2019 Rugby World Cup (Aeia)

2019 Rugby Union World Cup
Tournament details
Host nation	Vidoria
Date	29 Sept - 01 Nov
Final positions
Champions	Veleaz
Runner-up	Vidoria
Third place	Atresca
Fourth place	Cuirpthe
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Tries scored	142 (4.58 per match)
Attendance	1,034,943 (33,385 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ernesto Gallo
Most tries	Esteban Spinola
	← 2018 2020 →

The 2019 Rugby World Cup is the ongoing TBDth Rugby World Cup, the annual rugby union world championship. The tournament is being held in Vidoria from 29 September to 1 November. This is the first time the tournament has been held in Rennekka, and the first time in TBD years that the tournament has been held outside of Asura, as part of an ongoing globalisation plan by the IRB.

The opening match of the 2019 Rugby World Cup, played by Vidoria and Liberimery, was held in Estadio Dieguas in Sejoria, and the final will be held in Arena Nacional, Aljuá.

Host Selection

On April 12, 2011, the IRB requested that any nations interested in hosting the 2015-2019 Rugby World Cup events should indicate their interests by 2013, but no specific date was provided for the due date. The Lhedwinic bid was announced on 4 April 2012, and the Vidorian bid was announced on 15 January 2013. On 16 March 2014, the IRB announced that the ballot was to occur in 2015.

The IRB announced that Vidoria would host the 2019 Rugby World Cup on 15 September 2015. It outbid the Lhedwinic bid by a majority of 5.

Teams

Asura (13)

Majula (1)

Rennekka (2)

Draw

The 2019 Rugby World Cup introduced a new pool draw system, in which the qualified teams were grouped into 4 bands in terms of their IRB coefficient. The bands were announced during the pool draw in Sejoria.

Band 1	Band 2	Band 3	Band 4
[[Newrey {{{altlink}}}\|Newrey]] Atresca Cuirpthe [[Navack {{{altlink}}}\|Navack]]	Vidoria Vvarden Veleaz [[Vaellenia {{{altlink}}}\|Vaellenia]]	File:LiiduriaFlag.png Liiduria [[Midrasia {{{altlink}}}\|Midrasia]] Ainhar Wradhia	The Mawusi Aleramia Aleia [[Liberimery {{{altlink}}}\|Liberimery]]

The draw saw a representative draw names from a band at random, the first nation pulled put in Pool A, the second in Pool B, the third in Pool C and the fourth in Pool B. Band 4 was drawn first, drawn by former Vidorian hooker Huaman Cervantés. Band 3 was drawn second, drawn by Vidorian member of the Federal Council Alicia Luiz. Band 2 was drawn third, drawn by former Newreyan player Taft Edwards. Finally, Band 1 was drawn last, drawn by IRB President TBD.

Venues

Aljuá	Sejoria	Sejoria	Adrogué
Arena Nacional	Parque Verde	Estadio Dieguas	Estadio Fernando Juderías
Capacity: 87,101	Capacity: 71,294	Capacity: 50,041	Capacity: 63,903

Arena Nacional Parque Verde Estadio Dieguas Estadio Fernando Juderías Arena PFV Estadio Pilajosa Estadio Pahualma Estadio Perilla
Location of the 8 stadia hosting rugby matches at the 2019 Rugby World Cup
Vinazia	Viyamueva	Haválla	Hellénna
Arena PFV	Estadio Pilajosa	Estadio Pahualma	Estadio Perilla
Capacity: 46,931	Capacity: 24,442	Capacity: 45,137	Capacity: 30,211

Pool stage

The 16 teams were divided into 4 pools of 4, each consisting of 6 games. Teams were awarded 4 points for a win, 2 for a draw and none for a defeat. Additionally, a system of bonus points awarded one point if a team scored 4 or more tries, and one point of a team loses by 7 points or fewer. The teams finishing in the top half of the pool reach the quarter-finals.

Tie-breaking criteria

In case of a tie, the following tiebreakers would apply:

Difference between the points scored for and points scored against in all pool matches
Difference between tries scored for and tries scored against in all pool matches
Tries scored in all pool matches
Official Aeia Rugby Rankings

Key to colours in pool tables v t e
	Advanced to the quarter-finals and qualified for the 2020 Rugby World Cup

Pool A

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	TF	PF	PA	+/−	BP	Pts
Vidoria	3	2	1	12	71	46	+25	2	10
Atresca	3	2	1	10	65	45	+20	2	10
[[Midrasia {{{altlink}}}\|Midrasia]]	3	1	2	4	29	44	-15	1	5
[[Liberimery {{{altlink}}}\|Liberimery]]	3	1	2	2	24	54	–30	0	4

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29 September 2019