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About Rugby World Cup 2019TM

Last Updated March 29, 2024

The Rugby World Cup is one of the three major events in the world along with the Olympics and the Soccer World Cup. In the 2019 Japan Games, a total of six games were held in Yokohama: finals, two semi-finals, and three pool games. Was.

Outline of the tournament

1 Date: From Friday, September 20, 2019 to Saturday, November 2, 2019
  Opening game: Friday, September 20 Tokyo Stadium
  Finals: Saturday, November 2 Yokohama International Stadium

2 Participating Team: 20 teams

3 game format: (1) Pool game 40 games (5 teams x 4 pools, round robin game in pool)
      (2) Eight final tournaments (quarterfinals/finals/3rd place finals/finals/finals)

4 game venues (12 venues)

List of game venues

Host City

Venue for the game

Sapporo-shi

Sapporo Dome

Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture※

Kamaishi Unosumai Reconstruction Stadium

Kumagaya City, Saitama Prefecture※

Kumagaya Rugby Field

Tokyo

Tokyo Stadium

Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture※

Yokohama International Stadium

Shizuoka

Mt. Kasa-yama General Sports Park Ecopa Stadium

Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture※

Toyoda Stadium

Higashi-Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture※

Higashi-Osaka City Hanazono Rugby Field

Kobe-shi

Misaki Park Stadium, Kobe City

Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture※

Hirao Park Hakatanomori Stadium

Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Prefecture※

Kumamoto Prefectural General Sports Park Athletics Stadium

Oita

Oita Sports Park General Stadium

※Jointly held

○Overview of Yokohama International Stadium

  Audience seat: 72,327 seats
  Field: Natural grass (107m x 72m)

Photographs of Yokohama International Stadium

5 Features

  • The first Rugby World Cup TM in Asia
  • The first Rugby World Cup TM outside of traditional rugby countries
  • The first tournament since rugby (seven-player) was adopted as an Olympic event

6 Match results (only games held at Yokohama International Stadium)

Game results

No

Schedule

Game start time

Pool

Match

Number of spectators

September 21

Saturday

18:45

New Zealand vs South Africa

(23 - 13)

63,649 people

September 22

Sunday

16:45

Ireland vs. Scotland

(27 - 3)

63,731

-

October 12

Saturday

17:15

England vs France

(Canceled due to typhoon)

-

October 13

Sunday

19:45

Japan vs. Scotland

(28 - 21)

67,666

October 26

Saturday

17:00

Semi-finals 1

England vs New Zealand

(19 - 7)

68,843 people

October 27

Sunday

18:00

Semi-finals 2

Wales vs. South Africa

(16 - 19)

67,750 people

November 2

Saturday

18:00

Final


England vs South Africa

(12 - 32)

70,103*

Total401,742 people

※The number of spectators in the finals was the highest ever at Yokohama International Stadium.

Rugby World Cup 2019 TM Records Held in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture

Archive

In Yokohama City, in order to excite the Rugby World Cup 2019 TM, information on Rugby World Cup 2019 and rugby in Kanagawa Prefecture and Yokohama City was transmitted on the external site "Yokohama Rugby Information" from 2017 to 2020. . Here, past articles etc. that were published in "Yokohama Rugby Information" about the Rugby World Cup are posted.

1 RWC2019 Highlights and Highlights
・Rugby World Cup 2019TM Highlights-Final Tournament-(PDF: 860KB)
・Rugby World Cup 2019TM Highlights-Pool Battle-(PDF: 886KB)
・Highlight Pool A by RWC2019TM Pool (PDF: 433KB)
・RWC2019TM Highlight Pool B by Pool (PDF: 438KB)
・RWC2019TM Highlight Pool by Pool C (PDF: 483KB)
・RWC2019TM Highlight Pool D by Pool (PDF: 498KB)

2. Representative of each country
・Japan National Team "Brave Blossoms" (PDF: 594KB)
・South Africa National Team Springbox (PDF: 545KB)
・Representative of England, a proud traditional country (PDF: 534KB)
・“Rugby of Soul” Ireland National Team (PDF: 119KB)
・Scotland National Team (PDF: 461KB)
・“Champagne Rugby” French representative “Le Blue” (PDF: 605KB)
・New Zealand National Team All Blacks (PDF: 1,428KB)
・Australian National Team Wallabies (PDF: 776KB)

3 fan zone
・Rugby World Cup 2019 Report <Part 2> Fan Zone (PDF: 1,248KB)
・You can enjoy 120_ Rugby World Cup TM! What kind of place is "Fan Zone"? (PDF:932KB)
・RWC2019 kicks off! I've been experiencing public viewing in the fan zone in Kanagawa and Yokohama! (PDF:1,698KB)
・The fan zone is hot! 100_Enjoy public viewing-Activity-(PDF: 1,827KB)
・The fan zone is hot! 100_Enjoy public viewing-Eating and drinking-(PDF: 2,327KB)

4 Volunteers
・Rugby World Cup 2019TM Volunteer Exchange Meeting-In IAAF World Relay 2019 Yokohama Tournament-(PDF: 642KB)
・Rugby World Cup 2019TM Volunteer Interview Part 1 (Yoshiyuki Mineda) (PDF: 219KB)
・Rugby World Cup 2019TM Volunteer Interview Part 2 (Nahoko Hattori) (PDF: 167KB)

5 Others
・It's just a ragby color! I went to Shin-Yokohama, the place of the Rugby World Cup 2019 TM final! (PDF:1,480KB)
・【Special interview】 Scrum Unison Misato Tanaka Takumi Murata Hospitality rugby players and fans with national anthem (PDF: 345KB)
・What kind of place is public viewing? Japan National Team v I went to the public viewing of South Africa! (PDF:743KB)
・Rugby World Cup 2019 TM Kanagawa / Yokohama Watching Guide (PDF: 2,553KB)
・Rugby World Cup 2019 Report <Part 1> ・ Rugby World Cup 2019 Report <Part 1> (PDF: 2,557KB)
・Tour the inside of the stadium! I've participated in the World Cup Stadium Tour! (PDF:1,209KB)
・Let's look back on the past RWCs! 2015 England Games (PDF: 564KB)

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