugby is hoping to award the bids for both the 2027 and 2031 men's World Cups (along with the bids for the 2025 and 2029 women’s World Cups) by May 2022. The process of talking to prospective nations began in February 2021 with the formal candidate process commencing three months later. Finalists will be evaluated in February 2022.[1]

As of June 2019, Argentina, Australia and Russia had declared their interest in hosting the 2027 Rugby World Cup,[2][3] but Argentina withdrew their bid in April 2020, leaving two bidders.[4] There was speculation that the United States and South Africa would be interested in hosting the event, but the South African Rugby Union has stated that it would not be bidding for the 2027 World Cup.[5]

World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont suggested in late 2018 that the host of the Rugby World Cup following the 2023 event in France could be an emerging nation.[6] 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.”[7] The hosts for the 2027 and 2031 tournaments will be revealed in May 2022.[8]

The fact that three consecutive World Cups (England 2015, Japan 2019, and France 2023) will have occurred in the northern hemisphere makes the southern hemisphere countries considered the favourites.[9] Relatedly, the fact that the 2023 tournament will be in France makes it unlikely that World Rugby would select a European country to host in 2027.[citation needed]

Announced bidders[]

Australia[]

Rugby Australia announced on 13 December 2017 that Australia would bid for the 2027 Rugby World Cup.[10] Australia has previously hosted the 1987 Rugby World Cup together with New Zealand, as well as the 2003 Rugby World Cup on its own.

Sydney Brisbane Perth Melbourne
Stadium Australia Lang Park Perth Stadium Docklands Stadium
Capacity: 83,500 Capacity: 52,500 Capacity: 65,000 Capacity: 56,347
State of Origin Game II 2018 (cropped).jpg Suncorp Stadium 22 April 2012 (cropped).jpg E37 Perth Stadium Open Day 099 (cropped).JPG Docklands Stadium, Melbourne (cropped).jpg
Sydney
Melbourne
Sydney Football Stadium (2022) Melbourne Rectangular Stadium
Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 33,000
2015 A-League Grand Final AAMI Park panorama (cropped).jpg
Sydney Adelaide
Western Sydney Stadium Adelaide Oval
Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 53,583
View Inside Western Sydney Stadium on Opening Day (cropped).jpg Adelaide Oval - panoramio (cropped).jpg
Newcastle Gold Coast Canberra Townsville
Newcastle Stadium Robina Stadium Canberra Stadium North Queensland Stadium
Capacity: 30,500 Capacity: 27,400 Capacity: 25,011 Capacity: 25,000
Ausgrid Stadium (cropped).jpg

Russia[]

Stanislav Druzhinin, general director of the Russian Rugby Union, at a meeting on 31 May 2019, said that Russia would apply to host the 2027 Rugby World Cup. Russia would use the 2018 FIFA World Cup stadiums for the 2027 Rugby World Cup.[11] The legacy of the 2018 FIFA World Cup will be used to the maximum.[12]

President Vladimir Putin has backed a bid from Russia to host the 2027 Rugby World Cup.[13]

Moscow Saint Petersburg Sochi
Luzhniki Stadium Spartak Stadium Krestovsky Stadium Fisht Olympic Stadium
Capacity: 81,000 Capacity: 44,307 Capacity: 64,468 Capacity: 47,659
Moscow-Exterior of Luzhniki Stadium (2).jpg Stadium Spartak in Moscow (cropped).jpg Spb 06-2017 img40 Krestovsky Stadium (cropped).jpg Sochi adler aerial view 2018 23.jpg
Volgograd
Krasnoyarsk (not on map)
Krasnoyarsk
(not on map)
2027 Rugby World Cup
 Kazan
Volgograd Arena Kazan Arena
Capacity: 45,568 Capacity: 45,379
Volgograd arena aerial view 1.jpg Общий вид стадиона Казань Арена.jpg
Rostov-on-Don Samara
Rostov Arena Cosmos Arena
Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 44,918
Rostov Arena2018 (cropped).jpg Samara Arena.jpg
Nizhny Novgorod Saransk
Nizhny Novgorod Stadium Mordovia Arena
Capacity: 44,899 Capacity: 44,442
Nizhny Novgorod Stadium asv2019-05.jpg MordoviaArenaStadium.jpg
Kaliningrad Krasnodar Yekaterinburg Krasnoyarsk
Kaliningrad Stadium Krasnodar Stadium Central Stadium Central Stadium[note 1]
Capacity: 35,212 Capacity: 35,074 Capacity: 35,061 Capacity: 15,000
Kaliningrad stadium - 2018-04-07.jpg Park near the stadium in Krasnodar (3).jpg E-burg asv2019-05 img22 Central Stadium.jpg

Withdrawn bids[]

Argentina[]

Argentina had announced on 5 October 2016 that it would bid for the 2027 Rugby World Cup, but withdrew its bid in April 2020. Argentina has never hosted the tournament before, and World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont had pledged that he would back the right of countries such as Argentina to bid for the event.[14] Argentina is the only country to reach the World Cup semi-finals that has not hosted any World Cup matches.[15] In April 2020, Argentina withdrew its bid to strengthen the Australian bid, making Australia favourites for the 2027 Rugby World Cup host.[16][17]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Despite not being included on the map, Central Stadium is located in Krasnoyarsk in central Krasnoyarsk Krai, which make up one of nine Krais, one of eight federal districts, and one of six federal subjects in Russia.

Weblinks[]

References[]

  1. ^ "USA Rugby considering bid for Rugby World Cup 2027". Stuff. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Australia to bid for 2027 Rugby World Cup and 2021 women's tournament". The Guardian Australia. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Argentina announces 2027 Rugby World Cup bid". Rugby.com.au. 5 October 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  4. ^ Mulvanney, Nick (16 April 2020). "Argentina ready to abandon 2027 Rugby World Cup bid making Australia strong favourites to host tournament". The Independent. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  5. ^ "South Africa will not bid for 2027 or 2031 Rugby World Cup – Reports". www.msn.com. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Australia and South Africa could miss out on 2027 Rugby World Cup as Bill Beaumont says another emerging nation could host tournament". Fox Sports Australia. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Rugby World Cup in sights of United States". www.insidethegames.biz. 26 September 2019.
  8. ^ "Rugby World Cup 2027 and 2031 hosts to be announced in May 2022". www.rugby-addict.com.
  9. ^ Neville, Conor (15 November 2017). "Why France win was the worst possible result for Ireland". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  10. ^ "Australia bidding for 2027 Rugby World Cup". SBS News. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  11. ^ "Russia To Bid To Host RWC 2027". 6 October 2019.
  12. ^ Dyachkova, Elena (31 May 2019). "Федерация регби России может подать заявку на проведение КМ-2027" [Russian Rugby Federation will apply to host the 2027 Rugby World Cup]. Ria (in Russian). Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  13. ^ "Vladamir Putin has backed Russian bid to host the 2027 Rugby World Cup". 29 July 2020.
  14. ^ Cleary, Mick (17 November 2017). "I will not resign, insists beleaguered Bill Beaumont in the eye of World Cup storm". The Telegraph. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  15. ^ Tait, Paul (25 April 2017). "RWC 2027 in Argentina will cost US$200 million". Americas Rugby News. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  16. ^ Mulvanney, Nick (16 April 2020). "Argentina ready to abandon 2027 Rugby World Cup bid making Australia strong favourites to host tournament". The Independent. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  17. ^ Gillen, Nancy (16 April 2020). "Argentina withdraw 2027 Rugby World Cup bid to strengthen Australian campaign". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
Retrieved from ""