Rugby World Cup (Kylaris)

Rugby Union World Cup

Current season or competition: 2021 Satavia
Sport	Rugby Union
Instituted	1981
Inaugural season	1981 Rugby World Cup
Number of teams	20
Holders	Garambura (2021)
Most titles	Caldia (4; 1989, 2005, 2009, 2017)
Website	rugbyworldcup.org

The Rugby World Cup is a men's rugby union tournament held every four years, and contested by 20 qualifiying nations. The first tournament was held in 1981, by Caldia, and was won by Nuvania. Caldia has won 4 times, the most of any team, followed by Nuvania, who have won three times, Garambura twice whilst Satavia and Tacunia have won once. Garambura hosted the 2017 world cup, whilst Satavia hosted the 2021 world cup

The Women's World Cup is held every four years, with each tournament held between the men's world cup. The first women's world cup was held in Estmere in 2011, which Estmere won. Since 2011, their have been two other cups - both won by Tacunia.

Format

Qualification

Some nations recieve automatic qualification to the next Rugby World Cup - the top four nations, and the host of that year. For example, for the 2021 cup, Satavia automatically qualified as host nation, whilst Caldia, Nuvania and Masari all qualified as they placed in the top four. The remaining 16 slots are filled by how they did in the previous tournament's group and quater final stages. If a nation makes it to the quater final, they are almost guaranteed a spot in the next tournament.

Tournament

Each tournament begins with the group stages (typically four groups of five) who each play each other for points. The second stage is the knockout stage, which consists of the top two teams from each group. At the quater-finals, eight teams play for four quater final slots - whilst at the semi-finals, four teams play for the two final slots. The two losing teams then play in the "Bronze Final" which determines third and fourth.

History

Several smaller tournaments existed before the creation of the Rugby World Cup in 1981, most notably the Empire Rugby Leauge which consisted of Estmere and various dominions and colonies of Estmere.

In 1976 a Rugby Union convention was held, where reperesentatvies of 17 different nations met to discuss rugby and the standardisation of rugby rules. At the 1979 meeting, the Caldish Rugby Union proposed a world cup - to be competed by the 17 nations present - and three others. The proposal was supported almost unanimously, and it was agreed that Caldia should host the first Rugby World Cup in 1981.

Nuvania were the champions, beating Caldia in the final, whilst Tacunia claimed third place. Including 1981, there have been 11 World Cups, with the latest hosted by Satavia.

Results

Men's Tournament

Year	Host(s)		Final				Bronze Final				Number of teams
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		3rd place	Score	4th place
1981	Caldia		Nuvania	22-14	Caldia		Tacunia	14-13	Satavia		20
1985	Template:Country data Estmere Estmere		Tacunia	TBD-TBD	Caldia		Nuvania	TBD-TBD	Garambura		20
1989	Tacunia		Caldia	TBD-TBD	Tacunia		Gaullica	TBD-TBD	Nuvania		20
1993	Nuvania		Nuvania	TBD-TBD	Tacunia		Caldia	TBD-TBD	Satavia		20
1997	Gaullica		Satavia	TBD-TBD	Nuvania		Template:Country data Estmere	TBD-TBD	Garambura		20
2001	Cassier		Garambura	TBD-TBD	Caldia		Tacunia	TBD-TBD	Cassier		20
2005	Etruria		Caldia	TBD-TBD	Tacunia		Garambura	TBD-TBD	Satavia		20
2009	Azmara		Caldia	TBD-TBD	Nuvania		Masari	TBD-TBD	Garambura		20
2013	Soravia		Nuvania	TBD-TBD	Garambura		Caldia	TBD-TBD	Soravia		20
2017	Garambura		Caldia	TBD-TBD	Nuvania		Satavia	TBD-TBD	Masari		20

Women's Tournament

Year	Host(s)		Final				Bronze Final				Number of teams
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		3rd place	Score	4th place
2011	Template:Country data Estmere Estmere		Template:Country data Estmere	TBD-TBD	Caldia		Nuvania	TBD-TBD	Tacunia		12
2015	Caldia		Tacunia	TBD-TBD	Caldia		Template:Country data Estmere	TBD-TBD	Satavia		12
2019	Nuvania		Tacunia	TBD-TBD	Template:Country data Estmere		Nuvania	TBD-TBD	Caldia		12

Top performances by nation (men's)

Team	Champions	Runners-up	Third	Fourth
Caldia	4 (1989, 2005, 2009, 2017)	3 (1981, 1985, 2001)	2 (1993, 2013)	–
Nuvania	3 (1981, 1993, 2013)	3 (1997, 2009, 2017)	1 (1985)	1 (1989)
Tacunia	1 (1985)	3 (1989, 1993, 2005)	2 (1981, 2001)	–
Garambura	1 (2001)	1 (2013)	1 (2005)	3 (1985, 1997, 2009)
Satavia	1 (1997)	–	1 (2017)	3 (1981, 1993, 2005)
Masari	–	–	1 (2009)	1 (2017)
Template:Country data Estmere	–	–	1 (1997)	–
Gaullica	–	–	1 (1989)	–
Cassier	–	–	–	1 (2001)
Soravia	–	–	–	1 (2013)

Top performances by nation (women's)

Team	Champions	Runners-up	Third	Fourth
Tacunia	2 (2015, 2019)	–	–	1 (2011)
Template:Country data Estmere	1 (2011)	1 (2019)	1 (2015)	–
Caldia	–	2 (2011, 2015)	–	1 (2019)
Nuvania	–	–	2 (2011, 2019)	–
Satavia	–	–	–	1 (2015)

See Also

Asterias Cup (Rugby)