2021 Women's Rugby World Cup

The 2021 Women’s Rugby World Cup is scheduled to be the ninth Women's Rugby World Cup. The eighth World Cup was played in 2017 in Dublin and Belfast setting record attendances and viewership numbers.[1][2]

In May 2018, it was announced that the format of the world cup would be changing for the 2021 World Cup with classification matches being replaced with quarter finals.[3][4]

The schedule for World Rugby to select a host country is:

  1. 31 May 2018 — Unions formally confirm an expression of interest in bidding. Six unions confirmed their interest in bidding — four European nations (France, England, Wales, and Portugal); and two southern hemisphere nations (New Zealand and Australia).
  2. 10 August 2018 — Unions submit bids to World Rugby. Both Australia and New Zealand have publicly announced that they have submitted bids to host the tournament, which has never been held in the southern hemisphere.
  3. 14 November 2018 — World Rugby Council selects tournament host.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Brooke, Colin (2018). "Six countries in running for 2021 Women's RWC, including one you wouldn't expect". Rugby Pass. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  2. ↑ Philips, Sam (2018). "World Rugby announce 2021 WRWC bidders". Rugby.com. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Women's Rugby World Cup: Format changes announced for 2021 tournament". BBC Sport. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  4. ↑ Orchard, Sara (2018). "Women's Rugby World Cup: Format changes announced for 2021 tournament". BBC. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  5. ↑ World Rugby (2018). "Record hosting interest for Women's Rugby World Cup 2021". World Rugby. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
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