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The '''2023 Women's Rugby World Cup''' will be the eighth edition of the [[Women's Rugby World Cup (Kylaris)|Women's Rugby World Cup]]. It will be held from September to October 2023. It will be the first Women's Rugby World Cup to be held entirely within [[Estmere]], the birthplace of {{wp|rugby union}}.<ref name="Estmere WRWC 2023 hosting announcement">{{cite news |date=11 November 2017| title=Estmere wins bid to host the 2023 Women's Rugby World Cup |url= |work=[[EBS|EBS News]] |access-date=}}</ref><ref name="Sports history of Estmere">{{Cite book |last=Addy |first=Mark |author1-link=Estmere |title=Gods We Were Strong Then! A History of Sport in Estmere |year=2011 |publisher= |location= |isbn= |url= }}</ref> Matches will be played at eight venues across the country, starting and finishing in the [[Morwall|Wolfgar Godfredson Memorial Stadium]] in [[Morwall]].<ref name="Women's Rugby World Cup 2023 info">{{cite web|url = https://rwcupdates.com | title = WRWC 2023 Updates | date = | website = wrwc.org/2023-info | access-date = 28 July 2023}}</ref>
The '''2023 Women's Rugby World Cup''' is the eighth edition of the [[Women's Rugby World Cup (Kylaris)|Women's Rugby World Cup]]. It is being held from 6 to 23 September 2023. It is the first Women's Rugby World Cup to be held entirely within [[Estmere]], the birthplace of {{wp|rugby union}}.<ref name="Estmere WRWC 2023 hosting announcement">{{cite news |date=11 November 2017| title=Estmere wins bid to host the 2023 Women's Rugby World Cup |url= |work=[[EBS|EBS News]] |access-date=}}</ref><ref name="Sports history of Estmere">{{Cite book |last=Addy |first=Mark |author1-link=Estmere |title=Gods We Were Strong Then! A History of Sport in Estmere |year=2011 |publisher= |location= |isbn= |url= }}</ref> Matches will be played at eight venues across the country, starting and finishing in the [[Morwall|Wolfgar Godfredson Memorial Stadium]] in [[Morwall]].<ref name="Women's Rugby World Cup 2023 info">{{cite web|url = https://rwcupdates.com | title = WRWC 2023 Updates | date = | website = wrwc.org/2023-info | access-date = 28 July 2023}}</ref>


The defending champions are Estmere, who defeated [[Satavia]] in the [[2019 Women's Rugby World Cup (Kylaris)|2019 Women's Rugby World Cup]] final.<ref name="Estmere WRWC victory 2019">{{cite news |date=1 April 2019| title=The Blacks Widows win the Women's Rugby World Cup for Estmere! |url= |work=[[EBS|EBS News]] |access-date=}}</ref>
The defending champions are Estmere, who defeated [[Satavia]] in the [[2019 Women's Rugby World Cup (Kylaris)|2019 Women's Rugby World Cup]] final.<ref name="Estmere WRWC victory 2019">{{cite news |date=1 April 2019| title=The Blacks Widows win the Women's Rugby World Cup for Estmere! |url= |work=[[EBS|EBS News]] |access-date=}}</ref>

Revision as of 14:00, 3 September 2023

2023 Women's Rugby World Cup
File:WRWC 2023 logo.svg
Tournament details
Host nationTemplate:Country data Estmere
Dates6 September – 23 September 2023
No. of nations20
2019
Rizealand
2027
Etruria

The 2023 Women's Rugby World Cup is the eighth edition of the Women's Rugby World Cup. It is being held from 6 to 23 September 2023. It is the first Women's Rugby World Cup to be held entirely within Estmere, the birthplace of rugby union.[1][2] Matches will be played at eight venues across the country, starting and finishing in the Wolfgar Godfredson Memorial Stadium in Morwall.[3]

The defending champions are Estmere, who defeated Satavia in the 2019 Women's Rugby World Cup final.[4]

Host selection

2023 RWC Council voting (majority 20 votes)
Bidders Votes
Round 1 Round 2
Estmere 17 23
Nuvania 14 16
Cassier 8 Eliminated

Venues

Wolfgar Godfredson Memorial Stadium Elland Park Stadium Sheaford Automotive Arena The Old Balinnish
Morwall Harbrough Sheaford Dunwich
Capacity: 84,000 Capacity: 51,000 Capacity: 36,000 Capacity: 36,000
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Guildley All-Sports Arena Henver Xperience Stadium Clearmount Road Stadium Estagen Stadium Bouley
Morwall Henver Tolbury Bouley
Capacity: 29,000 Capacity: 22,000 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 20,000
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Qualifying

File:WRWC qualifiers 2023.png
  Qualified from 2019 tournament.
  Qualified from regional tournaments/repechage.
  Failed to qualify.

