2021 Rugby World Cup (Kylaris)
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host nation |  Satavia |
| Date | 15 January 2021 - 17 February 2021 |
| No. of nations | see Participants |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Garambura |
| Runner-up | Satavia |
| Third place |  Caldia |
← 2017 2025 → | |
The 2021 Rugby World Cup was hosted by Satavia and held between 15 January and 17 February. It marked the first time that the tournament has been hosted by Satavia, and also only the second time that the cup was held in Asteria Inferior. 20 countries qualified, and two countries made their World Cup debuts.
The Rugby World Cup's group stages were synced with each other, with the first matches occuring on Friday 15th January, with the opening match of the tournament being held at 20:00, Satavian Standard Time, and was between Caldia and Rwizikuru, with Caldia ultimately winning 7-3.
Garambura would defeat hosts Satavia in the final 28-17, whilst Caldia, who were favourites going into the competition, clinched third place from Rizealand 17-3.
Bid
WorldRugby, the main international union for Rugby Union, and owner of the Rugby World Cup, announced biding for the 2021 Rugby World Cup in 2016. Four bids were submitted: Satavia, Rizealand, Nuvania and Masari. Masari's bid was withdrawn in early 2017, with the aim of instead hosting either 2025 or the 2029 world cup. Nuvania also withdrew it's bid, in order to strengthen the Satavian bid against Rizealand. Voting began in Caldia by the WorldRugby Host Committee (which includes former players, coaches and union representatives) following the end of the 2017 cup, and 72 votes were cast for Satavia, whilst 29 were cast for Rizealand.
Participants
| Asteria Inferior (3)
Asteria Superior (2) Coius (4) |
Euclea (11) |
Draw & Pools
The pool draw took place on December 3rd, 2020, with four pools, Pool A, Pool B, Pool C and Pool D being made up of:
- Pool A: Seed 1 and Seed 3, and three other randomly selected nations
- Pool B: Seed 2 and Seed 4, and three other randomly selected nations
- Pool C: Seed 5 and Seed 7, and three other randomly selected nations
- Pool D: Seed 6 and Seed 8, and three other randomly selected nations
Following the random draw, the pools were selected like this:
| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
|---|---|---|---|
Venues
| Port Hope International Stadium | Fort Kinnon Arena | DePex Stadium (Stadium of the Satavians) |
|---|---|---|
| Port Hope
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Port Arthur-Fort Kinnon
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Port Hope
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| Capacity: 59,373 | Capacity: 54,211 | Capacity: 68,758 |
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| King's College Jago Sports Arena | Port Edward Arena | Satavian Airlines Oval |
| Port Jago
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Port Edward
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Adamstown
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| Capacity: 28,476 | Capacity: 34,000 | Capacity: 26,500 |
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Pool Stage
Pool A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | BP | Total Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rizealand
|
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 |
| Caldia
|
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| File:RwizikuruFlag.PNG Rwizikuru | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
 Etruria
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
 Montecara
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 January 2021 | File:RwizikuruFlag.PNG Rwizikuru | 3-7 | Caldia |
DePex Stadium, Port Hope |
| 16 January 2021 | Montecara |
3-35 | Rizealand |
Port Hope International Stadium, Port Hope |
| 17 January 2021 | Etruria |
11-0 | Montecara |
Port Edward Arena, Port Edward |
| 17 January 2021 | File:RwizikuruFlag.PNG Rwizikuru | 18-37 | Rizealand |
Port Hope International Stadium, Port Hope |
| 20 January 2021 | Caldia |
21-26 | Rizealand |
DePex Stadium, Port Hope |
| 20 January 2021 | Montecara |
0-10 | File:RwizikuruFlag.PNG Rwizikuru | Port Hope RFC Grounds, Port Hope |
| 23 January 2021 | File:RwizikuruFlag.PNG Rwizikuru | 0-0 | Etruria |
Satavian Airlines Oval, Adamstown |
| 23 January 2021 | Caldia |
24-0 | Montecara |
Fort Kinnon Arena, Port Arthur-Fort Kinnon |
| 24 January 2021 | Caldia |
21-0 | Etruria |
Northport RFC, Northport |
| 26 January 2021 | Rizealand |
65-0 | Etruria |
Fort Kinnon Arena, Port Arthur-Fort Kinnon |
Knockout Stage
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 29 January – Port Hope | ||||||||||
| Rizealand | 19 | |||||||||
| 5 February – Port Hope | ||||||||||
 Azmara | 7 | |||||||||
| Rizealand | 12 | |||||||||
| 29 January – Fort Kinnon | ||||||||||
| Satavia | 13 | |||||||||
| Satavia | 14 | |||||||||
| 16 February – Port Hope | ||||||||||
 Gapolania | 10 | |||||||||
| Satavia | 17 | |||||||||
| 31 January – Northport | ||||||||||
| Garambura | 28 | |||||||||
| Garambura | 8 | |||||||||
| 6 February – Port Hope | ||||||||||
 Nuvania | 5 | |||||||||
| Garambura | 18 | |||||||||
| 30 January – Port Hope | ||||||||||
| Caldia | 14 | Third place | ||||||||
| Template:Country data Estmere | 17 | |||||||||
| 13 February – Port Hope | ||||||||||
| Caldia | 19 | |||||||||
| Rizealand | 3 | |||||||||
| Caldia | 17 | |||||||||