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2019 Rugby World Cup
| Tournament
details |
| Host nation |
 Japan |
| Dates |
6 September – 20 October |
|
2023 →
|
The 2019 Rugby World Cup will be the 9th
edition of the Rugby World Cup. At a special IRB meeting held in Dublin on 28 July 2009, Japan was announced as the host for
the competition[1] along
with the host of the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
Bid
The IRB requested that any member
unions wishing to host this tournament or the 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 event, though
they quickly withdrew interest. Russia also initially announced plans to bid for
both the 2015 and 2019 World Cups, but announced in February 2009
that it would withdraw both bids in favour of a planned bid for the
2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens.[2]
Australia withdrew
from the bidding process on 6 May 2009.[3]
The three potential hosts were announced on 8 May 2009.[4]
Ireland & Scotland were interested in a joint bid after the
success of the Ireland national team, Leinster Rugby and Munster Rugby and
also Edinburgh's successful hosting of three major rugby events in
May 2009—the Heineken Cup final and Edinburgh Sevens in union and Magic Weekend in league.
List of
planned stadia
In addition to the nine venues located in Japan, one venue each
from Singapore and Hong Kong have also been
proposed to host five matches respectively.[5]
| Stadium |
Tenants |
City |
Sport |
Capacity |
| Nissan
Stadium |
Yokohama F. Marinos |
Yokohama |
Football, Athletics |
72,000 |
| Olympic Stadium |
none |
Tokyo |
Football, Athletics |
57,000 |
| Nagai
Stadium |
Cerezo
Osaka |
Osaka |
Football, Athletics |
50,000 |
| Singapore Sports Hub |
TBD |
Singapore |
Football |
50,000 |
| Toyota
Stadium |
Nagoya
Grampus |
Toyota |
Football |
45,000 |
| Sapporo
Dome |
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham
Fighters |
Sapporo |
Football, Baseball |
41,000 |
| Hong
Kong Stadium |
Hong Kong
Sevens |
Hong Kong |
Football, Rugby |
40,000 |
| Home's Stadium |
Vissel Kobe |
Kobe |
Football |
34,000 |
| Chichibunomiya Rugby
Stadium |
Japan Rugby Football
Union |
Tokyo |
Rugby |
27,000 |
| Level-5 Stadium |
Avispa
Fukuoka |
Fukuoka |
Football, Rugby |
23,000 |
| Yurtec Stadium
Sendai |
Vegalta
Sendai |
Sendai |
Football |
20,000 |
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