[31 Oct 2021]
The womens edition of
the Rugby World Cup will expand to 16 teams from 2025 onwards.
Womens rugby has experienced record growth in
recent years, with women and girls now accounting for 28% of the
global playing population.
New Zealand will host the Womens Rugby
World Cup in 2021 and it will feature a host of new format changes which prioritise player welfare and event
promotion.
The formal process to host the Rugby World Cup in
2025 and 2029 begins in February 2021. The womens tournaments will be awarded at the same time as
the mens in May 2022.
World Rugby Chairman, Sir Bill Beaumont, said,
Womens rugby is the single greatest opportunity to grow the
sport globally. In 2017 we set out an ambitious eight-year plan to
accelerate the development of women in rugby, with a core pillar focussing on high-performance competition and an ambition to
improve and expand the number of teams competing in pinnacle
events. We have seen in recent years that more teams are making a
statement at international level and unions are continuing to
develop their womens high-performance programmes.
This is a milestone moment for the womens game,
expansion of the Rugby World Cup opens additional aspirational and
inspirational playing pathway opportunities for unions at the
highest level of the game and creates added incentive for unions
worldwide to continue to invest and grow in their womens
programmes.
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Kong Sevens,
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Kong,
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Pictures from the 2013 British & Irish Lions Tour in Hong Kong,
Pictures of Hong Kong Sevens 2014,
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of Chartis Cup 2012 and
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Cathay Pacific / HSBC Hong Kong Sevens 2012.
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