2021 Rugby World Cup (Kylaris)
Tournament details | |
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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) |
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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. This marked the first time that the openining match of the tournament did not involve the host nation, after the match was postponed due to a flash flood the night before the match was due to be 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. 12 nations gained automatic qualification having finished in the top three of their pools from the 2017, whilst the remaning eight slots were filled through qualification processes. 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.
Bids
Kylaris Rugby, the international rugby union governing body, announced the bidding process for the 2017 and 2021 tournaments in early 2011. Four bids for the 2021 tournament were entered: Maucha, Nuvania Rizealand and Satavia. The deadline for entering a bid was December 31, 2012, although this was extended until January 15, 2013 on the request of the Satavian Rugby Football Association (SRFA). Nuvania withdrew their bid in March 2013 in support of the Satavian bid, whilst Maucha withdrew their bid later that month with the aim of strenghthening their own bid for 2017 (which would ultimately be awarded to Garambura). On July 14 Kylaris Rugby confirmed that Satavia had won the right to host the 2021 tournament, with venues across eight Satavian cities: Bloemstad, Kingsleigh, Konningstad, Northport, Port Arthur, Port Hope, Windstad, Victoriaburg.
Venues
Proposed stadia for the tournament were announced by the SRFA in December 2013, and were confirmed in May 2015. Having originally proposed 12 stadiums, this number was reduced to 9 in the final plan, with two stadiums in the Port Hope/Burnaby region. The SRFA drew significant criticism from politicians and the public in the Central Territory, Diereplek Province and New Borland after all three were excluded from the final plan.
Port Hope International Stadium | Fort Kinnon Arena | DePex Stadium (Stadium of the Satavians) |
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Port Hope | Port Arthur-Fort Kinnon | Port Hope |
Capacity: 59,373 | Capacity: 54,211 | Capacity: 70,758 |
P. J. Van der Herdens Stadium | Krooksveld Road Stadium | Satavian Airlines Oval |
Konningstad | Northport | Windstad |
Capacity: 28,476 | Capacity: 34,822 | Capacity: 26,183 |
Victoriaburg City Stadium | Brooksveld Stadium | Kingsleigh Blues RFC Park |
Victoriaburg | Bloemstad | Kingsleigh |
Capacity: 65,445 | Capacity: 36,290 | Capacity: 24,512 |
Qualifying
The top three teams from each pool of the 2017 tournament recieved automatic qualification, as did Satavia as host nation. The remaining eight places were filled through qualification tournaments around the world. Two slots were avaliable for Asterian teams, filled by Cassier and Gapolania, two spots for Coian teams, filled by Mabifia and Rwizikuru, whilst three slots were open for Euclean teams, filled by Alsland, Galenia and Montecara. The final slot was decided by a repechage tournament held in Port Hope, in September 2018. It was unexpectedly won by Alsland, who defeated favourites Senria 36-24 in the deciding game.
Region | Team | Qualification method |
Previous Apps |
Previous best result | World Ranking¹ |
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Asterias | |||||
Cassier | Asterias 1 | 8 | Fourth place (2001) | 16 | |
Gapolania | Asterias 2 | 0 | Debut | 34 | |
Nuvania | Automatic | 10 | Champions (1981, 1993, 2013) | 6 | |
Rizealand | Automatic | 10 | Champions (1985) | 5 | |
Satavia | Automatic | 10 | Champions (1997) | 2 | |
Coius | |||||
Garambura | Automatic | 10 | Champions (2001) | 3 | |
Mabifia | Coius 1 | 8 | Pool stage (eight times) | 13 | |
Maucha | Automatic | 10 | Third place (2009) | 7 | |
File:RwizikuruFlag.PNG Rwizikuru | Coius 2 | 6 | Pool stage (six times) | 14 | |
Euclea | |||||
Alsland | Repechage | 0 | Debut | 29 | |
Azmara | Automatic | 7 | Quarter-finals (2005, 2013) | 15 | |
Caldia | Automatic | 10 | Champions (1989, 2005, 2009, 2017) | 1 | |
Template:Country data Estmere | Automatic | 10 | Third place (1997) | 4 | |
Etruria | Automatic | 10 | Quarter-finals (1989, 2005) | 12 | |
Galenia | Euclea 1 | 3 | Pool stage (2009, 2013, 2017) | 20 | |
Gaullica | Automatic | 10 | Third place (1989) | 8 | |
Montecara | Euclea 2 | 1 | Pool stage (2017) | 26 | |
Soravia | Automatic | 7 | Fourth place (2013) | 11 | |
Tengaria | Euclea 3 | 6 | Quarter-finals (2009, 2013) | 10 | |
West Miersa | Automatic | 1 | Pool stage (2017) | 9 |
¹as of 1 January 2019, the final standings before pools were drawn
Draw
The pool draw took place on January 7, 2019, with five bands, three of which were made up of the automatically qualifying teams and two made up of the teams which had to qualify to participate. The seeding system used at previous world cups was retained for the 2021 tournament.
- 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 2
- Band 6: Asterias 2, Coius 2, Euclea 3, Repechage
This means the 20 competing teams were seeded thus (world ranking as of 1 January 2019):
Band 1 | Band 2 | Band 3 | Band 4 | Band 5 |
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Squads
Each team submitted a squad of 31 players for the tournament, with a deadline of 1 January, with Estmere being the last team to unveil a squad, doing so on the 31 December 2020. In the originally named Etruria squad, two players, Aleki Ioane and brother Enele Ioane were named, but removed after the deadline and replaced with the consent of Kylaris Rugby as they were ineligible to play for Etruria (at that time they were only eligible to play for Satavia, through the Patrick Islands, but became eligible for Etruria on the 17 January, two days after the start of the World Cup).
Match officials
For the 2021 World Cup, Kylaris Rugby named twelve referees, eight assistant referees and four television match officials to oversee all 48 matches.
Referees | Assistant referees | Television match officials |
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Pool Stage
Key to colours in pool tables
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Advanced to the quarter-finals and qualified for the 2025 Rugby World Cup | |
Eliminated but qualified for 2025 Rugby World Cup |
Pool A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | BP | Total Pts |
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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 | 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 | |||||||||