20 teams qualified. The host nation of Estmere automatically qualified by winning the 2019 edition, but would have qualified anyway by virtue of being the host nation. They were joined by the other top three finishers in each pool from the 2019 tournament (Rizealand, Caldia, Satavia, Chistovodia, Gaullica, Garambura, Rwizikuru, Maucha, Padaratha, Cassier and Etruria). A further seven teams (Hennehouwe, Hacyinia, Satucin, Senria, Azmara, Vanhar and Scovern) qualified by winning regional tournaments in Euclea, Coius and the Asterias. Tengaria qualified by the winning the repechage place made available since the host nation had already qualified.[3][5]

A notable absence from the 2023 tournament was Nuvania, which failed to qualify despite being ranked fifth globally.[5]

Numbers in parentheses are final positions in the International Rugby Ranking before the tournament.[5]

Asterias (6) Coius (6) Euclea (8)


Draw

The pool draw took place in January 2020, with five bands. Three bands were made up of the automatically qualifying teams and two bands were made up of the teams which had to qualify through regional tournaments and repechage. The same seeding system that had been used for prior world cups was used again in 2023. The draw was subject to criticism, much like the 2021 men's tournament, in that the draw took place over 3 years prior to the contest. The organisers said it was too late to change the process for this world cup, but responded to criticism that future world cups would conduct their pool draws closer to the tournament date.

  • Band 1: The four highest ranked teams
  • Band 2: The next four highest ranked teams
  • Band 3: The final four automatically qualified teams

The remaining two bands were made up of qualifying teams:

  • Band 5: Asterias 1, Coius 1, Euclea 1, Euclea 3
  • Band 6: Asterias 2, Coius 2, Euclea 3, Repechage

This means the 20 competing teams were seeded thus (world ranking as of 1 January 2020):[5]

Band 1 Band 2 Band 3 Band 4 Band 5

Template:Country data Estmere (host) (1)
 Rizealand (2)
 Caldia (3)
 Satavia (4)

 Chistovodia (6)
 Gaullica (7)
 Garambura (8)
File:RwizikuruFlag.PNG Rwizikuru (9)

 Maucha (10)
 Padaratha (11)
 Cassier (12)
 Etruria (13)

 Hennehouwe (14)
 Hacyinia (15)
 Satucin (16)
 Scovern (23)

 Senria (17)
 Azmara (20)
 Vanhar (22)
 Tengaria (26)

Squads

The deadline for squad announcements was 20 August; hosts Estmere had announced their squad by 24 July whilst Azmara were the last to announce their squad, doing so on the morning of 20 August.[3] Each team selected 33 player squads; two teams, Garambura and Satavia, both selected ineligible players who were later replaced with the approval of Kylaris Rugby.[6][7] Four teams were forced to replace players as a result of injuries sustained during World Cup warm-up matches, all with the approval of Kylaris Rugby.[3]

Match officials

Referees Assistant referees Television match officials

Pool stage

The 20 teams were divided into four pools of five teams, which play each other in a round-robin tournament of 10 matches. Teams are awarded four points for a win, two for a draw and none for a defeat. Furthermore, bonus points are awarded to teams who score four or more tries in one game, as well as to teams that lose by less than seven points. The top two teams progress to the knockout stage, whilst the top three teams all receive automatic qualification for the 2027 world cup.

Key to colours in pool tables
Advanced to the quarter-finals and qualified for the 2027 Women's Rugby World Cup
Eliminated but qualified for 2027 Women's Rugby World Cup

Pld = Number of games played; W = Number of games won; D = Number of games drawn; L = Number of games lost; BP = Bonus pool points; Pts = Total number of pool points

Pool A

Team Pld W D L BP Total Pts
Template:Country data Estmere 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Chistovodia 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Cassier 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Hacyinia 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Senria 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 September 2023 Template:Country data Estmere -  Chistovodia Wolfgar Godfredson Memorial Stadium, Morwall
6 September 2023  Cassier -  Senria Wolfgar Godfredson Memorial Stadium, Morwall
8 September 2023 Template:Country data Estmere -  Hacyinia Sheaford Automotive Arena, Sheaford
8 September 2023  Chistovodia -  Cassier Sheaford Automotive Arena, Sheaford
10 September 2023 Template:Country data Estmere -  Senria Elland Park Stadium, Harbrough
10 September 2023  Hacyinia -  Chistovodia Elland Park Stadium, Harbrough
12 September 2023 Template:Country data Estmere -  Cassier Clearmount Road Stadium, Tolbury
12 September 2023  Senria -  Chistovodia Clearmount Road Stadium, Tolbury
13 September 2023  Hacyinia -  Cassier Henver Xperience Stadium, Henver
15 September 2023  Hacyinia -  Senria Henver Xperience Stadium, Henver

