2021 Rugby World Cup (Kylaris)
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host nation |  Satavia |
| Dates | 15 January – 17 March |
| No. of nations | 20 (52 qualifying) |
| Final positions | |
Champions  |  Garambura |
Runner-up  | Satavia |
Third place  |  Caldia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 48 |
| Attendance | 2,581,211 (53,775 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Jean-Loup Dupuy (93) |
| Most tries | Jonty Warwick (9) |
← 2017 2025 → | |
The 2021 Rugby World Cup was the eleventh edition of the Rugby World Cup, hosted in Satavia and held from 15 January to 17 March across twelve stadiums in Satavia. The opening match between Caldia and Rwizikuru was played at the Stadium of the Satavians, Port Hope where the final was also held. The tournament marked the second time the tournament had been hosted in Asteria Inferior (after the 1993 tournament, held in Nuvania) and the first time Satavia had hosted.
The tournament saw 20 nations compete, with two (Alsland and Gapolania) making their debuts having succesfully qualified for the first time. Garambura went on to beat hosts Satavia 28-17 in the final to claim their second title, whilst defending champions Caldia defeated Rizealand 17-3 to clinch third place.
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 Masari's bid was withdrawn in early 2017, with the aim of instead hosting either 2025 or the 2029 world cup.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) |
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| 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
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 |
| Caldia
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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
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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 | |||||||||