RWC 2023
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Qualification process set for Rugby World Cup 2023
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With 12 teams having secured their place at France 2023 courtesy of finishing in the top three of their respective pools at RWC 2019, the remaining eight places will be determined by a process of regional and cross-regional qualifiers. The process will conclude with a four-team round-robin Final Qualification Tournament in November 2022 to determine the final qualifier.
The dates for events in 2021 will be announced in due course and will be subject to an anticipated easing of the COVID-19 situation.
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The Americas will deliver two direct places, while Oceania will deliver a direct qualifier with a further direct place available following a play-off with Asia. The Rugby Europe Championship (two direct places), Rugby Africa Cup (one direct place) and Final Qualification Tournament (one direct place) will provide the other qualifiers. Further details are provided below.
-> RWC 2023 qualification principles
- Americas: the Americas will qualify two teams by September 2022. The third best team in the region will enter the Final Qualification Tournament – Americas 1 and Americas 2
- Europe: the existing Rugby Europe Championship will have two qualifying places, with the two best teams in March 2022 qualifying directly and the third placed entering the Final Qualification Tournament – Europe 1 and Europe 2
- Africa: the Rugby Africa Cup 2022 winner will qualify directly and the runner-up team will go to Final Qualification – Africa 1
- Oceania: a home and away play-off between Tonga and Samoa in 2021 will determine the direct qualifier for the Oceania region. – Oceania 1
The loser will then play the Oceania Rugby Cup 2021 winner in the highest ranked team’s country with the eventual winner contesting Asia / Pacific (see below) as Oceania 2 - Asia / Pacific: the winner of the Asian Rugby Men’s Championship 2021 will play Oceania 2 home and away. The winner on aggregate will determine the qualifier and the loser will go to Final Qualification – Asia / Pacific 1
- Final Qualification Tournament: the tournament in November 2022 will feature four teams playing in a round-robin format with the winner qualifying for RWC 2023 – Final Qualification winner
Teams already qualified: South Africa, England, New Zealand, Wales, Japan, France (host), Australia, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, Argentina, Fiji
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Final details of the regional competition formats and dates will be announced in due course
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I get why the RWC draw needs to be relatively contrived, but so far out is silly. This should be something that happens around halfway through a RWC cycle.
If it wasn't somewhat contrived we'd all be complaining about a lack of marquee pool games, and big games at small venues. When a tournament has dominant sides mixed with minnows and is often played in nations or regions where its a minority sport, contrivances and concessions have to be made in order to create the best spectacle, and yes, the most money.
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@shark said in RWC 2023 draw, this November!:
I get why the RWC draw needs to be relatively contrived, but so far out is silly. This should be something that happens around halfway through a RWC cycle.
If it wasn't somewhat contrived we'd all be complaining about a lack of marquee pool games, and big games at small venues. When a tournament has dominant sides mixed with minnows and is often played in nations or regions where its a minority sport, contrivances and concessions have to be made in order to create the best spectacle, and yes, the most money.
I'm the complete opposite of this. I think the draw should be done late, and nearly every team should have to qualify. What better way to get T1 nations playing against and at T2 and T3 opposition.
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@mariner4life said in RWC 2023 draw, this November!:
@shark said in RWC 2023 draw, this November!:
I get why the RWC draw needs to be relatively contrived, but so far out is silly. This should be something that happens around halfway through a RWC cycle.
If it wasn't somewhat contrived we'd all be complaining about a lack of marquee pool games, and big games at small venues. When a tournament has dominant sides mixed with minnows and is often played in nations or regions where its a minority sport, contrivances and concessions have to be made in order to create the best spectacle, and yes, the most money.
I'm the complete opposite of this. I think the draw should be done late, and nearly every team should have to qualify. What better way to get T1 nations playing against and at T2 and T3 opposition.
This only increases the potential to have lop-sided pools and T1 nations playing at small grounds, surely.
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@shark said in RWC 2023 draw, this November!:
@mariner4life said in RWC 2023 draw, this November!:
@shark said in RWC 2023 draw, this November!:
I get why the RWC draw needs to be relatively contrived, but so far out is silly. This should be something that happens around halfway through a RWC cycle.
If it wasn't somewhat contrived we'd all be complaining about a lack of marquee pool games, and big games at small venues. When a tournament has dominant sides mixed with minnows and is often played in nations or regions where its a minority sport, contrivances and concessions have to be made in order to create the best spectacle, and yes, the most money.
I'm the complete opposite of this. I think the draw should be done late, and nearly every team should have to qualify. What better way to get T1 nations playing against and at T2 and T3 opposition.
This only increases the potential to have lop-sided pools and T1 nations playing at small grounds, surely.
If you can't get out of your pool, you didn't deserve to be in the finals.
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@shark said in RWC 2023 draw, this November!:
@mariner4life said in RWC 2023 draw, this November!:
@shark said in RWC 2023 draw, this November!:
I get why the RWC draw needs to be relatively contrived, but so far out is silly. This should be something that happens around halfway through a RWC cycle.