Pool B

Team Pld W D L BP Total Pts
 Caldia 0 0 0 0 0 0
File:RwizikuruFlag.PNG Rwizikuru 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Padaratha 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Hennehouwe 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Tengaria 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 September 2023  Caldia - File:RwizikuruFlag.PNG Rwizikuru Wolfgar Godfredson Memorial Stadium, Morwall
6 September 2023  Padaratha -  Tengaria Wolfgar Godfredson Memorial Stadium, Morwall
8 September 2023  Caldia -  Hennehouwe Sheaford Automotive Arena, Sheaford
8 September 2023 File:RwizikuruFlag.PNG Rwizikuru -  Padaratha Sheaford Automotive Arena, Sheaford
10 September 2023  Caldia -  Tengaria Elland Park Stadium, Harbrough
10 September 2023  Hennehouwe - File:RwizikuruFlag.PNG Rwizikuru Elland Park Stadium, Harbrough
12 September 2023  Caldia -  Padaratha Clearmount Road Stadium, Tolbury
12 September 2023  Tengaria - File:RwizikuruFlag.PNG Rwizikuru Clearmount Road Stadium, Tolbury
13 September 2023  Hennehouwe -  Padaratha Henver Xperience Stadium, Henver
15 September 2023  Hennehouwe -  Tengaria Henver Xperience Stadium, Henver

Pool C

Team Pld W D L BP Total Pts
 Rizealand 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Gaullica 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Etruria 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Satucin 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Azmara 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 September 2023  Rizealand -  Gaullica Elland Park Stadium, Harbrough
7 September 2023  Etruria -  Azmara Elland Park Stadium, Harbrough
9 September 2023  Rizealand -  Satucin The Old Balinnish, Dunwich
9 September 2023  Gaullica -  Etruria The Old Balinnish, Dunwich
11 September 2023  Rizealand -  Azmara Wolfgar Godfredson Memorial Stadium, Morwall
11 September 2023  Satucin -  Gaullica Wolfgar Godfredson Memorial Stadium, Morwall
13 September 2023  Rizealand -  Etruria Guildley All-Sports Arena, Morwall
13 September 2023  Azmara -  Gaullica Guildley All-Sports Arena, Morwall
15 September 2023  Satucin -  Etruria Estagen Stadium Bouley, Bouley
16 September 2023  Satucin -  Azmara Estagen Stadium Bouley, Bouley

Pool D

Team Pld W D L BP Total Pts
 Satavia 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Garambura 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Maucha 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Scovern 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Vanhar 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 September 2023  Satavia -  Garambura Elland Park Stadium, Harbrough
7 September 2023  Maucha -  Vanhar Elland Park Stadium, Harbrough
9 September 2023  Satavia -  Scovern The Old Balinnish, Dunwich
9 September 2023  Garambura -  Maucha The Old Balinnish, Dunwich
11 September 2023  Satavia -  Vanhar Wolfgar Godfredson Memorial Stadium, Morwall
11 September 2023  Scovern -  Garambura Wolfgar Godfredson Memorial Stadium, Morwall
13 September 2023  Satavia -  Maucha Guildley All-Sports Arena, Morwall
13 September 2023  Vanhar -  Garambura Guildley All-Sports Arena, Morwall
15 September 2023  Scovern -  Maucha Estagen Stadium Bouley, Bouley
16 September 2023  Scovern -  Vanhar Estagen Stadium Bouley, Bouley

Knockout Stage

The knockout stage consisted of three single-elimination rounds, leading to the final and third-place play-off. In the event of a tie, ten minutes of extra time would be played. In the event of a tie after extra time, a further ten minutes of extra time would be played. If the game was still tied after that, a kicking competition would determine the winner.

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
18 September – Harbrough (Elland Park)
 
 
 
 
21 September – Morwall (Wolfgar Godfredson)
 
 
 
 
 
18 September – Harbrough (Elland Park)
 
 
 
 
 
24 September – Morwall (Wolfgar Godfredson)
 
 
 
 
 
19 September – Sheaford (Sheaford Automotive)
 
 
 
 
 
22 September – Morwall (Wolfgar Godfredson)
 
 
 
 
 
19 September – Dunwich (The Old Balinnish)
 
 Third place
 
 
 
23 September – Morwall (Wolfgar Godfredson)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Statistics

Most tries

Top point scorers

Broadcasting

References

  1. "Estmere wins bid to host the 2023 Women's Rugby World Cup". EBS News. 11 November 2017.
  2. Addy, Mark (2011). Gods We Were Strong Then! A History of Sport in Estmere.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "WRWC 2023 Updates". wrwc.org/2023-info. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  4. "The Blacks Widows win the Women's Rugby World Cup for Estmere!". EBS News. 1 April 2019.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "International Rugby Rankings". wrwc.org/rankings-2020. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  6. Antoine, Dupont (28 August 2023), "Kolisi replaced as judiciary committee rules her ineligible to play", The Garamburan, retrieved 2 September 2023
  7. van der Westhuizen, Joost (1 August 2023), "Hooper and Tupou both ruled out of WRWC as contracts under Patrick Islands Rugby Union", The Hope Post, retrieved 1 September 2023