This article is about rugby union. For the cancelled rugby league world cups, see 2025 Rugby League World Cup.
2025 Rugby World Cup
Tournament details
Host nation
England
Dates
22 August – 27 September 2025
No. of nations
16
← 2021
2029 →
The 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup will be the tenth edition of the women's Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for national rugby union teams, organised by World Rugby. It is scheduled to take place in England between 22 August and 27 September 2025. The opening game will take place at the Stadium of Light with the final scheduled to be held at Twickenham Stadium.[1][2]
It will be the second women's Rugby Union World Cup to be hosted by England, after the 2010 edition. It will be the fifth hosted in the British Isles.
The tournament will be expanded to 16 teams, from the 12 which participated in 2021.[3]
New Zealand enter the tournament as defending champions following their victory against England in the 2021 Rugby World Cup Final.[4]
^"England to host women's Rugby World Cup in 2025". South Wales Guardian. May 12, 2022. Archived from the original on September 14, 2023. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
^"Women's Rugby World Cup England 2025 confirms opening and closing venues". Sunderland City Council. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
^world.rugby. "Rugby World Cup 2025 set to break new ground as tournament expands to 16 teams ｜ Rugby World Cup 2021". www.rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
^rugbybworldcup.com. "As it happened: New Zealand v England - Final | Rugby World Cup 2021". www.rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 12 November 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
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