If it wasn't somewhat contrived we'd all be complaining about a lack of marquee pool games, and big games at small venues. When a tournament has dominant sides mixed with minnows and is often played in nations or regions where its a minority sport, contrivances and concessions have to be made in order to create the best spectacle, and yes, the most money.
I'm the complete opposite of this. I think the draw should be done late, and nearly every team should have to qualify. What better way to get T1 nations playing against and at T2 and T3 opposition.
This only increases the potential to have lop-sided pools and T1 nations playing at small grounds, surely.
good! the best world cup pool ever was when Aus, England, Wales and Fiji were all in the same pool. That was awesome.
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World Rugby and the France 2023 Organising Committee have announced that the Rugby World Cup 2023 Draw will take place in Paris at Palais Brongniart on 14 December 2020. Acknowledging the global COVID-19 impact on international rugby in 2020, with some teams not playing this year, and to be fair to all qualified teams, the Rugby World Cup Board has decided that the World Rugby rankings as of 1 January 2020 will be used to determine the five bands. This represents the fairest scenario given it was the last time that all teams were able to play. The bands as of 1 January 2020 are: Band 1: South Africa, New Zealand, England, Wales Band 2: Ireland, Australia, France, Japan Band 3: Scotland, Argentina, Fiji, Italy Band 4: Oceania 1, Europe 1, Americas 1, Asia / Pacific 1 Band 5: Africa 1, Europe 2, Americas 2, Final Qualifier Winner
Stage set for Rugby World Cup 2023 Draw | World Rugby
World Rugby and the France 2023 Organising Committee have announced that the Rugby World Cup 2023 Draw will take place in Paris at Palais Brongniart on 14 December, 2020.
I still don't know why rugby needs to do this so far in advance when you look at when FIFA finalises pools and draws.
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@Machpants said in France 2023:
Those are the ranking from the end of last year, too. I'd fucking laugh if one pool had teams ranked first, second, and third in it at the time of the tournament. It's just about possible
Which one of Scotland, Argentina, Fiji, Italy - do you think is "just about possible" to get to 3rd in the world?
Has Jaguars4Real (or whatever that nutjob's name was) come back and hijacked your account?But yeah, I kinda get the sentiment. Although... in rugby, I've never understood the wailing and gnashing of teeth around this. In reality - there's less than 8 teams truly likely to win the thing... and they would only very, very rarely drop out of the top-8 rankings. Therefore - the most important thing, avoiding 3 genuine contenders in the same pool - is almost a given. 2011 was a massive anomaly.
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@Kruse said in France 2023:
Therefore - the most important thing, avoiding 3 genuine contenders in the same pool - is almost a given. 2011 was a massive anomaly.
The Poms would like to mention (or probably forget) 2015.
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@antipodean said in France 2023:
@Kruse said in France 2023:
Therefore - the most important thing, avoiding 3 genuine contenders in the same pool - is almost a given. 2011 was a massive anomaly.
The Poms would like to mention (or probably forget) 2015.
Shit. I meant 2015.
That's it... that's the excuse... being sober Just. Doesn't. Work. To the fridge... -
So Wales, Australia & Fiji in one pool
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@Bovidae said in France 2023:
I still don't know why rugby needs to do this so far in advance when you look at when FIFA finalises pools and draws.
Because unlike the FIFA WC in the RWC the schedule dictates the venues. With limitless demand Brazil can build a stadium in the middle of the jungle for 5 fixtures with unknown teams and have them all sell out immediately. Not even close for RWC they need to know the fixtures before they set the venues and schedule. No use having Georgia vs Kenya at Stade De France and ABs vs Wales in Pau.
Official tour groups are a big revenue source and if you are teeing up to go in 2023 then you are making the call in 2021.
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@Kruse said in France 2023:
@Machpants said in France 2023:
Those are the ranking from the end of last year, too. I'd fucking laugh if one pool had teams ranked first, second, and third in it at the time of the tournament. It's just about possible
Which one of Scotland, Argentina, Fiji, Italy - do you think is "just about possible" to get to 3rd in the world?
Has Jaguars4Real (or whatever that nutjob's name was) come back and hijacked your account?But yeah, I kinda get the sentiment. Although... in rugby, I've never understood the wailing and gnashing of teeth around this. In reality - there's less than 8 teams truly likely to win the thing... and they would only very, very rarely drop out of the top-8 rankings. Therefore - the most important thing, avoiding 3 genuine contenders in the same pool - is almost a given. 2011 was a massive anomaly.
The mighty Scots of course. Those other teams suck arse.
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@MiketheSnow said in France 2023:
So Wales, Australia & Fiji in one pool
Thought you’d want to avoid Fiji? Or Samoa come to that. 🎣
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@Catogrande said in France 2023:
@MiketheSnow said in France 2023:
So Wales, Australia & Fiji in one pool
Thought you’d want to avoid Fiji? Or Samoa come to that. 🎣
Not anymore
